Communication is a dynamic discipline that is meant to be shared….
Connecting Intercultural Communication: Techniques for Communicating Effectively Across Cultures not only provides comprehensive coverage of the discipline, but encourages the reader to actively interact with it through various discussion questions and activities. These questions and activities are meant to be completed personally as the reader reflects upon how this material relates to his/her everyday life.
Through this process, students will benefit from sharing these experiences and learning from the world view of their classmates.
The eBook version of Connecting Intercultural Communication: Techniques for Communicating Effectively Across Culture:
- Includes a blackboard section where students post their reflections to at least one of these discussion questions or activities per chapter.
- Includes discussion forums where students gain a variety of viewpoints on a number of issues.
- Includes a variety of communication concepts and intercultural relevant material to guide the student as he/she strives to become a more competent communicator.
Preface
Chapter 1 Defining Culture and Its Parts
Chapter 2 Intercultural Communication As Process
Chapter 3 The Structures and Contexts of Cultural Reality
Chapter 4 Listening Interactively
Chapter 5 Considerations for Conflict and Its Management
Chapter 6 Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 7 United States Culture
Chapter 8 Problem Solving and Decision Making
Chapter 9 Language in Intercultural Communication
Chapter 10 Nonverbal Communication
Chapter 11 Case Study as Experiential Approach to Intercultural Communication
Chapter 12 Competent Intercultural Communication Qualities of the Culturally Experienced