跨文化交际问题

1.

What

are the four trends that lead to

the development

of the

global village?

①

Convenient

transportation

systems;

②

innovative

communication

systems;

③

open market;

④

widespread migrations.

2.

What are the three aspects where the cultural differences exist? Verbal; nonverbal;

value

3.

What

are

the

three

ingredients

of

culture?

①

Produce;

②

behaving;

③

concepts

(belief, values, world views

…

)

4.

How

to

understand

cultural

iceberg?

冰面上

：①

visible;

②

tangible;

③

tip

of

iceberg;

④

easy

to

change.

冰

面

下

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①

invisible;

②

intangible;

③

majority;

④

resistible(to change).

5.

* What are the characteristic of culture? Culture is learned; dynamic; ethnocentric;

shared.

6.

*

What

are

the

characteristic

of

communication?

Communication

is

dynamic;

irreversible; symbol; transactional; systematic; contextual.

7.

What

are three basic aspects

of communication?

And on what

is

important?

①

Our

individual

personality,

②

the

culture

we

operate

in

,

③

and

the

physical

environment that surrounds us.

8.

How is Chinese addressing different from American addressing?

①

In Chinese

the surname comes first and is followed by given name, but in English this is

order is reversed.

②

In recent years, many English-speaking people tend to address

others by their given names, while Chinese used full name to address each other.

③

The Chinese custom of addressing each other with kinship terms, should not be

carried over into English.

④

In English, only a few occupations or titles are used

such as Doctor

，

Judge, Governor, Mayor, Professor, Nurse and rank in the armed

forces like Captain.

9.

Who should be introduced first in the West?

Female; guest; senior

10.

How is Chinese hospitality different from American hospitality?

In Chinese

, the

principle of avoiding bringing trouble;

in American

, in contrast, it’s the host who

tries

to

avoid

interfering

in

guests’

freedom

of

action

by

learning

room

for

the

guest to make choices.

11.

How would Americans misunderstand the Chinese responses to the compliments?

①

In the first case, the implication wad that American woman had poor judgement.

②

In

the

second

one,

the

hostess

was

not

sincere.

③

The

Chinese

would

be

suspected of

“

fishing for compliments

”

.

12.

Why are the Chinese reluctant to pay the compliments?

①

It would most likely

be taken as a kind of flirtation.

②

People are cautious about drawing a line between

compliment and flattery

—

an act which is considered very low and mean among

the

Chinese

people.

③

Between

a

compliment

and

a

positive

subtle

form

of

request.

13.

How is the Chinese different from American in expressing gratitude?

①

Chinese

people don

’

t usually say

“

thank you

”

to those who are very close and who are in a

lower

position.

Saying

“

thank

you

”

is

very

common

in

America,

so

they

thank

people

all

day

long.

②

Traditional

Chinese

customs

don

’

t

require

people

to

express

thanks

for

the

small

favors

that

others

have

done

them.

In

contract,

the