跨文化交际课程讲义IC.pdf

ChapteroneBasicConceptsandIssuesinInterculturalCommunication

Ⅰ.AMulticulturalWorld

1.Introduction

2.Changesininterculturalcontact

Theincreasingcontactbetweenculturesstemsfromtechnologicaladvances,socialadvances,

economic,andpoliticalchanges.

3.Unfortunateconsequencescausedbyincreasingculturalcontact:

misunderstandings,prejudices,conflicts,etc.

4.ElementsofInterculturalCommunication:

Communication;Culture;Perception;Personalneeds;Values;Beliefs;Attitudes;Social

institutions;Language;Nonverbalcommunication;Relationship.

Ⅱ.DefiningCommunication

1.Relationshipbetweencultureandcommunication

2.Formsofcommunication:Mediatedcommunication

Oralcommunication

3.Definitionoforalcommunication:theprocessbywhichpersonsshareinformation,meanings,

andfeelingsthroughtheexchangeofverbalandnonverbalmessages.

4.Classesofmessages:Intentionalmessages

Unintentionalmessages(whichcanhaveanadverseimpacton

interculturalcommunication)

5.TheCommunicationProcess

(1)Characteristics:dynamic,systematic,adaptive,continuous,transactional,andirreversible.

(2)Elementsofcommunicationprocess:Communicators:speaker/listener

Messages

Channel

Feedback

Noise

Speakingsituation

Ⅲ.DefiningCulture

1.BroadDefinition:

Cultureisasetofhuman-madeobjectiveandsubjectiveelementsthatinthepasthaveincreased

theprobabilityofsurvival,resultedinsatisfactionforpeopleinanecologicalplace,andthus

becomeshare