In today’s globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a ?problem-solving? approach to the various issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction. The editors have brought together experts from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, psychology and anthropology, to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the field, whilst simultaneously anchoring it in Applied Linguistics. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of intercultural communication presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field offers solutions of everyday language-related problems international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field
Containing chapters by some of the world's leading experts and scholars on the subject, this book provides a broad context for intercultural competence.
Section 1.Foundations of language and intercultural communication --section 2.Core themes and issues: verbal and nonverbal communications and culture --section 3.Theory into practice: towards intercultural (communicative) competence and ...
Thoughts on developing an overall strategy for interculturality round off this handbook.
A highly interdisciplinary overview of the wide spectrum of current international research and professional practice in intercultural communication, this is a key reference book for students, lecturers and professionals alike.
Thoughts on developing an overall strategy for interculturality round off this handbook.
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Helms , 1981 ) comes out of that tradition and , as Kohatsu and Richardson ( 1996 ) point out , " has Reliability and Validity . Based on their review been the most widely used measure of racial of the evidence , Kohatsu and Richardson ...
The collection of essays discusses the stresses of intercultural encounter, as well as how to reduce these. This volume is divided in two parts.
This handbook brings together 26 ethnographic research reports from around the world about communication. The studies explore 13 languages from 17 countries across 6 continents.
The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication aims to furnish scholars with a consolidated resource of works that highlights all aspects of the field, its historical inception, logics, terms, and possibilities.