跨文化交际UNIT-8
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➢ Most people would be happier if they lived like people in my culture.
➢ People in my culture have just about the best lifestyles of anywhere.
➢ Lifestyles in other cultures are not as valid as those in my culture.
Reading II
Read the article “Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism” (p272276) .
1. What is ethnocentrism?
➢ Most other cultures are backward compared with my culture.
Danish pastry, Flemish bond, Irish stew, Italic handwriting, Portuguese man-or-war, Russian roulette, Spanish fly, Scotch pine, Swiss roll, Turkish delight and Welsh rarebit.
understand what I mean?
Fill-in Task (p268)
6. Keep away from; his Irish is up. 7. I’ll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage. 8. It’s good to see that old film star enjoying a(n)
➢ My culture should be the role model for other cultures.
➢ Other cultures should try to be more like my culture.
➢ Most people from other cultures just don’t know what’s good or them.
“I told the Englishman it was the 1 sporting thing to do, and he jumped. I told the Frenchman it was 2 chic; the German that it was a 3 command; the Italian that it was 4 forbidden; the Russian that it was 5 revolutionary; so they all jumped overboard.”
Belgian hare, Dutch barn, French letter, German measles, Greek gifts and Swedish drill.
Among the English idioms mentioned in Reading I, some are emotionally “neutral” in that they only deal with “flora and fauna and products” that are not native to England. However, some other idioms may carry the British cultural values and attitudes to other nations.
“And how did you get the American to jump?”
“No problem,” said the captain, “I told him he was 6 insured!”
➢ Of course, what the story tells us about people of those different nations can only be partially true at best and we must be aware of such overgeneralization and oversimplification in our perception of people of other cultures.
➢ It occurs when our nation is seen as the center of the world.
➢ In other words, it refers to our tendency to identify with our ingroup and to evaluate outgroups and their members according to its standard.
Indian summer with her second highly acclaimed film this year. 9. Before she left, she said a final goodbye and give him a long French kiss. 10. The companies do not wish to Welsh on their debts to banker if though their business seems to be not good at the moment.
cultures. ➢ Other cultures are smart to look up to my culture. ➢ Other people are much the same as my people. ➢ Our way of doing things is the only right way.
➢ Ethnocentrism often is expressed in the way people draw their maps. People tend to draw maps of the world with their own country at the center and with other parts of the world depicted as peripheral.
Dutch uncle. 3. I don’t understand this book at all, it’s all Greek to
me! 4. If you wanted me to go, why didn’t you say so in
plain English instead of making vague hints? 5. Scratch a Russian, and you’ll find a Tartar. Do you
Review of Unit 7
1. What is M-Time and P-Time? Which do you think is the dominating time system in our culture?
2. What is the right way of dealing with issues of space and privacy in an intercultural environment?
French Leave and Dutch
Courage (p265-267)
➢ Do you know some terms and expressions in English that are formed with names of other nationalities?
For instance, idioms which are culturally neutral include:
French Leave and Dutch源自Courage (p265-267)
➢ Do you know some terms and expressions in English that are formed with names of other nationalities?
Danish pastry, Flemish bond, Irish stew, Italic handwriting, Portuguese man-or-war, Russian roulette, Spanish fly, Scotch pine, Swiss roll, Turkish delight and Welsh rarebit;
Homework: Finish the Fill-in Task exercise (p268). What do they mean in the sentence?
Fill-in Task (p268)
1. Excuse my French, but he’s a bloody nuisance! 2. The headmaster always talks to the pupils like a
➢ Many idioms concerning other nations suggest that the British’s used to hold others in derision and contempt. But all those related to the British themselves indicate that the British used to view themselves in positive ways.
Intercultural Communication Unit 8
Cross-Cultural Perception
Warm Up
Please read the story on page 264 and fill in the blanks. What do you think of the story?
➢ I do not cooperate with people who are different.
Reading II
Read the article “Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism (p272-276)”.
1. What is ethnocentrism? ➢ I do not trust people who are different. ➢ I dislike interacting with people from different cultures. ➢ I have little respect for the values and customs of other
Idioms which are culturally loaded include:
Belgian hare, Dutch barn, French letter, German measles, Greek gifts and Swedish drill.
French Leave and Dutch Courage (p265-267)
Reading II
➢ It is not suggested that ethnocentrism is always deliberate. Often the expression of ethnocentrism is a function of how we are socialized. (see examples on p273)
Reading II
➢ Ethnocentrism is negatively judging aspects of another culture by the standards of one’s own culture. It is the technical name for the view of things in which one’s own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it.
➢ People in my culture have just about the best lifestyles of anywhere.
➢ Lifestyles in other cultures are not as valid as those in my culture.
Reading II
Read the article “Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism” (p272276) .
1. What is ethnocentrism?
➢ Most other cultures are backward compared with my culture.
Danish pastry, Flemish bond, Irish stew, Italic handwriting, Portuguese man-or-war, Russian roulette, Spanish fly, Scotch pine, Swiss roll, Turkish delight and Welsh rarebit.
understand what I mean?
Fill-in Task (p268)
6. Keep away from; his Irish is up. 7. I’ll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage. 8. It’s good to see that old film star enjoying a(n)
➢ My culture should be the role model for other cultures.
➢ Other cultures should try to be more like my culture.
➢ Most people from other cultures just don’t know what’s good or them.
“I told the Englishman it was the 1 sporting thing to do, and he jumped. I told the Frenchman it was 2 chic; the German that it was a 3 command; the Italian that it was 4 forbidden; the Russian that it was 5 revolutionary; so they all jumped overboard.”
Belgian hare, Dutch barn, French letter, German measles, Greek gifts and Swedish drill.
Among the English idioms mentioned in Reading I, some are emotionally “neutral” in that they only deal with “flora and fauna and products” that are not native to England. However, some other idioms may carry the British cultural values and attitudes to other nations.
“And how did you get the American to jump?”
“No problem,” said the captain, “I told him he was 6 insured!”
➢ Of course, what the story tells us about people of those different nations can only be partially true at best and we must be aware of such overgeneralization and oversimplification in our perception of people of other cultures.
➢ It occurs when our nation is seen as the center of the world.
➢ In other words, it refers to our tendency to identify with our ingroup and to evaluate outgroups and their members according to its standard.
Indian summer with her second highly acclaimed film this year. 9. Before she left, she said a final goodbye and give him a long French kiss. 10. The companies do not wish to Welsh on their debts to banker if though their business seems to be not good at the moment.
cultures. ➢ Other cultures are smart to look up to my culture. ➢ Other people are much the same as my people. ➢ Our way of doing things is the only right way.
➢ Ethnocentrism often is expressed in the way people draw their maps. People tend to draw maps of the world with their own country at the center and with other parts of the world depicted as peripheral.
Dutch uncle. 3. I don’t understand this book at all, it’s all Greek to
me! 4. If you wanted me to go, why didn’t you say so in
plain English instead of making vague hints? 5. Scratch a Russian, and you’ll find a Tartar. Do you
Review of Unit 7
1. What is M-Time and P-Time? Which do you think is the dominating time system in our culture?
2. What is the right way of dealing with issues of space and privacy in an intercultural environment?
French Leave and Dutch
Courage (p265-267)
➢ Do you know some terms and expressions in English that are formed with names of other nationalities?
For instance, idioms which are culturally neutral include:
French Leave and Dutch源自Courage (p265-267)
➢ Do you know some terms and expressions in English that are formed with names of other nationalities?
Danish pastry, Flemish bond, Irish stew, Italic handwriting, Portuguese man-or-war, Russian roulette, Spanish fly, Scotch pine, Swiss roll, Turkish delight and Welsh rarebit;
Homework: Finish the Fill-in Task exercise (p268). What do they mean in the sentence?
Fill-in Task (p268)
1. Excuse my French, but he’s a bloody nuisance! 2. The headmaster always talks to the pupils like a
➢ Many idioms concerning other nations suggest that the British’s used to hold others in derision and contempt. But all those related to the British themselves indicate that the British used to view themselves in positive ways.
Intercultural Communication Unit 8
Cross-Cultural Perception
Warm Up
Please read the story on page 264 and fill in the blanks. What do you think of the story?
➢ I do not cooperate with people who are different.
Reading II
Read the article “Ethnocentrism and Ethnorelativism (p272-276)”.
1. What is ethnocentrism? ➢ I do not trust people who are different. ➢ I dislike interacting with people from different cultures. ➢ I have little respect for the values and customs of other
Idioms which are culturally loaded include:
Belgian hare, Dutch barn, French letter, German measles, Greek gifts and Swedish drill.
French Leave and Dutch Courage (p265-267)
Reading II
➢ It is not suggested that ethnocentrism is always deliberate. Often the expression of ethnocentrism is a function of how we are socialized. (see examples on p273)
Reading II
➢ Ethnocentrism is negatively judging aspects of another culture by the standards of one’s own culture. It is the technical name for the view of things in which one’s own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it.