Unit1AnIntroduction
Warm-upCases
Culture
Communication
InterculturalCommurication
Exercises
Unit2DailyVerbalCommunication(I)
Warm-upCases
FormofAddress
Greeting
InitiatingConversationandConversationTopic
Visiting
Parting
Exercises
Unit3DailyVerbalCommunication(11)
Warm-upCases
ComplimentsandComplimentResponses
SocialFunctionsofCompliments
DifferencesBetweenChineseandEnglishCompliments
CommonResponseFormulasofEnglishandChinese
Compliments
CulturalAssumption
ExpressionsofGratitudeandApologyinEnglishandChinese
Exercises
Unit4VerbalCommunication
Warm-upCases
CulturallyLoadedWords
CulturalReflectionsonProverbs
Taboos
DifferencesinCulturalThoughtPatterns
Exercises
Unit5NonverbalCommunication
Warm-upCases
NonverbalCommunication,ItsUnderestimatedStatus
NonverbalCommunication,ItsStudyAreas
CulturalDifferencesinNonverbalCommunication
TimeLanguage
SpaceLanguage
BodyLanguage
Paralanguage
Exercises
Unit6Cross-genderCommunication
Warm-upCases
SexandGender
FeminineandMasculineCommunicationCultures
UnderstandingCross-genderCommunication
SixPrinciplesforEffectiveCross-genderCommunication
Exercises
Unit7CulturalVariationsinNegotiationStyles
Warm-upCases
CulturalVariationsinConductingBusiness
CulturalVariationsinSelectingNegotiators
CulturalVariationsinDecision-making
Conclusion
Exercises
Unit8HumorInterpretationinInterculturalEncounters
Warm-upCases
HumorasaPathwaytoInterculturalCommunicationCompetence
ConvertingEnthymemeintoSyllogism
LocatingAnalogousCulturalContexts
TheMetastep
Summary
Exercises
Unit9InterculturalPersonhood:AnIntegrationofEastern
andWesternPerspectives
Warm-upCases
EasternandWesternWorldViews
ASynthesis
Complementarity
TowardInterculturalPersonhood
Exercises
Bibliography
Appendices
AppendixI:ASocial-culturalTest
AppendixII:TeachingSyllabusforIntercultural
Communication
AppendixIII:KeyforReference