跨文化交际Terms Questions and case答案

大学英语跨文化交际教程(严明版)Terms Questions and case

跨文化交际

1.Intercultural communication（跨文化交际）

It refers to communication that takes place between people of different culture backgrounds, whose culture perceptions and symbol systems are distinct enough to alter the communication events.

2.Culture (from intercultural communication perspective)

It is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. 3.High context （高语境）

High Context Culture

Cultures in which less has to be said or written because more of the meaning is in the physical environment or already shared by people (or the ones in which most of information is already in the person, while very little is in the coded, explicitly transmitted part of the message), are labeled high-context culture.

4.Stereotype （文化定势）

It refers to negative or positive judgments made about individuals based on any observable or believed group membership.

5.Taboo（禁忌语）

It refers to prohibition of a set of behaviors that should be avoided because they are often offensive and impolite.

6.Nonverbal communication (from narrow perspective) （非言语交际）

It refers to intentional use of nonspoken symbols to communicate a specific message or the messages sent without using words.

7.Chronemics（时间行为）

It is the study of how people perceive and use time. Our understanding of time falls under a class of nonverbal communication called chonemics.

8.Culture shock（文化休克）

It refers to the traumatic experience that an individual may encounter when entering a different culture.

9.Prejudice （文化偏见）

It refers to the irrational (非理性的) dislike, suspicion, or hatred of a particular group, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

10.Euphemism（委婉语）

It is taboo’s linguistic counterpart because it substitutes the offensive and disturbing vocabulary.

11.Competent Communication

It is interaction that is perceived as effective in fulfilling certain rewarding objectives and is also appropriate to the context in which the interaction occurs.

1.Write your opinions about how your current educational setting embodies Chinese culture

values?

2.Summarize the stages of intercultural adaptation in your own words.

（1）U-curve Pattern

Honeymoon Period：

Crisis Period：

Adjustment Period：

Biculturalism Period：

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