chapter1-1---Culture-大学英语跨文化交际-教学.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,Chapter,1 Culture,I am not an Athenian or a Greek,I am a citizen of the world.,SOCRATES(469-399 B.C.)Greek Philosopher,Learning objectives,:,In this chapter,students will learn how to:,Understand concepts concerning culture.,Recognize the nature of culture,Describe the definitions and characteristics of culture.,Chapter Outline,Culture,Anthropological,Intercultural,Formation,Characteristics,Subculture,Co-culture,Subgroup,The Nature of Culture,Cultural Identity,Definition,Definitions,Learned,Dynamic,Pervasive,Sociological,Integrated,Adaptive,Cultures within Culture,Characteristics,Psychological,Lead-in Case:,An Interview in India,Read the case and consider the questions in the right column.,1.Is the interviewee proud of her culture?Why?,2.What else do you know about Indian culture?,3.If the program producer comes to China to make the program,how do you think a Chinese interviewee will answer the questions raised by the host?Try to role-play it with your partner.,RELIGION,Part II,Body(40min-50min),Culture Is Like an Iceberg,You see the portion above water,but perhaps not the important parts.,Architecture,art,Cooking,music,Language,History,norms,values,beliefs about space,nature,time,Objective,Subjective,Culture is Like the Water a Fish Swims in,Fish notices everything except the water it is swimming in.,For most people for most of their lives,culture is just like the water a fish swims in.They are so accustomed to it that they take it for granted,even unaware of its existence.,fish,water;human,culture,Culture is the Grammar of Our Behavior,Culture is what people need to know in order to behave appropriately in any society.,grammar(rules)+words=language,culture+individuals=society,People use grammar even without awareness,people use cultural rules to behave properly also even without awareness.,Grammar is made up of basic patterns,so is culture.,DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE,Text B,According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary,culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.,Culture may be defined as what a society does and thinks.Language is a particular way of thought.,(Sapir,1921),“,Culture is mans medium;there is not one aspect of human life that is not touched and altered by culture.This means personality,how people express themselves,including shows of emotion,the way they think,how they move,how problems are solved,how their cities are planned and laid out,how transportation systems function and are organized,as well as how economic and government systems are put together and function.”(Edward T.Hall,1959),DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE,“,Culture is a mental set of windows through which all of life is viewed.It varies from individual to individual within a society,but it shares important characteristics with members of a society.”(L.Beamer&I.Varner,1995),“Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs,customs,values,behaviors,institutions and communication patterns that are shared,learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people.”,(D.Linell,2001),DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE,Culture is a learned set of shared interpretations about beliefs,values,and norms,which affect the behavior of a relatively large group of people.,DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE,Culture,is the deposit of knowledge,experience,beliefs,values,actions,attitudes,hierarchies,religions,notions of time,roles,spatial relations,concepts of the universe,and artifacts acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving.,伦敦文化掠影,ADAPTIVE,INTEGRATED,PERVASIVE,DYNAMIC,LEARNED,CULTURE IS,Text C The Characteristics of Culture,Part III,Task (at least 10 min),The Nature of Culture:,Culture is like,.,G,_,S,_,I,_,W,_,Case-analysis:,Coconut-skating,(1)Why do you think Ted was surprised at the Philippine maids skating?,(2)What is the traditional way of floor polishing in your culture?,(3)Which characteristic of culture does this case point to or resemble?,Part IV,Summary,&,Assignment,Homework,Finish the“After-reading Check”in Text A,B and C.,Read Text D and Text E and think about the pre-reading Task.,