The Application of Non-verbal Communication Strategies in International Business Negotiations

As the economic globalization deepens, trades among nations are steadily increasing. Therefore, the international business negotiations become more and more significant. In the process of negotiations, the application of appropriate strategies is necessary for negotiators to reach an agreement smoothly. However, the non-verbal communication plays an important role to some extent in real international business negotiations. This article tends to explore the application of non-verbal strategies in the international business negotiations.

Nonverbal and Intercultural Communication

Nonverbal communication is typically suggested to convey representational messages,and also particular signals are associated with specific signaler emotions and intentions.This essay will firstly address vocalization,which consist verbal and non-verbal signals.Also,other forms of physical behaviors used by humans to communicating meaning,such as gaze will be discussed.Finally,the association between culture and the encoding and decoding of different means of physical nonverbal communication will be presented.

The Status Quo of Chinese International Business Practitioners’Intercultural Business Communication and PedagogicImplications

We propose an intercultural business communication(IBC)model and design a questionnaire basing on the model to gain detailed knowledge on the status quo of 239 Chinese international business practitioners’IBC activities.The factual questions include the main working languages,the communication media applied,their high-frequency communication situations,communication scenarios important to organizations and employees’career life,the most challenging communication situations,and sensitive communication topics.Pedagogic implications are discussed basing on the survey findings.

The Concurrent Predictive Validity of the Intercultural Business Communication Competence Scale

This article reports the concurrent predictive validity of a new Intercultural Business Communication Competence Scale(IBCCS)involving three dimensions:cognitive ability about intercultural business communication situation(CB),business English linguistic proficiency(LP),and intercultural business communication motivation(CM).Survey data were collected with 120 Chinese international business practitioners.It was found that the subjects’intercultural business communication competence(IBCC)appeared to predict the three dimensions of job performance(JP):task performance(TP),interpersonal facilitation(IF),and job dedication(JD).In the three facets of IBCC,CM emerged as significant predictor of the three dimensions of JP.The present study provides more validity evidence for the IBCCS and extends the existing research on the relationship between communication competence and JP to intercultural business context.

Constructing a More Open and Balanced Business News Agenda:International Narratives of China’s Belt&Road Initiative Forum

Due to the historical reasons,the global press has long been dominated by the Western community along with the other institutions such as media outlets,government agencies as well as research entities,in spite of the rising tendency presented by the new power bloc such as BRICS.It is important to differentiate the inspiring reporting characteristics in covering major events like this forum from those that still rely on the old reporting pattern and ideological mindset.Based on the previous scholarship on China’s business communication and its relevance to the country’s international communication in an ever-complicated international press environment,this study aims at working out the frame feature of the international business reporting on the Belt and Road Initiative Forum that took place in mid May,2017.By offering a one-on-one analysis on the most representative piece respectively from Financial Times,Reuters,Nikkei Asian Review and Al-Jazeera,the study figured out the journalistic frame style of those media reporting on the event and on China’s initiative itself.Therefore,the study aims to map out the reporting strategies for the similar emerging market countries such as BRICS accordingly.

Application Skills of Business English in International Economic and Trade Negotiations

In international economic and trade negotiations, business English communication skills are extremely important and an important factor affecting the success of negotiations. Based on this, the meaning and characteristics of business English and its role in international trade were elaborated in this study, and the obstacles of business English communication skills in international trade negotiations were deeply studied, then optimization strategies for the current problems were put forward, aiming at providing some theoretical reference for the development of foreign economic and trade in China.

On the Application of You-Attitude in Business Activities

You-attitude,that is reader-targeted attitude has been seen as an important principle in business activities.Some people considered You-Attitude an effective psychological skill to highlight the interests of readers only by using the pronoun-you in ev⁃ery single sentence.However,the idea is not comprehensive enough.It holds that You-Attitude is mainly an attitude of thought,which reflects the writer’s sincere concern for the interests and interests of readers.Non-verbal communication,which is as impor⁃tant as verbal communication also plays an irreplaceable role in business communication.Because it is an important means for peo⁃ple to exchange ideas and feelings.This article will introduce the application of you-attitude mainly from two aspects:Verbal Com⁃munication and Nonverbal Communication.

The Stylistic Features of Business English Correspondences and the Cultivation of Business English Competence

Nowadays, with the background of economic globalization, shopping modes like e Bay, Ali Express and Amazon are popular among the public. Business English that plays an increasingly important role in international trades is widely applied to commercial activities. However, because of insufficient practical experience, improper use of stylistics and interference of first language, sometimes it is difficult for students in school to have good command of business English correspondence. This dissertation has suggested learners several ways to improve their competence in international communications and the teaching and learning efficiency, by analyzing the stylistic features of business English correspondences and the problems collecting from the learners on the basis of the data of questionnaires.

The Application of Body Language in College English Teaching

With the further deepening of the reform of English Teaching in university,how to use the time in English classroom effectively to create a good English learning atmoshphere in which students can understand what they hear,can express themselves and desire to talk in English has become a key issue in the reform.It determines whether the reform can contiue.This paper focuses on the application of body language in college English teaching and will analyse its role of promotion in English classroom,then discuss about how to make full use of body language to improve college English teaching.

Application of NVC to English Teaching for Preschool Education Major

In view of the present situation of college English teaching for Preschool Education Major is rather unsatisfactory, this paper briefly introduced Nonverbal Communication(NVC) and laid the emphasis on guiding college English teachers to apply useful nonverbal stimuli to inspiring Preschool Education major's English-learning interest, improving their learning results, and helping them master various preschool English teaching skills. It further proved the nonverbal means and relative training methods are helpful and practical to improve Preschool Education majors' nonverbal communicative competence and develop their preschool English teaching ability. Therefore, it will contribute to the study of English teaching for Preschool Education Major.