CHAPTER 1 CULTURE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY 1
CHAPTER 2 COMMUNICATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 12
CHAPTER 3 VERBAL INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 25
CHAPTER 4 NONVERBAL INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICAT10N 41
CHAPTER 5 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION BARRIERS 55
CHAPTER 6 THE HIDDEN CORE OF CULTURE 68
CHAPTER 7 SOCIAL INTERACTION CUSTOMS 88
CHAPTER 8 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 101
CHAPTER 9 CULTURE SHOCK AND INTERCULTURAL ADAPTATION 116
CHAPTER 10 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE 131
CONCLUSION 145
FINAL TEST 148
KEY TO EXERCISES 151
BIBLIOGRAPHY 162