跨文化交际课程 各单元中的术语 关键词

Review & relate

(key terms & contents) Intercultural Communication in English

•Culture (Unit 2)

(Definitions & Metaphors;

Intercultural-ness)

•Communication (Unit 2)

(Elements of Characteristics:

Context; Participants; Messages;

Channels; Noise; Feedback )

•Cultural Differences / Diversities

(Unit 3) (Addressing; Friendship;

Family Structure) (The Kluckhohn-Strodtbeck Chart:

Five Basic Qs / Value Systems;

Hofstede’s Five Dimensions;

High-/Low-Context Cultures)

•Language and Culture (Unit 4)

(Categorizations; Colors; Animals;

Plants; Kinship terms; Titles头衔) (The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis)

萨丕尔—沃尔夫假说

•Verbal communication (Unit 5)

( Conversation / Discourse Style; Hign-involvement/high-considerateness; direct/indirect-ness;

Ping-Pong/Bowling Game;

Person/Status-Oriented;

Self-Enhancement/Effacement style; Speaker/Listen-Responsible)

•Nonverbal communication (Unit 6) (Hand Gestures; Eye Contact;

Postur姿势; Bowing; Touching;

Smile/Laugh; Silence )

•Time (Unit 7)

(Pace of life;

Punctuality;

单一时间多元时间观

•Space (Unit 7)

(Personal Space;

Home Space:

layout, invitation and reception)

(Unit 8, 9, 10)

•Intercultural Perception

•Intercultural Adaptation （适应）•Acquiring Intercultural Competence (Ethnocentrism

种族(或民族、社会集团、文化)优越感; 种族(或民族)中心主义

Culture Shock

文化冲击/震荡: 突然处于一个与前大不相同的社会和文化环境中因而感到困惑、忧虑、烦恼的心情(北京人在纽约)

Stereotype

定势：针对目标群体成员所特有的正面或方面的判断/刻板印象/成见Prejudice

偏见：对于某一特定群体，种类，宗教或性取向的无端的憎恶和怀疑)

Return Cultural Shock

Also: reverse cultural shock;

the feeling of not fitting in to your home country--a mixture of emotions, after living abroad for an extended time) （e.g. 纽约人在北京）