跨文化交际Unit5 Culture and Verbal Communication 课件 .pptVIP

Unit 5 Culture and Verbal Communication Part One 1.Warm-up 2.Reading I 3.Identifying difference: Compliment Response 4.Interview 5.Reading II 6.Group Work Warm Up ⑴ What was wrong? ⑵ What can we learn from the story? Both c and d might be the factors that have caused the failure of the American’s presentation. It is often customary for Americans to start their talk with some jokes or humorous anecdotes, but Germans have different ideas and they tend to consider telling jokes inappropriate in talks on serious matters. And in German culture, executives who occupy important positions are usually senior in age, and they had not expected the American manufacturer to send a young man as their representative to start business with them, a reputable German distributor. They may have found it difficult to trust such a young person. Understanding the Culture of Conversation （1）What made the author feel learning to converse in Mexico City was easier for him in one way, more difficult in another? （2）Why did the Mexico customer slide into the topic of the full eclipse of the sun? （3）How did the American businessman feel about the Mexican’s way of conversation? 4. What “conversational ideal” was represented by the example of a championship skier who was interviewed on TV? 5. What problems are likely to occur if an American talks with a Swede? 6. What are the differences between Anglos and Athabaskans in conversation? There are a lot of differences between them. For instance, at the beginning of a conversation, Anglos almost always speak first. Athabaskans think it important to know what the social relationship is before they talk with someone. There is another difference in how long one should talk. Athabaskans tend to have longer turns when they talk with each other, but Anglos expect shorter turns. 7.Is it enough just to learn to speak in grammatically correct manners when one learns a foreign language? What else does he or she also need to know?