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Ms Merrick isn’t annoyed that Xiao Yang came by, although she is a little annoyed that she now has to turn Xiao Yang away. However, she has planneXdiatoo Ydaongsomething else this evening and isn’t going to change her plan just because Xiao Yang came by.
Bennett 1991 151)
11/24
Intercultural communication
❖ Why does PCS cause intercultural communication problems?
1.It is hard for people to imagine a perspective different from their own. It is affected by human nature; people are accustomed to self-centered. when they communicate with foreigners, they usually assume that foreigners are similar to us
5/24
Invitation
What should Xiao Yang do?
Please list 1-3 possible response strategies, but the potential advantages and disadvantages of each.
6/24
Intercultural communication
stereotype
2/24
Hale Waihona Puke Encounter❖ Class Activity: Reading, Small group talk Read ‘The Invitation’ for about 1minute, taking notes if necessary. Please work in a small group of 4-6 students and discuss the following questions, every member should make a contribution, each group should ask a student to record the result and one to report the result to the class.
Cultural Notes: Visiting: It is very common for Westerners to arrange a time
before going to visit people. Even when they decide on the spur of the moment to go visit someone with whom they have made no previous arrangements, they may call in advance to let others know they are coming. Scheduling: Many Westerners schedule their time quite carefully. Polite invitations: Among Westerners, some invitations are polite invitations, invitations that people mainly in order to be polite in a social situation.
7/24
Intercultural communication
❖ Why are violated expectations a problem intercultural encounters?
“We trust people whose behavior we can predict. When we see people with strange customs, we become anxious and hostile, because we cannot predict what they are going to be.”Triandis (1994)
10/24
Intercultural communication
❖ Americans and projected cultural similarity (2): ❖ “Americans typically believe that everyone is basically alike,
and other people have the same basic needs they have themselves. Since the important differences among people are believed to be individual, not cultural or social, Americans are sensitive to similarities in others rather than to differences．Hence Americans often use a communication strategy of assuming others will respond as they would. Imagine how you would feel in their shoes.” (Stewart and
Contents
Encounter A Intercultural Communication B
Letter to Fran
C
Generalizing About Western Culture D
Learning About other Culture
E
1/24
Teaching Objectives
4/24
Invitation
How typical is Ms Merrick’s behavior?
A little unusual. In a situation like this, it would be more likely for Westerners to make a conscious effort to appear pleased to see Xiao Yang. However, Ms Merrick’s behavior is not extremely strange by Western standards.
12/24
Intercultural communication
❖ What should you do about these problems? ❖ 1. Be aware ❖ 2.manage any negative feelings you have when
your expectations are violated. ❖ 3.Check your expectations and assumptions.
2. As we grow up and learn what is right and wrong， truth and false, normal and abnormal, and so forth, we naturally learn to view the world as our culture views it.
3/24
Invitation
Why doesn’t Ms Merrick seem happy to see Xiao Yang?
Ms Merrick is surprised, and perhaps a little annoyed, because Xiao Yang didn’t let her know she was coming.
9/24
Intercultural communication
❖ What is “projected cultural similarity”? ❖ “ … while most people acknowledge superficial
behavioral differences in dress, custom, language and so on, it takes but a scratch of this surface encounter a basic belief in the essential similarity of all people. The statement indicative of this belief is, ‘Once you get used to their different (dress, manners, style) they’re just like us’ ”(Bennett l998： 192)
8/24
Intercultural communication
❖ What is “projected cultural similarity”?
One interesting (and perhaps surprising) stumbling block障碍物 in intercultural communication is the assumption that ‘‘there are sufficient similarities among peoples of the world to make communication easy.” “The assumption of similarity does not often extend to the expectation of a common verbal language but it does interfere in decoding nonverbal signals,signs,and signals ”(Bama 1994：337)
❖ What are” violated expectations”? Violated Expectations: negative feelings caused
when your expectations are violated; in other words, when you expect one thing, but something else happen.
Ms Merrick’s invitations were meant to be polite more than serious.
Ms Merrick was in a bad mood for reasons unrelated to Xiao Yang, or maybe this was an inconvenient time and she was caught off guard, or she was just looking forward to a free evening.
❖ Help students improve their English language skills. ❖ Help students develop good intercultural
communication habits and skills. ❖ Learn the concept of intercultural communication. ❖ Learn the basic concept of culture: culture 、
Bennett 1991 151)
11/24
Intercultural communication
❖ Why does PCS cause intercultural communication problems?
1.It is hard for people to imagine a perspective different from their own. It is affected by human nature; people are accustomed to self-centered. when they communicate with foreigners, they usually assume that foreigners are similar to us
5/24
Invitation
What should Xiao Yang do?
Please list 1-3 possible response strategies, but the potential advantages and disadvantages of each.
6/24
Intercultural communication
stereotype
2/24
Hale Waihona Puke Encounter❖ Class Activity: Reading, Small group talk Read ‘The Invitation’ for about 1minute, taking notes if necessary. Please work in a small group of 4-6 students and discuss the following questions, every member should make a contribution, each group should ask a student to record the result and one to report the result to the class.
Cultural Notes: Visiting: It is very common for Westerners to arrange a time
before going to visit people. Even when they decide on the spur of the moment to go visit someone with whom they have made no previous arrangements, they may call in advance to let others know they are coming. Scheduling: Many Westerners schedule their time quite carefully. Polite invitations: Among Westerners, some invitations are polite invitations, invitations that people mainly in order to be polite in a social situation.
7/24
Intercultural communication
❖ Why are violated expectations a problem intercultural encounters?
“We trust people whose behavior we can predict. When we see people with strange customs, we become anxious and hostile, because we cannot predict what they are going to be.”Triandis (1994)
10/24
Intercultural communication
❖ Americans and projected cultural similarity (2): ❖ “Americans typically believe that everyone is basically alike,
and other people have the same basic needs they have themselves. Since the important differences among people are believed to be individual, not cultural or social, Americans are sensitive to similarities in others rather than to differences．Hence Americans often use a communication strategy of assuming others will respond as they would. Imagine how you would feel in their shoes.” (Stewart and
Contents
Encounter A Intercultural Communication B
Letter to Fran
C
Generalizing About Western Culture D
Learning About other Culture
E
1/24
Teaching Objectives
4/24
Invitation
How typical is Ms Merrick’s behavior?
A little unusual. In a situation like this, it would be more likely for Westerners to make a conscious effort to appear pleased to see Xiao Yang. However, Ms Merrick’s behavior is not extremely strange by Western standards.
12/24
Intercultural communication
❖ What should you do about these problems? ❖ 1. Be aware ❖ 2.manage any negative feelings you have when
your expectations are violated. ❖ 3.Check your expectations and assumptions.
2. As we grow up and learn what is right and wrong， truth and false, normal and abnormal, and so forth, we naturally learn to view the world as our culture views it.
3/24
Invitation
Why doesn’t Ms Merrick seem happy to see Xiao Yang?
Ms Merrick is surprised, and perhaps a little annoyed, because Xiao Yang didn’t let her know she was coming.
9/24
Intercultural communication
❖ What is “projected cultural similarity”? ❖ “ … while most people acknowledge superficial
behavioral differences in dress, custom, language and so on, it takes but a scratch of this surface encounter a basic belief in the essential similarity of all people. The statement indicative of this belief is, ‘Once you get used to their different (dress, manners, style) they’re just like us’ ”(Bennett l998： 192)
8/24
Intercultural communication
❖ What is “projected cultural similarity”?
One interesting (and perhaps surprising) stumbling block障碍物 in intercultural communication is the assumption that ‘‘there are sufficient similarities among peoples of the world to make communication easy.” “The assumption of similarity does not often extend to the expectation of a common verbal language but it does interfere in decoding nonverbal signals,signs,and signals ”(Bama 1994：337)
❖ What are” violated expectations”? Violated Expectations: negative feelings caused
when your expectations are violated; in other words, when you expect one thing, but something else happen.
Ms Merrick’s invitations were meant to be polite more than serious.
Ms Merrick was in a bad mood for reasons unrelated to Xiao Yang, or maybe this was an inconvenient time and she was caught off guard, or she was just looking forward to a free evening.
❖ Help students improve their English language skills. ❖ Help students develop good intercultural
communication habits and skills. ❖ Learn the concept of intercultural communication. ❖ Learn the basic concept of culture: culture 、