《新大学英语跨文化交际阅读教程》课件_B2U6 Intercultural Perception and Thinking.pptx

InterculturalPerceptionandThinkingInterculturalPerceptionandThinkingInterculturalPerceptionandThinkingUnit6

目录1Understandhowpeoplefromdifferentculturesthinkandcommunicate234UnderstandthatdifferentthinkingpatternswouldresultincommunicationfailurePerceiveothercountriesandtheirpeoplefromaninterculturalperspectiveBeconfidentandcompetentininterculturalcommunicationObjectivesUnit1Unit6

CONTENTS1Lead-inScenario234UnderstandingTextAEnhancingGlocalMindsetAssignmentPeriod1

Lead-inScenario

Lead-inScenario:TothePointQuestionsfordiscussion1.WhatdidtheAmericanprofessorexpectwhenasking“whatstepsshouldtheteamleaderinthiscasestudytaketomanagedifferentattitudestowardsconfrontationintheteam”?Interculturaltips:Theprofessorraisedthisquestioninhopeofgettingaspecificanswerwhichmightconsistofseveralspecificsteps.Ideally,theChineseCEOswereexpectedtofocusonthecasetheyhadstudiedearlierandlistseveralrelevantpoints.

Lead-inScenario:TothePoint2.WhydidLillyLi,oneoftheChineseparticipantmention“trust”and“relationship”inheranswers?LillyLi,abird-likewomanwithapleasantsmile,whohadbeenrunningoperationsinHungaryfortwoyears,raisedherhand,“Trusthasbeenabigchallengeforus,asHungariansdonottakethesametimetobuildpersonalrelationshipsaswedoinChina.”?(Para2)Afterseverallongminutesofinterestingcommentsthathad—frommyperspective—absolutelyzerotodowiththequestionI’dasked,Lillycametothepoint,“Iftheteamleaderhadspentmoretimehelpingtheteambuildrelationshipsoutsideofthemeeting,theywouldhavebeenmuchmorecomfortabledealingwithdebateanddirectconfrontation.”?(Para4)Questionsfordiscussion

Lead-inScenario:TothePoint2.WhydidLillyLi,oneoftheChineseparticipantmention“trust”and“relationship”inheranswers?Interculturaltips:FortheChinese