Intercultural communication does not just take place between people, but also within people. We are all simultaneously members of multiple 'cultures'-- not just ethnic or national 'cultures', but also gender cultures, generational cultures, professional cultures, and various 'sub-cultures'-- and in every situation we mix elements from the different cultural systems that are available to us in creative ways. These elements include ways of speaking, ways of thinking, ways of acting, expectations about social identities and relationships and ideas about learning. In a sense, every situation is 'intercultural'; each situation is a 'nexus of practice' at which different cultural trajectories converge. In this course you will be trained in analyzing situations and understanding how the mixture elements from different cultures can affect communication and sometimes lead to miscommunication.