Cross-culturally speaking, speaking cross-culturally / edited by Bert Peeters, Kerry Mullan and Christine Béal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peeters, Bert.

Mullan, Kerry.

Béal, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did you know that, to get a job in Australia, it is important to use the right balance of informal and formal language during the interview? Did you know that student advising in Wu Chinese (spoken around Shanghai) is not a face-threatening activity, contrary to general perceptions about the nature of advice giving? Did you know that the use of minimal eye contact and flat intonation by Japanese speakers is interpreted by native English speakers as a lack of interest and willingness to commun...

Contents:

part one. Cross-cultural encounters

part two. Cross-cultural comparisons

part three. Helping the cross-cutural learner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 29, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5527-8

OCLC:

868489100