通过对英语国家较为典型的主流文化现象进行描述、阐释和讨论,培养学生对目的语文化的兴趣和理解力,进而使学生主动观察、分析、对比、评价文化及文化差异现象,使学生能够较为客观、系统、全面地认识英语国家的文化,以有效拓宽学生的国际视野,提高学生的跨文化交际意识,培养学生的跨文化交际能力。
本课程寓教于乐,通过精心设计的微课视频和案例分析使学生仿佛身临其境般地感受他国文化,体验真实的跨文化交际。通过视听及网络等方法使学生在轻松愉快的氛围中了解文化差异,拓宽国际视野、学习跨文化交际的技巧、提高跨文化交际能力,最终达到教学的目的。
通过对英语国家较为典型的主流文化现象进行描述、阐释和讨论,培养学生对目的语文化的兴趣和理解力,进而使学生主动观察、分析、对比、评价文化及文化差异现象,使学生能够较为客观、系统、全面地认识英语国家的文化,以有效拓宽学生的国际视野,提高学生的跨文化交际意识,培养学生的跨文化交际能力。
本课程采用百分制,包括期末50%,平时50%(包括线上学习、作业与测试,论坛讨论、案例展析等。)
Chapter One Culture
Chapter One Text A The Nature of Culture
Chapter One Text B The Definitions of Culture
Chapter One Text C The Characteristics of Culture
Chapter One Text D Cultural Identity
Chapter One Text E Cultures Within Cultue
Summary
Test of Chapter One
Chapter Two Communication and Intercultural Communication
Chapter Two Text A Communication
Chapter Two Text B Characterisitcs of Communication
Chapter Two Text C & D Culture and Communication
Summary
Test of Chapter TWO
Chapter Four Intercultural Communication Barriers
Text A The Emotional Barriers
Text B The Attitudinal Barriers
Text C Translation Problems
Summary
Test of Chapter FOUR
Chapter Five Verbal Intercultural Communication
Text D: Language Diversity
Summary
Text A & B: Language and Culture
Text C: Verbal Communication Styles
Test of Chapter FIVE
Chapter Six Nonverbal Intercultural Communication
Text A & B: Significance, Definition and Functions of Nonverbal Communication
Text C: Paralanguage and Silence
Text D: Time and Space
Text E: Other Categories of Nonverbal Communication
Summary
Test of Chapter SIX
Chapter Seven Cultural Patterns
Text A & B: Definition and Components of Cultural Patterns
Text C: Edward T. Hall’s Context – Cultural Theory
Text D: Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation
Text E: Hofstede’s Dimensions of Cultural Variability
Summary
Test of Chapter SEVEN
Chapter Eight Cultural Influences on Contexts
Text A: Communication and Context
Text B: The Business Context
Text C: The Educational Context
Text D: The Health Care Context
Summary
Chapter Nine Intercultrural Adaptation
Text A: Acculturation
Text B: Culture Shock
Text C: Intercultural Adaptation
Summary
非英语专业学生应完成大学英语初级知识的学习,英语专业学生,其他英语学习者、国际商务从业人员、中外旅游者、文化研究者或文化爱好者。
严明等,《大学英语跨文化交际教程》清华大学出版社,2015.
贾玉新,《跨文化交际学》,上海外语教育出版社,1997.
Samovar, L. A., Porter, R. E. & Stefani, L. A. (2000). Communication Between Cultures (3rd Ed.). Beijing: Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.