跨文化交际(第一课)--公开课件设计.ppt

越南人有十二个生肖，与中国人的生肖基本相同。只是中国有“兔”无“猫”，越南则有“猫”无“兔”。 印度人有十二个生肖，与中国人的生肖基本相同。只是中国有“虎”无“狮”，印度则有“狮”无“虎”。 埃及人有十二个生肖，分别是：牡牛、山羊、猴子、驴、蟹、蛇、犬、猫、鳄、红鹤、狮子、鹰。 希腊人有十二个生肖，与埃及人的生肖基本相同，只是希腊人有“鼠”无“猫”，埃及人则有“猫”无“鼠”。 墨西哥人有十二个生肖，有虎、兔、龙、猴、狗、猪和其它六种墨西哥特有的动物组成十二生肖。 * * Inter-cultural communication Warm-up cases 1. Hometown customs 2. Culture differences between Germany and China 3. Same language, different behavior (TB P.3) Inter-cultural communication What is culture? What is communication? What is Inter-cultural communication? Where are they from? muumuu jeans Kimono Sari (Saree) Understanding Culture 1.Differences and similarities between cultures 2.Ethnocentrism--the limitation of culture 3.cultures is not a static entity while it is difficult to be transformed completely 4.what we can see about cultures is just the tip of the iceberg Generally speaking, Culture is the way of life. Thanks to culture, without it we can’t survive in society. Culture can be seen as shared knowledge, what people need to know in order to act appropriately in a given culture.(TB P6) Members of a particular culture have certain things in common.(TB P5) 1.Differences and similarities between cultures When we are exposed to a new culture, it is the similarities between cultures that surprise us as much as the differences examples Spring Festival (video) proverb : love me love my dog 12 zodiac animals 12 zodiac animals 2.Ethnocentrism--the limitation of culture Q: What does this story tell about? A funny story (TB P.5) Q:It has been said that without a culture we cannot see, but with a culture we are forever blind. How to explain this sentence? We usually learn our own cultures way of doing, speaking, and thinking so well that it becomes difficult to think, feel, speak and act as people in other cultures do. Our own native language and cultures are so much a part of us that we take them for granted. Using our own culture as the standard to judge other cultures. People everywhere tend to be ethnocentric and are oft