跨文化交际实用教程总复习.pptx

conclusion ;Review;Chapter 1 Culture and Culture Identity;Culture is both visible and invisible. Culture is the deposit of values, norms, beliefs and social practices that are based on from generation to generation. Everyone has a cultural identity, but as there are different cultures within culture, people maybe members of various sub-cultures or co-cultures. Culture is not monolithic but an ever-changing and dynamic entity. ;Chapter 2 Communication and Intercultural Communication;Culture and communication are inextricably interwoven because we share culture through communication. Edward T. Hall’s well-known cultural pattern theory— “High-context and Low-context culture”. The link between communication and intercultural communication as well as the distinction between verbal and nonverbal communication. Different cultures in communication: eastern—the interpersonal function of communication—building a relationship western—the instrumental function of communication—exchanging ideas ;Chapter 3 Verbal Intercultural Communication;Verbal communication is essential in intercultural communication and translation problems usually give rise to linguistic barriers in intercultural communication. Learning a language is requires learning cultural because language is just a set of arbitrary symbols. Differences in languages represents basic differences in worldviews. We need to be fully aware of verbal and written differences across cultures so as to avoid miscommunication. Western cultural tend to be more analytical, rational, objective and precise. Eastern culture is more likely to be synthetic, intuitive, subjective and vague.;Chapter 4 Nonverbal Intercultural Communication ;Nonverbal communication refers to intentional use of nonspoken symbols to communicate a specific message. Misunderstand are likely to occur, especially when we communicate with people from different cultures because we do not share the share the same nonverbal codes. Cross-cultural diffe