跨文化交际中日常语用失误.pptVIP

Pragmatic Failures in Cross-cultural Daily Communications 跨文化交际中日常生活的语用失误 The reasons I choose this topic: Because of the different cultural backgrounds, different values and etc., there are lots inevitable pragmatic failures in cross-cultural communications. They just happen in our daily life. These pragmatic failures make us misunderstand the meaning of the speaker wants to tell us. We contact foreign languages so frequently nowadays My own experience to communicate with foreign people My writing progress: I spent 1 week to think about what should I write 3 weeks to collect references 1 month to work out the draft 1 month to finalize my thesis Chapter One Introduction Definition of pragmatic failures The prevalence of pragmatic failures Significance and purpose of the study Chapter Two Common pragmatic failures in daily life In greetings and farewell In compliment and apology In advice and request In privacy In addressing Chapter Three Causes of these pragmatic failures The different cultural backgrounds The different values Cultural stereotypes Chapter Four Ways to avoid pragmatic failures Learning more about the cultural background of English Learning more about the way of communication Enhancing the sensitivity and perception of English? Doing more practice to improve the ability of communication Chapter Five Conclusion Main findings of the study Limitations of the study Suggestions for future study Acknowledgements First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to Wang Xueqing, my supervisor, who has taken much time and trouble to guide in every detail in my writing this thesis, for all his effort devoted to the course of my thesis writing, including help me choose the topic, decide on the research questions and thesis outline, polish my manuscript via E-mail and face-to-face instructions. Without her valuable suggestions and encouragement, the completion of this thesis would have been impossible.