Описание:The concept of culture. Features, elements, and levels of culture. The Geert Hofstede’s concept of cultural dimensions. Theories of intercultural differences. The R. Lewis’s theory of monoactive, poliactive and reactive cultures. The Edward Hall’s theory of high- and low-context cultures. Foundations of intercultural interaction. Types of intercultural interaction: genocide, assimilation, segregation and integration. Culture shock. Aspects and symptoms of culture shock. The theories of "cultural shock". U-curve of culture shock. W-curve of readaptation. Cultural Distance Index (CDI). “Overseas type”.