跨文化交际.ppt

* * interpretations Company officials were not interested in talking with me or in buying my company’s products. Company officials had rescheduled my appointments for a different time, but they neglected to tell my secretary about the change. In Argentina, attitudes toward time are very different than they are in the U.S., although appointments are scheduled for particular times, no one expects that people will be available at precisely that time. In Argentina it is an accepted norm of interaction between people who have appointments with each other to allow others to come into the room, either in person or by telephone, to ask their questions or to make their comments. * * evaluations I don’t like waiting around and not meeting according to the schedule I had set , but maybe I can still make this important sale. Some of the people here are sure interesting and I am enjoying meeting so many more people than just the four with whom I had scheduled appointments. * * Success The tool of description, interpretation, and evaluation increases your choices for understanding, responding positively to, and behaving appropriately with people from different cultures. * * Session 6 intercultural adaptation Definition intercultural adaptation: acculturation 1: cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture also : a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact  2 : the process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy * * 1. The adaptation process Excitement about the new situation Confusion when faced with the hidden aspects of culture Frustration when old ways of dealing with situations fail to work Growing effectiveness as new skills are acquired Appreciation as new skills and attitudes enable the person to live more fully in the new situation Increased ability to deal with new and novel situations