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by: Myron W. Lustig, Jolene Koester
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.482
EAN: 9780205453528
ISBN: 020545352X
Label: Allyn & Bacon
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: June 04, 2005
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Sales Rank: 168447
Studio: Allyn & Bacon
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Striking a unique balance between skills and theory, Intercultural Competence provides readers with the background and confidence to succeed in today's multi-cultural environment. Blending both the practical and the theoretical, the concrete and the abstract, this book is both enjoyable to read and thoroughly researched. By clearly explaining different theories and the significance of cultural patterns and having readers practice what they learn via examples in the book, Intercultural Competence better prepares readers to interact in intercultural relationships. The book also provides a discussion of important ethical and social issues relating to intercultural communication. The authors cover American multiculturalism as well as global cultural issues. For anyone interested in intercultural communication.
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Rating:  - Over its Head
I went to CSUN, where Koester is in charge. This is a good example of how academics has gone astray. It tries to cover everything and there's very little scientific basis for it. I know very little about most of these cultures but the ones I do know are not accurately represented. For example, it states that Irish people were considered a mongrel race. Irish people were indeed considered a race, my grandmother's records at Ellis defined her race as Irish. That's not mongrel. The footnote to back ... Read More
Rating:  - Academically Sound
I have been teaching Intercultural Communication using this text (previous edition). After completing my MPhil in Intercultural Communication and being exposed to alot of texts in the field, I am still confident that this text is a very good introduction for college students. I have been teaching groups of students that are very diverse, with up to 14 different cultures at one time, and we always have fun with this book, because we are able to discuss the concepts very broadly. I still have to ... Read More
Rating:  - Maximum incompetence.
Intercultural competence! What a totally inappropriate title for a book, especially when the subject matter is; view points of different cultures. Who gets to decide who is competent and who is not? Would one become competent after they read this book? People who do not agree with the authors, are they incompetent? After the initial shock of the title, I started reading this book, in fact I had to read the whole thing since it was the text book of a class that I was taking. Unfortunately the shock ... Read More
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