chapter+1CommunicationAnInterculturalPerspective跨文化交际-教学课件.ppt

Communication: An Intercultural Perspective Chapter 1 Contents 1. What is communication? Human communication is as old as mankind? Facial expressions, exclamations, noises (100,000 years ago) Cave paintings (30,000 years ago) Verbal communication (20,000) Symbols and scripts (5,000 years ago) ? Communication: A form of human behavior derived from a need to connect and interact with other human beings. Occurs whenever meaning is attributed to behavior or the residue(残渣，后果） of behavior. Exercises: Try to judge which can be sorted as communication (Y) and which can not (N). 1. You send an e-mail to one of your net-friends. 2. You are declining an invitation from one of your suppliers on the phone. You make the phone talk in French. 3. You said to yourself, “Yes, I must get it done.” 4. The police got the sign of “P” put up at the street corner. 5. A car driver blew the horn to the other one he has just overtaken. 6. A housewife is using a detergent(清洁剂） in the kitchen. 7. In a commercial, a housewife is using a detergent in the kitchen. 8. On a construction site, some workers are working with a driller and that causes a great noise. Communication: Components Message Sender Receiver Channel Noise Feedback Encoding Decoding Encoding and decoding are of great significance to successful communication. E.g. “You’re a sexy girl.“ Case study Listen to a story of Litz, a Finnish and her Chinese mother-in-law. Here is the conversation: Litz: Dick, how long is your mum going to stay? Dick: I don’t know. I haven’t asked her. Litz: Why not ask her? Dick: What do you mean by asking her? Litz: I mean what I said. Just ask her how long she’s going to stay. Can you diagnose Litz’ probem? Litz’s encoding: Mother’s decoding: Communication: Models The Linear Model (线性交际模式) The Circular Model (循环式模式) The Contextualized Model (环境模式) Linear Model of Communication Source Message Receiver Channel Physical or Psychological Noise Circular/Interactive Model Listeners respo