1_Culture_differences

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1、ComparisonbetweenChineseandEnglish-speakingcultures英汉语言文化对比lecturer:彭春燕Sep.23rd20101IQEQCI:theintelligenceusedtoadapteffectivelytoforeignculturesorforeignpeopleandtofeelcomfortablethere.Itisveryimportantininterculturalcommunication(跨文化交际).2CIisaperson’scomprehensiveabilitythatincludes

2、:linguisticknowledgeofthecultureculturalknowledgebehindthelanguageinterculturalawareness（asaying）communicationskillsandstrategies.Tosumup,thiscourseisahumbleattempttodevelopyourCI,whichneedsourjointeffort.3Unit1ABriefIntroductiontothecourseSignificanceofthecourseFeaturesofthecourseCon

3、tentofthecourseReferencebooksThemethodofevaluationandclassdisciplineGroupingoftheclass(discussion)4PurposeofthecourseHowlong?WhatdoesthestudyofEnglishusuallyfocuson?Grammar,vocabularywhileignoringculturalknowledge.Infactculturehasbeenneglectedintraditionalteachingforalongtime:e.g.JohnB

4、ullandUncleSamHeeatsnofish.Heisachicken.Tolearnalanguageisalsotolearnitsculture.Ifyouwanttobebilingual,youshouldalsobebicultural.Therefore,itisimportanttodevelopourCIandesp.knowthedifferencesandsimilaritiesofthetargetculture(Englishculture)andourownculture(Chineseculture)toavoidmakings

5、illymistakesininterculturalcommunication.5SignificanceofthecourseToday’sbigenvironmentChineseeconomyisdevelopingsofast;China’sentryintoWTO;China’ssuccessfulholdingof2008BeijingOlympicGames;Amajorplayerintherecoveryoftheglobalfinancialrecession.Peopleallovertheworldhaverealizedtheriseof

6、China.Cross-culturalexchanges&interculturalcommunicationshaveneverbeensofrequentandextensivebefore.Ifwewanttosurviveintheglobalvillageandmulticulturalworld,weshoulddevelopourinterculturalcommunicationskills.6SignificanceofthecourseWhathappensifonefailstoknowtheculturaldifferences?Cultu

7、ralmistakes“Nativespeakerstendtoberathertolerantofmistakesinpronunciationandsyntax,butfarlesstolerantofculturalmistakes.”Seriousconsequences:leadtomisunderstanding,orevendisasters(okgesture)andthereforehindercommunication7Example1ASwisscouplewhocouldn'tspeakChineseoncehaddinnerinoneC