【跨文化交流-外教】1 - What is Intercultural Communication.ppt

,What is Intercultural Communication,What is Intercultural Communication?,Communication between people whose cultures and symbol systems are different enough to alter(change)the communication event.(from Communication Between Cultures),3 Main Questions,What is communication?(today)What is culture?(today)What happens when people of different cultures interact together?(What misunderstandings are likely to happen and why?),What is Communication?,Why do we need communication?What is the goal of communication?In what forms does it appear?Is it similar in all cultures?What is necessary for communication?,Communication,Involves a transmitter,receiver,message and mediumIs a process of signs being conveyed from one party to anotherThese signs must be interpreted,and if interpreted incorrectly,a misunderstanding will occur(hindering learning),Communication also,involves the meeting of minds through actions,reactions,questions and answersinvolves the collective activity of sharing experiences at verbal and nonverbal levels,What is Culture?,With those sitting near you,in one sentence write your groups definition of“culture”.Culture is,The Experts Say Culture is.,“an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society”“refers to the total way of life of particular groups of people”“includes everything that a group of people thinks,says,does,and makes its systems of attitudes and feelings”“learned and transmitted from generation to generation”(Kohls,Survival Kit for Overseas Living,2001),Our Definition:,Culture is the shared assumptions,values,and beliefs of a group of people which result in characteristic behaviors.(Storti,Figuring Foreigners Out,1999),Assumptions(假定)What we assume to be true Values(价值观念)-Our cultures rules that teach us what is useful,good,right,wrong,how to live our life,and even what to die for Beliefs-Our convictions in the truth of something.,Values,Evil vs.GoodDirty vs.CleanDangerous vs.safeForbidden vs.permittedDecent vs.indecentMoral vs.immoral,Ugly vs.beautifulUnnatural vs.naturalAbnormal vs.normalParadoxical vs.logicalIrrational vs.rational,What is culture?,Culture is An Iceburg,Dimensions of Culture,Visible dimensionBehaviorWhat are some visible behaviors about Chinese culture?Invisible dimensionAssumptionsValuesBeliefsWhat are some invisible dimensions of Chinese culture?,What does this mean?,This means that characteristic behavior is neither arbitrary(任意的)nor spontaneous(自发的).Do you agree?,Culture is the shared assumptions,values,and beliefs of a group of people which result in characteristic behaviors,Cause and Effect,A persons behavior is a direct result of what they assume,value,or believe inUnderstanding the cause and effect relationship is essential for an effective cross-cultural understanding,What is culture NOT?a continuum of human behavior,Universal the ways that all people in all groups are the same,Cultural What a particular group of people have in common with each other and how they are different from every other group.,Personal the ways in which each one of us is different from everyone else,including those in our group.,Caution!Caution!,Because of Universal behavior,not everything about American culture will be different from Chinese culture.Because of Personal behavior,not everything you learn about Americans will apply to every American.Beware of how you define a culture there are many subcultures within a broad culture.,