Jackson - Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication

Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication

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 nonverbal 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. The website can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/jackson.

Jane Jackson has many years of experience teaching intercultural communication and is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Praise for this edition:

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, China

Introducing 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, UK

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) Jacksons 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, Australia

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, UK

Praise from students:

As a student who is about to study abroad in Japan, reading this book has been of enormous help to me.

Not only does the book include different concepts related to intercultural communication, it is illustrated with various examples from different parts of the world. This offered me a brand new perspective on looking at culture and intercultural communication.

After reading this book, I now have a more comprehensive understanding of... how one can competently interact with people across cultures. I am convinced that what I have learnt from this book will contribute to making my study abroad experience even more valuable.

Serena Kwok Ho Ching, student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

I can grasp the ideas and concepts quickly since the author illustrates them with short, straightforward daily-life examples. As for the rather complicated communication theories and models of other scholars, Professor Jackson explains them in a clear and understandable way and also applies them in intercultural situations.

Flora Leung, student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication

JANE JACKSON

First published 2014

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Jackson, Jane, 1954

Introducing language and intercultural communication / Jane Jackson.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Intercultural communication. I. Title.

P94.6J33 2014

ISBN: 978-0-415-60198-6 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-415-60199-3 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-84893-8 (ebk)

Contents

In recent decades, interaction between people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds has never been greater. With advances in technology and transportation and increases in immigration quotas, more and more people are on the move and societies are becoming increasingly diverse. The number of students who are studying outside their home country is also on the rise. Consequently, there is a pressing need for better preparation for cross-cultural adjustment and intercultural relationship building, especially in a second language. Institutions of higher education across the globe now recognize the need to offer courses and experiences that foster the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for intercultural communicative competence and responsible, global citizenship. Introductory courses in intercultural communication are now being offered in baccalaureate degrees in a range of disciplines; however, few books are truly international in scope and the language dimension of intercultural communication is often given little attention.