第一章 1INTERCULTURAL-COMMUNICATION.pptVIP

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 2012.2 Brief Introduction 授课对象：本科生 授课教师：朱善华 课时安排：32课时 教学目标 “大学英语课程教学要求”指出大学英语是以英语语言知识与应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际为主要内容，以外语教学理论为指导，并集多种教学模式和教学手段为一体的教学体系。外语教学中重语言教学、轻文化教学这一现象有其产生的原因, 同时也凸显了外语教学中跨文化交际技能培养的重要性。 评估与测试 出勤率10% 课外作业20% 课堂表现20% 课程论文50% 1.How to start a conversation with a foreigner as far as you know? 2.What’s the best way to promote communication in different cultures? 3.How can we learn a particular culture? 4.Is going abroad the only way to learn the cross-cultural communication? 5.How to keep the balance of traditional culture and impact of the cross-culture? List the differences between Chinese culture and American culture by making a table. (food, history, greeting, table manner, drink, transport, entertainment, value-judgment, response to compliments, education, character, gifts for party, conversational subjects) Communicating Across Cultural Lines White --Snow on the hills --It must be a wet and dampish sort of color --the same color as cotton or wool --It must be fluffy color --like paper --It must be a crackling or fragile color --Like china … It is very difficult for people to understand one other if they do not share the same experience. We all share the experience of being human, but there are many experiences which we do not share and which are different for all of us. It is these different experiences that make up what is called “culture” in the social sciences– the habits of everyday life, the cues to which people respond, the automatic reactions they have to whatever they see and hear. What is Culture? People who are able to read and write or who know about art, music and literature are cultured. 150 Definition of culture The popular definition of culture: music, theater and art—the things that enrich our lives Definition that anthropologists, socialists and psychologists use: Culture may be defined as what a society does and think. What really binds men together is their culture– the ideas and the standards t