Teaching Intercultural Rhetoric and Technical Communication

Barry Thatcher, Kirk St. Amant, Charles Sides

• INTRODUCTIONThinking Globally, Teaching Locally: Understanding the Changing Nature of Technical Communication in an Age of Globalization Kirk St.AmantSECTION I Teaching Approaches: Introducing Intercultural Communication to Classroom SituationsCHAPTER 1. An Integrated Framework for Teaching International Communication Yvonne Cleary CHAPTER 2. Seeing Difference: Teaching Intercultural Communication through Visual Rhetoric Charles KostelnickCHAPTER 3. Technical Communication in India: Through the Lens of Intercultural Rhetoric Poornima PadmanabhanCHAPTER 4. Globalizing the Technical Communications Classroom: Killing Two Birds with One Stone Emily A. Thrush and Angela ThevenotSECTION II Curricular Perspectives: Designing and Developing Courses and Programs in Intercultural CommunicationCHAPTER 5. Incorporating “Shock and Aha!” into Curriculum Design: Internationalizing Technical Communication Courses Shelley L. Smith and Victoria M. Mikelonis CHAPTER 6. Teaching Technical Communication to American Students in a Study-Abroad Program Deborah C. Andrews and Brent Henze CHAPTER 7. Global Revisions: (Re)Thinking the Future of Technical and Professional Communication Competencies James Melton CHAPTER 8. Teaching Technical Communication in France: Challenges and Prospects Dacia Dressen-Hammouda CHAPTER 9. Teaching Technical Communication in India Makarand (Mak) PanditSECTION III Connecting Instruction to Professional Practices: Merging the Workplace with the ClassroomCHAPTER 10. Between the Lines: Reading Contextually in the International Internship Lyn F. GattisCHAPTER 11. ISO Standards and Cross-Cultural Communication: Materials for Teachers Thomas L. WarrenCHAPTER 12. Technical Communication in Israel: Training for the Bleeding Edge Leah GurenCHAPTER 13. An Overview of Technical Communication Education in New Zealand Richard DraperIndex