英语跨文化交际实用教程Unit_1

Insensitive to time
Tending to misunderstand
Attitudes towards the Chinese People
Obey but not Follow
Being doubtful
Attitudes towards the Chinese People
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Individual-centered vs group-centered
Ego
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Equal vs power
Leadership
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Family structure
Old separated
Young independent
A farm family A photo of Ba Jin’s Family
4) To acquire knowledge and develop skills that increase intercultural competence. 5) To have an understanding of the meaning of the cultures understood by the westerners and the easterners or the Chinese and Americans.
Why take Intercultural Communication?
Why take Intercultural Communication?
People are different throughout the world, culturally, religiously, ideologically and racially, actually different in almost every aspect, therefore we are supposed to know about their differences as much as possible, just for a smooth communication among the Homo sapiens(现代人), the people in the global village.
What Is Culture?
Three Ingredients of Culture
artifacts concepts (beliefs, values, world views…)
behavior
e.g. Whereas money is considered an artifact, then value placed on it is a concept, the actual spending and saving of money is behavior.
Be punctual
Individual vs collective
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Direct vs Indirect
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On time vs Late
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Simple vs Complex
Personal Relationship
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Line vs Fan
Standing in a queue
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Education
Wedding
CASE: An American woman received a letter from a recently married Japanese friend. The Japanese woman wrote in her letter, “My husband is not very handsome. Your husband is much more handsome than mine.” The American woman was very surprised at what her friend wrote. 1) Why do you think the American was surprised? a) The American woman saw a picture of her friend’s husband and thought that he was very handsome. b) The American woman didn’t think her own husband was handsome. c) In the U.S., it is disrespectful to say that one’s husband is not handsome.
Stereotype Differences between Chinese and Western Cultures
Attitudes towards the Chinese People
Saving Face
Hardworking
Attitudes towards the Chinese People
The Objectives
1) To explore cultural self-awareness, other culture awareness and the dynamics that arise in interactions between the two.
2) To understand how communication processes differ among cultures. 3) To identify challenges that arise from these differences in intercultural interactions and learn ways to creatively address them.
2) Why do you think the Japanese woman wrote, “My husband is not very handsome ”? a) The Japanese woman was trying to tell her American friend that she did not like her husband very much. b) It is uncommon in Japan to compliment one’s husband. c) The Japanese woman didn’t think her husband was handsome, but she liked his personality.
A few vs a crowd
பைடு நூலகம்
Streets at weekends
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morning vs evening
Time for a shower
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With a dog vs with a child
Daily life of the elderly
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Low vs high
Voice volume in public
Intercultural Communication
A Practical Coursebook
跨文化交际实用教程
Unit 1 An Introduction
I. Warm-up Case
Xiao Li (an interpreter): You must be very tired. You’re old… Catherine (an elderly American lady): Oh, I’m NOT old, and I’m NOT tired.
Never kiss parents
Fake goods everywhere
Attitudes towards Westerners
Kiss and hug anytime and anywhere
Go Dutch
Attitudes towards Westerners
Mind your own business