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1、‘;ThedifferencesbetweenAnericanandChinaineducationandvalueByDinglan(15070121)Abstract:Keywords:Valuesarethecoreintheinterculturalcommunication.Valuesareintangible.Peoplespeakofthesamevaluesinmarriagebutseldomexpresswhattheirvaluesare.ThewordvaluecomesfromtheLatinvalere,whi
2、chmeans“tobeworth”.Valuestelluswhatisgood,whatisbad,whatisright,whatiswrong,whatistrue,whatisfalseandhowwewillbehaveandevaluatebehavior.Valuesaretaughtathome,oftenunconsciously,andreinforcedbysociety.Sowecansaythatvaluesaregenerallyculturallydetermined.Whenvaluesareoncefor
3、med,theywillinstructpeoplebehaviors,attitude,andfaith.Peopleofdifferentcultures,whilehavinghesamefundamentalneeds,likeeatingandsleeping,mayhavenotonlyquitedifferentwantslikesocialandpsychologicalbutalsoquitedifferentwaysofperceivingtheirneeds.Bothareconvincedoftherightness
4、oftheirways,becausetheyarebehavinginstinctively,naturallyandproperlyaccordingtotheirculturallogic.Thereisapotentialforconflictbecausewhatisnaturalforoneisnotalwaysnaturalfortheother.Theirdivergenceisfurthercomplicatedbythefactthatmanyoftheirbehaviorpatternsarebasedonuncons
5、ciousvaluesandculturalassumptionsabouthowlifeshouldbelived2.1.1DifferencesinCulturalPatternsCultureisacriticalissueininterculturalcommunication.Wehavetodotheculturalcomparisonwhenweareengagingintheinterculturalcommunicationstudy.ChinesecultureisatypicalEasternculture.There
6、arevariousdefinitionson„culture‟bothathomeandabroad.Larry,Richard,andLisaintheirbookCommunicationbetweenCulturesgivetheirdefinition:“Wedefinecultureasthedepositofknowledge,experience,beliefs,values,actions,attitudes,meanings,hierarchies,religion,notionsoftime,roles,spatial
7、relations,conceptsoftheuniverse,andartifactsacquiredbyagroupofpeopleinthecourseofgenerationsthroughindividualandgroupstriving”(LarryA.Samovar,RichardE.Porter,andLisaAStefani.2000).InthebookofIntroducingCulturalStudies,Baldwinandthecoauthorspresenttheirdefinitiononculture:“
8、Outsidethenaturalsciences,theterm„culture‟ischieflyusedinthreerelativelydistinctsensestor