本書(shū)從中國(guó)文化元素入手，結(jié)合英美文化的主流價(jià)值觀，系統(tǒng)地講解了文化與交際兩大主題。描述了跨文化交際的起源、發(fā)展和影響，分析和總結(jié)了跨文化交際在全球化背景下的重要性。注重理論和實(shí)踐相結(jié)合，每個(gè)章節(jié)附有課前思考問(wèn)題、課堂討論和課后任務(wù)，能滿足學(xué)生對(duì)文化與語(yǔ)言關(guān)系的學(xué)習(xí)要求。

Unit One An Introduction to the Chinese Culture
1.1 A brief introduction to Chinese history and civilization
1.2 The richness of Chinese culture
1.3 Two important doctrines of Chinese culture
I. 4 Chinese language and Chinese patterns of thought
1.5 Cultural awareness in a diversified and changing world

Unit Two Intercultural Communication
2. 1 The global village
2. 2 The concept of intercultural communication
2. 3 The main factors of facilitating intercultural communication
2.4 The origin and development of intercultural communication
2. 5 The popularity of intercultural communication in China
2o 6 The awareness cultivation of intercultural communication

Unit Three Culture
3. 1 Culture
3.2 The characteristics of culture
3.3 Functions of culture
3.4 Language
3.5 Language and culture

Unit Four Communication
4. 1 Communication
4. 2 The major ingredients of communication
4. 3 The characteristics of communication
4. d Culture and communication

Unit Five Cultural Dimensions
5. 1 The major elements of cultural differences
5.2 The different value orientations
5.3 Cultural value dimensions
5.4 The Confusion dynamism dimension
5.5 Chinese concept of collectivism
5.6 American culture

Unit Six Culture Shock and Misunderstanding
6. 1 Culture shock and culture misunderstanding
6. 2 The major symptoms of culture shock
6. 3 Experiencing culture shock
6.4 Fighting against culture shock
6. 5 Some barriers to culture shock
6. 6 Cultural differences in discourse

Unit Seven Nonverbal Communication
7. 1 Introduction to nonverbal communication
7.2 Definition of nonverbal communication
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Unit Eight Culture and Education
Unit Nine Interpersonal Relationship
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