跨文化交际

1、Discusstherelationshipbetweenthetechnologicaldevelopmentandtheinterculturalcommunication.ThedevelopingoftechnologicalcanimprovetheinterculturalcommunicationthroughthenetworkTVandsoon.2、Discussthesocialfunctionsofcompliments.Creatingorreinforcingsolidarity,greetingpeople,expressingthanksorcongratulations,encouragingpeople,softeningcriticism,startingaconversation,orevenovercomingembarrassment.3、DiscussthedifferentsyntacticformulasinEnglishandChinesecompliments.FornativeEnglishspeakers,thepattern“NPisreallyADJ”isnothingmorethanacommentonanobject,whilethepattern“Ilike/loveNP”isjustanexpressionofthespeaker’sopinionaboutanobject.4、Whatistaboo?Inanyculture,somewordsorexpressionsaretobeavoidedbecausetraditionorsocialcustomstronglyfrownsontheiruse.5、Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweenverbalandnonverbalcommunication?Verbalcommunication:Spokencommunication.Nonverbalcommunication:Messagessentbynonverbalmeans.Expressingmeaningorfeelingwithoutwords.Includingtimelanguage、spacelanguage、bodylanguageandparalanguage.6、Discussthedifferencesbetweensexandgender.Sexisdeterminedbygeneticcodesthatprogrambiologicalfeatures.It’spermanent,withanindividualproperty.Genderismorecomplexthansex.Genderisproducedandreproducedbysociety.It’svariedovertimeandacrosscultureswithasocialandrelationalquality.7、Whatarethesixprinciplesforeffectivecross-gendercommunication?①Suspendjudgement.②Recognizethevalidityofdifferentcommunicationstyles.③Providetranslationcues.④Seektranslationcues.⑤Enlargeyourowncommunicationstyle.⑥Suspendjudgement.8、Discusstheconceptsofhighcontextcultureandlowcontextculture.Highcontextcultureinvolvesinteractionvianonverballanguagebehavior,socialstatus,relationshipsratherthanverballanguage.Inlowcontextculturepeopleinteractmainlyviaverballanguage.9、Discussthepossibilityofhumorinterpretation.Duetotheculturaldifferences,interpretinghumorininterculturalencountersispossiblebutdifficult.Whenhumorispresented,piecesofsyllogismareusuallymissing,theyareassumedtobeunderstood.Whenwetreathumorasatypeofenthymeme,it’sunderstandablewhyit’srelativelyeasyfornativespeakersbuthardfornonnativespeakerstogetthejoke.10、Whatisinterculturalpersonhood?Interculturalpersonrepresentssomeonewhosecognitive,affective,andbehavioralcharacteristicsareopentogrowthbeyoudthepsychologicalparametersofhisorherownculture;it’sanidealimageoffuturehuman.