@article{oai:muroran-it.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008490, author = {KRAUSE-ONO, Margit and クラウゼ小野, マルギット and ISHIKAWA, Sonoyo and 石川, 園代}, journal = {室蘭工業大学紀要, Memoirs of the Muroran Institute of Technology}, month = {Mar}, note = {application/pdf, A comparative study of the concepts of ICC was conducted in Germany, Japan, and the U.S. In each country 12 randomly chosen professors (36 altogether) agreed to be interviewed, to fill in an additional questionnaire as well as to distribute a different questionnaire to their students at the end of each course. The results of the transcribed interviews were analyzed using the KJ-method. The following findings were revealed: Most of the U.S. professors see culture(s) as social groups, whereas most Japanese professors perceived them as nations. Most German professors see the term intercultural (or ibunka: meaning ‘different cultures’ in Japanese) as something new or third; U.S. professors see the term more as exchange or conflict within a society; however, half of the Japanese professors, perceive the term as groups other than the groups to which one belongs, or bluntly as foreign countries. Most Japanese professors are also dissatisfied with the term ibunka.., 学術論文}, pages = {1--10}, title = {Basic Concepts in the Teaching of Intercultural Communication: Differences and Similarities in Three Countries: Germany, Japan and the U.S.A.}, volume = {59}, year = {2010}, yomi = {クラウゼオノ, マルギット and イシカワ, ソノヨ} }