Aims: 1. To help our students develop better communication competence for their future career involving interacting with people from other cultural or social backgrounds or even for their future pursuit of advanced study abroad. 2. To help students to have greater awareness of cultural differences in various communication contexts. 3. To learn the fundamental notions covered in the study of intercultural communication. To discuss cross-cultural communication, culture is defined not only by national diversity but also broadly in terms of social diversity as derived from gender, ethnicity, or nationality as well as various communication contexts, such as media, business and education. Students will be given lecture to have initial understanding of important theories and concepts in the field of cross-cultural communication and eventually put what they know into practice in the future when they have to interact with people from other countries or those sharing different social/cultural identities. Their awareness and sensitivity as to how to use language with polite and adequate manners are expected to increase upon the completion of the course.