《跨文化交》课程自学材料.doc

《跨文化交际》课程自学材料 Part One Defining Culture 讨论题 1. How do you think culture and communication are related? What are the barriers you experienced in intercultural communication? And how did you handle them? 3. Work in groups to decide which of the following belong to overt culture and which to covert: A. What and how people eat B. How to keep healthy C. How to raise children D. How to do business E. How to use time F. How to introduce people G. How to participate in ceremonies H. Rules for facial expressions and eye contact I. Rituals J. Etiquette K. Work speed L. What is right or wrong, beautiful or ugly, clean or dirty, good or bad, etc. M. Theories of disease, sin, death, god or gods, sanity, self, etc. 4. Can you add more to the above list? Which of them do you think are more likely to cause problems in intercultural communication? And why do you think they are? 二、分析、解答题 Please read the following example (taken from Scollon Scollon, 2000) and study how communication is affected by culture. Two men meet on a plane from Tokyo to Hong Kong. Chu Hon-fei is a Hong Kong exporter who is returning from a business trip to Japan. Andrew Richardson is an American buyer on his first business trip to Hong Kong. It Is a convenient meeting for them because Mr. Chu’s company sells some of the products Mr. Richardson has some to Hong Kong to buy. After a bit of conversation they introduce themselves to each other. Mr. Richardson: By the way, I’m Andrew Richardson. My friends call me Andy. This is my business card. Mr. Chu: I’m David Chu. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Richardson. This is my card. Mr. Richardson: No, no. Call me Andy. I think we’ll be doing a lot of business together. Mr. Chu: Yes, I hope so. Mr. Richardson (reading Mr. Chu’s card ) : Chu, Hon-fei. Hon-fei, I’ll give you a call tomorrow as soon as I get settled at my hotel. Mr Chu (smiling): Yes, I’ll expect your call. When these two men separate, they leave each other with very different impressions of the situa