This course will offer, according to the framework of intercultural communication “foundations —awareness—processes—competence and strategies —contexts”, guidelines on the following topics:
l Foundations of intercultural communication: Help students understand the basic concepts and fundamental principles of culture, communication, intercultural communication.
l Awareness of intercultural communication: Promote students to build open, mindful, flexible and tolerant awareness in intercultural communication; Highlighting the importance of deep structures of culture, and guide students to understand the dynamics of family, the histories of certain nations, and the features and functions of six major religious traditions; Help identify the difference and roles of diverse cultural patterns, such as individual cultures vs. collective cultures, hierarchical cultures vs democratic cultures, high context cultures vs low context cultures, and linear time cultures vs flexible time cultures vs cyclical time cultures.
l Processes of intercultural communication: Enhance students’ understanding of the importance and cultural variations of verbal and nonverbal intercultural communication; acquaint them with the basic strategies of organizing various messages, the ways to interpret nonverbal communication, and the etiquettes and taboos in contact with people from different cultures.
l Context of intercultural communication: Explore the important tips and related skills in making intercultural communication in the business and educational settings.
课程纵览
本课程将根据跨文化交流“基础-意识-过程-能力和策略-情境”的结构框架，引导同学学习以下几部分内容：
l 跨文化交流基础：掌握跨文化交流的基本概念和基本原理；
l 跨文化交流意识：树立开放、敏锐、灵活、宽容的意识
l 跨文化交流过程：提高跨文化言语交流和非语言交流能力
l 跨文化交流能力和策略：学习跨文化交流多种应对策略、提高相应能力
l 跨文化交流情境：掌握商务情境和教育情境中进行跨文化交流的基本技巧