Unit 1
Language Tools:
Suggesting Possibilities
Encounter:
The Taxi
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Intercultural Communication and IJnderstanding Westerners
Letter to Fran:
Not Eating
Fran's Response:
Not Eating
Culture Difference Reading:
Individualist and Collectivist Cultures
Unit 2
Language Tools:
Different Degrees of Probability
Encounter:
The Gift
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Interpreting What Foreigners Mean
Letter to Fran:
A Helping Hand
Fran's Response:
A Helping Hand
Culture Difference Reading:
Public and Private Behavior
Unit 3
Language Tools:
Making and Qualifying Generalizations
Encounter:
Mistakes
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Generalizations and Stereotypes
Letter to Fran:
Who Pays?
Fran's Response:
Who Pays?
Culture Difference Reading:
Difference in Rank and Power
Unit 4
Language Tools:
Feelings and Parts of Speech
Encounter:
The Invitation
Intercultural Communication Reading:
Stress in Intercultural Encounters
Letter to Fran:
The Shopper
Fran's Response:
The Shopper
Culture Difference Reading:
Western Communication Styles
Unit 5
Language Tools:
Asking Personal Questions
Encounter:
Living Together
Intercultural Communication Reading:
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