【跨文化交流-外教】1 - What is Intercultural Communication.ppt

What is ‘Intercultural Communication ’ What is Intercultural Communication? Communication between people whose cultures and symbol systems are different enough to alter (change) the communication event. (from Communication Between Cultures) 3 Main Questions… What is communication? (today) What is culture? (today) What happens when people of different cultures interact together? (What misunderstandings are likely to happen and why?) What is Communication? Why do we need communication? What is the goal of communication? In what forms does it appear? Is it similar in all cultures? What is necessary for communication? Communication… Involves a transmitter, receiver, message and medium Is a process of signs being conveyed from one party to another These signs must be interpreted, and if interpreted incorrectly, a misunderstanding will occur (hindering learning) Communication also… involves the meeting of minds through actions, reactions, questions and answers involves the collective activity of sharing experiences at verbal and nonverbal levels What is Culture? With those sitting near you, in one sentence write your group’s definition of “culture”. Culture is … The Experts Say Culture is . . . “an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society” “refers to the total way of life of particular groups of people” “includes everything that a group of people thinks, says, does, and makes —its systems of attitudes and feelings” “learned and transmitted from generation to generation” (Kohls, Survival Kit for Overseas Living, 2001) Our Definition: Culture is the shared assumptions, values, and beliefs of a group of people which result in characteristic behaviors. (Storti, Figuring Foreigners Out, 1999) Assumptions (假定) – What we assume to be true Values (价值观念) - Our culture’s ‘rules’ that teach us what is useful, good, right, wrong, how to live our life, and even what to die for Beliefs - Our co