General Studies on Cross-cultural Communication is a sub-volume of the “Professional Competence Book Series for International Chinese Language Teachers”. It introduces the basic theories of cross-cultural communication in the field of international Chinese language education, discusses the relationship between language and culture, and highlights cross-cultural communication knowledge related to international Chinese language teaching, including cross-cultural communication at the linguistic level and at the non-linguistic level, mistakes, causes and countermeasures in cross-cultural communication, as well as major events and important figures in the history of Chinese-foreign cultural exchanges, which shed light on the importance of cultivating international Chinese language teachers’ cross-cultural communication awareness and competence.

This book can be used as a teaching book for the core courses of the International Chinese Language Education Master’s programme, as well as a tutorial book for the examination of Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Language.

Du Daoming, a professor and doctor supervisor at the Chinese Culture Research Institute of Beijing Language and Culture University, serves as a director of the Chinese Association of Quyuan and a director of the Association for Yan Huang Culture of China, etc. He is mainly engaged in research on literary aesthetics, classical literature and Chinese culture. Professor Du has been invited to give lectures at the Department of Sinology of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador, and the Matsuyama University, Japan. He has published many monographs, including Taoism and Liberation, The Road to Harmony: China’s Harmonious Culture and Aesthetics, An Examination of Aesthetic Culture in Ancient China, and An Introduction to the Culture of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language and co-authored Introduction and Comment on Figures in Wen Xin Diao Long and Appreciation and Analysis of Jiang Kui’s Poetry. Meanwhile, he has published more than 70 academic papers in core journals at home and abroad.

General Studies on Cross-cultural Communication introduces the basic theories of cross-cultural communication in the field of international Chinese language education, highlights the importance of cultivating international Chinese language teachers’ cross-cultural communication awareness and competence, and can be perceived as an essential reference for teachers and students majoring in international Chinese language education and those interested in teaching foreigners Chinese language.

It is recommended for teachers and students majoring in international Chinese language education and readers interested in teaching foreigners Chinese language.