Unit 1 Imperatives for Intercultural Communication Lead-in The Roads Linking the East with the West Text A Why Study Intercultural Communication? Expanding Intercultural Knowledge Text B Work Together to Build the Silk Road Economic Belt o and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Case Study Unit 2 Communication and Culture Lead-in A Monkey Exploring the Great World Text A Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo Expanding Intercultural Knowledge Text B Questions of Culture Case Study Unit 3 Perception and Culture Lead-in Gift Text A Becoming a Sensitive Intercultural Perceiver Expanding Intercultural Knowledge ��ext B How Ten Years in China Changed Me Forever Case Studvy Unit 4 Barriers to Intercultural Communication Lead-in How to Get Them to Jump? Text A Barriers to Effective Intercultural Communication Expanding Intercultural Knowledge Text B Increasing Racial Discrimination Against Asians Exposes Overall Racist Nature of U.S. Society Case Study Unit 5 Identity and Culture Lead-in Who Am l? Text A Cultural Identity: Issues of Belonging Expanding Intercultural Knowledge Text B Am Not Your Asian Stereotype Case Study Cultural Values Unit 6 Lead-in Proverbs and Values Text A Values and Value Orientations Across Cultures Expanding Intercultural Knowledge Text B Eastern vs. Western Parenting Case Study Unit 7 Language and Culture Lead-in Eastern vs. Western Verbal Styles Text A The Connection Between Language and Culture Expanding Intercultural Knowledge Text B How Language Shapes the Way We Think Case Study Unit 8 Nonverbal Communication and Culture Lead-in Obama's Bow in Japan Text A The Silent Language Expanding Intercultural Knowledge Text B Understanding Personal Space Across Cultures Case Study Intercultural Conflict Management