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Free Download Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice between Generations:
Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western Perspectives
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009343742 | 235 Pages | PDF | 2 MB

Free Download Mihai Spariosu, "Exploring Humanity – Intercultural Perspectives on Humanism"
English | 2012 | pages: 296 | ISBN: 3847100165 | PDF | 2,7 mb
The old humanistic model, aiming at universalism, ecumenism, and the globalization of various Western systems of values and beliefs, is no longer adequate – even if it pleads for an ever-wider inclusion of other cultural perspectives and for intercultural dialogue. In contrast, it would be wise to retain a number of its assumptions and practices – which it incidentally shares with humanistic models outside the Western world. We must now reconsider and remap it in terms of a larger, global reference frame. This anthology does just that, thus contributing to a new field of study and practice that could be called intercultural humanism.

Free Download Kyoto in Davos. Intercultural Readings of the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate
by Tobias Endres, Ralf Müller
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9004680160 | 561 Pages | True PDF | 4.86 MB

Free Download Guillén-Galve, "English as a Lingua Franca and Intercultural Communication (Linguistic Insights)"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 3034327633 | PDF | pages: 415 | 4.1 mb
The contributions collected in this book provide a wide range of perspectives on and prospects for the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), and explore various contexts where ELF is used predominantly: Academic and research settings as well as teacher and general population education, including pronunciation teaching. The chapters look at ELF data and concerns taking into consideration the areas of phonology, grammar, pragmatics alongside more specific, sociolinguistic ones such as attitudes and identity. The chapters also seek to invoke and provoke further discussion and research on the complex and multifarious forms of the Englishes that people are using around the world in their daily encounters in English. Accordingly, most of the studies described in the chapters orient their methodology and discussion to a particular macro- or micro-context of intercultural communication (IC), as the main scope of the exploratory work presented here is not so much the system of ELF, but the pragmatics of communication and its strategies. The specific interest of this volume thus lies in bridging the gap between two distinct areas of scholarship, ELF studies, on the one hand, and IC studies, on the other, and in doing so from a semiperipherical European perspective and from a view of ELF as social practice.

Free Download Intercultural Communication and Identity
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009478575 | 68 Pages | PDF (True) | 2 MB
This Element asserts how identity as a construct enables a critical awareness of how speakers position themselves and are positioned by others in intercultural encounters. It discusses how identity vis-à-vis culture has been theorized through social psychological, poststructuralist, and critical lenses, and how identity is discursively constructed and mediated. Rejecting essentialist notions of language and culture, this Element demonstrates how inscriptions of identity such as race, ethnicity, nationality, and class can be used to critically examine the dynamics of situated intercultural encounters and to understand how such interactions can index competing and colluding ideologies. By examining identity research from different parts of the world, it casts a light on how identities are performed in diverse intercultural contexts and discusses research methodologies that have been employed to examine identity in intercultural communication.

Free Download David Matsumoto PhD, "APA Handbook of Intercultural Communication"
English | ISBN: 1433807785 | 2010 | 329 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This handbook illustrates how the practical, problem-solving approach of applied linguistics can illuminate a range of issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction.

Free Download The Intercultural Professional By Fiona O’Neill
2020 | 269 Pages | ISBN: 3030525309 | PDF | 3 MB
This book considers what is at stake for professionals whose work increasingly involves communicating in linguistically and culturally diverse contexts, and argues for the need to better understand the crucial role of languages and cultures in the modern workplace. With a focus on the experience of multilingual professionals, the author’s position is that such professionals, exemplified by those who have relocated internationally, deploy their unique linguistic, cultural and intercultural repertoires in their work. This book examines the ways in which professionals interpret and manage their experience of working within and across languages and cultures in ways that create affordances for them, their professional practice, and those who depend on their knowledge and expertise. It will be relevant to undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking studies in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, intercultural education and professional communication in any discipline.

Free Download The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication
by Nakayama, Thomas K.;Halualani, Rona Tamiko;, Rona Tamiko Halualani
English | 2023 | ISBN: 111974539X | 594 pages | PDF , True EPUB | 11.84 MB

Free Download Piotr Romanowski, "Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Teaching in Polish State Colleges"
English | ISBN: 1443873136 | 2017 | 205 pages | PDF | 968 KB
This volume provides a strong theoretical introduction to the field of intercultural communication, offering practical examples of classroom activities, as well as presenting empirical research which demonstrates that intercultural communicative competence (ICC) can be developed effectively in specially tailored courses adjusted to the needs of learners. It presents a novel model of intercultural sensitivity assessment, and outlines the results of research into intercultural communicative competence conducted among the students of English Language Studies in state colleges in Poland. The cultural component in developing ICC as an extra-linguistic determinant is assigned particular prominence in the book. A thorough analysis of the empirical material collected from participant observation, the administered questionnaires and interviews allowed the most common values and attitudes held as components of intercultural sensitivity to be identified. The obtained findings are subsequently analyzed to predict the potential areas of communication misunderstandings and failures between Polish learners of English and representatives of other cultures.

Free Download Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures (5th Edition) by Myron W. Lustig, Jolene Koester
English | 2005 | ISBN: 020545352X | 400 Pages | PDF | 81.1 MB
Striking a unique balance between skills and theory, Intercultural Competence provides readers with the background and confidence to succeed in today’s multicultural environment.