《跨文化交际》学习指导.doc

How to Study This Course Welcome to cross-cultural communication probably you have also come across another term intercultural communication. It is an American way of saying cross-cultural. So the two means more or less the same thing. But what is this same thing, viz. Cross-cultural communication? The answer is simple: when you and a foreigner talk with each other, you two are engaged in cross-cultural communication. As you may have already realized, cross-cultural communication is an extremely complicated process, and can be quite painful at times. Nowadays, as the globalization of world economy gathers its pace faster than ever before, with the internet tearing down national boundaries, cross-cultural communication is part and parcel of our everyday life. It is so important that the study of it has yielded an independent discipline , and loads of books have been written on it. What can this course book offer you? Well, let me, first of all, tell you what this book is not. It is not a book a hundred percent on cross-cultural communication. As part of help yourself to advanced English series, it has dual functions to fulfill: it has to help you enhance your English proficiency before it takes you to the world of cross-cultural communication. Roughly speaking, it is 40% on English language proficiency, with 60% on cross-cultural communication. This explains why some tasks are only indirectly related to communication, and why some cross-cultural issues are missing in the text. Resources checklist First things first. Lets make sure that you have everything you need. The materials you should have Have you got them? · there are two audio cassettes accompanying the book. It is for listening tasks. And all the listening tasks are integrated with other tasks of the book. It is therefore absolutely essential that you have it. · there are also some video programmes accompanying the book. They show some authentic clips of cross-cultural activities. You are not expecte