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1、U1:1.viewsoninterculturalcommunicationTwodifferentviewsoninterculturalcommunication:“peoplearepeople”VS.“contactisnotequaltocommunication”2.3majorsocio-culturalelementsinfluencingperceptionandcommunicationCulturalvalue,worldview,socialorganizations.3.Whatisglobalization?Globalizat
2、ion is a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations。 a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on the environment, on culture, on political syst
3、ems, on economic development and prosperity, and on human physical well-beinginsocieties around the world.4.Whatarethestumblingblocksininterculturalcommunication?(1)assumptionofsimiliarities:peopleexpectthatsimplybeinghumanandhavingcommonrequirementsoffood,shelter,securityandsoonm
4、akeseveryonealike.(2)Languagedifferences.:“yes”and“no”causetrouble.(3)Nonverbalmisinterpretatons:misinterpretationofobservablesiansandsymbols—gesture,postures,bodymovenment.(4)Preconceptionsandstereotypes:Arabsare“inflammable”maycauseU.S.studentstokeeptheirdistance.(5)Tendencetoev
5、aluate:toapproveordisapprove,tostatementsandactionsofotherpersonorgroup.(6)Highanxiety/tension.U2:1.Whatisculture?Cultureisaveryextensiveconcept,itisverydifficulttodefineitstrictlyandaccurately,becausecultureinvolvestoomuch.Cultureisacomplexsystemofbehavior,values,beliefs,traditio
6、nsandartifacts,whichistransmittedthroughgenerations.Whatarethefivebasicneedsforhumanbeings?(1)physiologicalneeds(thingsthatmakeusalive,foodwaterair)(2)safetyneeds(physicalsafeandpsychologicalllysecure)(3)belongingnessneeds(needstobeacceptedbyothersandtobelongtoagroup)(4)esteemneed
7、s(recognition,reputation,selfrespect)(5)self-actualizationneeds(actualizeonselfandtoreachone’sfullpotential)2.Whatarevalues,attitudes,beliefsandbehaviors?Howaretheylinked?(1)Valuesarewhatpeoplegotowaroverorconductbussinessby.Valuestellushowtoweightheworthofsomething,theycanindicat
8、earelativehierarchy.(2)Attitudesa
