本书包括10个单元20篇课文以及每篇课文前后的导言、注释和思考题，书后另附有跨文化交际学术语解释与参考书目。主要内容涉及跨文化实际学概述、语言与文化的相互关系、语言与非语言交际、东西方思维模式与价值观念差异、文化与感知模式、跨文化交际障碍与文化适应，以及日常生活与商贸洽谈跨文化交际实践等诸多方面。本书适用于英语专业本科高年级学生和硕士研究生的教学使用，也是具有中级以上水平的广大英语学习者和各类涉外工作人员的必备参考读本。

Unit One Intercultural Communication：An Overview

 Reading One An Introduction to Intercultural Communication

 Reading Two The History of the Study of Intercultural Communical

Unit Two Language and Culture

 Reading One Communicative Codes：Linguistic Aspects

 Reading Two Language and Culture：Sounds and Actions

Unit Three Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication

 Reading One Intercultural Dilemma in Multicultural Setting：Doing vs.Being

 Reading Two Intercultural Competence in Interpersonal Relationshit

Unit Four Verbal Communiction

 Reading One Verbal Intercultural Communication

 Reading Two Relationships in Face-to-Face Communication

Unit Five Nonverbal Communication

 Reading One Nonverbal Intercultural Communication

 Reading Two Nonverbal Codes and Cultural Space

Unit Six Cultural Patterns and Perception

 Reading One Cultural Patterns and Communication：Taxonomies

 Reading Two Cultural Diversity in Perception：Alternative Views of　Reality

Unit Seven Intercultural Communication--East and West

 Reading One Collectivism vs. Individualism：A Reconceptualisation of a Basic Concept in Cross-Cultural Social Psychology

 Reading Two The Concept of "Face" in Chinese-American Interactk

Unit Eight Intercultural Barriers

 Reading One Cultural Biases and Intercultural Communication

 Reading Two Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication

Unit Nine Intercultural Communication in Business, Management and Negotiation

 Reading One Negotiating Across Cultures

 Reading Two Cross-Cultural Negotiating

Unit Ten Cultural Adaptation and Intercultural Competence

 Reading One Cross-Cultural Adaptation：Axioms

 Reading Two The Potential for Intercultural Competence

Glossary

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