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Intercultural Interactions: A Practical Guide (Cross Cultural Research and Methodology) 1st Edition
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More comprehensive in scope than its predecessor, the Second Edition also contains a practical new user′s guide, and its expanded coverage draws readers in with more vivid scenarios and examples reflecting changing world events and social milieu.
- ISBN-109780803959910
- ISBN-13978-0803959910
- Edition1st
- PublisherSAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication dateOctober 6, 1995
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.86 x 8.5 inches
- Print length384 pages
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intercultural communication skills. The book provides a short, but
precise consolidation of the process of intercultural interaction, and
from there on focusses on identifying one of the most prolific tools,
the case study, employed to train intercultural communication
awareness and skills.
The 'culture assimilator' technique requires the trainee to read short
case studies, or critical incidents, that present culture clashes
between individuals from different cultural backgrounds. Trainees are
typically asked to select from a range of alternative explanations for
the incident. Through the process of discussing in groups, attempting
to draw a conclusion or discover underlying concepts, trainees learn
how and why people make judgements concerning the cause of behaviour.
The first third of the book provides a broad definition of
intercultural interaction and the issues involved at the point of
cultural misunderstanding (misattribution process). How the culture
assimilator facilitates the development of a more sophisticated,
layered understanding of cultural behaviour rounds out the
introduction.
The middle section of the books contains a substantial
bulk of critical incidents and their accompanying explanatory essays,
which cover 18 major themes that reflect the places and situations
where people are most likely to encounter difficulties (workplace, in
the family, education and schooling, settling in and adjusting,
socialising events, returning home, etc.).
The last third of the book looks at the application of the critical
incidents for an understanding of the emotional consequences of
culture clash, and provides further background for 'knowledge areas'
required to respond effectively to many every day behaviours.
For especially teachers and trainers this book is a rich source of
material to supplement courses or seminars, and a rare step-by-step
analysis of the development and use of a typical method of training
intercultural sensitivity. The authors guide the teacher and trainer
through the stages of administering the 'culture assimilator' using
sample incidents, and provide clear guidelines on how to construct or
tailor critical incidents key to their learners' understanding of
cultural concepts.
The book, both as informational background and practical skills
training tool, can be used for diverse groups such as international
businessmen, teachers and teacher education students, psychology
professors, cross-cultural trainers, and even health care
professionals. The critical incident method can be adapted along
culture-specific or culture-general lines, into role-plays, to
introduce a topic as a key point in understanding more complex
concepts.
A book to purchase? I don't know and likely will look elsewhere for offerings with more visible substance.





