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1592196155826第1页共4页UnitTenAcquiringInterculturalCompetenceI.WarmUpPleasereadthestoryonpage334.Canyouguesshowthehusbandtranslatedforhismotherandhiswife?II.Reading1.Readthearticle“ACultureLearningStory”(p335-340).Whatcanyoulearnfromthestory?❊CulturalIdentityCulturalidentityreferstoone’ssenseofbelongingtoaparticularcultureorethnicgroup.Peopleconsciouslyidentifythemselveswithagroupthathasasharedsystemofsymbolsandmeaningsaswellasnormsforconduct.Betweenness中间状态ofidentity:(p339)Betweennessofidentityisastateofmindthatisdistinctfromthatofatypical,traditionalstandardineithernativelanguage/cultureorsecondlanguage/culture.Itisaresultofthewholerecreationprocessofaperson’sownidentityaftertakingdifferentcharacteristicsfromthesecondlanguageorcultureintotheperson’soriginalidentity.However,thisshouldnotbeconsideredasanincompleteorinferioridentity,eithertonativelanguage/culture,ortosecondlanguage/culture,butasanother,originallycreated,independentone.2.Readthearticle“ImprovingInterculturalCommunication”(p346-350)1)knowyourself1592196155826第2页共4页(1)Weareproductsofourculture;anawarenessofourculturealongwithexamplesofcontrastingculturescontributesgreatlytoourunderstandingofourselvesasculturalbeing.(2)Identitythoseattitudes,prejudices,andopinionsthatweallcarryaroundandthatbiasthewaytheworldappearstous;detectthewaysinwhichtheseattitudesinfluencecommunication.(3)Learntorecognizeyourcommunicationstyle–themannerinwhichyoupresentyourselftoothers;itinvolvesdiscoveringthekindofimageweportraytotherestoftheworld.2)seektounderstanddifferentlanguages(1)Seekacommonlanguageandattempttounderstandculturaldifferencesinusingthelanguage.(2)Keepinmindthatthereismoretolanguagethanvocabulary,syntax,anddialects.(3)Languageismorethanavehicleofcommunication;itteachesoneaculture’slifestyle,waysofthinking,anddifferentpatternsofinteraction.(4)Therearedifferentstylesof“talk”.3)developempathy(1)Developempathy--beabletoseethingsfromthepointofviewofotherssothatwecanbetterknowandadjusttotheotherpeople.(2)Barriertoempathy–aconstantself-focus;alackofmotivation;1592196155826第3页共4页(3)Wemustrealizethatweliveinaninterconnectedworldandtrytounderstandeveryone–regardlessofhowmuchweseemseparatedfromthembyeitherdistanceorculture.(4)Tocultivate培养empathy–tobecomesensitivetothevaluesandcustomsoftheculturewithwhichyouareinteracting.(5)Thisdoesnotmeanthatyouhavetoagreewiththem,butyoucanavoidconflict,arebetterabletounderstandthesituation,andarebetterequippedtoprovideamutuallyagreeablesolutiontotheproblem.4)tobeflexibleIII.Interculturalcommunicationcompetence1.Interculturalcommunicationcompetence…能力referstotheabilitytoaccomplisheffectiveandappropriateinterculturalcommunicationbetweencommunicatorsofdifferentcultures.2.FinishtheMatchingTaskonpage353.3.Readthearticle“Description,Interpretation,andEvaluation”(p354-355).Howtocommunicateeffectivelywithpeople,especiallythosefromdifferentcultures?1)Threecognitiveprocesses认知过程inperception:Description:anactualreportofwhatwehaveobservedwiththeminimumofdistortionandwithoutattributingsocialsignificancetothebehavior.1592196155826第4页共4页Interpretation:whatwethinkaboutwhatweseeandhear.Evaluation:positiveornegativejudgmentsconcerningthesocialsignificanceweattributetobehavior.2)Theimportantthingtokeepinmindisthatmultipleinterpretationscanbemadeforanyparticulardescriptionofbehavior.3)Thereasonwhywefailtocommunicateeffectivelyoftenliesinthefactthatwetendtoskiptheessentialcognitiveprocessofdescriptionandjumpimmediatelytotheprocessofinterpretationorevaluationwithoutrealizingthatourinterpretationsorevaluationsarebasedonourownculturalbeliefsandtheymightbeverydifferentfromwhatismeantbythespeaker.IV.CaseStudy:StudentsarerequiredtoreadthecasesgivencarefullyandtrytoanalysethemfromtheviewpointofIC.