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Griffith Working Papers in Pragmatics and Intercultural Communication

This study aims to explore the variables in perceptions of (im)politeness in an intercultural apology, focusing on discussion of the cultural and gender differences. Through the study’s instrument, a conversation between an Australian and a Taiwanese Chinese speaker, the study suggests that there are indeed some differences in perceptions of (im)politeness across d...

Nonverbal Messages and Intercultural Communication

Intercultural communication takes place when individuals influenced by different cultural communities negotiate shared meanings in interaction. As every country has its own cultural value system; consequently, nonverbal communication is different from country to country. Therefore, having knowledge about the similarities and differences of nonverbal communication in different cultures increases...

Intercultural Communication and Teaching a Second Language in Russia

The paper analyzes the problem of teaching a second language in Russia with the help of techniques of intercultural communication. For the purpose of this paper we define teaching a second language with the help of intercultural communication as a strategy of successful teaching, based mostly on the social-geographic and mental and emotional approaches. We built up a system of teaching a second...

College English Teaching Viewed from the Perspective of Intercultural Communication

Internationalisation, intercultural communication and intercultural competence

This article assumes that the internationalization of higher education demands more elaborate pedagogical approaches to utilise the experiences of multiethnic student groups and to facilitate every student’s acquisition of intercultural competencies. Drawing from three internationalisation ideologies embedded in the educational discourse, it is argued that intercultural communication – as a fie...