1. Connection of cross-cultural communication with other fields of study
1.1. anthropology
1.1.1. Culture
1.2. Ethnolinguistics
1.2.1. Relationship between language and culture
1.3. linguistics
1.3.1. Language
1.3.1.1. language form
1.3.1.2. language meaning
1.3.1.3. language in context
1.4. Communication studies
1.4.1. Processes of communication
1.5. psychology
1.5.1. Behavior
1.5.1.1. Predictable definitions
1.6. cultural studies
1.6.1. Various fields
1.6.1.1. Political economy
1.6.1.2. art history
1.6.1.3. philosophy
1.6.1.4. museum studies
1.6.1.5. cultural anthropology
1.6.1.6. media theory
1.6.1.7. film studies
1.6.1.8. literaty theory
1.6.1.9. Communication
1.6.1.10. sociology
2. Defines the universal human capacity to classify, to codify and communicate their experiences symbolically
2.1. Linguistic anthropology
2.1.1. How languages influences social life
2.2. Cultural anthropology
3. Тема 1-го уровня
3.1. Тема следующего уровня
4. Required skills
4.1. Listening Skills
4.2. Speaking Skills
4.3. Observation
4.4. Patience
4.5. Flexibility
5. Key terms of cross-cultural communication
5.1. Communication
5.1.1. Communication is a process, whereby information is enclosed in a package, channeled and imparted by a sender to a receiver via some medium. The receiver then decodes the message and gives the sender a feedback.
5.1.2. Communication is social interaction where at least two interacting agents share a common set of signs and a common set of semiotic rules.
5.1.3. Communication has many forms.
5.1.3.1. Verbal
5.1.3.2. Nonverbal
5.1.3.3. Direct (face-to-face)
5.1.3.4. Indirect
5.1.3.5. Telecommunication
5.2. Culture
5.2.1. The integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary)
5.2.2. The customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious or social group
5.2.3. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society" including codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms of behavior such as law and morality, and systems of belief as well as the arts and gastronomy
5.3. Language
5.3.1. Four language skills
5.3.1.1. Listening
5.3.1.2. Speaking
5.3.1.3. Reading
5.3.1.4. Writing
5.3.2. A system of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other (Definition from Britannica Concise Encyclopedia)