本书包含以下六大部分内容：第一部分内容为文化研究、跨文化意识、跨文化交际、跨文化能力等术语的基本定义和基本概念；第二部分内容为国际化和全球化的性质、特点、含义及其异同；第三部分内容为语言、社会与文化身份之间的关系；第四部分内容为思维定势与偏见；第五部分内容为跨文化交际的研究范围以及跨文化交际与教育的关系；第六部分内容为跨文化能力及其培养，如何成功地实现不同文化之间的相互交际与理解以及跨文化交际与理解的各种前提条件等。

Introduction

  Concepts and Terms (Michael Byram)

Globalisation, Internationalisation and Post-modernism 

Globalisation and Internationalism: Democratic Prospects for

    World Education (Phillip W. Jones)

Globalisation and Education in the Post-colonial World

    Towards a Conceptual Framework (Leon Tikly)

Internationalisation and Globaiisation: Rethinking a Curriculum

   of Communication (Gunther Kress)

Postmodernitv. Cultural Pluralism and the Nation-state:

Problems of Language Rights, Human Rights, Identity and

    Power (Naz Rassool)

Language, Society and Identity

Some Basic Concepts of Language Society and identity

     (Edwards)

Educational Language Planning and Linguistic identity

    ( Peter Sutton)

 Socialisation and Classification (Hendry J. )

 National and Other Identities (Smith A. D. )

 Ethnic Groups and Boundaries. (Fredrik Barth)

The Stranger (Simmel)

Stereotype and Prejudice

  The Nature of Prejudice (Allport)

  Prejudice and Intergroup Conflict (James Vivian and Rupert

     Brown )

Intercultural Communication and Internation

  Education

Cross-cultural Adaptation : Axioms ( Kim Y. Y. )

Toleration and Recognition: Education in a Multieuhural

    Society (Susan Mendus)

Describing Intercultural Communication and the

    Intercultural Speaker (Michael Byram)

Culture Shock: Psychological Reactions to Unfamiliar

    Environments (Furnham & Bochner)

A Survey of Intercultural Communication Courses (Fantini) ...

Preparing Teachers for an Intercultural Context

    ( Kenneth Cushner)

Intercultural Education at the University Level:

   Teacher-Student Interaction (Neal R. Goodman)

Human Rights and Intercuhural Education

    ( Micheline Rey)

Intercultural Understanding and Intercultural

 Competence

 Becoming an Intercultural Mediator: A Longitudinal Study

    of Residence Abroad (Geof Alfred & Mike Byram) -

Searching for the Intercultural Person (Phyllis Ryan)

Defining and Describing Intercultural Communicative

   Competence (Michael Byram)

For a Flexible Model of Intercultural Understanding

     ( Lothar Bredella)

Tandem Learning as an Intercultural Activity

    ( Jane Woodin)

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