跨文化交际Cross-cultural Communication Unit 4 Social Interactionczlahut.edu.cnUnit 4. Social InteractionObjectives: Have a better understanding of the conventions and expectations of English-speakers in areas such as inviting family members, settling on a time, paying for a meal, dealing with gifts, offering and accepting drink and food, complimenting and responding, disagreeing Be more aware of your own behavior patterns and how they are shaped by Chinese culture Know how to avoid or lessen misunderstanding in cross- cultural communication and be able to convey your ideas more successfullyUnit 4. Social InteractionWarm up Activity 1. Inviting Activity 2. Footing the Bill Activity 3. Gifts Activity 4. Showing Hospitality in Different Ways Activity 5. Compliments Activity 6. Disagreeing Agreeably ReviewWarm up(P.134) Situation 1: politeness CN: 家无常礼 vs. UK: pls, thx Situation 2: conversational topics, privacy, taboo, openness, directness UK: Conversational topics privacy, taboo CN: Why do we Chinese often ask someones age? To use appropriate terms of address, such as “Lao Wang”, “Xiao Li”, or kin terms such as “uncle” or “aunt” etc. About “taboo” 与老外谈话的禁忌：“I, WARM, where, meal”。 I = income；W = weight ，A = age， R = religion， M = marriage 由此而引出“七不问”：不问对方收入，不问体重，不问年龄，不问宗教 信仰，不问婚姻状况，不问“去哪儿”，不问“吃了吗”。Warm up(continued) Situation 3: politeness, individual decisionUK: respect ones own decision, “Yes”=yes, “No” = no. Politeness is usu. shown by the expression “thank you” or “please”.CN: decline the offer politely, “No” no. Case study: 有位导游讲过这样一件事：在一次带队旅游中，我们的这位导游看到一位 美国老太在艰难地爬山时，便上前去搀扶她，却遭到了老人的拒绝。 Situation 4: politeness, respect, directness, intimacy ( About “old”)UK: dislike being labelled as “old”, being young valued above being old. CN: “Lao” , someone who is older than the speaker, to show the politeness, respect and closeness; “Lao” = or old age E.g. 老外，老 师，老虎，老鼠 etc. There are some of many cultural differences which may lead to misunderstandings in social interactions between Chinese and native English-speakers. Activity 1. Inviting Task 1. Identifying Cultural Differences (P.137) Task 2. Having a Roast (Listening) Task 3. Phrasing Invitations A general rule: The more polite you are trying to be, the longer the phrases you are likely to need to use. RSVP= please reply(French) Task 4. Settling on a Time The way English native speakers negotiate a time to meet is quite similar to our own. That is, normally one gives or suggests a time, then the other may find it not suitable and suggest another time, and finally a time is fixed which suits both. However, if a person who is invited doesnt want to accept the invitation, things tend to be somewhat different. E.g. “Im sorry, I cant get away.” “Im sorry. Im tied up the whole week.” “Im sorry, Ive got something fixed up for then.”Activity 1. Inviting(continued) Task 4. Settling on a Time (continued) A Chinese-speakers explanation tends to be more detailed and longer so as “to give the other person face”. 英美人保持交际渠道畅通的提问比中国人更具有一般性(不接触具体行为，因为那或许 是私事)和通用性。E.g. Case 1. A:Hi, Jack. How are you feeling? B:Very well, thanks. How are you?(And you?) A:Im terrific, thank you. Case 2. 甲：(看到乙提着菜篮子)买菜？(具体行为)乙：买菜。 (汉文化语境中日常交际常用一种明知故问的模式) Task 5. Guessing Relationships(Listening)Activity 2. Footing the Bill Task 1. Whose Treat? Treat = an act of paying for something such as food, entertainment, or a gift, for somebody else Text Footing the Bill (P.148) Q1. What does the title mean? (Foot = v. to pay the full amount of something) Q2. How do hotel guests pay ? (Hotel guests can pay means by signing the bill. ) Q3. Where do they sign? (They sign the bill at the bottom or foot.) Q4. To foot the bill means _. (To pay for something. )Activity 2. Footing the Bill(continued) Q5. Understand the Idioms in Footing the Bill (P.148) through context: 1. Go Dutch = share the cost of the meal equally between friends2. Pool their money = put together the right amount of money to pay for the bill. 3. Pick up the tab = grab the bill to pay. (tab = bill) 4. Buy his round = ask everyone what they would like and then go to the bar to get the drinks.ChinaEngland Common ways of settling the billHost paysShare the costTo pay for oneself impliesMeannessEquality between friendsexpectationsShould return favour No need to return favourActivity 3. Gifts Task 1. Taking a Look (Listening)(P.151 ) Task 2. What to take? (Listening) Q1. How do Chinese accept gifts? Q2. What do they do after accepting them? Q3. Is it different from the way in which English natives accept gifts? Q4. What are the common gifts in China? Q5. What are some common gifts in English-speaking countries?Activity 4. Showing Hospitality in Different Ways Task 1. At Cross Purposes (Listening)(P.153 ) Face value Task 2. A Taste for Tea (Listening) cuppa =