跨文化交际能力能帮我们做什么

1、跨文化交际能力能帮我们做什么？By LI Chen (李晨) Communicative Competence DemystifiedUnderstanding the title - Intercultural Communicative Competence DemystifiedPride of Place in Mr Lis AlbumWith Professor Martin Bygate (President of AILA)Association Internationale de Linguistique AppliqueeWith Professor Geoffrey Lee

2、chWith Professor J. Charles AldersonWith UK colleagues, Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster UniversityWith BeiwaiOnlines eEducatorsWith Ningbo Vocational School Teacher TraineesYr7 Graduation, Beaconsfield Primary SchoolAgendaObjectives“Intercultural Communicative Competence (I

3、CC) and English Learners” Why?What?How?Q & AObjectivesBy the end of this talk, you should be able to understandwhat is culturewhy culture and English are inseperablewhat does ICC involvehow ICCfacilitates English learningsmooths the way for ones overseas studieshelps create a whole personWhy?Qui

4、zzesWhy learn culture/English?Why related?learning culture and learning Englishculture & languageWhy should culture be a part of English learning from Day One?Quiz 1 a baffled “listener” A: My child is sick and she really needs my help at home. B: But I heard that you are about to be promoted, s

5、o, you know, youd better keep up the good effort at work. A: Yeah, its a catch-22 situation for me. B: Sorry, catch what?Quiz 2 a bold “speaker”“朋友的男朋友刚来英国的时候去超市，人家问他要不要cash back，他还以为买东西还有钱返还，就说要！ 人家问他要多少，他就跟人家说：as much as possible!Quiz 3 a careless “reader” 一个人说他同学刚出国闹的笑话，问他最近干什么，他说去看电影，然后问他有什么好电影，

6、他说过两天有一部电影叫“COMING SOON”。Quiz 4 a negligent “writer” “写信 From / To写反了，邮了两天回到自己家”Quiz 5 translationHer mother died of hard labour.Her mother died of difficult labour.Why learn culture/English?Is it because the Ministry of Education requires it?As an intellectual exercise to help kids get smarter?So t

7、hat people in China can access more information from abroad?To qualify for higher-paying jobs?To gain respect in the global village?.Not just a requirement of the syllabus!Unless culture/English has the potential for being useful, it will be very difficult to learn/teach.Students need to feel that E

8、nglish will help them: further their education, improve their career prospects, make friends etc.Purpose of Learning English- Message from Jay Walker at TEDGlossarymaniaBeatleshystericalpandemoniumdeafeningraptureweepingalarminggruelingintensitytsunamiuniversalLanguageCultureCommunicationZhang (2007

9、:VIII)Stern (1983:274)学英语学英语 & & 学文化学文化语言能力 (Language Proficiency)语言三要素语音 Phonology词汇 Lexicon语法 Grammar学英语学英语 & & 学文化学文化语言能力 (Language Proficiency)语言三要素 (语音 | 词汇 | 语法)交际能力 (Communicative Competence)社会语言能力 (语言的恰当性 Language Appropriacy)篇章能力 (Cohesion & Coherence)应对能力 (e.g. ask for

10、clarification; interruption; hesitation etc.)学英语学英语 & & 学文化学文化语言能力 (Language Proficiency)语言三要素 (语音 | 词汇 | 语法)交际能力 (Communicative Competence)社会语言能力 | 篇章能力 | 应对能力 跨文化交际能力 (Intercultural Communicative Competence)包括上述两种能力跨文化意识跨文化敏感跨文化技能语言 & 文化语言是文化的一部分，而且是极为重要的一部分语言记录和传承文化文化对语言有着深刻、持续的影响词汇层面

11、 (e.g. brothers vs. 兄弟；网络词汇；政治词汇)语言表达方式 (e.g. Plain English Movement)China Daily 新词新译http:/ parental leave (The draft, as the nations first gender equality regulation, granted five days of parental leave for both parents of a child younger than age 3 in its first version last October and extended th

12、e leave to 10 days in its second version last December. 这个国内首个性别平等条例草案在去年10月的初稿中，建议给“家有3岁内宝宝的新爸爸妈妈”每年享受5天的育婴假，去年12月份的二稿中，育婴假被延长到10天。) (2012-07-09) 侯卫东官场笔记初学英语也必须注意文化吗？在不同的阶段有不同的要求 e.g. “老师好！”的英文表达初中英语教材英语(新目标)共计5册有34个单元涉及到跨文化教学内容,其中七年级上 册有4个单元,下册有8个单元;八年级上册有8个单元,下册有4个单元;九年级有10个单元。这些包含跨文化教学内容的单元所涉及的范

13、围相当广泛,包括友谊、旅游、语言、名人、体育、音乐、文化、动物保护、节目、戏剧、幽默、主题公园、求医问药、购物、晚会 礼仪、态势语、假日、足球、饮食文化等,有利于开阔学生的文化视野,增进学生对祖国文化和其他国家,尤其是英语国家文化的了解。 二号首长册数册数跨文化意跨文化意识识的内容体的内容体现现七年七年级级(1) “家庭”一课使学生了解英语国家中家庭成员之间的称呼,进而探讨中西家庭观念; (2) “食物”一课体现不同国家、不同地区的传统饮食风俗; (3) “参加俱乐部”一课使学生了解英语国家中传统的文娱和体育活动; (4) “国家、民族和语言”一课使学生了解英语国家的地理位置、气候特点、历史等

14、; (5) “动物园里的动物”一课使学生了解常见动物在英语国家中的隐含文化内涵;(6) “流行的文化”一课使学生了解英语国家传统的文娱和体育活动; (7) “规则”一课使学生了解英语国家主要宗教传统Culture learning in the past (or today?)文化教与学 (see handout p1)学生、教师对课堂活动的看法对比文化教与学的共性问题文化教与学的共性问题1. 教学双方对文化概念的理解比较片面; 2. 教学双方对文化教学的意义和目的理解不够全面、深入; 3. 文化教学依附于语言教学,教师根据自己的兴趣和对外国文化的掌握随心所欲地对待文化内容, 缺乏系统大纲的指

15、导; 4. 文化教学内容以外显的文化行为和零碎的文化信息为主,深层的文化内容和文化的动态特征被忽略; 5. 教师缺少文化教学培训，没有文化测试和评价手段来对文化教学进行评价和督促。What?What is culture?What to learn about culture?What is required of an “intercultural EFL learner”?What is culture?What is culture?一个特定人群的总的生活方式特点人类独有的Nurtured NOT nature What could be achieved by learning int

16、ercultural communication?transcending the limitations of ones own world view (Fantini, 2000:31)Through an education for ICC: We open up to other ways of thinking and other ways of logicWe find a tongue in which we can speak our humanity to each otherWe learn to see that our own view of the world is

17、just one among many (Willems, 2002: 19)文化比较研究的六个维度文化比较研究的六个维度高|低语境 High-context vs. Low-context多元|单元时间 Polychronic vs. Monochronic集体|个人主义 Collectivistic vs. Individualistic强|弱不确定回避 Strong vs. Weak Uncertainty Avoidance高|低权利距离 High vs. Low Power Distance女性化|男性化 Feminine vs. Masculine以上述为基础，用动态的眼光去分析、

18、描述各种文化英语文化的本质汉语发散 (diverging thinking)英语 360小说线性 (linear thinking)决定了写作文的时候必须有主题句和连接词英语文化的本质汉语发散 (diverging thinking)英语线性 (linear thinking)决定了写作文的时候必须有主题句和连接词特殊 (individualistic)决定了写作时要用举出与众不同的例子英语文化的本质汉语发散 (diverging thinking)英语线性 (linear thinking)决定了写作文的时候必须有主题句和连接词特殊 (individualistic)决定了写作时要用举出与众不同的例子有真凭实据 (evident)决定了写作时必须用例子来佐证主题句英语文化的本质 汉语发散 (diverging thinking) 英语线性 (linear thinking)决定了写作文的时候必须有主题句和连接词特殊 (individualistic)决定了写作时要用举出与众不同的例子有真凭实据 (evident)决定了写作时必须用例子来佐证主题句具体 (specific)决定了举例时不能说套话，要举例详实What to learn?表层语言表达 (e.g. 词汇；文体风格 - 归纳法 vs. 演绎法)、手势身势 (e.g.