Chapter One Cultural Awareness and Intercultural Communication
Chapter Two Verbal Communication Across Culture
Chapter Three Nonverbal Communication Across Culture
Chapter Four Sociopragmatic Failures in Intercultural Communication
Chapter Five Pragmatic Principles in Intercultural Communication
Chapter Six Cultural Barriers in Intercultural Communication
Chapter seven Intercultural Communication Under the Education Setting
Chapter Eight Intercultural Communication under the Business Setting
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Chapter 1
Cultural Awareness and Intercultural Communication
1. Warming up
Decide whether the following statements are true T or false F.
1 Culture refers only to the high art and classical music of a particular society.·· ·
2 Culture is learned; you can learn new attitudes and behaviors through training.·· ·
3 In one society, people conditioned to work in casual conditions will not be shocked when placed in formal work cultures.·· ·
4 Just as computers with different operating systems have difficulty communicating with each other, people from different cultures cannot communicate with each other.·· ·
5 Empathy, which means trying to see the world through another’s eyes, helps you be more tolerant and less judgmental.·· ·
Proverbs and idioms
Match the Chinese proverbs or idioms in Column A with its equivalent English in Column B.
Column A
A. 上帝给了每个人一个杯子,一个黏土做的杯子,人们从这个杯子里面啜饮人生……他们都是浸在生活之水里的,只是使用的杯子不同而已。
B. 萝卜青菜,各有所爱。
C. 性相近,习相远。
D. 文化的价值在于它对人类品性的影响。除非文化能使品性变为高尚、有力,否则它毫无用处。
文化的作用在于裨益人生,它的目标不是美,而是善。
E. 如果你用他人听得懂的语言与之交谈,那么你的话只能说到他的脑子里;但是如果你用他人的
本族语言与之交谈,那么你的话就能说到他的心坎里。
Column B
1 By nature people are nearly alike; by practice they get to be wide apart.——Confucius