跨文化交际

Unit One Challenges in the Multicultural World

Lesson 1 Globalization

Text A Living Between Three WorMs

Text B Growing Up Asian in America

Group Discussion

In-Class Debate

Interview Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 1 -3

Additional Reading Communication in the Global Village

Lesson 2 Communication Across Cultures

Text A Misunderstanding Other Cultures

Text B Palestinian Like Me

Pair Work

Survey Task

Writing Task

Cases for Further Study ： Cases 4 - 6

Additional Reading Intercultural Communication： A Challenging Venture

Unit Two Culture and Cultural Differences

Lesson 3 What Is Culture?

Text A Cultural Perspectives

Text B Culture as Software of the Mind

Fill-in Work

Group Discussion

Writing Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 7 -9

Additional Reading Hyperculture

Lesson 4 Cultural Diversity

Text A Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty

Text B The Basic Unit of Society： The Individual or the Collective?

Cross-Cultural Quiz

Internet Search

Survey Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 10 -12

Additional Reading Studying Cultural Patterns

Unit Three Understanding Communication

Lesson 5 Communication in Our Life

Text A How Long Does It Take to Say Im Getting Married?

Text B A Wide-Angle View of Communication

Pair Work

Interview Task

Observation Work

Cases for Further Study： Cases 13 -15

Additional Reading The Sounds of Silence

Lesson 6 Communication Is Culture

Additional Reading High-Context and Low-Context Communications

Unit Four Language Use in Communication

Lesson 7 Language and Culture

Text A A Bilingual Childhood

Text B Culture and Our Use of Language

Group Discussion

Translation Task

Survey Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 19 -21

Additional Reading What Is Language for Us

Lesson 8 Cultural Variation in Verbal Communication

Text A Why Dont You Say What You Mean?

Text B Speaking English with a Japanese Mind

Observation Work

Pair Work

Writing Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 22 -24

Additional Reading Culturally Different Verbal Styles

Unit Five Culture and Nonverbal Communication

Lesson 9 The Silent Language

Text A Our Body Language

Text B Whos Wrong?

Cross-Cultural Quiz

Pair Work

Writing Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 25 -27

Additional Reading What We Use to Communicate NonverbaUy

Lesson 10 Time and Space Also Speak

Text A The Heartbeat of Culture

Text B Discovering the Japanese Space

Group Discussion

Fill-in Work

Survey Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 28 - 30

Additional Reading Cultural Conceptions of Time and Space

Unit Six Communication Between Co-Cultures

Lesson 11 Cross-Gender Communication

Text A Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me！

Text B He Says ... She Says

Pair Work

observation Work

Writing Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 31 -33

Additional Reading

Cases for Further Study： Cases 34 -36

Additional Reading. Four Generations of Americans

Unit Seven Culture and International Business

Lesson 13 Business Across Cultures

Text A Cross-Cultural Marketing

Text B Negotiating Across Cultures

Translation Task

Pair Work

Group Discussion

Cases for Further Study： Cases 37 -39

Additional Reading Cultural Risks in Multinational Business

Lesson 14 Intercultural Management

Text A Two Casts of Mind

Text B Cultural Views Toward Management

In-Class Debate

Fill-in Work

Writing Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 40 -42

Additional Reading Effective Communication in International Business

Unit Eight Developing Intercultural Competence

Lesson 15 Intercultural Perception

Text A Shakespeare in the Bush

Text B The First Lesson at University

Fill-in Work

Pair Work

Survey Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 43 -45

Additional Reading How We Measure Other Peoples Corn

Lesson 16 Culture Shock and Adaptation

Text A Living in Two Cultures

Text B Culture Shock

Interview Task

Group Discussion

Writing Task

Cases for Further Study： Cases 46 -48

Additional Reading Think Locally， Act.Globally

Acknowledgement

《跨文化交际》是“新编研究生英语系列教材”之一。本系列教材是外教社组织国内10余所重点高校的专家、教授，在广泛的市场调研和对当前研究生英语教学实际情况进行详细分析的基础上，倾力打造而成，以满足新时期人才培养的需要，和多样化、个性化的学习需求。
★ 遵循分类指导和因材施教的原则：《基础综合英语》和《学术综合英语》分别针对起点不同的学习者设计，以帮助学生打好扎实的语言基本功，并顺利过渡到学术英语的学习中；多样化的“选修课”可让学生根据自己的专业特点、兴趣爱好和时间安排，自由选择相关课程，全面培养研究生的英语实际应用能力；
★ 促进语言能力和文化素质的同步提升：强调以学习者为主体，注重对学生自主学习能力的培养，教材体系在帮助学习者提高语言能力的同时，亦可全面提高其人文素养和跨文化交际能力；
★ 立体化的教材编写模式：综合教程配套助学光盘和电子教案，可以为学习者提供自主学习的帮助，为教师提供立体化教学的支撑，更能适应现今研究生英语教学的需要。

《跨文化交际》是作者在多年从事跨文化交际研究和教学的基础上编写而成，主要供研究生公共英语教学使用，同时也适合一切具有中级及以上英语水平、对跨文化交流感兴趣的学习者和其他人士阅读、学习。通过使用本教材，学习者不仅能进一步掌握运用英语获取知识信息、表述意见观点、分析问题和解决问题的技能，全面提高英语水平，更有助于认识跨文化交际对当代世界所具有的重要意义和作用，了解文化对人类生活各个方面、尤其是交际活动的制约和影响，理解并把握交际活动的重要性、丰富性、复杂性，熟悉跨文化交际的基本构成以及所涉及的各种因素，培养跨文化意识，形成和发展对文化差异的敏感和宽容以及处理文化差异问题的灵活性，为最终获得与不同文化背景人们进行深入交流的实际能力奠定坚实基础。