Unit-2-Culture-and-Communication(1).ppt

1、Unit 2,Culture and Communication,I. Last times major points,Globalization and intercultural communication: Concepts and their relations (relativeness of culture and subculture),II. Short task and questions/major points,Review: Concept of culture: All the material and spiritual things created by man.

2、 Other definitions. Levels of culture:,Task for all: Insert the following elements of culture into the right place in the iceberg triangle: knowledge, constructions, philosophy, manufactured products, handicrafts, political and economical systems, values, art products, language, education, agricultu

3、ral products, clothing, traditions and conventions, customs and norms, beliefs, attitudes, conceptions, rituals, ideas, regulations, etc.,Level 1:,Level 2:,Level 3:,Reference key: (award mark for the best),Level 1: constructions, handicrafts, manufactured products, art products, agricultural product

4、s, clothing, language,Level 2: education, political and economical systems traditions and conventions, rituals, customs and norms, regulations,Level 3: values, knowledge, philosophy, beliefs, ideas, attitudes, conceptions, etc.,Review: Concept of communincation: Transmission of information/feelings

5、between a sender and a receiver. Task for all: Fill in the boxes with correct items:,The process and components of communication:,Reference key: message Sender/ Receiver Source Decoding (encoding) channel,More detailed illustration:,III. More cases to illustrate major points,Characteristics of cultu

6、re and communication: Pair work: classify the following characteristics of culture and communication into the right places:,dynamic, symbolic, irreversible, interactional, self-reflective, contextual and systematic, learned (not inborn), dynamic and adaptive, pervasive, interrelated, largely invisib

7、le, ethnocentric,Reference key:,IV. A game of communication,Game: Dont say “no”! (award mark for first 3) Rules: 1. The person who is asked a question must give an answer in at most 5 seconds and the answer must be an honest one; 2. A person who gives an answer with the word “no” or any other negati

8、ve word listed below should give a pin to the questioner: 1) never, none, not, nothing, nobody, nowhere, neither, nor; 2) Words with the prefix non- 3. A person who refuses to answer a question or gives a false answer should also give a pin to the questioner; 4. An answer should not be too long; 5.

9、Each person can be asked only three questions at a time. Review: Characteristics of communication,V. An exercise from/based on the course-book,p.59: Group work: Read and discuss the question: Why do Chinese people tend to end our meals the way described in the story?,VI. Summary of the major points,

10、1. Concept, components and characteristics of culture; 2. Concept, components and characteristics of communication,VII. Assignment,1. Review the major points of Unit 2; 2. Preview Unit 3; 3. Reading assignments: Discovering Problems：Misleading Commercial Signs Identifying Difference：Communicating or

11、 Communicating Effectively,4. Group work (4-5 persons): Each member of a group is to write about a personal experience (of his/her own) of intercultural communication (50-60 words); the experiences should be put into one whole piece, and then a few general comments or reflections should be made at the end of the writing (30-40 words) (to be submitted on line before next class with all group members names);,5. Watch the intercultural movie provided and