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Very interesting blog that records stereotyping in varying media, mostly of the Hispanic community, but other communities also.

Holliday, A., M. Hyde and J. Kullman. 2004. Intercultural communication: An advanced resource book. London: Routledge. The essential text for the MCCA stream, although not a full text version.

Week 8 Reading

I laughed on seeing this!  Re Intercultural Communication.  It's "almost" right for the first picture but not quite!  That's the thing with thinking we're fey with a culture if we've only just touched the surface.  Based on the first image and the reference to an Australian rude gesture that's "not quite accurate", my hunch is the others aren't either.  A thing from the interwebs not to be trusted. 

Welcome to the first ever intercultural podcast. 'absolutely intercultural!' is its name and, as far as we know, this is the first podcast in the world to deal with intercultural issues. We'll be releasing a new episode every second Friday evening, looking at all intercultural aspects of human intercultural communication. For example, we'll be hearing from students on foreign work placements, asking how teachers can make use of intercultural exercises and simulations in their classroom and sharing with you any intercultural gossip we come across. 'absolutely intercultural!' won't be so much about passing on information but more about starting an intercultural dialogue between the makers, and you, the contributors and listeners.

This is a good, basic guide to using graphics in most formal texts, including academic essays and reports. It's adapted from the hardcover book 'Power Tools for Technical Communication' by the same author. It was written in the 1990s, so the stuff on scanning is out of date, but the basics are sound.

An BBC experiment using translation software to allow people to communicate in seven languages is hailed as a success.

An example of community from Nur Hazirah Binti Abd Rahman.

PART of the 2nd Edition online

Visual aids are an important element of a good oral presentation. Using visuals can add interest to your presentation and help you communicate your ideas.

Even the best of us can be misunderstood. A Palestinian bystander criticised Banksy's art and told him to go home. The Palestinian man did not want Banksy to make the hated wall beautiful.

Fascinating talk on the importance of subject position and identity on effective communication.

This is an excellent guide to how to communicate online, even though some of the links to examples are currently broken.

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