跨文化交際

《跨文化交際》是“新編研究生英語系列教材”之一。本系列教材是外教社組織國內10餘所重點高校的專家、教授，在廣泛的市場調研和對當前研究生英語教學實際情況進行詳細分析的基礎上，傾力打造而成，以滿足新時期人才培養的需要，和多樣化、個性化的學習需求。

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 I'm 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 Don't 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 Who's 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 People's 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