Unit 1 Communication Across Cultures
Warm Up
▪ Please read the folk tale, then answer the questions: 1. Why is it difficult to explain to a blind person what
6. What does one’s family teach or her while he or she grows up in it?
An Introduction”, then answer the following
questions.
1. Is it still often the case that “everyone’s quick to blame the alien” in the contemporary world?
胡文仲主编 《跨文化交际丛书》 外语教学研究出版社 ▪ 胡文仲《跨文化交际概论》 ▪ 杜学增《中英（英语国家）文化习俗比较》 ▪平洪&张国扬《英语习语与英美文化》 ▪ 毕继万《跨文化非言语交际》 ▪ 王克非《从翻译史看文化差异》 ▪ 朱永涛《美国价值观---一个中国学者的探讨
Further Reading
colors are? 2. Do you sometimes find it hard to make yourself
properly understood by others? If you do, why do you think it is hard?
Warm Up
▪ It is very difficult for people to understand one another if they do not share the same experiences. Of course, we all share the experience of being human, but there are many experiences which we do not share and which are different for all of us. It is these different experiences that make up what is called “culture” in the social sciences － the habits of everyday life, the cues to which people respond, the automatic reactions they have to whatever they see and hear. These often differ, and the differences may introduce misunderstandings where we seek understanding.
2. What’s the difference between today’s intercultural contact and that of any time in the past?
3. What have made intercultural contact a very common phenomenon in our life today?
Introduction
▪ What do you know about “Intercultural Communication”? ▪ How about the Chinese name? ▪ As you may have realized, intercultural communication is
▪ How would you communicate with someone who does not share the same experiences with you?
Reading I
▪ Read the article of “Intercultural Communication:
an extremely complicated process, and can be quite painful at times. Nowadays, with the globalization of the world economy and the increasing popularity of the internet, intercultural communication is part of our daily life. That is why we are here, taking this course.
Further Reading
▪ 林大津《跨文化交际学：理论与实践》，福建人民出版社 ▪“Communication Between Cultures”（美）萨莫瓦等著，陈治 安导读 ▪ 《中国和英语国家非语言交际对比》Leger Brosnahan 著，
毕继万译，北京语言学院出版社 《 语言研究的跨文化视野》 许力生著，上海外语教育出版社
▪ 与陌生人交际——跨文化交流方法（第四 版）William B.Gudykunst & Young
▪ Yun Kim著，Steve Kulich 等导读 ▪ 跨文化交际学基础，Guo-
Ming Chen & William J.Starosta 著，林大 津、尤泽顺导读
▪ 跨文化能力：文化间人际沟通导论（第五 版）Myron W.Lustig & Jolene Koester 编 著，庄恩平导读
4. How do you understand the sentence “culture is everything and everywhere”?
5. What are the major elements that directly influence our perception and communication?