英语跨文化交际实用教程Unit 1

The Purpose
The general purpose of this course is to understand the ways in which culture interrelates with and effects communication processes. Intercultural learning involves affective and behavioral processes, as well as cognitive ones. Throughout this course, you will have the opportunity to gain knowledge, skills and attitudes that will increase your intercultural communication competence.
The way of showing concern is different.
In China statement
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In the West question
must
how would
Case 2 First Offer
A Canadian colleague and I traveled to Guilin with our admirable guide Heping Liu in very hot weather. Sightseeing is a thirsty business. We did not trust the water, and enjoyed excellent beer. We politely offered some to Heping but he refused. We said nothing and drank our beer, while poor Heping watched. On another day, Heping quickly accepted our offer of beer. Questions for discussion In your daily life, do you often accept first offer? If yes, in what situation?
The interpreter gave the impression
that he thought the elderly lady would collapse any minute if she doesn’t rest immediately.
Comment
In the West, there is a value placed in
2. Definitions of Culture
1) Culture is the total way of life that a group of people shares. 2) Culture is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.
CONTENTS
I. Warm-up Cases II. What Is Culture, Communication and Intercultural Communication? III. The Differences between Chinese and Western Cultures IV. Summary V. Assignments
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II. What Is Culture?
1. Define cultures yourself
Please write down whatever comes to your
mind when you hear or think of culture. Next, try to figure out how they are related to culture.
The Reasons
Development of Science &Technology Globalization of Economy Widespread Immigration Development of Multiculturalism International Communication Interracial Communication Interethnic Communication or minority communication
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.
Comment
Chinese First offer westerners
Modest Polite well-behaved second or third offer
Religious reasons Reformed alcoholic Allergic
Discussion
I. Why take Intercultural Communication?
Intercultural Communication
A Practical Coursebook
跨文化交际实用教程
Culture is a Bridge.
Unit 1 An Introduction
Objectives
Learn the purpose of learning the
course. Learn the notions of Culture, Communication and Intercultural Communication. Learn the differences between Chinese and Western cultures
Why take Intercultural Communication?
People are different throughout the world, culturally, religiously, ideologically [,aidiə'lɔdʒikali] (思想上；意识形态上) 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. You will make it by coming to Intercultural Communication.
3. Elements of Culture
4. Three Ingredients of Culture
artifacts concepts (beliefs, values, world
views…) behavior
e.g. Whereas the money is considered an artifact, then value placed on it is a concept, the actual spending and saving of the money is behavior.
3) Culture is an Integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristic of the members of a society and which are not the result of biological inheritance. 4) Culture is the deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, actions, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and artifacts acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving(努力,奋斗 ).
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.
I. Warm-up Cases
Please discuss the cases in groups and
make a comment on it.
Case 1: Showing Concern In China: 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.
Comment
What the interpreter said is quite
courteous in China. It means, “If you are tired, we can take a little rest, since you are getting on in years.”
5) Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs, customs, values, behaviors, institutions and communication patterns that are shared, learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people.
being young that many people consciously, or subconsciously, are not willing to accept that they are growing old.
In the West:
A: How are you doing now? Would you like to rest? B: No, not a bit.