
Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication
Jane Jackson(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. January 2014
Book
Hardback
414 pages
978-0-415-60198-6 (ISBN)
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Description
Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication is a lively and accessible introduction for undergraduates who are new to the area of intercultural communication.
Incorporating real-life examples from around the world and drawing on current research, this text argues against cultural stereotyping and instead provides students with a skill-building framework to enhance understanding of the complexities of language and intercultural communication in diverse international settings. Readers will learn to understand and become aware of power relations, positioning and the impact of social and political forces on language choice and the intercultural communication process. This is the essential text for undergraduate students studying courses in intercultural communication for the first time.
Features include:
clear learning objectives to structure your study
end of chapter discussion questions to test your knowledge
highlighted glossary terms to provide a strong understanding of the relevant vocabulary
an array of photos including signs which make use of non-verbal codes and many examples that illustrate such issues as intercultural misunderstandings and the effects of culture shock
substantial online resources for students including learning objectives, suggested readings, links to media resources and real-world intercultural scenarios and activities. Additional in-depth instructor resources feature test materials, powerpoints, key terms, extended chapter outlines and sample assignments and syllabi.
Incorporating real-life examples from around the world and drawing on current research, this text argues against cultural stereotyping and instead provides students with a skill-building framework to enhance understanding of the complexities of language and intercultural communication in diverse international settings. Readers will learn to understand and become aware of power relations, positioning and the impact of social and political forces on language choice and the intercultural communication process. This is the essential text for undergraduate students studying courses in intercultural communication for the first time.
Features include:
clear learning objectives to structure your study
end of chapter discussion questions to test your knowledge
highlighted glossary terms to provide a strong understanding of the relevant vocabulary
an array of photos including signs which make use of non-verbal codes and many examples that illustrate such issues as intercultural misunderstandings and the effects of culture shock
substantial online resources for students including learning objectives, suggested readings, links to media resources and real-world intercultural scenarios and activities. Additional in-depth instructor resources feature test materials, powerpoints, key terms, extended chapter outlines and sample assignments and syllabi.
Reviews / Votes
[Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication] delivers a clear, accessibly written and above all comprehensive overview of the field. I know of no other single-author text that does this - Professor John Corbett, University of Macau, ChinaIntroducing Language and Intercultural Communication is a very well structured, well researched and impressively well informed course book with an in-depth elaboration of the different aspects of intercultural communication. In combination with the companion website, which offers a variety of identity narratives, interviews and critical incidents, it is a highly recommendable tool that will effectively facilitate intercultural teaching and learning at different levels and certainly compares very favourably with the textbooks I have used so far in my teaching - Professor Guido Rings, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication by Jane Jackson is a state of the art introductory textbook to intercultural communication, that impresses with its comprehensiveness and convinces with its accessibility and ease of use. There is no doubt that this book will benefit instructors and students in equal measure - Professor Stefanie Stadler, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
With an emphasis on ethical Intercultural Communication (ICC) Jackson's book provides a chronology of the development in the field and gives a comprehensive overview of different research paradigms in the area of ICC, as well as their applications in other fields of scholarship. I would highly recommend this book to both students and researchers working in the field of ICC - Dr Maryam Jamarani, University of Queensland
Intercultural communication is a notoriously complex phenomenon of immense importance in our contemporary and future worlds. This book succeeds in presenting that complexity in an elegant and simple approach while being neither simplifying nor reductive. For students new to the field, it introduces the crucial topics, concepts and theories in a logical sequence, but it also challenges them to think critically about what they read, in the best traditions of university education - Professor Michael Byram, Professor Emeritus University of Durham
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
57 s/w Abbildungen, 7 s/w Tabellen, 11 s/w Zeichnungen
11 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Tables, black and white; 57 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
989 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-60198-6 (9780415601986)
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Person
Jane Jackson has many years of experience teaching intercultural communication and is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Content
1. Why study language and intercultural communication?, 2. The history of the study of language and intercultural communication, 3. Culture and the primary socialization process, 4. Language, communication, culture, and power in context, 5. Language and nonverbal intercultural communication, 6. Language and identity in intercultural communication, 7. Ethnocentricism and Othering: Barriers to intercultural communication, 8. Intercultural transitions: From language and culture shock to adaptation, 9. Intercultural interpersonal relationships, 10. Managing language and intercultural conflict, 11.Language and intercultural communication in the global workplace, 12. Global citizenship and intercultural (communicative) competence