实用阶梯英语跨文化交际 unit 2 unit 2.pptVIP

尚辅网 尚辅网 尚辅网 * 尚辅网 In-class Learning After-reading Check Section B Discuss in groups if the following stereotypes are sweeping generalizations and if there are prejudices or biased judgments. In cross- cultural communication, how should we be on guard against any transactions that are based on unjustified stereotype? 　　If someone asks you “What is your impression of a Westerner?”and you say “All Westerners have a big nose.”What you are doing is stereotyping Westerners. A stereotype is a conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion or image of a group of people. Brad Edmondson has this characterization about the people in different parts of the United States: Regional stereotypes have been part of America since its foundation… Westerners are trendy, Midwesterners are dull, Northeasterners are brainy, and Southerners are lazy. 　　Complete the following descriptions of regional Chinese. 尚辅网 In-class Exchange Group Activities Virtues 　　Every culture has a set of virtues that it values especially highly. For example, in the culture of the Bedouin, the most emphasized virtues are: hospitality, generosity, courage, honor, and self respect. Survey several classmates and ask what virtues they think Chinese culture emphasizes most. Take notes and be ready to report. Activity 1 Survey 尚辅网 In-class Exchange Group Activities Image of Mother Native English speakers teaching in China often comment that their students’writing is rich in visual and other sensory images, but at the same time they also say that it is too sentimental. What they mean is that Chinese students tend to idealize what they are writing about. The writer is presenting a person, or situation as he or she thinks it should be rather than how it is observed to be. The writer may not intend to portray a realistic picture of the world. Foreign teachers cautioned one another, “Don’t ask them to write an essay about their mothers or grandmothers. All you get is stereotypes about devotion and sacrifice