大学英语跨文化交际案例分析课堂演示样本.ppt

Thanks for watching… Case Analysis ——By Group 5 思考：当老师邀请你和你的几位同学  到家里做客时，你会怎么做？ 去的时候： A.在约好的时间独自赴约； B.与同学一起，在约好的时间准时到达。 走的时候： A.自己决定，想什么时候走就什么时候走； B.当同伴起身告别时，与同伴一起走。 Jane, an American teacher in the US, had just started teaching English to a group of Japanese students. She wanted to get to know the students more formally, so she invited them to her house for party. The students all arrived together at exactly 8:00 p.m. They seemed to enjoy the party: they danced, sang, and ate most of the food. At about 10:00 pm, one of the students said to the teacher, “I think it’s time for me to leave. Thank you very much for the party.” Then all the other students got up to go, and all left at the same time. Jane decided she would never invite them again! Case 1  Question : Why? Li Na: Yes, and Japanese people think people go and leave the host family on time shows the respect for the host family. Fan Yanming: From the case I think Japanese is always on punctual, and when they think it’s time for the host to rest, they will leave together. This is common in Asian countries. Zhang Xiaoxia: As far as I am concerned, American people think many people leave at the same time didn’t show the respect for the family host. What’s more, 10:00 p.m is so early for a party to end. Group Discussion:  Li Xuesong: Yes, all of these cultural differences finally led to Jane’s misunderstanding. Gao Rui: In my opinion, Americans are typical individualisms, while Japanese are obviously collectivity. That’s why Jane didn’t understand why all t