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1、Unit3VerbalandNon-verbalCommunicationUnitoverviewBothUnits1and2mentionakeyword“communication”.AsThomasPaynepointsoutinTextBofUnit2,mostofus,linguistsornon-linguists,havethecommon-sensenotionthat“themainpurposeofhumanlanguageiscommunication”.Thustodevelopadeeper
2、understandingofthenatureandfunctionoflanguage,weneedtotakeacloseathumancommunication.Thisunitexaminesthistopicfromacross-culturalperspective,illustratingthesimilaritiesanddifferencesinverbalandnon-verbalcommunicationbetweendifferentcultures,whichlaysafoundation
3、forfurtherexplorationintotheinterfacebetweenlanguageandcultureinthefollowingunits.TextAPeopleindifferentcommunitiesdemonstratedifferentperceptionsandrulesofbothverbalandnon-verbalcommunication.Thewaytheyinteractisculturallyrelativeinalmosteveryaspect,includingw
4、hentotalk,whattosay,pacingandpausing,listenership,intonationandprosody,formulaicity,indirectness,andcoherenceandcohesion.TextBSomenon-verbalbehaviorsarepracticallyuniversalandhavethesamemeaningwhereveryouare(e.g.,smilingandfacialexpressionsofanger,surprise,fear
5、,sadness,andsoon).Butforculturalandhistoricalreasons,therehavealsodevelopedgreatdifferencesandvariationsinsuchaspectsaseyecontact,touch,gestures,andterritorialspace,etc.Withoutanawarenessofrespectandaccommodationforpeoplefromadifferentbackground,thesedifference
6、sarelikelytocausemisunderstandingsincross-culturalcommunication.ThetwotextssupplementeachotherinthatTextAillustratescross-culturaldifferencesinbothverbalandnon-verbalcommunicationwhileTextBfocusesonnon-verbalbehaviorsandaddressesbothdifferencesandsimilarities.T
7、eachingobjectivesThisunitisdesignedtohelpstudentsdeveloptheirreadingskills,communicativecompetence,criticalthinking,interculturalreflectionandabilitiesofautonomous10learninginthefollowingaspects.Readingskills:UsecontexttounderstandanewwordIdentifycohesivedevice
8、sPredictthecontentofanupcomingsentence/paragraphCommunicativecompetence:Developacoherentandcohesiveoral/writtendiscourseUsetopicsentences,supportingsentencesandconcludingsen