《大学英语跨文化交际》课程作业

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1、IntroductiontoInterculturalCommunicationI.KeyTermsbartersystemculturemergeculturediversitycommunicationglobalizationglobalqualityindustrializationinterculturalcommunicationmodernizationII.QuestionsforReview1.ThecurrenteraofglobalizationbeganshortlyaftertheendofWorldWarIIwi

2、ththevictoriouswesternpowerssupportingaworldwide“open”tradeandinvestmentpolicy.Whatelementsdoyouthinkcontributetotheglobalization?2.Withtheincreasedglobalizationoftheeconomyandinteractionofdifferentcultures,culturediversityhasemerged.Whatarethedisadvantagesofculturediversi

3、ty?3.Whenpeoplecommunicatebetweencultures,wherecommunicativerulesaswellasthesubstanceofexperiencediffer,theproblemsmultiply.Whatarethekeystrategiesforeffectiveinterculturalcommunication?4.Diversitywillcontinuetoinfluencetheactivitiesoforganizationsandthebehaviorofmanagersl

4、ongintothefuture.Canyoulistsomesuggestionsforcross-culturetraining?5.Howdoyouunderstandtheconceptof“problem-solving”inmulticulturalcontext?III.CaseAnalysis1.AtareceptionforaU.S.politicalcandidate,theguestsappeartobedividedintogroups.PeopleinsomegroupsareallAfricanAmericans

5、,othersareLatinAmericans,andothersareAsians.Explaintheculturalphenomenathatareoperatingatthispoliticalgathering.2.TheU.S.automotivemanufacturershavecomplainedaboutJapaneseautomotiveimportsandthattheU.S.carfirmsarelockedoutoftheJapanesemarket.TheJapanesehavecounteredthatthe

6、U.S.firmshavenotdonetheirhomework;theyoffercarsthataretoobigorarenotfuelefficient.WhileU.S.carsaleshavedecreasedintheUnitedStates,Japanesecarsaleshaveincreased.JapanesemanufacturershavebeguntoassemblecarsintheUnitedStates;manyU.S.firmsaremovingpartoftheiroperationstoMexico

7、.Discusstheimplicationstothesefirmsastheyglobalize.3.TheUnitedStateshasglobalizedfasterthanithaspaidattentiontomindsetsthatdifferfromU.S.mindset.Theworldisconnectedbynewssatellites,andthatallowedtheGulfWarCrisistobeviewedasitunfolded-----theworldliterallywatchedthewarhappe

8、n.Explainhowtheworldandpublicopinionhavebeenaffectedbymassmedia,includinghowworldnegotiat