《Culture_Shock跨文化交际》-精选·课件.pptVIP

Before: anticipate the experience with a great deal of excitementAfter: the excitement continues through the early periodExample: college students;  new foreign teachers ;’ the expatriate manager（外籍经理）  In all these cases the newcomer is using standards from his home culture to evaluate the situation in the new culture. College students: high expectation of colorful life in college (before); delight in the flexible time schedule (after) Expatriate managers: surprise in his better-than-expected housing and the professional attitude of the local stuff (after) New foreign teachers: satisfaction in students’ particular charming and cooperative（这里应该加上一个名词？） (after)  Differences Seem exotic and entertaining Easy enough to deal with At the beginning of the confusion stage, the person in an unfamiliar culture often experiences a sudden decline in mood or spirit. (Case1: Wu Lian, an English major studying in the US) Case 1  Doubts Wu Lian, an English major studying at a university in the US, starts out confidently. She knows that her language skills are better than those of most Chinese studying abroad. At first everything is fine, but gradually she discovers that professors do not always present materials in an organized way nor do they always speak clearly. They talk either too fast or with a foreign accent so that she cannot keep up. Wu Lian also finds she cannot understand the group conversations of her native speaking classmates. They us