跨文化交际练习题

《跨文化交际》练习题

Unit 1

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a. There are here-------- Chinese equivalents to communication in Mainland.

交际（）交流（）沟通（）传播（）

通信（）交通（）传理（）

b. There must be ___________conditions for communication to take place.

c. There are _______ kinds of communication.

d. The two kinds of cross-cultural communication are _______ and ______.

e. In any forms of communication, mono-cultural, unilateral and bilateral cross-cultural alike, ______ is the essence.

f. You complain to your instructor about your course credits through telephone is a________ example of communication.

g. You send an e-mail message to an American friend is an instance of communication but______.

h. An Arabic traveler talks to you in Arabic that is Greek to you is an instance of_________.

i. The community definition of a social situation is a sort of ______ definition, or ______ interpretation of the situation.

j. In cross-cultural communication, private goals are difficult to detect and are likely to cause ______.

k. A social situation may receive two definitions. They are____________________ and ______________.

l. The verbal message of shrug is a non-verbal signal of_________________.

m. The verbal message of thank is a non-verbal signal of________________.

n. The goal of Dick’s going to the library is likely to _______________________________________.Ⅱ. Key Terms

a. language

b. non-verbal communication

c. cross-cultural communication

d. situational schema

e. signal

f. culture

g. communication

Ⅲ. Short Answer

1. Give some best and not good instances of communication.

2. How to understand a mutual monitoring?

of communication.

influencing factors of cross-cultural communication.

culture

Ⅳ. Case study

Use the communication theory to analyze the following case:

Xiao Huang meets Evelyn at the airport and says to her: "Long time no see!"

1）The source of information is: ______.

2）The encoder is: ______.

3）The code is: ______.

4）The message is: "______!"

5）The channel is: ______.

6）The medium is: ______.

7）The noise is: ______.

8）The decoder is: ______.

9）The retrieval of information is: ______.

Unit Two

Ⅰ.Fill in blanks

a. In a formal western meal, you’re offered a second helping but you have already had enough. You shou ld say “______”. That was delicious but I’ve already had plenty, thanks.

b. Taboos are words, expressions, et

c. that are considered as being ______ or ______. unpleasant, disgusting

c. ______ is a culture that scores high on individualism. Individual culture

d. Social distance refers to the degree of ______ or ______ between two cultures. similarity, dissimilarity

e. Because of their ______, individualists give little thought to the ______ of others. But collectivists care very much what others in their groups think and do not like to be the targets of ______ and _______. independence, evaluations, scrutiny, criticism

Ⅱ. Key Term

a. culture shock

b. collectivist culture

c. hospitality

d. politeness

e. privacy

Ⅲ. Short Answer

a. What are the five basic themes in individualist culture?

b. Why is there a lack of concern at public displays of physical or sexual intimacy?

c. What ‘s the difference on tendency for foreigners to treat strangers between Individualism and Collectivism Theories?

Ⅳ. Case study

(1) Analyze the case and try to find the misunderstanding between the girl and the westerner.

A westerner invited a Chinese girl to have lunch and take a tour around the British Parliament. In fact, the girl didn't have the lunch just because when the westerner asked her "Are you hungry?" The girl answered no. Then they didn't have lunch together.

(2) Can you find some differences in hospitality between a Chinese and English? What are the reasons?

An English guest: Each time a new dish arrived his parents would lean over and load my plate with tasty morsels. As they had taken all the trouble to cook it I just had to polish it off. As soon as my plate was empty they would put more on. Of course, I felt duty-bound to ear that too.

A Chinese guest: Can you imagine how many dishes I had? One one -- a stew with meat and vegetables. The meat was over done and too hard to eat; green vegetables were no longer green. They never put food on your plate but just ask you to help yourself. If you, as a guest, are shy or modest, waiting for the food to be put on your plate, you will remain half-starved.

Unit Three

Ⅰ. Fill in blanks

a. Chinese names consist of ______ name and ______ name, with ______ name put first.

b. The term first names, ______ and ______ refer to the same names.

c. The ______ given name is usually used by English people. ______ name is commonly used among friends and colleagues.

d. The term “Christian names” originates from people’s belief in ______ and the traditional practice of giving babies their names at a special ceremony in church known as a “______”.

e. Chinese names can give all sorts of information about a person. They may give clues about where and when the person was born. Or they may tell us something about ______, ______, ______, ______, ______ or even ______.

f. Female names are more likely than male names to end in ______ sound, as in Linda, Tracy and Mary. Names given to boys are much more likely to end in a ______, such as occurs in Bob, Dick and Jack.

Ⅱ. Short Answer

a. Try to analyze the components of an English name.

b. 在社交活动中使用亲属称谓要遵循哪些准则？What rules should we follow when we use the kin terms when we are at public?

c. What are the characteristics in naming Chinese Given Names?