Intercultural Communication in Movies 影视作品中的跨文化交际

　　本教材对跨文化交际的主要理论进行了简要介绍，并将跨文化交际理论作为分析工具，通过对大量中外影片的文化分析，使学生对跨文化交际理论的学习达到一定的深度。同时培养了学生对目的语文化的兴趣和理解力，并将这种意识有效地运用在实践当中，使学生能够较为客观、全面地认识英语国家的文化，开拓学生的文化视野，提高跨文化交际意识，增强跨文化交际能力。本教材主要针对非英语专业的学生，可作为他们大学英语后续课程或通识类选修课程的教材。

Introduction
Unit 1  Intercultural Communication
I. Definition of Intercultural Communication
1. Introduction to Intercultural Communication
2. What Is Communication?
II. Content-based Activities
Section A  Movie Clips
Section B  Intercultural Communication Reading
Passage 1  Cross-cultural Communication
Passage 2  Teaching Our Kids about Cultural Diversity
Section C  Case Studies
III. Task-based Activities
Exercises
Group Work
Assignment

Unit 2  Culture and Communication
I. Definition of Culture and Communication
1. What Is Culture?
2. The Iceberg Model of Culture
3. The Lewis Model of Culture
II. Content-based Activities
Section A  Movie Clips
Section B  Intercultural Communication Reading
Passage 1  Intercultural Communication and Cultural Differences
– How People Are the Same and How They Are Different
Passage 2  Differences between American & Chinese Culture
Section C  Case Studies
III. Task-based Activities
Exercises
Group Work
Assignment

Unit 3  Cultural Value Orientation
I. Definition of Cultural Value Orientation
1. Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck’s Value Orientation
2. Traditional Chinese Value Orientation: Confucianism
II. Content-based Activities
Section A  Movie Clips
Section B  Intercultural Communication Reading
Passage 1  Eastern Culture vs. Western Culture
Passage 2  The Values Americans Live by (I)
Section C  Case Studies
III. Task-based Activities
Exercises
Group Work
Assignment

Unit 4  Cultural Diversity
I. Definition of Cultural Diversity
Hofstede’s Dimensions of Cultural Diversity:
1. Power Distance
2. Uncertainty Avoidance
3. Individualism vs. Collectivism
4. Masculinity vs. Femininity
5. Long Term Orientation
II. Content-based Activities
SectionA  Movie Clips
Section B  Intercultural Communication Reading
Passage 1  Hofstede’s Asian Cultural Factors
Passage 2  The Values Americans Live by (II)
Section C  Case Studies
III. Task-based Activities
Exercises
Group Work
Assignment

Unit 5  Context and Social Norms
I. Definition of Context and Social Norms
1. Edward T. Hall’s High-context and Low-context Culture
2. Social Norms
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Unit 6 Time and Space across Culture
Unit 7 Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
Unit 8 Culture Shock and Adaptation
Appendixes
Bibliography