《跨文化交际实用教程》以美国跨文化交际培训理论为依据，按照四个步骤安排教学内容：跨文化意识的觉醒，跨文化知识的吸取，跨文化情感的应对，以及跨文化技能的获得。通过模式化、角色训练、表演反馈和训练迁移四个步骤实现跨文化交际教学的目的。

　　胡超，宁波大学外语学院教授，硕士生导师，宁波大学跨文化交际研究所所长。研究方向为跨文化交际、文化比较、英语教育等。现已在外语类核心期刊等学术刊物发表论文20篇左右。

Unit 1 An Introduction
Warm-up Cases
Culture
Communication
Intercultural Commurication
Exercises
Unit 2 Daily Verbal Communication （I）
Warm-up Cases
Form of Address
Greeting
Initiating Conversation and Conversation Topic
Visiting
Parting
Exercises
Unit 3 Daily Verbal Communication （11） Unit 1 An Introduction
Warm-up Cases
Culture
Communication
Intercultural Commurication
Exercises
Unit 2 Daily Verbal Communication （I）
Warm-up Cases
Form of Address
Greeting
Initiating Conversation and Conversation Topic
Visiting
Parting
Exercises
Unit 3 Daily Verbal Communication （11）
Warm-up Cases
Compliments and Compliment Responses
Social Functions of Compliments
Differences Between Chinese and English Compliments
Common Response Formulas of English and Chinese
Compliments
Cultural Assumption
Expressions of Gratitude and Apology in English and Chinese
Exercises
Unit 4 Verbal Communication
Warm-up Cases
Culturally Loaded Words
Cultural Reflections on Proverbs
Taboos
Differences in Cultural Thought Patterns
Exercises
Unit 5 Nonverbal Communication
Warm-up Cases
Nonverbal Communication， Its Underestimated Status
Nonverbal Communication， Its Study Areas
Cultural Differences in Nonverbal Communication
Time Language
Space Language
Body Language
Paralanguage
Exercises
Unit 6 Cross-gender Communication
Warm-up Cases
Sex and Gender
Feminine and Masculine Communication Cultures
Understanding Cross-gender Communication
Six Principles for Effective Cross-gender Communication
Exercises
Unit 7 Cultural Variations in Negotiation Styles
Warm-up Cases
Cultural Variations in Conducting Business
Cultural Variations in Selecting Negotiators
Cultural Variations in Decision-making
Conclusion
Exercises
Unit 8 Humor Interpretation in Intercultural Encounters
Warm-up Cases
Humor as a Pathway to Intercultural Communication Competence
Converting Enthymeme into Syllogism
Locating Analogous Cultural Contexts
The Metastep
Summary
Exercises
Unit 9 Intercultural Personhood： An Integration of Eastern
and Western Perspectives
Warm-up Cases
Eastern and Western World Views
A Synthesis
Complementarity
Toward Intercultural Personhood
Exercises
Bibliography
Appendices
Appendix Ⅰ： A Social-cultural Test
Appendix Ⅱ： Teaching Syllabus for Intercultural Communication
Appendix Ⅲ： Key for Reference