CrossculturalCommunication.pptVIP

3.2.Types of Communication human communication (人类交际） animal communication (动物交际） human-animal communication （人类与动物的交际） human-machine communication（人机交际） machine-to-machine communication（机器交际） 4. ActivitiesActivity 1: Instances of Communication Activity 2: Models of Communication Model One: mono-cultural model(same language and cultural environment) Activity 4: Communication in Social Situations Activity 5 Effective Cross-cultural Communication How to be a cross-cultural speaker? 1.Calm down and relax. 2.Watch out for bilingual differences in using polite expressions. 3.Use meaningless but useful syllables to gain . time. How to be a cross-cultural hearer? A good listener is a careful but not intense listener , who gets the message, not every single word. 5.Case studies 6. Homework Diagnosing Problems in Cross-cultural Communication. A Chinese student had just arrived at the States. One day, when he was reading in his room, he heard someone shouting outside: “ Watch out!” So he went to the window and stretched out his head and tried to find out what’s going on outside. Just then, his head was right poured by the water from above… Question: Would you please analyze the saying “ Watch out” with the three meanings in communication? Key to the question: Utterance meaning: Be careful! Speaker’s meaning: Don’t pull out ! Hearer’s meaning: Something is happening! Look out! * * * * Cross-cultural Communication 《跨文化交际》 Unit One: Language and Culture in Communication Case studies 5 Cross-cultural Communication 2 Communication 3 Activities 4 Culture 1 Contents Homework 6 ? 2.To?an?anthropologist?the?word? culture?means?all?the?ways?in?which?a?group?of?people?act,?dress,?think,? and?feel.? 1. What is culture? 1.People?who?know?about?art,?music and?literature?are?cultured…. 3.People?have?to?learn?the?cultural?ways?of?their community: they?are?not?something?that?the?people?in?the?group?are?born?with. Different countries have different cultures.