Intercultural competence : interpersonal communication across cultures
Fosters the proficiency in intercultural communication vital for students to thrive in private and public life Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures, Eighth Edition gives students sufficient knowledge, appropriate motivations, and useful skills that enable them to experience how cultural differences can affect communication with others. The authors offer some practical suggestions concerning the adjustments necessary to achieve intercultural competence when dealing with these cultural differences. Upon completing this text, students will be able to appreciate the impact of cultural patterns on intercultural communication; use both practical and theoretical ideas to understand intercultural communication competence; understand some of the central contexts in which intercultural communication occurs; and discuss cultural identity and the role of cultural biases.
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Author: | Lustig, Myron W., |
| Subject: |
Intercultural communication Communicative competence Interpersonal communication |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Hoboken, New Jersey : Pearson, [2017] |
| ISBN: | 9780134003238 0134003233 |
| Notes: | Revised edition of the authors' Intercultural competence, c2012. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Preface -- Communication and intercultural competence -- Introduction to intercultural competence -- Culture and intercultural communication -- Intercultural communication competence -- Cultural differences in communication -- Cultural patterns and communication: foundations -- Cultural patterns and communication: taxonomies -- Cultural identity and cultural biases -- Coding intercultural communication -- Verbal intercultural communication -- Nonverbal intercultural communication -- The effects of code usage in intercultural communication -- Intercultural competence in interpersonal relationships -- Episodes, contexts, and intercultural interactions -- The potential for intercultural competence -- For further reading -- Notes -- Text credits -- Name index -- Subject index. |
| Course: |
IFYP007 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (4/F) | 303.482 LUS 2017 | Available |