【正文】 Edward B. Tylor writing from the perspective of social anthropology in the UK in 1871 described culture in the following way: “Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic（人種志研究的） sense, is that plex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. More recently, the United Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organization UNESCO (2022) described culture as follows: ... culture should be regarded as the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, and that it enpasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs. ’s definition: Culture consists in patterned ways of thinking, feeling and reacting acquired and transmited mainly by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiments of artifacts。 2)Blame the alien for the differences. the present encounters: more abundant and more significant. Reasons: 1） modern means of transportation systems 2） modern means of munication systems 3） globalization of world economy 4) mass migration rationale for looking at these changes : 1). As the familiar gives way to a new and different world, the entire human race is a affected. 2). Many of the events that have brought diverse groups together have been too subtle to detect and have taken place over a long period. Hence, we believe that many of them may have been overlooked. 3) By demonstrating both the quantity and quality of these changes, we might be better able to arouse your interest in intercultural munication. II. The Quantity of Intercultural Communication 1. International Contacts ? Three international developments that made international contact more axiomatic and pervasive: ? New technology and information systems。 ? 8). Nation, race and subculture(亞文化 )。(Chapter59)。 8 periods 4).Part III From Theory of Practice。 They fear each other because they don39。 to study ICC. II. Course Objectives/purposes The specific course objectives are as follows: 1. To acquire knowledge related to ICC (terminologies and definitions) ； 2. To develop skills that will increase your intercultural munication petence； 3. To understand how munication processes differ among cultures； cultivate the ability to study and explore the issues concerning intercultural munication . III. Plan. Textbook :Communication Between Cultures (Third Edition)By Larry A. Samovar Richard E. Porter Lisa A. Stefani 2022 2. Time schedule: 36 periods in one term. 1).Introduction to Intercultural Communication 。(Chapter59)。 ? 5). Particular cultural pattern and its impact on cross_cul