跨文化交际讲解.ppt

Intercultural Communication ;Unit 1  An Introduction ;I. Why take Intercultural Communication?;1. Warm-up Case;Comment ;Comment ;The western way of showing concern is generally different from the Chinese way. ;Comment ;2. Different attitudes towards the same object When one coin was lost… ; German man: Made a mark within 100 meters on the ground, looking for the lost coin with a magnifying glass.  ;Agricultural Culture: worship land, love land, depend upon land, staying at one point without moving; If only 100 people left in the global village;4. People are religiously different;If only 100 people left in the global village;5. People are ideologically different;6. People are racially different;If only 100 people left in the global village; People are different throughout the world, culturally, religiously, ideologically and racially, actually different in almost every aspect, therefore we are supposed to know about their differences as much as possible, just for a smooth communication among the Homo sapiens, the people in the global village. You will make it by coming to Intercultural Communication.; The Purpose ; The Objectives 1) To explore cultural self-awareness, other culture awareness and the dynamics that arise in interactions between the two. 2) To understand how communication processes differ among cultures. 3) To identify challenges that arise from these differences in intercultural interactions and learn ways to creatively address them. 4) To acquire knowledge and develop skills that increase intercultural competence. 5) To have an understanding of the meaning of the cultures understood by the westerners and the easterners or the Chinese and Americans. ; The Reasons;II. What Is Culture? ;1. Define cultures yourself;2. Definition Final ; 3) Culture is an Integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristic of the members of a society and which are not the result of biological inheritance. 4) Culture is