Cross-cultural communication and foreign language education

Author: Chen Junsen Fan Weiwei Zhong Hua
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: The concept of this book originates from the graduate course "Intercultural Communication" at the School of Foreign Languages, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Its purpose is to guide the writing with the basic theories of intercultural communication, standing on the perspective of Chinese people's intercultural communication practices, and explore various aspects of intercultural communication. Among these, it pays full attention to the practice and education of intercultural communication, hoping to spark related discussions and promote the teaching of intercultural communication in language education. The book is divided into six chapters: Culture and Communication, Language Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Chinese Interpersonal Relationships, Intercultural Contact and Practice, and Foreign Language Education and Culture. In these six chapters, 69 key terms are provided, with more focus on addressing numerous specific issues of today rather than just conceptual explanations. The teachers and students who have taken the "Intercultural Communication" course have undergone six years of refinement, accumulating both theoretical and practical knowledge. This book is the result of their learning and research.