KEYNOTE 1 '''The Past, Present, and Future of Intercultural Communication Competence Study''' Prof. Guo-Ming Chen, South China University of Technology, China/University of Rhode Island, USA As an umbrella concept and the ultimate goal of intercultural communication, intercultural communication competence (ICC) has been examined by scholars from different disciplines since the early 20th century. In order to draw a clearer picture of the study of ICC, this presentation delineates the developmental history of the concept by using three models to look at the past and present status of the study, and further propose a direction for future research. The first model represents the past or the first stage of the study prior to 1975; the second model represents the present or the second stage of the study from 1976 to 2000; and the third model represents the future stage of the study, started from the year of 2001 after the impact of globalization on human society became salient. It is concluded that ICC is a prerequisite ability a global citizen must equip in order to live productively and successfully in the coming age of human society. KEYNOTE 2 '''Discourse at Work: Children in China, Belgium, Lebanon, and the United States Talk about Careers''' Prof. Patrice M. Buzzanell, Purdue University, USA This cross-cultural study analyzes interview and focus group data from several hundred children in pre-Kindergarten through 4th grade levels (roughly 3-10 years of age) from four different countries as they talk about the meanings of work, occupations, and careers. This presentation focuses on differences based on human developmental and cultural or national differences. One challenge in interpreting the findings has been connecting the findings in this study with socialization, sociology of work, family and media communication, and popular culture research that usually has been conducted with adolescents and adults. My collaborators, Lorraine Kisselburgh and Brenda Berkelaar, and I discuss some enlightening and humorous passages from our grant-funded project on the meanings of engineering work. PAST PRESIDENTS' PANEL: '''Everything you wanted to know about intercultural communication...but were afraid to ask''' Moderator: Bates Hoffer, Trinity University, past president Panel: Nobuyuki Honna, Aoyama Gakuin University, current president Jia Yuxin, Harbin Institute of Technology, past president L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, past and in-coming president A panel of four presidents of IAICS will answer anonymous, written questions on any topic that the attenders want answered. Example question, “English speakers might say ‘I am afraid I can’t go,” but why are they afraid?’” [Warning: humor may be involved in some of the answers.] KEYNOTE 3 '''English as THE Global Language''' Prof. Michael Prosser, Shanghai International Studies University, China, and University of Virginia, USA KEYNOTE 4 '''Intercultural dialogue through International English''' Prof. Song Li, Harbin Institute of Technology The acceleration of globalization and multiculturalization has led to increasing interdependence in the global community, where understanding between cultures and peoples has become ever more imperative, and such cross-cultural understanding demands readiness for and deep engagment in constructive intercultural dialogues. The author holds that intercultural dialogue is both the means and the end of intercultural communication and that intercultural dialogue can be effectively realized in and through international English. The author will look into the role of international English as language for intercultural dialogue in terms of its conceptualization, functions and features. It will be argued that the duality of its global expansion and local diversification empowers international English to be the medium for representation, negotiation and construction of diverse cultures and identities. Dialogue implies equality and openness among interlocutors. And intercultural dialogue through internatioanl English suggests tolerance, acceptance and respect for diversity of its speakers and their use of the language with distinctive markedness of their ethnic and cultural identities. The author claims that diversity in international English is to be appreaciated and celebrated in intercultural communication. Implications of an intercultural dialogistic view of international English for English language education will also be addressed. KEYNOTE 5 '''Can Japanese Culture be Translated?: The Case of Musashi Miyamoto’s The Book of Five Rings''' Prof. Masahiro Hori, Kumamoto Gakuen University As part of ongoing research into issues of cross-cultural translation, and in particular, the problems that have presented themselves through the translation of cultural ideas particular to Japan into English, the aim of this keynote presentation is to investigate how the celebrated Book of Five Rings (1645) by Musashi Miyamoto (a book explicating martial strategy), has been translated into English. Six of the eleven different English versions of Musashi’s work are analyzed from a linguistic and stylistic point of view. Via the comparisons and discussions of the six English versions with the original text, various cross-cultural issues and problems are re-examined through the approaches of linguistics and stylistics, in order to provide a re-consideration of Musashi’s ideas and philosophy, which depart in various ways from the received Anglo-European perspective. KEYNOTE 6 '''Globalization: Whither, Whether, and Why?''' Prof. L. Brooks Hill, Trinity University, USA Abstract for Keynote Address by Brooks Hill, IAICS Conference, Kumamoto, Japan, September, 2009 GLOBALIZATION: WHETHER, WHITHER, AND WHY The term globalization has come to mean many different things to different people around the world. As is often the case with such pervasive concepts, the varied use of the term confounds our understanding and approach to the many issues it embraces. On the one hand, business and economics have adopted, if not co-opted, the concept and used it to foster world-wide capitalism. Resistance to this perspective has intensified with the world-wide recession and has encouraged the re-assessment of globalization in the future of international relations. On the other hand, scholars of intercultural and international communication have blithely accepted the opportunities created by the popularity of globalization without examining carefully the consequences of our efforts to facilitate improved business practices between and among cultures. Often unwittingly we have neglected some serious philosophical questions and contributed to the problems rather than the solutions. This topic encourages us, as scholars and applicants of scholarship, to re-examine why and how we do what we do and what we might want to do differently. This address will examine the origins of globalization, identify some current perspectives, and suggest how we might relate more effectively to future trends. !! Friday %center%'+SESSION 1 10:30-12:00+' 1A '''Business Communication''' A Comparison Between Japanese and US Business Communication Strategies: Focusing on Dependence vs. Independence '''Fuyuko Takita Ruetenik''', Hiroshima City University, Japan Empowering Japanese and American Coworkers: Testing the Interactive Acculturation Model in Japan '''Adam Komisarof''', Reitaku University, Japan Effective Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners of Business Communication: A Case Study from INTI University College, Malaysia '''Arezou Zalipour''', INTI University College,Malaysia '''Dilani Sampath''', INTI University College, Malaysia 1B '''Collaboration Across Cultures''' Intercultural collaboration: Field forces, hibernation intervals and their interplay '''Asim Satpathy''', Infosys Leadership Institute, India Internationalization as an Approach to Social Transition and Globalization through Educational Communication across Cultures '''Xin-Ping Guan''', Shenzhen Polytechnic, China SME representatives’ and intermediaries’ perceptions of collaborative relationships in SME internationalization '''Pipsa Purhonen''', University of Jyväskylä, Finland Engaging a Diverse Community by the Kumiai Way '''Carolyn Kyyhkynen Lee''', Rollins College, USA 1C '''Communication Skills and Strategies''' (Room ) Acculturation Strategies among Chinese College Students from the North in the South '''Yi-An Wang''', Hangzhou Dianzi University, China Cultivating Students’ Cultural Empathy Competence through Text-based Teaching '''Peng Jinding''', Central South University, China Fu Ping, Hunan No.1 Normal College, China Communication Strategies Across Religious Culture: Taking Christianity and Buddhism in Taiwan as an example '''Wei-wei Vivian Huang''', National Chengchi University, Taiwan Presenting Across the Cultural Divide '''Jane Harland''', Fukuoka University, Japan 1D '''Conflict Education, Communication and Management''' Bringing Cultural Background Knowledge to the Surface to Better Understand Cross-Cultural Conflict in Specific Contexts '''Stephen B. Ryan''', Yamagata University, Japan Examining the Applicability of Situational Crisis Communication Theory in the Patterns between Crisis Situations and Strategies: A Meta-Analysis of Taiwan’s Crisis Rhetorical Studies '''Yi-Chen Debbie Wu''', Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Dialogicality in the Cultural Conflict：An Analysis of the Dispute over Homosexuals in Contemporary China '''Jiu-quan Han''', Hebei Agricultural University, China Ning Sun, Hebei University、China Friendships after Break-Ups: Relational Maintenance Strategies in Cross-Sex Post-Dating Relationships in Taiwan '''Pei-Wen Lee''', Shih Hsin University, Taiwan 1E '''Culture and Language''' A Study of the Similarities of Idiomatic Expressions in Both Chinese and English Languages '''Qiao Mengduo''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China Such a unique relationship… it must be Yuan Fen; Chinese cultural meanings of relations and actions in daily social settings '''Sunny Lie''', University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA How English Idioms Stumble Chinese University Learners '''Li Huijie''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China Understanding Culture Through Language: The Japanese Concept of ‘Self’ '''Nerida Jarkey''', University of Sydney, Australia 1F '''Culture in Education''' A Critical and Comparative Study of the Curriculum Development of CFL Offered by Overseas Confucius Institute and EFL Curriculum in China '''Hongqin Zhao''', Zhejiang University, China '''Jieping Fan''', Zhejiang University, China A Survey of the Deficiency in Conveying Chinese Culture in College English Teaching and Learning '''Shi Bingyan''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China '''Wang Xuesong''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China Linguaculture: Uniting language and culture through literacy '''Stephen Mackerras''', Griffith University, Australia Introduction of the Intercultural Development Inventory to a Long-term Study of Student Journals in an Undergraduate Intercultural Communication Course '''Sherry Jett Barnes''', Trinity Christian College, USA 1G '''Health Communication''' Communicating Reiki communication in Singapore: An innovation-decision process '''Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin''', Nanyang Technological University, Singapore '''Soh Yijing Alvina''', Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Assessing the Relationship between Patients’ Ethnocentric Views and Patients’ Perceptions of Physicians’ Cultural Competence in Health Care Interactions '''Rukhsana Ahmed''', University of Ottawa, Canada '''Benjamin R. Bates''', Ohio University, USA Basic Medical English Communication '''Suzy Connor''', Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan News Representation of HIV/AIDS and Drugs in Taiwan: How the Harm Reduction Program Changed the IDU Profile '''Mei-Ling Hsu''', National Chengchi University, Taiwan '''Pei-Ling Hsiung''', National Chengchi University, Taiwan '''Jo-Han Lai''', National Chengchi University, Taiwan　 '''Tzu-Hsien Wu''',National Chengchi University, Taiwan '''Sin-Yao Shih''', National Chengchi University, Taiwan 1H %center%'+SESSION 2 14:30-16:00+' 2A '''English Language Teaching and Culture 1''' Effects of oral communication courses on thinking and listening skills of Japanese learners: A case study of university students in debate and presentation classes '''Hirofumi Kamada''', Kyushu University, Japan The Role of the Mother Language in English Language Teaching --- Talked by the Parties of Ethnic Minority Schools in Inner Mongolia '''Gaoyouhan''', Ochanomizu University, Japan Action Research: Building a bridge in the foreign language classroom '''Stella Millikan''', Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan An analysis of a Japanese school district’s primary and secondary EFL program '''Ron Martin''', Rikkyo University, Japan 2B '''Computers in English Language Education''' Video and the Collaborative ESL Classroom '''Patrick Rates''', Ritsumeikan University, Japan Computer-and-classroom Based Multimedia College English Teaching Model '''Wang Lixin''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China '''Qiao Mengduo''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China A Study of Multidimensional Interaction in Network-based Language Teaching (NBLT) '''Liu-Xuemei''', Shanghai Business School, China 2C '''Writing in ELT''' A Study of Contrastive Rhetoric between English and Farsi as Demonstrated Through EFL Students’ Essays with Regard to Writing Ability and L2 Proficiency in the Comparison and Contrast Mode of Writing '''Habib Soleimani''', University of Isfahan, Iran A Contrastive Study of Textual Cohesion and Coherence Problems in Chinese EFL Abstract Writing in Engineering Discourse '''Liu Li-da''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China Theory of Textual Patterns and Discourse Coherence in EFL Learners’ Writing '''Xiukun Qi''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China An Exploration of English Public Speaking Courses in China with Implication for the American Introductory Communication Course '''Qiubei Gu''', Shanghai International Studies University, China 2D '''Englishes, Linguistics and Language Choice 1''' “Japanese English”: A Descriptive Grammar of the Educated Written English in Japan '''Kola Olagboyega''', Akita International University, Japan Language Attitudes of East Asian English Speakers towards Each Others’ English '''Mariko Kitazawa''', University of Southampton, UK A Preliminary Observation of Semantic Duplets in Thai: their Relation to the Northern Thai Dialect '''Sorabud Rungrojsuwan''', Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand 2E '''Media: Speech and Humor''' Freedom of Speech and Democracy of Speech: Meaning, Context & Problem '''Li Man''', Tsinghua University, China Cultural Values Reflected in Leaders’ Speeches--a comparative analysis of Hu Jintao’s speech after Sichuan earthquake and Bush’s speech after Hurricane Katrina '''Cai Yi''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China '''Zhao Yuqin''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China Culture, Creativity, Censorship: Social Construction of Singapore’s Humor Industry '''Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin''', Nanyang Technological University, Singapore '''Soh Yijing Alvina''' Development in English of Japanese Rakugo (Sit-Down Comedy) Performers '''Kimie Oshima''', Bunkyo Gakuin University, Japan 2F '''Gender Issues in Intercultural Communication''' The Portrayal of Young Women in Music Videos: An Exploratory Study of the Perception of Women in Rap Music Videos by Young Men in Trinidad '''Prahalad Sooknanan''', University of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Marriage Practices and Intercultural Communication: the case in African Languages '''Munzhedzi James Mafela''', University of South Africa, South Africa An Investigation of Females’ Reading on Homosexual Manga and Novels: A Yaoi Phenomenon in Taiwan '''Dienfang Chou''', Tzu Chi University, Taiwan 2G '''Language and Culture''' Speaker-responsibility and hearer-responsibility-A comparison of the speaker’s contribution to understanding in a conversation in Japanese and Korean '''Sumi Yoon''', Kanazawa University, Japan Change of Language and Development of Society '''Xiao-ling Jin''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China Language Expectations from Parents and the Language Growth of Chinese Primary and Secondary School Students '''Wang Li''', Jianghan University, China A Cross-cultural Study on Face and Favor (''mianzi'' and ''renqing'') '''Yi-Hui Christine Huang''', The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2H '''PANEL Issues on Intercultural Communication''' Chair, '''Dienfang Chou''', Tzu Chi University, Taiwan Panelists: The Development and Validation of the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale '''Tamra Portalla''', University of Rhode Island, USA '''Guo-Ming Chen''', South China University of Technology, China/University of Rhode Island, USA Communication and Globalization: Intercultural Communication Training '''Wu Qiaoling''', Peking University, China Intersubjectivity and Interculturality '''Xiaodong Dai,''' Shanghai Normal University, China Cultural Avoidance and Cultural Communication in the Context of Globalization: A Comparative Study of Television Culture in East Asia '''Liu Chen,''' Beijing Foreign Studies University, China %center%'+SESSION 3 16:15-17:45+' 3A '''Health Literacy and Communication 1''' Media Action in Health Literacy: A Teaching Case on Energy Drinks Advertising '''Cheng-yu Lin''', National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Feng Chia University, Taiwan The Development of Cross-Cultural Health Communication Campaign Strategy to Fight HIV/AIDS and Malaria Cases in Uganda '''Wilson Okaka''', Kyambogo University, Uganda Communicating Health in Intercultural, Cross-Cultural, and Multicultural Contexts: A Contextual Understanding of Cultural Competence in Provider-Patient Communication '''Rukhsana Ahmed''', University of Ottawa, Canada '''Benjamin R. Bates''', Ohio University, USA The Doctor-Patient Communication through the Internet: What and How Do Patients Inquire? '''Yu-Chan Chiu''', National Taiwan University, Taiwan 3B '''Culture and Identity 1''' God’s call to Abraham: intercultural identity formation and the concept of ‘boundary’ '''Alan J.E. Wolf''', University of Sheffield, U.K. Culture Identity and Bilingualism: A Mistaken Paradigm '''Cecilia Ikeguchi''', Tsukuba Gakuin University, Japan ''Harmonious and Syncretic Culture'' and the Building and Communication of China’s State Image '''Er-Chun Chen''', Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China Thirty Years of the Study of Chinese Values in China： A Preliminary Review '''Han Guang''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China 3C '''Youth and the New Media''' Adopt or Not? Differences among Users and Nonusers of Social Network Sites '''Trisha Tsui-Chuan Lin''', Nanyang Technological University, Singapore '''Wendy Lim''', Nanyang Technological University, Singapore '''Vicki Chihsuan Chiu''', Queensland University of Technology, Australia An investigation about the Internet Addiction in Chinese University Students '''Fang-Yuan Wang''', Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan '''Yuko Shibahashi''', Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan Attitude and Social Influence Predicting Bloggers’ Behaviors in Thailand '''Vikanda Pornsakulvanich''', Assumption University, Thailand '''Nuchada Dumrongsiri''', Assumption University, Thailand Adolescents’ Internet Use, Parental Mediation, and Family Communication Patterns '''Bonnie Peng''', Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan 3D '''Communication and International Students''' The Causes and Effects of the ‘Cultural Divide’: An Exploratory Study of the Teaching and Learning of International Postgraduate Students at an Australian University '''Niranjala (Nina) Weerakkody''', Deakin University, Australia Critiquing Communication Challenges: A case of intercultural communication barriers between Zulu and Chinese students at selected higher education institutions in Durban, South Africa '''Renitha Rampersad''', Durban University of Technology, South Africa '''Prenitha Singh''', Durban University of Technology, South Africa '''Mia Zheng''', Durban University of Technology, South Africa Cross-cultural Adaptation among International Students: Differences and Similarities '''Wenli Yuan''', Kean University, USA Analysis of Intercultural Sensitivity Between Chinese and International Students '''An Ran''', South China University of Technology, China 3E '''Literature and Culture 1''' Developing the Malay Children's Literary Resources '''Chew Fong Peng''', University of Malaya, Malaysia '''Mahzan Arshad''', University of Malaya, Malaysia '''Zahari Ishak''', University of Malaya, Malaysia '''Loh Sau Cheong''', University of Malaya, Malaysia '''Teh Ying Wah''', University of Malaya, Malaysia Discourse Models in Passion Plays: A Comparison of Tragedies in English and ta'ziya in Persian '''Mohammad Reza Talebinejad''', Islamic Azad University, Iran Erotic Writing as Political Consciousness: A Taiwan Case Study '''Hsiao-Yung Wang''', National Chengchi University, Taiwan 3F '''Advertising and Visual Media''' A Semiotic Study on Illustrated Print Advertisements of Coca-Cola in China '''Jiang Chun''', University of International Business & Economics, China Cross-Cultural Communication in Cosmopolitan City: Focusing on the Print Advertisements of Shanghai Telephone Company in 1930s '''Tao Yang''', Nagoya University, Japan Street signs as testimonial of a language cross–cultural adaptation in Macao '''Denise Pacheco''', University of Macau, Macau, China Purchase Intentions as a Function of Culture—Examining the Effects of Visual Information on Young Chinese Consumers '''Angela W.Y. Chang''', University of Macau, Macau, China Sign Values and Brand Glocalization: The Construction of “Something” in Taiwanese Coffee and Tea Brands Advertising '''Huey-Rong Chen''', Department of Journalism, Culture University, Taiwan 3G '''Culture in Education''' Intercultural communicative competence and language teacher professional development in Aotearoa/New Zealand: What are the issues? '''Sharon Harvey''', AUT University, New Zealand '''Annelies Roskv'''ist, AUT University, New Zealand '''Clare Conway''', AUT University, New Zealand '''Heather Richards''', AUT University, New Zealand Topic Based Syllabus for a Japanese University Cross Culture Communication Course '''Susan Meiki''', Hiroshima University, Japan The Intercultural Factors in EFL Teaching '''Wang Yang''', Harbin Institute of Technology, China '''Chi Yuan,''' Harbin Engineering University, China 3H '''PANEL:　Differences in Conversational Styles between Japanese and North American Speakers: Formal and Informal Styles, Participation Organization and Topic Development''' Chair: '''Sanae Tsuda,''' Tokai Gakuen University, Japan Panelists: Formal and Informal Styles and Uses of Sentence Final Particles in Japanese '''Sanae Tsuda''', Tokai Gakuen University, Japan Participation organization, '''Yuka Shigemitsu''', Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan Topic Development and Topic Shift in Japanese and North American English Conversation '''Yuko Iwata''', Tokai University, Japan !! 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