1.Discussthefourtrendsthatmakeourworldmoreinterdependent.(1)convenienttransportationsystems(便捷的交通系统)(2)innovativecommunicationsystems(革新通信技术)(3)economicglobalization(经济全球化)(4)widespreadmigrations(广泛的移民)2.Whatarethecharacteristic(特点)ofculture?(1)shared(2)learned(enculuration文化习得:learningone'sculture)(3)dynamic(动态的)(accultration文化适应:adoptsthechangesbroughtaboutbyanotherculture)(4)ethnocentric(ethnocentrism文化中心主义:ownculturalbackgroundissuperior)3.Whatarethecharacteristicofcommunication?(1)dynamic(动态性)(2)irreversible(不可逆转的)(3)symbolic(符号的)(4)systematic(系统性)(5)transactional(互动性)(6)contextual(语境)4.Discussthecontentsof…1)Chronemics:Thestudyofhowpeopleperceiveandusetime.时间学(1)MonochronicTime:payingattentiontoanddoingonlyonethingatatime(2)PolychronicTime:beinginvolvedwithmanythingsatonce.2)Proxemics:theperceptionanduseofspace.空间学3)Kinetics:thestudyofbodylanguage.身势学4)Paralanguage:involvingsoundsbutnotwordsandlyingbetweenverbalandnonverbalcommunication.5..HowisChineseaddressingdifferentfromAmericanaddressing?1)InChinesethesurnamecomesfirstandisfollowedbythegivenname,butinEnglishthisorderisreversed.2)InChinaseniority(资历)ispaidrespectsto.Nowadays,manyEnglish-speakingpeopletendtoaddressothersbytheirgivennames,evenwhenmeetingforthefirsttime.3)(Aboutaddressingbyrelationship)Chineseoftenextendkinshiptermstopeoplenotrelatedbybloodormarriage.Americanstendtousejustthefirstnameandleaveoutthetermofrelationship.4)Chineseuseaperson'stitle,office,orprofessiontoindicate(表明)theperson'sinfluential(有权势的)status.InEnglish,onlyafewoccupationsortitlescouldbeused.(p24)6.Whatarethesocialfunctionsofcompliments?(赞美的社会作用)Creatingorreinforcing(加固)solidarity,greetingpeople,expressingthanksorcongratulations,encouragingpeople,softeningcriticism(委婉批评),startingaconversation,orevenovercomingembarrassment(窘迫).7.WhatarethedifferentfeaturesofM-TimeandP-time?M-Timethinktimeisperceivedasalinearstrucure.认为时间是线性的P-Timeislessrigid(刻板)andclock-bound,moreflexibleandmorehuman-centered.8.Whathasinfluencedthegendersocialization?(什么会影响性别社会化)Therearetwoprimaryinfluencesongender:socialization:familycommunication,particularlybetweenmothersandchildren,andrecreationalinteractionamongchildren.9.Discusstheconceptsofhighcontextcultureandlowcontextculture.(讨论高、低语境)Easternculturefavorsverbalhesitanceandambiguityinordertoavoiddisturbingoroffendingothers,theburdenofsmoothcommunicationeffectiveissharedequallybetweenallpartiesinvolved.TheWesterncommunicativemodeisprimarily(直接)direct,explicit(明确),andverbal,relyingheavilyonlogicalandrationalperception(感知),thinking,andarticulation.Sothetaskofcommunicatingeffectivelyliesprimarilyonthespeaker.10.Howisgenderdifferentfromsex?Sex:biological,permanent,withanindividualpropertyGender:socially-constructed,variedovertimeandacrosscultures,withasocialandrelationalquality11.SixprinciplesforEffectiveCross-genderCommunication(六条有效的跨性别交际原则)1)Suspendjudgment2)Recognizethevalidityofdifferentcommunicationstyles3)Providetranslationcues4)Seektranslationcues5)Enlargeyourowncommunicationstyle6)Suspendjudgment