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Intercultural Communication (ICC) By Dou Weilin Professor of School of International Studies

Welcome. Intercultural Communication (ICC) By Dou Weilin Professor of School of International Studies. Talk 1. Introduction to ICC Course. Learning Objectives. Have a general overview of the course Be aware of the importance in learning intercultural communication

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Intercultural Communication (ICC) By Dou Weilin Professor of School of International Studies

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  1. Welcome Intercultural Communication (ICC) By Dou Weilin Professor of School of International Studies

  2. Talk 1 Introduction to ICC Course

  3. Learning Objectives • Have a general overview of the course • Be aware of the importance in learning intercultural communication • Realize the conplex in learning intercultural communication.

  4. Syllabus • Course description • Course Objectives • Textbooks • Course Methodology • Instructor’s expectation for class • Performance Evaluation

  5. Course description • Intercultural communicative theory • Its practical principles • Cultural influence on language learning and intercultural interaction • Cultural values and way of thinking • Patterns of verbal and nonverbal communication • The social and business context

  6. Course Objectives • Increase cultural awareness and sensitivity • Develop effective strategies in dealing with cultural conflicts • Improve intercultural communicative competence

  7. Teaching Assumptions • “Go fishing” instead of “come & buy fish” • Student-centered • task-based • process-oriented • cooperative & experiential learning • learning by doing

  8. Three part of the course • Teacher’s topic-classified lectures to deal with the knowledge; • Students’ task-based experience to learn by doing;(reading, group discussion, oral presentation, role plays, simulations etc.） • Team-performed outcome to share students’ findings and demonstrate their capabilities (group presentation)

  9. Instructor’s expectation for class • To read the assigned textbooks and reference materials • To attend all classes • To participate in all activities • To turn in assignments and papers when due

  10. Textbook • Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication • 《跨文化交际基础》，窦卫霖， 对外经济贸易大学出版社，2007

  11. Tentative Topics of Lectures • The Intercultural Challenge • Communication, Culture , Intercultural Communication • Cultural Values • Verbal Communication • Nonverbal Communication • Social Etiquette and Protocol • Cultural Influences in Business Negotiation • Education and Intercultural Communication Competence

  12. Performance Evaluation • attendance: (10%) • group projects (20%) • final test (70%) • Total: 100%

  13. Group projects • Make a case study of an Intercultural film or TV programs on an intercultural topic, inviting exchange overseas students to join in your group. • Report your research result to the class, including a presentation of a short play related to the case study.

  14. Intercultural Film list 1 (Chinese--American) Gua Sha《刮痧》 • Eat Drink Man Woman《饮食男女》 • Pushing Hands 《推手》 • Wedding 《喜宴》 • The Joy Luck Club《喜福会》 • On the Other Side of the Bridge 《芬尼的微笑》 • Magic Mirror《魔镜》 • God Must Be Crazy《上帝也疯狂》

  15. Intercultural Film list 2 A Walk in the Clouds (Latino) • l          Babette’s Feast (Danish) • l          Beyond Rangoon (Burmese) • l          Bread and Chocolate (Swiss, Italian) • l          Cinema Paradiso (Italian) • l         Cry, The Beloved Country (Sounth African) • l          Eureka (Japanese) • l          Europa Europa (European) • l          Il Postino (The Postman) (Italian) • l          Indochine (Vietnamese) • l          Like Water for Chocolate (Mexican) • l          Little Buddha (Tibetan)

  16. Intercultural Films 3 • lMediterraneo (Italian, Greek) • l  Mi Familia (Latino) • l Mississippi Massala (African American, Indian American) • l  My Life as a Dog (Swedish) • l  On the Other Side of the Bridge (Chinese) • l   Picture Bride (Japanese) • l   Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese) • l Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (Chinese) • l   Schindler’s List

  17. Intercultural Films 4 • Shall We Dance? (Japanese) •  The circle (Iranian) • The Last Emperor (Chinese) • The Makioka Sisters (Japanese) • The Road Home (Chinese) • The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese) • The Story of Qui Ju (Chinese) •  To Live (Chinese) • Tortilla Soup (Latino)

  18. After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI ... Oscar 83 Annual Academy Awards: The King's Speech

  19. Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (2011) • Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness.

  20. Potential topics for Sino-Western cultural comparison (groups) advertisements, styles of negotiation, consuming ethics, business courtesy, journalism, medication, romance, chess, wine, tea, coffee, cooking, clothes, painting, photography, architecture, marriage, wedding ceremony, the art of flower arrangement, military arts, family education, school education, political correctness; concepts of value, privacy, individualism, freedom, sex & gender, self-reliance, time, efficiency, friendship, relationship, association of colors, plants, fairy tales, personal characters, women, finance, etc.

  21. Recommended Readings(1) • Austin, J.L.: How to Do things with Words. New York, Oxford University Press • Bonvillain,N(ed) Language, Culture, and Communication: the Meaning of Messages. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1993. • Hall E.T.: The Silent Language, Doubleday, 1959 • Hall E.T.: Beyond Culture, New York: Doubleday, 1976 • Hofstede, G.H. Culture’s consequences. Beberly hills, CA: Sage. 1980 • Scollon, R. and Scollon S.W. Intercultural communication. Oxford: Blackwell. 1995

  22. Recommended Readings(2) • 胡文仲：《跨文化交际学概论》，外语教育与研究出版社，1999。 • 关世杰：《跨文化交际》，北京大学出版社，1995。 • 贾玉新：《跨文化交际学》，上海外语教育出版社，1997 • 林大津：《跨文化交际研究》，福建人民出版社，1996

  23. Reference websites • The Edge: the E-Journal of Intercultural Relations website: http://www.hart-li.com • Chinese Communication Association Forum website: http://www.cca.org • International communication Association website: http://www.ica.org • AFS website: http://www.afs.org/usa • International Academy for Intercultural research website: http://www.watervalley.net/users/academy • Intercultural Press website: http://www.interculturalpress.com

  24. Contacts • Office: 诚信楼13层1335 • Mailbox：诚信楼13层（东） • Email: douweilin@uibe.edu.cn

  25. Assignments • Preview Chapter 1 • Form groups of 4 students (Look for an exchange student from other cultures); • Insert the phrase “intercultural / cross-cultural communication”into a search engine on the internet and report to your group what you can find out about the studies of intercultural communication

  26. Thank You! weilindou@126.com

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