怎样加强跨文化交流能力How-to-improve-intercultural-competence

钟琪瑶126班2012220094Howtoimproveinterculturalcompetence1.AsforourselvesToimproveinterculturalcompetence,weshouldbeginwithourownculture.Humanbeingsarecarriersofculture;aperson’srootishisownculture.Ourowncultureinfluencesourlanguage,ourlifestylesandevenourcharacteristics.Firstly,weneedtoknowhowourowncultureinfluencesusandwhatinfluencesitbringstous.Forexample,weChineseputgratitudetoparentsinthefirstplace,whichgivesChinesepeopleawarenessthatitisourobligationtosupportandlookafterourparentswhenwebecomeeconomicallyindependent.Secondly,howourbrainsworkisalsorelatedtoculture.Wehavetoacceptthatwhatwelikeandwhatwehateareallreflectionsofculturalvalueorientation.Everythinghastwosides,butourownculturedecideswhichsidewe’dliketostand.Itisveryeasytobeimproved.Differentauthorsfromdifferentcountrywritedifferently,andcomparedtheauthorsfromonecountrywiththosefromtheother;wewillseetheirideasfarapartfromeachother.2.AsforotherculturesWhenwecommunicatewithpeoplewhohaveothercultureandlearnothercultures,we’dbetterslowdown.Atfirst,weshouldpayattentiontotheirlanguages.Itisnotnecessarytobeasfluentinthelanguageasanativespeaker,butweshouldlearnthewaytheyusetheirownlanguage.Languageisjustoneofthecodesthatpeopleusetosendmessagestoeachother.Besides,nonverballanguagessuchasbodelanguageplayanimportantroleincommunicationandtendtoshiftfromculturetoculture.Beingsensitivetothesmallsignspeopleusinginlanguageisoneofthehallmarksofacompetentinterculturalcommunicators.Thenweshouldtrytounderstandthemanddevelopempathy–beabletoseethingsfromthepointofviewofothers.Itdoesn’tmeanwemustagreewithothers.Wecanholdourdifferentideas,butwecan’tbejudgmental.Thereisnodefinitelyrightorwrongincommunications.Whilecommunicating,itismorelikediscussing.Finally,wecantrytoexpressourownopinionandspreadourculturestotheminaproperway.3.BalanceForinterculturalcommunicationtobesuccessful,wemustbalancetwoorevenmorecultures.First,keepbeingsuspiciousandcriticaltoanewculture.Wemustbeclearifanewcultureisadaptedintheothercountry.Forinstance,ChineseDama(mid-ageandoldwomen)dancedtoveryloudmusicinMoscowandannouncedtheyarespreadingChineseculture,beingdrivenawaybyMoscow’spolice.Uponthisissue,questionshitsomescholars.IsthatdancecanrepresentChineseculture?Ifourculturelikethisannoyedothers,shouldwecontinuetospreadit?ItisagoodexamplethatthosewomenwhoregardthemselvesasculturalcommunicatorsdidnotbalanceChinesecultureandRussianculture.Somethingweappreciatemaybebadinothercultures;somethingwepursuemaybevaluelesswithreferenceofforeignpeople.“betweenofidentify”isthemosthardgoalweneedtoreach.Byandlarge,tobesuccessfulasaninterculturalcommunicator,wemusttakefiststeponourowncultures.Thenwefurthertowardanotherculture,andfinallytrytofindabalancebetweenourowncultureandtheotherone.