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1、Cross cultural communicationThesis statement: This paper is mainly talking about the culture differences between several countries. Outline: Chapter 1: Language and culture in communication Chapter2: Culture shock Chapter3: Whats in a name?Chapter4: Social interactionChapter 5: Roles and relationsCh
2、apter6: Non-verbal communicationChapter 7: In other words.Chapter 8: From a primitive Tribe to a Global Village ConclusionChapter 1: Language and culture in communicationThere is no denying the fact that out daily lives depend largely on communication, without it we cant know each other. So, we shou
3、ld come to realize that communication is of great importance. What is communication?In total, communication can be divided into two parts; they are verbal communication and non-verbal communication. However, different people hold different opinions about communication. In general, if there is commun
4、ication, there must have 4 cases: there are at least two or more people, some contact between communicators, a language shared by communicators, an exchange of information has taken place. I just take the fist one for example. Suppose there is one person, there cant be communication. Otherwise, he m
5、ay talk to himself. Communication not just exist in human-beingsThere are five kinds of communications they are human communication, animal communication, human-animal communication, human machine communication, machine communication. So, Animals and machines can also communicate with each other. Fo
6、r human beings, how can we communicate with each other?Experts say that there are various kinds of communication. Nowadays, there are different kinds of tools for us to communicate .For people we can use telephone and computer to communicate with each other. By them, finally we can receive message.
7、What is social situation?When there are two or more people gather to do a job or an activity, then it creates a social situation. That is to say, an individual working alone can not constitute a social sA social situation may have two definitions. One is given by the community, and the other by the
8、participants. Finally, we should notice that being polite plays a crucial role in social situation. Chapter2: Culture shock We should not only know what communication is but we should know what culture shock is.In contemporary society, as our country is developing faster and faster, more and more fo
9、reigners will come to our country. Communicating with foreigners is an interesting thing. However, there is no doubt that it can easily cause misunderstanding which is called culture shock. There are several kinds of culture shock. Hospitality: First of all, in Britain, hospitality can not be judged
10、 by whether hosts put the food into your dishes, in there, everyone has own dishes, everyone helps themselves. By contrast, in our country, when we have guests, hosts may put the food into guests dishes to show their hospitality, so this is different.Politeness: When it comes to this word, in many c
11、ase, foreigners were described as being polite than Chinese. For example, when we finish work, foreigners may say thank you to us, although it is out duties. However, for Chinese, they seldom say thank you because they think someone who serves them are their duties. Whats more, when we get along wit
12、h foreigners, we should avoid asking their salaries, jobs and religious and so on. For the young, its all right to ask their ages, for the adults, this question is not allowed, especially for the females. But in china, these questions are allowed. In conclusion, when we face these culture shocks, it
13、 is better to keep a cool head, and then make an adjustment toward it, finally, we can cope with it. As time goes by, we can adapt it. For example, American Jewish and Israel, the two groups are equal and integration. Both groups have positive attitudes toward one another. So I am sure that after le
14、arning this unit, we can know a lot about culture shock and can easily communicate with foreigners.Chapter 3: Whats in a name?The topic of unit three is “whats in a name?” As is known to all, the English name is different from the Chinese name .The Chinese name consists of family name and given name
15、 ,with family name put first. But in contrast, the family name of English name is coming last. Most English people have three names. The last name , or surname is the family name .This is the family name of the father and is given to all his children. And the first name is given to the child at birth, which is called “given name”. And another name used to refer to them is Christian name.However, Chinese name can give all sorts of information about a Chinese people .they may give the address, the birthday ,and also tell us about the family relationship, ethic groups, sex and the
