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1、InterculturalCommunicationOrientationWeek1Chapter1Culture,Communication,InterculturalcommunicationPre-classdiscussionGiveanexampleofa(co)-culturalbehaviorthatyoudonotunderstand.Seeifanyoneintheclasscanexplainittoyou.Giveanexampleofabehaviorfromyourculturethatsomeonefroman
2、otherculturemighthavedifficultyinunderstanding.Whatisculture?Whatiscommunication?Whatisinterculturalcommunication?ThecultureicebergThecultureonionWhatisculture?1Cultureisubiquitous,multidimensionalandall-pervasive2Cultureisafast-movingtrain,whichiscloselyconnectedwithwhat
3、isgoingonforthetimebeing.(American)3Cultureiscloselyrelatedtothepast.(Chinese)4lifewayofapopulation(contrastedwithnature)‘Culture’DefinitionPleasewritedownyourversionofcultureinonesentence.Thecultureicebergcultureabovethewaterline(theaspectsofculturethatareexplict,visible
4、,taught)culturebelowthewaterline=(thehabits,assumptions,understandings,values,judgementsthatweknowbutdonotorcannotinterpretinadirectway)Thecultureonioncultureintheouterlayer(symbols)cultureinthemiddlelayer(values)cultureintheinnernucleuslayer(rootedinpeople)Discussionatti
5、tudetowardsfamilyandmarriagekindsoffamily,marriagepartner,children,childreneducationviewsonmoneyandcareerricher,happier?idealjobWhydoyouhaveallthoseperceptionsandthoughts?Whotaughtyou?Whotoldyou?Whycanyouacceptthem?CharacteristicsofcultureCultureissharedCultureislearnedCu
6、ltureissymbolicCultureisintergratedCultureisdynamicCommunicationWhatiscommunication?126difinitions(DanceandLarson,1972)communicationistheprocessbywhichpeopledeliberatelyattempttoconverymeaningstoothers(Samovar&Porter,2003)Communicationisunintentional,astheythinkcommunicat
7、ionismuchlikecultureandoccurswithoutawareness.Businesscommunication‘Businesscommunicationisadynamic,multi-channeledprocess,whichcoversinternalaswellasexternalcommunicationinagivenorganization.’(Xu,2001)PatternsofcommunicationUpwardcommunication(sendinginformationfrompeopl
8、eatalowerleveltopeopleatahigherlevelinanorganization)Downwardcommunication(flowingfromthetopofth
