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Intercultural Communication Lecture 1: Culture, Communication, Intercultural Communication Course Policies Instructor: Li Shan Email: 1761757892@ Points can be earned in two areas: Class participation and assignments-60% Final examnation-40% Course Objectives: To learn more about the different cultures To form the awareness of intercultural communication To increase cross-cultural skills on the job warm-up cases:Showing Concern Case 1: spoken form In China: Xiao Li (an interpreter): You must be very tired. You’re old… Catherine (an elderly American lady): Oh, I’m NOT old, and I’m NOT tired. In the West: A: How are you doing now? Would you like to rest? B: No, not a bit. Questions for discussion 1.Why does Catherine response with two negitive sentences? 2.What are the differences between the Chinese way and the western way to show concern? The way of showing the concern is different: In China : most of our concern is a must statement; In the west : most of the concern starts from a how wouldquestion. Case 2 Written Form An American woman received a letter from a recently married Japanese friend. The Japanese woman wrote in her letter, “My husband is not very handsome. Your husband is much more handsome than mine.” The American woman was very surprised at what her friend wrote. Questions for discussion 1.Why do you think the American was surprised? 2. Why do you think the Japanese woman wrote, “My husband is not very handsome ”? Lead in question 1. What is intercultural communication? 2. Why do we learn intercultural communication? 3. How to learn? Culture What is culture? The most widely accepted definition Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs,customs,values, behaviors, institutions and comminication patterns that are shared, learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people How to define Culture ? Culture is like an icebe
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