This module provides an overview of: the main approaches to culture that have informed research in intercultural communication (‘big’, ‘small’, ‘high-context’, ‘low-context’, discursively constructed); the core traditions of research in the field of intercultural communication (‘intercultural’, ‘cross-cultural’ and ‘inter-discourse’); the main methodological approaches used to investigate culture and interculturality; the different definitions of intercultural competence; and the methods that can be used for developing intercultural competence. The main focus is on developing a critical understanding of core concepts, methodological approaches and traditions of research in the field of intercultural communication.