Written in a conversational style, this book introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a vibrant discipline within the field. Authors Stella Ting-Toomey and Leeva Chung take a multicontextual, inclusive approach that balances international and intercultural communication issues against U.S. domestic diversity issues. In addition to emphasizing a value-oriented perspective on intercultural encounters, the text contains a robust ethical chapter, complete with specific guidelines that will help students become ethical intercultural communicators. By integrating current empirical research with lively intercultural examples, the authors ask thought-provoking questions and pose ethical dilemmas for students to ponder. The text offers a sprawling treatment of such topics as ethnic and cultural identity change, culture shock and intercultural adjustment, romantic relationships and raising bicultural children, global identity challenges, and decision-making choices in intercultural ethics.NEW TO THIS EDITION: * Two new special features, Blog Pic and Blog Post, which update all the photos and poignant personal stories found throughout the first edition * A greater focus on the impact of technology on intercultural communication message exchange processes * An updated discussion of multiracial and biracial identity in Chapter 4 * Updates to the popular Jeopardy Boxes BL More than 250 new references * Live-chat, a special boxed feature, which emphasizes the importance of adaptive code-switching in managing intercultural misunderstanding via lively dialogue SUPPORT PACKAGE FOR INSTRUCTORS: An Instructor's Manual / Test Bank that contains more than 500 pages of original exercises, activities, up-to-date media resources, classical and contemporary film lists, sample syllabi, and paper assignments. A password-protected Companion Website that features the Instructor's Manual, PowerPoint lecture slides, a Student Success Manual, and links to supplemental material and films.
This book introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a growing sub-discipline within Communication.
"Written in a conversational style, this book introduces students to the foundations of intercultural communication, a vibrant discipline within the field.
This book is a key resource for academics, students and practitioners in intercultural communication and related fields.
In this book, Adrian Holliday provides a practical framework to help students analyse intercultural communication.
This book provides a critical analysis of the key concepts in culture and interaction.
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This is the essential text for undergraduate students who are new to the field of intercultural communication.
Including global examples from a range of genres, this book is an indispensable resource for students taking language and intercultural communication modules within applied linguistics, TESOL, education or communication studies courses.
essential for successful intercultural communication. ... of the diversity in the landscape of English, would lead to openness and willingness to negotiate diversity during intercultural communication (Sadeghpour and Sharifian 2017).
Highly readable and engaging, Suderman encourages students to think about the relevance of topics to their own lives through unique pedagogy that engages students, encourages class discussion, and provides points for personal reflection.