chapter 1 culture文化.doc

Chapter I Culture ⅠTeaching Objectives 1.To understand the definitions of culture and the characteristics of culture. 2.To understand the definition, formation, and the characteristics of Cultural Identity. 3.To be able to distinguish subculture, co-culture, and subgroups. ⅡLeading in Ⅲ Teaching Procedures Step1 Have students listen to the lead-in case Kwanzaa. Ask students warming-up questions: What is Kwanzaa? What is the most important festival in Chinese culture? What is culture? Step2 1.1 Define culture from different perspectives. From Intellectual Perspective According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary, culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. It refers to intellectual perspective, such as music, art, exhibition, dance, etc. When you talk about Picasso, Beethoven, etc., you are talking about culture. music exhibition dance Picasso Beethoven From Anthropologic Perspective Culture is the customs, civilizations, and achievements of a particular time or people. This is an anthropologists definition. Greek culture Egyptian culture Chinese culture Babylon From Social Perspective Culture is what a society does and thinks. Culture covers everything of a society. From Psychological Perspective Culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one category of people from another. Western Wedding Ceremony Chinese Wedding Ceremony From Intercultural Communication Perspective Culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs, values, and norms, which affect the behavior of a relatively large group of people. 1.2 Characteristics of Culture Culture Is Learned We learn culture from ________, ________, ____________________________________. （parents, other family members, friends, and even strangers who are part of the culture） Culture Is a Set of Shared Interpretations All communications take place by means of symbols. Cloud of fortune Pound