Cross cultural understanding: a handbook to understand others’ cultures

 
 

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Cross Cultural Understanding | iii 
Foreword 
 
In teaching English as second language or foreign 
language, students are usually confronted with so many ideas of 
strange cultural items. This condition somehow also influences 
their motivations, their willingness and their interest in studying 
the language. We consider this condition as a drawback we 
should omit. As teachers, then, we compose this book as a means 
to help students understand western cultures.
This book consists of eleven chapters. Chapter I discusses 
the relation between Language and Culture which is then 
followed by General American Values for the Chapter II. 
Stereotypes comes at Chapter III where we can find discussion 
about certain ‗label‘ given to certain people from certain country. 
Chapter IV shares Intercultural Communication and Non-Verbal 
Communication is for Chapter V. Culture Shock as the initial 
feelings we find when touching other cultures‘ environment. It is 
continued by Cultural Conflict as Chapter VI. Male and Female 
Relationship, Table Manner and Hotel Tour are the rest of the 
Chapters. 
Regards, 
Umi Pujiyanti dan Fatkhunaimah Rhina 

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