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Course Description This course is intended to offer some aspects of western and Chinese languages and cultures, to encourage an appreciation of cultural diversity and of cross-cultural communication, and to help realize the importance of the relationship between language and culture. The course is expected to stimulate English majors to further explore components of culture to achieve a deeper insight into their language studies. Course Requirements regular and active class attendance presentations and oral reports writing tasks a final exam Reference books 1. Doing Culture (中西文化之鉴 - - 跨文化交际教程) 作者：(美) 戴维斯(Linell Davis) 出版社：外语教学与研究出版社 2. 跨文化交流：中西方交往的习俗和语言 李学爱　编著 出版社：天津大学出版社 3. 英汉语言文化比较 作者：黄勇 丛书名： 大学英语选修课系列教材 出版社：西北工业大学出版社 4. 全球化语境下的中西文化及语言对比 作者：闫文培 出版社：科学出版社 Discussion Why do English majors have to make a comparative study of Chinese and Western languages and cultures? Possible answers 1) to have a better understanding of the Chinese language and culture, and of Western languages and cultures. 2) to learn to accept and appreciate cultural diversity and of cross-cultural communication, and understand the close relationship between language and culture 3) to help avoid mistakes in communication 4) to serve as a good way of language learning … Language and Culture — A Comparative Study Lecture 1 An Introduction to Language Video watching Quick questions 1.?How many languages are there in the world? 2. Why do people speak different languages? 3. What do you know about the origin of language? 4. Which language is the most beautiful one? 5. Do animals speak different languages? 6. How do you define language? Definitions of Language Language is too complicated to have only one definition. 1) Language is a human system of communication that uses arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols. 2) a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gesture