跨文化交际上课内容

1、Unit Ten Acquiring Intercultural CompetenceI. Warm UpPlease read the story on page 334 . Can you guess how the husband translated for his mother and his wife?II. Reading1. Read the article “A Culture Learning Story” (p335-340). What can you learn from the story?Cultural IdentityCultural identity ref

2、ers to ones sense of belonging to a particular culture or ethnic group. People consciously identify themselves with a group that has a shared system of symbols and meanings as well as norms for conduct.Betweenness 中间状态of identity: (p339)Betweenness of identity is a state of mind that is distinct fro

3、m that of a typical, traditional standard in either native language/ culture or second language/ culture. It is a result of the whole recreation process of a persons own identity after taking different characteristics from the second language or culture into the persons original identity. However, t

4、his should not be considered as an incomplete or inferior identity, either to native language/culture, or to second language/culture, but as another, originally created, independent one. 2. Read the article “Improving Intercultural Communication” (p346-350)1) know yourself(1) We are products of our

5、culture; an awareness of our culture along with examples of contrasting cultures contributes greatly to our understanding of ourselves as cultural being.(2) Identity those attitudes, prejudices, and opinions that we all carry around and that bias the way the world appears to us; detect the ways in w

6、hich these attitudes influence communication.(3) Learn to recognize your communication style the manner in which you present yourself to others; it involves discovering the kind of image we portray to the rest of the world.2) seek to understand different languages(1) Seek a common language and attem

7、pt to understand cultural differences in using the language.(2) Keep in mind that there is more to language than vocabulary, syntax, and dialects.(3) Language is more than a vehicle of communication; it teaches one a cultures lifestyle, ways of thinking, and different patterns of interaction.(4) The

8、re are different styles of “talk”.3) develop empathy(1) Develop empathy - be able to see things from the point of view of others so that we can better know and adjust to the other people.(2) Barrier to empathy a constant self-focus; a lack of motivation;(3) We must realize that we live in an interco

9、nnected world and try to understand everyone regardless of how much we seem separated from them by either distance or culture.(4) To cultivate培养 empathy to become sensitive to the values and customs of the culture with which you are interacting.(5) This does not mean that you have to agree with them

10、, but you can avoid conflict, are better able to understand the situation, and are better equipped to provide a mutually agreeable solution to the problem.4) to be flexibleIII. Intercultural communication competence1. Intercultural communication competence 能力refers to the ability to accomplish effec

11、tive and appropriate intercultural communication between communicators of different cultures. 2. Finish the Matching Task on page 353.3. Read the article “Description, Interpretation, and Evaluation” (p354-355). How to communicate effectively with people, especially those from different cultures?1)

12、Three cognitive processes认知过程 in perception:Description: an actual report of what we have observed with the minimum of distortion and without attributing social significance to the behavior.Interpretation: what we think about what we see and hear.Evaluation: positive or negative judgments concerning

13、 the social significance we attribute to behavior.2) The important thing to keep in mind is that multiple interpretations can be made for any particular description of behavior.3) The reason why we fail to communicate effectively often lies in the fact that we tend to skip the essential cognitive process of description and jump immediately to the process of interpretation or evaluation without realizing that our interpretations or evaluations are based on