文化差异与跨文化交际.ppt

Lesson 10 – The Green Banana Culture Shock __ __ The end of Cultural Shock. The symptoms of cultural shock can appear at different times. Although one can experience real pain from culture shock, it is also an opportunity for redefining ones life objectives. It is a great opportunity for learning and acquiring new perspectives. Culture shock can make one develop a better understanding of oneself and stimulate personal creativity. Lesson 10 – The Green Banana V. Tower of Babel Click the picture for more information. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 10 – The Green Banana V. Tower of Babel __ __ To be continued on the next page. This allusion is from Old Testament·Genesis 11, indicating a sheer illusion. The whole world had one language and a common speech at the beginning. When people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. * B T L E W Lesson 10 – The Green Banana Cultural Gap and Inter-cultural Communication 文化差异与跨文化交际 Ethnocentrism Cultural Chauvinism Relativism Racism Lesson 10 – The Green Banana II. Ethnocentrism and other related terms To be continued on the next page. Ethnic refers to cultural heritage, and centrism refers to the central starting point or the tendency of people to put their own group at the center. Thus, ethnocentrism basically refers to judging other groups from one’s own cultural point of view, or misinterpreting other cultures because one uses the concepts of his own culture. Lesson 10 – The Green Banana To be continued on the next page. Ethnocentrism (种族优越论) II. Ethnocentrism and other related terms Ethnocentrism can lead to making false assumptions about others ways based on one’s own limited experience. The key word is assumptions, because we are not even aware that we are being ethnocentric. That is people dont understand that they dont understand. For example, American people often talk about British drivers driving on the wrong side of t