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Intercultural Communication

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The chapter has 3 sections: Defining Cross-cultural Communication; Communication Difficulties, concluding with Culture & Language Styles. The aim is to develop a broad awareness of the many factors involved in teaching with an intercultural perspective. The text is interspersed with activities which can be used by both teachers and students to help ease relationships and learning in the classroom.

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Sage, R. (2017). Intercultural Communication. In: Paradoxes in Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-185-8_7

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