1、In this course,we are all learners and teachers.Your experiences and capacities are valuable resources for me.Respect for yourself and others is an essential ingredient in creating a positive learning environment.I look forward to working with you to create this kind of learning environment.Welcome
2、to the class of intercultural communication course!Welcome 1 People fail to get along because they fear each other;They fear each other because they dont know each other;They dont know each other because they have not communicated with each other.Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr.23II.Course Objectives/purpo
3、ses The specific course objectives are as follows:1.To acquire knowledge related to ICC(terminologies and definitions)；2.To develop skills that will increase your intercultural communication competence；3.To understand how communication processes differ among cultures；4.To cultivate the ability to st
4、udy and explore the issues concerning intercultural communication.4III.1.Required Textbook:Communication Between Cultures(Third Edition)By Larry A.Samovar Richard E.Porter Lisa A.Stefani 20002.3.56V.Introduction to the textbookSynopsis This textbook gives you an understanding and appreciation of dif
5、ferent cultures and provides you with the practical skills for improving your communication with people from other cultures.It provides excellent motivation for you through numerous compelling examples that force them to examine your own assumptions and cultural biases.Structuren The book is divided
6、 into four interrelated parts,including 10 chapters:(Look at P.F28)nPart I introduces the study of communication and culture(Chapter1-2);nPart II examines cultural patterns of behavior and then looks at the deep structures as the basic roots of cultural behavior(Chapter3-4)nPart III puts the theory
7、of intercultural communication into practice;(Chapter5-9);nPart IV is concerned with the improvement of intercultural communication skills(Chapter10).7Structuren The book is divided into four interrelated parts,including 10 chapters:(Look at P.F28)nPart I introduces the study of communication and cu
8、lture(Chapter1-2);nPart II examines cultural patterns of behavior and then looks at the deep structures as the basic roots of cultural behavior(Chapter3-4)nPart III puts the theory of intercultural communication into practice;(Chapter5-9);nPart IV is concerned with the improvement of intercultural communication skills(Chapter10).891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
