Foreword; Terence Lovat.- Introduction: Towards The Simultaneity Of IC?; Fred Dervin & Zehavit Gross.- PART I: ADDING TO PREVIOUS PERSPECTIVES: MAKING IC MORE EFFECTIVE?.- Chapter 1. Meta-Pragmatic Awareness And Intercultural Competence: The Role Of Reflection And Interpretation In Intercultural Mediation; Troy Mcconachy & Anthony J. Liddicoat.- Chapter 2. Intercultural Competence In Host Students? A Study Of Danish Students Facing China At Home; Ulla Egidiussen Egekvist, Niels-Erik Lyngdorf, Xiang-Yun Du & Jiannong Shi.- Chapter 3. From 'Intercultural Speaker' To 'Intercultural Reader': A Proposal To Reconceptualise Intercultural Communicative Competence Through A Focus On Literary Reading; Hild Elisabeth Hoff.- Chapter 4. Competences For Active Communication And Participation In Diverse Societies: Views Of Young People In Iceland; Hanna Ragnarsdóttir.- PART II: RENEWING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE: BEYOND ESTABLISHED MODELS?.- Chapter 5. Intercultural Competence And The Promise Of Understanding; Giuliana Ferri.- Chapter 6. Intercultural Polyphonies Against The 'Death Of Multiculturalism': Concepts, Practices And Dialogues; Clara Sarmento.- Chapter 7. Intercultural Competence: Multi-Dynamic, Inter-Subjective, Critical And Interdisciplinary Approaches; Ribut Wahyudi.- Chapter 8. Living Intercultural Lives: Identity Performance And Zones Of Interculturality; Leah Davcheva & Richard Fay.- PART III: RENEWED INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN PRACTICE.- Chapter 9. An Interactive, Co-Constructed Approach To The Development Of Intercultural Understanding In Pre-Service Language Teachers; Robyn Moloney, Lesley Harbon & Ruth Fielding.- Chapter 10. Challenges Of Teaching Intercultural Business Communication In Times Of Turbulence; Annelise Ly & Kristin Rygg.- Chapter 11. Intercultural Competence: Value Dis-Embedding And Hyper-Flexibility; Karin Zotzmann.