【正文】 on. 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。 ? 4. to acquaint postgraduates approaches to overe cultural differences。 ? Part II examines cultural patterns of behavior and then looks at the deep structures as the basic roots of cultural behavior( Chapter34) ? Part III puts the theory of intercultural munication into practice。t know each other。 ? Part IV is concerned with the improvement of intercultural munication skills(Chapter10). VI. A brief introduction to the history of the study of ICC The Development of the Discipline 1946 ： The US government passed the Foreign Service Act and established the Foreign Service Institute. The institute hired Edward T. Hall? 1959 : The publication of the Silent Language by the American cultural anthropologist, Edward marked the emergence of ICC. 1966: ICC was regarded as curriculum in the US. 1959 : The publication of the Silent Language by the American cultural anthropologist, Edward marked the emergence of ICC. 1966: ICC was regarded as curriculum in the US. 4. In 1970: ICC was recognized as an independent area of study by the International Communication Association (國際傳播學(xué)會(huì) ) 5. In 1972: The first international conference on intercultural munication was held in Japan. 6. In 1983 : Gudykunst ,American well known scholar in ICC, edited the first text on intercultural munication theory, Intercultural Communication Theories. 7. In the 1990s Theory construction and testing continues. VII. The nature of the study of ICC: Interdisciplinary: 1. Linguists : Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf and their hypothesis :the Edward SapirWhorf hypothesis(薩丕爾 沃爾夫假設(shè) ) 2. Anthropologists Edward Hall and his works: The Silent Language 3. Psychologists : Gordon Allport and his classic study, The Nature of prejudice VIII. Approaches to the study of ICC Three Approaches: social science approach (sometimes called functionalist approach) 2. the interpretive approach 3. the critical approach IX. RESEARCH AREAS OF ICC. ? 1. IN USA, ICC RESEARCH COVERS: ? 1). Cultural differences and impacts on many areas。 ? changes in the world population。 ? 3. to enable postgraduates to meet people from various cultural backgrounds。 Prepare what the teacher has asked you to do. an active part in class discussions and performances. 3. Choose and read two remended textbooks on intercultural munication one in Chinese and one in English. Books Remended: [1] Ron Scollon Suzanne Wong Scollon :Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach , 外語教學(xué)與研究出版社， 2022* [2] 賈玉新：