跨文化交际实训（第二版）Chapter 1Culture, Communication Intercultural Communication.ppt

2. Nonverbal communication Nonverbal gestures, postures, etc. can create serious barriers in intercultural communication. People of different cultural backgrounds may have different understandings about the same gestures. III. Intercultural Communication  跨文化交际 3. Stereotypes The word stereotyping was first used by journalist Walter Lippmann in 1922 to describe judgments made about others on the basis of their ethnic group membership. Today, the term is more broadly used to refer to negative or positive judgments made about individuals based on any observable or believed group membership. Stereotypes are products of limited, lazy, and misguided perceptions. III. Intercultural Communication  跨文化交际 4. Cultural bias on judgments People usually have the tendency to evaluate behavior from other cultures ad good or bad, to make judgments based on their own cultural bias. III. Intercultural Communication  跨文化交际 5. High level of stress People usually have a high level of stress because of not knowing what they are expected to do. Like every other unfamiliar experience, intercultural contact is likely to create stress. III. Intercultural Communication  跨文化交际 III. Intercultural Communication  跨文化交际 Some suggestions to overcome barriers in intercultural communication First, we should raise awareness of the competence to overcome intercultural communication barriers. Second, we should try to obtain knowledge. To learn some knowledge e about the people, the context, and the norms of appropriateness that operate in a specific culture is quite useful in intercultural communication. Third, we should try to Enhance Motivation. Fourth, we should master some skills. Key Terms 1. Intercultural communication 跨文化交际 跨文化交际是美国文化人类学家爱德华. 霍尔在 1959年出版的《无声的语言》一书中首次提出 的。可以简单地定义为具有不同文化背景的人们之间的交际。 Glossary nevertheless conj. 然而，不过 persuasion n. 说服 heritage n. 遗产 alliance n. 联盟 mishap n. 灾祸 uphold vt. 赞成, 支撑 amongst prep. 在…