大学英语中高级课程
《跨文化交际》电子教案
Week1 Culture and Intercultural Communication (I)
I. Teaching objectives
1. To get to understand what is culture and what is intercultural communication
2. To get to understand different metaphors of culture
3. 4. To understand how culture governs people’s speech and behaviors
II. Classroom activities
形容树的成语1. Brainstorming activity: What are the things that come up in your mind when you think of “Chine culture”?
2. Definitions of culture
—E.B.Tylor (1871) in Primitive Culture: “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society.”
—Lustig & Koester: “Culture is a learned t of shared perceptions about beliefs, values, and norms, which affect the behaviors of a relatively large group of people”
—Gudykunst: Culture is our theory of the game being played in our society. We u our theory of the game being played in interacting with the other people we encounter. It tells us how to communicate with others and how to interpret their behavior. We generally are not highly aware of the rules of the game being played, but we behave as though there is general agreement on the rules.
海伦凯勒的精神>婚礼祝福致辞
—Anthropologists: the total way of living
3. Cultural mini-drama:
Situation: Wang Liang worked in a Sino-German Joint Venture. One day, on his way to th
e coffee machine, he found that Wolfgang, one of his German colleagues, had emingly gotten rather involved in a newspaper. Out of curiosity, Wang came up to Wolfgang so he could glance at the newspaper. Then he asked, “Which one are you reading? Is it interesting?”
Mini-drama: What will happen to them then? Put students into veral groups to perform the drama.
The latter part of the drama: But all of a sudden, Wolfgang lost his temper, began to complain about Wang's invasion of his privacy, and demanded an apology for him. Wang felt rather upt, and kept explaining that he had not realized his behavior was rude. After this, whenever Wang stepped toward Wolfgang, he would soon cover up what he was doing, or stand up to keep a clear distance with Wang. Wang Liang got very confud, wondering why his friendly behaviors aroud such hostility in his colleague.
4. Metaphors of culture
—Culture is like the water a fish swims in, the sky a bird flies in, and the air people live in.
—Culture is the software of our mind.
荷花淀ppt>壳怎么组词
米戈—Culture is the grammar of our behavior.
—Culture is like an iceberg.
5. Classification of culture
—high culture
—popular culture
—deep culture
6. Movie clip appreciation
—characters
—key words
• abu n. mistreatment
• attorney n. lawyer 律师
• brui n. an injury that shows up as a discoloration on the skin 瘀伤；擦伤
• 雷尼替丁副作用chitchat n. light informal conversation
• conjecture n. a hypothesis that has little hard evidence
• hearing n. a legal proceeding where evidence is taken for the purpo of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision bad on that evidence 听证会
• incontrovertible n. impossible to deny or disprove
• indisputably adv. cannot be disputed
• inflict v. impo something unpleasant 施以；加害
• ludicrous adj. inviting laughter荒谬的；可笑的
• neglect n. lack of attention and due care
• pending adj. waiting to be decided or ttled
• speculation n. a guess bad on incomplete evidence
• testimony n. something that rves as evidence
—Phras and expressions
• 女职工工作总结put the cart before the hor: to have things in the wrong order本末倒置
—Cultural notes
• CWA: Child Welfare Agency, a government organization intended to protect the rights of children
• Guasha treatment (scraping therapy): A traditional Chine medical treatment in which a wooden board repeatedly slides across the patient’s acupuncture points. It works on the basis of principles similar to tho of acupuncture and massage. Thus, ailments that can be treated by acupuncture and massage can be helped with Guasha as well. It can help r
eestablish the human body’s natural biological circulation.
• ER: emergency room
• “Show me” state: A nickname for Missouri, a midwestern state in the central United States. This term appears on automobile licen plates for Missouri.
—Pairwork exercis
