跨文化交际课程期末考试大纲

Chapter1 Basic Concept

名词解释：1culture (Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs,…. group of people.) （see P3）2The culture iceberg （see PPT & P4-5）

3The cultural fish ( PPT)

4Communication (communication I a process by which… writing, or behavior.) (P10)

5Upward communication

6Downward communication

7Lateral/horizontal communication

8Intercultural communication ( In its most general sense, intercultural communication …. a

member of another culture. (P15)

9Power distance

10Individualism

11Collectivism

问题：1Introduce the seven characteristics of culture.

（culture is shared/learned/symbolic/integrated/dynamic/ethnocentric/adaptive）

（PPT & P6-9）

2.What are the three styles of communication?

3What are the five main barriers in intercultural communication?

4What are the four primary dimensions for differentiating cultures?

5Explain cultural differences between eastern and western countries shown in the pictures (PPT)(注：就是课堂上小组收到的解释图片的任务。)

了解：The differences between large and small power distances.

Characteristics of individualistic and collectivist cultures.

Characteristics of masculine and feminine cultures.

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例子分析：1. A Chinese company fails to sign a contraction with an American business delegation.

2. Mr. Xin and his grandson/ Xun Suling and her grandson (listening)

3. telephone call

Chapter 2 Verbal Communication

名词解释：1 Verbal communication

问题: What are the three attributes characterizing verbal communication?

了解：The relationship between language and culture.

例子分析：1.Middle-aged Western woman refused a Chinese student’s help rudely.

2. Huizhen is always eager to want her foreign teacher to correct her grammatical mistakes.

3. The intercultural class. (listening)

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Chapter3 Non-verbal communication

名词解释：1 nonverbal communication

2 kinesics

3 proxemics

4 personal territory

问题：1 The importance of nonverbal communication

2. Introduce the six functions of nonverbal communication and give examples to explain them.

3.

了解：facial expression, gesture, posture, eye-contact

例子分析：1 Goodnight kiss

2. An American friend

3. Much Ado about touching (listening)

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Chapter4 Culture shock

名词解释：1 culture shock

2 bi-culturality stage

3. reverse culture shock

问题：1. The stages of culture shock and describe them

2. physical and psychological symptoms of culture shock

3. symptoms of culture shock

4. How to alleviate culture shock?

例子分析：1. Share it or not --- Wang Liang’s experience (listening)

2. A helping hand

3. Hand in the report in 15 days

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