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Lustig, Koester & Halualani - Intercultural Competence

Lustig, M., Koester, J. & Halualani, R. (2017). Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication across Cultures (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson and AB. ISBN 9780134003340

This book gives readers sufficient knowledge, appropriate motivations, and useful skills that enable them to experience how cultural differences can affect communication with others. The authors offer some practical suggestions concerning the adjustments necessary to achieve intercultural competence when dealing with these cultural differences. It enables readers to appreciate the impact of cultural patterns on intercultural communication; use both practical and theoretical ideas to understand intercultural communication competence; understand some of the central contexts in which intercultural communication occurs; and discuss cultural identity and the role of cultural biases.