经典：跨文化交际课件Unit--I

• Presence: Presence in class is a must. Role-calling will be done
from time to time. 1/3 of absence means
automatically failure
in this course.
• Practice: Practice communicating with English-speaking people whenever the chance comes and write down your experience of
Intercultural Communication: Theory and
Practice
跨文化交际教程
北京大学出版社
Intercultural Communication: Requirements of this course
• Previewing: Preview the text before coming to class.
1. Cross-Cultural Awareness
• What is cross-cultural awareness? • Cross-cultural awareness is the ability to
understand cultures—your own and others’—by means of objective, non-judgmental comparisons. It is an appreciation for, an understanding of, cultural pluralism—the ability to get rid of our ethnocentric tendencies and to accept another culture on its own terms. Many cross-cultural interactions go sour due to a lack of such an awareness.

Generally, the people in the world are classified into four major races, though not universally accepted.
White/Caucasian; Mongoloid/Asian; Negroid/Black; Australoid/Brown
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Why take Intercultural Communication?
People are different throughout the world, culturally, religiously, ideologically and racially, actually different in almost every aspect, therefore we are supposed to know about their differences as much as possible, just for a smooth communication among the Homo sapiens, the people in the global village. You will make it by coming to Intercultural Communication.
The interpreter gave the impression that he thought the elderly lady would collapse any minute if she doesn’t rest immediately.
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Comment
In the West, there is a value placed in being young that many people consciously, or subconsciously, are not willing to accept that they are growing old.

• Turn your cell phone off and do not check it for calls or text messages during class.
第四页，共五十页。
Evaluation will be based on:
❖ Attendance and participations 20%
第七页，共五十页。
9. 作为对一个西班牙员工工作出色(chūsè)的奖励，最好不要（ ）。
A. 当众表扬他/她
B. 说“谢谢”
C. 给他/她加薪
D. 给他/她升职
10. 在一些南美国家，出席社交约会怎样才是正常、可接受的（ ）。
A. 提前10~15分钟
B. 迟到10~15分钟
C. 迟到10分钟到一个小时 D. 迟到1~2个小时
第二页，共五十页。
Course books
❖ Required textbook:
许力生. 新编跨文化交际英语教程.上海: 上海外语教育出
版社, 2009 ❖ Recommended books:
- Chen, G-M., & W. J Starosta. Foundations of Intercultural Communication. Boston, MA: Allyn &Bacon, 1998.
❖ 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?

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1. Cross-Cultural Awareness
• What is cross-cultural awareness?
• Cross-cultural awareness is the ability to understand cultures—your own and others’—by means of objective, non-judgmental comparisons. It is an appreciation for, an understanding of, cultural pluralism—the ability to get rid of our ethnocentric tendencies and to accept another culture on its own terms. Many cross-cultural interactions go sour due to a lack of such an awareness.
• Presence: Presence in class is a must. Role-calling will be done
from time to time. 1/3 of absence means
automatically failure
in this course.
• Practice: Practice communicating with English-speaking people whenever the chance comes and write down your experience of
intercultural communication and hand in as homework (1).