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1、QuestionsfordiscussionforUnit1onP.2ofFormativeExercisesBookThesimilaritiesofthesetwodiagramsarethatbothofthemshowclearlythepatternofcommunicationwhichisbasicallythetransferofamessagefromonepersontoanotherandthatthereareatleastthreecomponentsinvolvedincommunication:
2、themessageitself,thenthesenderwhoencodesthemessageandfinallythereceiverwhodecodesthemessage.Thedifferenceslieinthefactthatdiagram1failstoillustrateclearlywhatareinvolvedinthecourseofthetransferringofthemessage,whichisshowninDiagram2.Diagram1doesnotgiveusanycluetoin
3、dicatethatinnormaleverydaycommunication,themessagedoesnotalwaystransferfromthesendertothereceiver,whichiscalledcommunicationbreakdown,whileDiagram2illustratessuchreasonsas“agedifference”,“boringmessage”,“emotionalstate”,“”verbalmessagedifferfromnonverbal”andsoonand
4、soforthasreasonscausingthecommunicationbreakdown.Forexample,ifafellowstudentspeakstoofast,Imaynotcatchwhatheissaying.OrifsomebodytalkstomeaboutEinstein’sTheoryofRelativitywhichisCreektome,thenIwillmissallthemessageinhisspeech.Anyway,wecanseefromthesetwodiagramsthat
5、evenwhentwopeoplespeakacommonlanguageandshareacommonculture,thatistosay,inthemono-culturalcommunication,communicationbreakdownislikelytooccurformanyreasonsaslistedinDiagram2.Whenweaddtheextradimensionofculturaldifference,theprocessbecomesevenmorecomplex.That’swhywe
6、oftensaythatcross-culturalcommunicationisariskybusiness,forincross-culturalcommunication,thereisnotonlythelanguageproblem,butalsotheculturaldifferences.QuestionsfordiscussionforUnit2onP.4ofFormativeExercisesBookWeknowthattherearetwodefinitionsofasocialsituation.One
7、istheofficialdefinitiongivenbythecommunity.Theotheristheparticipant’sdefinitiongivenbyacertainparticipant.Thetwotypesofdefinitionmaycoincideordiffer.Clearly,theAmericansecretaryattheForeignStudentAffairsOfficesmilesateveryforeignstudentwhovisitstheoffice.Sheunderst
8、andsthissocialsituationwiththeofficialdefinition.Toher,theForeignStudentAffairsOfficeisthepublicplacewheresheworks.Itisherdutytodealwithaffairsco
