跨文化交际-黑龙江大学-崔常亮老师-chapter 8 (2)

Biomedical Approach
• People are thought to be controlled by biochemical forces
Family and Gender Roles in the Health Care Context
The health care system in the United States typically focuses solely on the individual patient. In Latin America, competent treatment for patiens may require the involvement and agreement of other family members.
The Educational Context
The Health Care Context
Culture's Influence
Management
Business Etiquette Norms
Culture's Influence
Culture's Influence
Role Behaviors of Students and Teachers Classroom Participation Turn Taking
CONCLUSIONS:
• There is a big difference between teaching and learning. • The teacher needs to understand how the learner learns and what the learner learns. • Language learning requires raising cultural awareness. • Learning a target language requires a positive attitude towards the target culture.

Conversational Structures and Language
• Latinos and Arabs, for example, may engage in extensive small talk before indicating their reasons for the medical interview. • Interviews with Native Americans may be punctuated with extensive periods of re Context
Culture’s Influence on the Health
Family and Gender Roles in the Health Care Context Conversational Language Structures and
• In this approach, health and illness are closely linked to supernatural forces. Mystical powers, typically outside of human control, cause health and illness.
Chapter 8
Section Two
TEXT C The Educational Context
A. Cultural influence on the educational context B. Role behaviors of students and teacher C. Classroom Participation D. Turn taking
Homework and After-class activities
• Surf on the Internet to collect more business etiquette required in business transactions
Chapter Outline
Cultural Influences on Contexts Communication and Context The Business Context
Naturalistic Approach
• Illness appears when organs in the body (such as the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys) are out of balance with some aspect of nature.
CONCLUSIONS:
• Health care providers need to be culturally sensitive as patients come from different cultural backgrounds. • Health care providers need to understand family and gender roles in specific cultures. • Health care providers need to use verbal and nonverbal symbols correctly to ensure appropriate medical intervention. • Health care providers should avoid using medical jargon so as to avoid ambiguity.
A. Culture’s Influence on the Educational Context
Teachers, students, parents, school administrators, and other staff bring their cultures’ beliefs, values, norms, and social practices with them.
B. Role Behaviors of Students and Teachers
• Different cultures can influence preferences for how students and teachers relate to each other in the classroom. • Within many Asian and Asian American cultures, teachers are highly respected.
D. Turn Taking
Turn taking within the classroom is also governed by cultural expectations. Watch how teachers in your various classes regulate the flow of conversations and contributions.
C. Classroom Participation
Some Native American children have a difficult time asking straightforward questions and looking directly at their teacher. Similarly, many Native American and Asian American students are unwilling to volunteer, speak out, or raise problems or concerns unless the teacher specifically calls on them by name. Korean students are often unwilling to talk with their teachers even when the teachers have incorrectly calculated the students’ scores on an exam
Family and Gender Roles Conversational Structures Language and
Thank You
Culture’s Influence in the health
• Microreligious Approach • Naturalistic自然主义的 Approach • Biomedical生物医学的 Approach.
ACTIVITY: EXPLANATION OF KEY TERMS
TREATMENT PROCEDURE IN THE WEST AND IN THE EAST: PRESCRIPTION? PHYSICAL THERAPY? SURGERY? TRADITIONAL RECIPES?
ACTIVITY:
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
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Microreligious Approach