跨文化交际3讲专用课件.pptVIP

Right attitude in this global village Appreciate similarities, Accept differences Warm-up: Read the following sayings aloud, and think it over: what do they mean to you? Human beings draw close to one another by their common nature, but habits and customs keep them apart. Confucian saying One man’s meat is another man’s poison. English proverb God gave to every people a cup, cup of clay, and from this cup they drank life… They all dipped in the water, but their cups were different. R. Benedict Why is one culture different from another? On the surface Perception (how we sense the world) Belief (what we believe as true) Value (a system of criteria known as rules and guideposts) Why is one culture different from another? More deeply World view (religion) - Spiritual and psychological needs of people (life and death, creation of universe, relationship between humans and nature) - Social aspects of a culture (origin of society and groups within the society, relationship of individuals and groups to one another) Family (gender roles, individualism-collectivism, age, social skills) History (government, community, political system, key historical heroes, geography) What does cultural diversity mean? Cultural patterns - conditions that contribute to the way in which a people perceive and think about the world - the manner in which they live in that world Some cautions The value of the culture may not be the value of all individuals within that culture. It is useful to visualize each cultural pattern as a point on a continuum rather than one of only two possible responses. The patterns are interrelated with a host of other values and do not operate in isolation. Common cultural patterns must be limited to the dominant culture in each country. Significance of studying cultural diversities When we stu