InterculturalCommunication.ppt

Intercultural Communication Lecturer: 周凌敏 Email:zhoulingsan@163.com TelCourse Requirements Marks: 50% for classroom performance 50% for final examination Assessment includes dictation every 2 weeks, attendance, presentation. Besides, everyone who volunteered to take part in classroom activities shall be given a bonus. The final examination will be computerized and will be based on the contents of this course. Assessment Note : Attendance 30 % If you are absent, you will lose 10 scores. You are only allowed to be absent 3 times at most and if you are absent more than 3 times, you will lose the total scores of class performance. If you ask for leave, you will lose 1 score, and you are only allowed to ask for leave 3 times at most. Text Books What is culture? Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs, customs, values, behaviors, institutions and communication patterns that are shared, learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people. Generally speaking, culture is the way of life. Culture is everything and everywhere. Thanks to culture, without it we can’t survive in society A metaphor of culture We compare culture to iceberg. It suggests that only small part of it is visible while most of it lies concealed. Habits, dress and manners are visible. Worldview, value systems, ways of thinking, national character and any other deep concepts are foundation of visible part. “Where are you going?” in China ,we give a general answer to it.. In western countries, it may be interpreted as an intrusion into one’s privacy. Chinese culture emphasizes on social relationship and the heavy interdependence between Chinese people The underlying individual-oriented relationship is the invisible part of the iceberg. Could you understand the following passage? 指尖洁白的Toilet paper，犹如天使不染尘世的羽翼。 冰冷的、麻木的、牵动起令人烦闷的悸动。我欠自己一个抱歉，并开始为昨日那不经意的放肆而痛。 翻译：昨个吃多了拉肚子，老拿着手纸去厕所，看来真不该吃。 这是一个多么简单的早晨呢？和之前相同，又和之前不同。我仍然在这个地方醒来，望望窗外，淡淡的雾