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INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1 COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE 4

Communication 4

Culture 5

Culture and Communication 9

Culture and Society 11

Intercultural Communication 11

Exercises 13

Explanations 13

CHAPTER 2 THE HIDDEN CORE OF CULTURE 24

World Views 24

What Values Are 27

Characteristics of Values 29

Comparison of Cultural Values 30

Exercises 42

Explanations 43

CHAPTER 3 VERBAL COMMUNICATION 61

Language 61

Language and Culture 63

Culture and Word Meaning 64

Discourse Patterns 70

Other Differences in Writing between English and Chinese 76

Thinking Patterns 77

Exercises 78

Explanations 79

CHAPTER 4 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION 100

Movements of Our Bodies 103

Paralanguage 112

Our Use of Time 113

Our Use of Space 119

Functions of Nonverbal Communication 121

Explanations 122

Exercises 122

CHAPTER 5 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 140

Family 140

Friends 145

Exercises 151

Explanations 151

CHAPTER 6 SOCIAL INTERACTION CUSTOMS 163

Forms of Address 164

Greetings 165

Farewells 165

Compliments and Responses 166

Gratitude and Thanks 168

Invitations 168

Appointment and Visiting 169

Hospitality 170

Exercises 172

Ladies First 172

Explanations 175

CHAPTER 7 CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT 190

The Role of a Teacher 191

Modes of Teaching and Learning 193

Education Traditions 198

Exercises 200

Explanations 203

Developing Cultural Awareness 209

CHAPTER 8 IMPROVING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNI-CATION 209

Potential Problems in Intercultural Communication 212

Things We Can Do 217

Intercultural Communication Competence 220

Exercises 220

Explanations 223

APPENDIXⅠ 235

APPENDIXⅡ 243

REFERENCES 245