Unit_6Nonverbal Communication 跨文化交际 大学教学课件.ppt

Warm-up Activities Vide-watching and discussion Watch the video clip Lie to Me and discuss how Dr. Lightman identify whether the person is lying. In the Untied States high status and socially confident individuals have more eye contact than do submissive or anxious persons. For Americans the speaker who uses more eye contact seems more relaxed, more informal, and yet more authoritative. Teachers and lecturers receive special instructions of meeting one person’s eyes, resting there for a moment and then moving their gaze to another person in another part of the audience. In this way the audience feels that the speaker is speaking directly to each individual. In many cultures averting the eyes is a sign of humility and respect. For Americans looking down or away from the speaker means that the person is ignoring or rejecting what the speaker is saying. This has caused many misunderstandings in relationships between American teachers and Asian students in schools. Eye Contact (P.194) In the United States, In an elevator, ______ In a crowded bus, _________ If you look someone for some 10 seconds, __________ Smile and Laughter (P.196-197) Americans: Japanese: African: 中国（杀头）；英国（吃饱了） Thumb a ride. I can’t hear. (Page 211) If two people are of different rank, who will begin the bow? Whose bow is deeper? Who will end the bow? If two people are of equal rank, what happen? During World War II, a German Nazi detected an American spy by his sitting posture. People in the Arab culture and (and in Thailand) believed that the sole is the lowest part of the body, and should never be pointed in the direction of another person. In the United States, the U.S. slouch and the feet-on-the-furniture manner is considered as a way to express _________ (P211) In Peru, ________________ In Syria, _______________ In Ghana and Turkey, ______ In Thailand, _______________ (page 211) A Misunderstanding of Seating Culture In which countries is this sitting posture an insult? (P212) Importance