This course brings together the theories and practices of communication among individuals in different contexts, especially in an intercultural setting. The course is divided into two parts. The first part focuses mainly on the basics of interpersonal communication, which provides learners the necessary theoretical knowledge and skills for effective interpersonal interactions. These include techniques in message production, relationship building, interpersonal adaptation, and impression management. The second part deals with intercultural communication, which explores communication skills, models, and theories in a cross-cultural context, particularly on how different cultures filter experience through their own understandings of time, space, conventions, and structures, verbal, and nonverbal communication.
