2010-1 Inter-cultural communication.ppt

Intercultural Communication Lecturer Yang Fanglin What do you think of this photo? Part I Introduction to Culture and Intercultural Communication Intercultural communication ( also often referred to cross-cultural communication) is a field of study dealing with how people of different cultural backgrounds endeavor to communicate. Medicine Western Dualistic worldview People and nature are separate and distinct entities. To treat a certain disease specifically. Chinese Holistic worldview Humans are considered to be an integral part of nature. People live in harmony with nature. To treat the whole body for a disease Can you give more examples to show the cultural differences between China and the western countries in terms of worldview or thinking pattern? Can you give more examples to show the cultural differences between China and the western countries in terms of equality/hierarchy? Hofstede’s Value Dimensions Individualism/Collectivism Uncertainty Avoidance(high/low) Power Distance(high/low) Masculinity/Femininity About the video Time:Monochronic time orientation/polychronic time orientation Business card:Power distance Gift: a clock Dinner invitation Physical contact Private questions Receiving cellphones A visit Germany … The West is a law-oriented society. People pay great attention to laws and rules, and abide by them strictly. In China ,although having various laws and rules, people often neglect them ,and what’s more interesting is that Guanxi (relation) or face sometimes speaks louder than laws and rules. 1) A student without his library card was not allowed into the library by the doorkeeper although they saw each other every day before that. 2) A pedestrian will not cross the zebra line until the green light is on even though there are no others or traffic policemen around. 3) In the West , a driver will be given a ticket because of speeding .In China, a driver may not be given a ticket if he knows the traffic policeman in charge or just hi