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Topic 2: Talking skills Cultural factors 说话技巧中的文化因素 Discourse patterns 语篇模式 Vanessa What’s a discourse study? The study of discourse (语篇） is the study of units of language and language use consisting of more than a single sentence, but connected by some systems of related topics. Letters, jokes, stories, chapters, sermons, speeches are all categories of discourse. When westerners or Asians do business together, or when men and women work together in an office, they engage in what is called “inter-discourse communication” It is found that most miscommunication does not arise through mispronunciation or through poor uses of grammar, as important as those aspects of language learning are. The major sources of miscommunication in intercultural contexts lie in differences in patterns of discourse, which greatly depends on thought patterns. Teachers of English, have often been puzzled by the difficulties they encounter in trying to get Chinese students to organize their English writing in a way that strikes natives as natural. A list of Chinglish Good good study, day day up 好好学习，天天向上 How are you? How old are you？ 怎么是你？怎么老是你 You have seed. I will give you some color to see see. Brothers! Together up! 你有种，我要给你点颜色瞧瞧。兄弟们！一起上！ You ask me, me ask who? 你问我，我问谁？　 We two who and who? 　 咱俩谁跟谁？ 　No three no four 　 不三不四 If you want money, I have no; if you want life, I have one 　 要钱没有，要命一条！　 Chickens that did not have sexual experience. 　童子鸡　 Research findings in the cultural patterns Language usage follows culturally determined patterns, which not only influence the order in which people use words to form phrases, but also influence thinking. Cultural thought patterns and second language writing Five cultural thought patterns English language group (英语-直线型） A vertical straight line with a downward-pointed a