大学英语跨文化交际chapter3 Culture’s Influence on Perception.ppt

大学英语跨文化交际 Chapter 3 Culture’s Influence on Perception Questions for Chapter 2 1. How do you understand the term “noise” in the communication process? 2. What is the relationship between culture and communication? 3. How do you understand “international communication”? Everyone thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts. German proverb We should not judge another person until we have walked two moons in his moccasins. Native American proverb We should not measure other people’s corn with our own bushel. Chinese saying Lead-in Case: Perception of War Please read Case and then discuss the questions in pairs. 1. Why did Jim and Olga have very different attitudes towards starvation and war? 2. Give a brief analysis of their understandings of starvation and war. 3. What factors do you think influence the actual interaction between Jim and Olga? Text AOverview: Human Perception Pre-reading Task: Suppose you are an American farmer, a French engineer living in Paris, a Scottish country poet, or a Chinese oversea student. What do you think of the beautiful full moon on the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Day? Text AOverview: Human Perception People from different cultures usually think differently. Thinking usually involves higher mental processes, i.e. perception and remembering. Human perceptions are influenced by culture. How? Three Stages in Information Processing Input stage When information is Taken in through the senses Attended to Interpreted Storage stage Retrieval stage A Basic Model of Human Perception Raw Stimuli Sensory receptors Sensory Register Selective Attention Perceptual Filters Discuss the model of human perception Step 1: Read “A Basic Model of Human Perception” and then explain the following key words. (1) Sensation (2) Perception (3) Selection (4) Organization (5) Interpretat