This course is for students of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds (i.e., native and nonnative speakers of Japanese). There is no requirement for Japanese proficiency level. Through a variety of activities, students learn roles played by both linguistic and non-linguistic communication elements and the ways to communicate in situations where ordinary interactive resources are limited or unavailable. Students teach their native languages (or other languages) to nonnative speaking class participants. Through a variety of activities, they expand their perspectives and develop communicative competence needed in a multicultural society.