跨文化交际复习unit 4

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1、2012-2013InterculturalCommunicationsContentsUnit1CommunicationAcrossCultures---AnIntroductionUnit2CultureandCommunicationUnit3DailyVerbalCommunicationUnit4VerbalCommunicationUnit5LanguageandCultureUnit6NonverbalCommunicationUnit7CulturalDifferencesUnit8InterculturalAdaptationUnit4VerbalComm

2、unicationceliadan22@yahoo.com.cnWarm-upExercises1)Proverbsandsayings2)Questionsfordiscussion3)CasestudyProverbsandSayingsWordshavefrighteningpower.---ColinCherryThenotionthatthoughtcanbeperfectlyorevenadequatelyexpressedinverbalsymbolsisidiotic.---EnglishProverb“carefulwithfire,”isagoodadvi

3、ce,weknow;“carefulwithwords,”istentimesdoublyso.---WillCarleton,theFirstSettler’sStoryQuestions1.Howdoyoufindtalkingwithpeopleofothercultures?2.AfteryearsoflearningEnglish,doyoustillhaveanydifficultytalkingwithEnglish-speakingpeople?Ifyoudo,what’sthedifficulty?Case1---Afishinunfamiliarwater

4、sCase2---Whyshouldtheydolikethis?Case3:Saying“yes”andsaying“no”Warm-up：Casestudy2.When,whatandhowtosayincross-culturalcommunication?Theculturalrelativityofcommunication:Whentosay,whattosayandhowtosaydifferfromculturetoculture.Discussion1)--Whentosay2)--Whattosay3)--Pacingandpausing4)--Liste

5、nership(eyecontact/gaze)5)--DirectnessV.Indirectness--WhentosayPeopleexperiencesilencewhentheythinktherecouldorshouldbepause.Iftwopeoplearesittingtogether,onemaythinkthere’sasilencewhentheotherdoesnot.AthabaskanIndiansconsideritinappropriatetotalktostrangers.Cross-culturalstereotyping:Theyh

6、avenegativestereotypesofnon-Athabaskansasridiculouslygarrulous(talkativeinanunfavorablesense)andalsohypocriticalbecausetheyactasifthey’reyourfriendswhentheyarenot.Americanswouldconsideritawkwardtohavealongperiodofsilencewhenhavingaconversation.TheyconcludethatIndiansaresullen,uncooperative,

7、evenstupid.--WhattosayE.G.AconversationbetweenSusanandMrs.Zhang,hermotherinlaw,attheairportwhenleavingChina.Thehusbandisinterpretingforthem.--PacingandpausingHowfastdoyouspeak?Howlongdoyouwaitfollowinganotherspeaker’sutterance,beforeconcludingtheotherhas