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Home work and After-class activities 1. Write a paper describing the differences of communication style between Chinese people and American people. 2. Surf on the Internet to collect more culturally-loaded words. Chapter 8 Verbal Intercultural Communication (I) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 跨文化交际 Chapter 5 Verbal Communication Learning objectives : Chapter 8 Verbal Intercultural Communication (I) 1. Understand how language and culture closely linked 2. Perceive the vital role of verbal codes in intercultural communication as well as the important relationships among language, thought, culture, and behavior Listen to the lead-in case  Meanings of Words . 1. What are connotational meanings? 2. What’s the connotation of the word “moon” in Chinese? 3. What’s the connotation of the word “moon” in English? 4. What is the relationship between language and culture? Chapter 8 Verbal Intercultural Communication (I) Language and culture Culture and Communication Style Chapter 8 Verbal Intercultural Communication (I) Verbal intercultural communication Relationship between language and culture Culture and Word Meaning Culture and the Way of Saying Things Language and culture Verbal intercultural communication happens when people from different cultural backgrounds communicate with each other by using language. Mastering all those rules of language，such as phonology（语音体系）, morphology（词态学）, syntax（句法学） and semantics（语义学）, is still not enough for effective communication, for language and culture cannot be separated.They are intertwined, shaping each other. Chapter 8 Verbal Intercultural Communication (I) Culture and Word Meaning Word differences are obvious in various languages. The relation between word and its meaning is arbitrary. For example, we live in a house in English, we also live in a casa in Spanish and we still live in a