Here is a list of books related to Intercultural Learning (ICL) that can be used as a good resource for intercultural activities. This list will be updated every week, so stay tuned. If you have you have read any interesting book related to ICL recently, please leave a comment with your suggestions. We will be glad to include them in our list.

• An Introduction to Intercultural Communication (1985) – Non-fiction
  Book by John C. Condon and Fathi S. Yousef.
• A Geography of Time (1997) – Academic
  Social Psychologist Robert Levine analyzes the perception of time across different cultural landscapes
• Beyond Culture (1976) – Non-fiction
  One of Edward T. Hall’s most famous books. The author was one of the pioneers in the field of intercultural communication.
• Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication (1998) – Academic
  Selection of articles on Intercultural Communication, edited by Milton Bennett.
• Communicating Across Cultures (1998) – Academic
  Book by Stella Ting-Toomey on Intercultural Communication.
• Education for the Intercultural Experience (1986) – Academic
  Classic articles on intercultural learning and the study abroad experience edited by Michael Page.
• Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Social Change (1999)
  By Arvind Singhal and Everett M. Rogers. A unique approach to teaching communication, using entertainment to increase knowledge in an exciting way.
• Frames of Thought: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1993) – Academic
  By Howard Gardner, who outlines his theory that all people are born with multiple intelligences that are developed by society.
• Handbook of Intercultural Training - 3rd edition (2004) – Academic
  Handbook for Intercultural Training edited by Dan Landis, Janet Bennett and Milton Bennett.
• Handbook for Developing Multicultural Awareness (1988) – Academic
  Handbook for Developing Multicultural Awareness by Paul Pedersen
• Intercultural Sourcebook: Cross-Cultural Training (1995)
  An examination of the principle methods to train cross-culturally, along with a selection of techniques and devices developed by the author.
• Living In Latin America: A Case Study in Cross-Cultural Communications (1974) – Academic
  Raymond L. Gordon writes an intriguing look into the process of understanding cultural differences between the United States and Latin America.
• Mapping the Broad Field of Multicultural and Intercultural Education Worldwide: Towards the Development of a New Citizen (2012) – Academic
  Edited by Nektaria Palaiologou and Gunther Dietz, the book presents perspectives on Intercultural/Multicultural Education in 29 chapters, written by authors coming from different continents.
• Orality and Literacy: the Technologizing of the Word (1982) – Academic
  Insight by Walter J. Ong on how rhetorical practices and styles could affect the way thought not only is expressed, but the way it is made.
• The European Language Portfolio A guide to the planning, implementation and evaluation of whole-school projects (2012) – Non-fiction
  The European Language Portfolio aims to foster the development of learner autonomy, intercultural awareness and plurilingualism. Teachers of particular languages working on their own can use the ELP to promote learner autonomy, but the goals of intercultural awareness and plurilingualism invite us to use the ELP in all foreign language classes at all levels in the school.
• The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently– and Why (2004) – Academic
  Psychologist Richard E. Nisbett writes about the cognitive differences between Asians and Westerners, and describes how their environments (society, ecologies, philosophies etc) cause this.
• The Hidden Dimension (1966)
  Theorist Edward T. Hall writes on different cultural conceptions of space, calling it a science of “proxemics.”
• The House of Discarded Dreams (2010) – Fiction
  A fantasy novel about a young African-American woman who struggles with her Zimbabwean immigrant parents/heritage and tries to find her own identity.
• The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence (2009) – Academic
  Collection of articles on Intercultural Competence, edited by Darla Deardorff.
• The Silent Language (1990) – Academic
  Renowned theorist Edward T. Hall explains non-verbal communication with a professional focus.
• The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (1997) – Non-fiction
  This book is a great starting place as a case study to see the depth of intercultural interactions.
• The Wise Man’s Fear (2001) – Fiction
  The second part in a fantasy series by Patrick Rothfuss in which the protagonist spends a lot of time living in another culture and slowly getting to know it.
• Things fall apart (1958) – Fiction
  The society and personal histories of the fictional Igbo tribe in Nigeria. One of the first African novels written in English to receive global acclaim.