ABSTRACT

Now in a second edition, this book guides students in developing Intercultural Communication Competence through its accessible style and unique theoretical framework of ten interconnected principles.

Thoroughly revised and updated with new case studies and examples and a sharper focus on practical application, the book engages students in active learning by showing them how these principles come to play in their intercultural journeys. It features detailed case studies that are accompanied by guiding questions that help students link theory to their daily lives. At the end of each chapter, the "Side Trips" discussion prompts encourage students to think more critically about the issues as they are presented.

Suitable for upper-level or graduate intercultural communication courses within communication and linguistics departments.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|28 pages

Punctuation Principle

‘What’s in a Line?’

chapter 2|21 pages

Uncertainty Principle

‘Let the Mystery Be!’

chapter 3|29 pages

Performativity Principle

‘The Deed Is Everything’

chapter 4|29 pages

Positionality Principle

‘It All Depends’

chapter 5|23 pages

Commensurability Principle

‘It Is Everybody’s World’

chapter 6|21 pages

Continuum Principle

‘Having It Both Ways’

chapter 7|23 pages

Pendulum Principle

‘Panta Rhei’

chapter 8|23 pages

Transaction Principle

‘More Than a Game’

chapter 9|26 pages

Synergy Principle

‘2+2=5 (or More!)’

chapter 10|29 pages

Sustainability Principle

‘All for One, and One for All’