Unit 1 Communication Across Cultures 1
Materials for Reference 12
1.Introducing IntercuLtural Interaction 12
2.Intercultural Communication and Related Terms 14
3.The Forms of InterculturalCommunication 15
Unit 2 Culture and Communication 17
Materials for Reference 28
1.How to Define Culture 30
2.Functions of Culture 30
3.Characteristics of Communication 31
Unit 3 Cultural Diversity 35
Materials for Reference 46
1.CulturalVaues 46
2.An Overview oof Cutural Patterns 47
3.What Is the Basic Unit oof Society 53
Unit 4 Language and Culture 57
Materials for Reference 70
1.The Role of Words in Various Cultures 70
2.Miscommunication Between People 73
3.Writing Across Cultures 75
Unit 5 Culture and Verbal Communication 79
Materials for Reference 89
1.Rules forConversations 89
2.Communication Between Native and Nonnative Speakers 91
3.Foundations of Indian Verbal Communication 94
Unit 6 Culture and Nonverbal Communication 97
Materials for Reference 107
1.Various Means oof Communication 107
2.Our Body Language 108
3.Some Nonverbal Patterns in the Back Culture 110
Unit 7 Time and Space Across Cultures 113
Materials for Reference 122
1.American Sense of Time 122
2.How Space Communicates 123
3.Proxemics in a Cross- CulturalContext： English andFrench 124
Unit 8 Cross-Cultural Perception 129
Materials for Reference 139
1.Stereotyping 139
2.Various Forms of Prejudice 142
3.Typical Individual Reactions to Unofamiliar Cultures 144
Unit 9 Intercultural Adaptation 147
Materials for Reference 157
1.Dimensions oof Intercultural Adaptation 157
2.Outcomes of InterculturalContact 158
3.Return Culture Shock 161
Unit 10 Acquiring Intercultural Competence 163
Materials for Reference 173
1.Steps in Cultural Understanding 173
2.Stagesofthe Processof Multiculturalism 174
3.Cultural Learning Outcomes 175
跨文化交际电影资料简介 179
推荐阅读（中文）书目 184
Acknowledgements 185