跨文化交际课程unit3.ppt

Intercultural Communication Lecture 3: verbal communication Review Code Language code Behaviour code Context High-context communication Low-context communication Case study: Dinner with Friends Janices question: what went wrong ? When Chinese have visitors, they are often extremely hospitable in offering food. If guests are invited for a meal, Chinese prepare a very large number of dishes, usually far more than can be eaten at the time. Conversely, Westerners tend to relate the meal size more accurately to the peoples appetites, both the quantity and variety of the