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Communicating Across Cultures

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The purpose of this book is to provide a theorectical approach to intercultural communication, and not so much a sequence of exercises for better intercultural communication. Actually, if you want the latter approach, Ting-Toomey's book "Understanding Intercultural Communication," which she co-wrote with Leeva Chung, is a must have and one of the best out there! But for those who are interested in a deeper approach of this important field, I highly reccommend "Communication Across Cultures." A lot of what is contained in this book provides a systematic foundation for intercultural communication exercises today.

I got it after 3 days when I bought it. But I hadn't received answer of my email from the seller.

I found this book to be very frustrating. Many interesting concepts, but extrememly difficult to read. It seemed like there was a new concept every paragraph, but I was still trying to figure out what the previous paragraph was trying to explain. The APA referencing was also distracting. The author referenced many sources, so just about the time I'd get a flow going in the reading I'd hit a reference that would interrupt my train of thought. Thank goodness we had an excellent teacher in the classroom who could interpret the book for us.