Discovering Intercultural Communication: From Language Users to Language Use

ISBN-13: 9783030765941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 166 str.

Cara Penry Williams

Spis treści

​Chapter 1: Shared Language, Different Cultures, and Common Communicative Goals

Chapter 2: Adjustments as Strategies for Successful Communication

Chapter 3: Barriers in Intercultural Communication

Chapter 4: Communities of Practice and Writing Cultures

Chapter 5: Speaking and Embodying Cultures

Chapter 6: Learning and Goals in Education

Chapter 7: Communication in Workplaces: Equal Services and Professional Discourses

O autorze

Hyejeong Kim is a Teacher and Researcher in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Cara Penry Williams is a Lecturer in English Language at the University of Derby, UK and an Honorary Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Australia.

Blurb

This textbook provides a succinct, contemporary introduction to intercultural communication with a focus on actual language use. With English as a lingua franca and Communicative Accommodation Theory as the underpinning concepts, it explores communication, language use, and culture in action. Each chapter includes discourse extracts so that students can apply what they have learned to real text examples, and supplementary instructor materials including suggestions for discussion points and activities are hosted on springer.com. The book will be key reading for students taking modules on Intercultural Communication or Language, Culture and Communication as part of a degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, or English Language both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. 

Hyejeong Kim is a Teacher and Researcher in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Cara Penry Williams is a Lecturer in English Language at the University of Derby, UK and an Honorary Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Australia.