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Intercultural Communication Cultures in Contrast: Case Studies What is communication? What factors does the process of communication involve? What factors contribute to successful communication? What factors impede communication? I Warming-up Activities Once a Chinese scholar studying in the Unites States was asked as to what he did the weekend before. He answered without hesitation “I played”. Many years ago, a Chinese man showed a photo of his wife to some American visitors. Out of courtesy, they all said, “She is very beautiful.” Also out of courtesy, the man replied with what he would have done in Chinese under the circumstance, “Where! Where!” Quite taken aback, nobody said anything for a moment, until the most ingenious one among the visitors, taking another look at the photo, said, “Oh, everywhere!” Questions What do you think Americans would feel when they heard a middle-aged scholar using a word usually for children only to describe himself? 2. What did the Chinese intend to mean by replying with “Where! Where!”? How did the Americans understand the reply? What would a Westerner say to respond to a similar compliment? II Case Study II Case Study II Case Study II Case Study II Case Study II Case Study III Group Discussion 1. First share with your classmates whatever experiences you have had in communication events that can be considered as intercultural. Then discuss the following cases of communication and decide to what extent they are intercultural. 2. Group Work 3. Debate IV Performance V Exercises 练习 Answer the following questions: Can you summarize the major differences between the Chinese and Americans in addressing? How should we address an American friend? And how should we do it if he or she knows our cultures very well or if we speak Chinese to each other? V Exercises 练习 2. Read the following carefully and translate it into Chinese. V Exercises 练习 3. Writing: * * Intercultural Communication Cultures in Contrast: Case Studies