跨文化交际 Unit 3.doc

Unit 3 Daily Verbal Communication (II) 教学目标： Through this unit, Ss can get a general idea of the cultural differences in some daily verbal communication, such as compliments, compliment responses, gratitude and apology in English and Chinese. Ss can also know how to avoid making misunderstanding or dealing with the cultural puzzles under such situations. 教学内容：Daily Verbal Communication 教学重点与难点：The analysis and understanding of the differences between Chinese people and the Western people to make some daily verbal communication. 教学过程： Step 1 The Joy Luck Club --A film about cultural conflicts. Qs for discussion: (Please try to be objective in discussion) 1. What does this movie focus on? 2. The Joy Luck Club presents many conflicts in the mother-daughter relationship. The conflicts are embodied in 3 aspects. What are they in the film? (First, the mothers and the daughters are in different cultural backgrounds, and the daughters cannot understand their mothers. Second, the communication problems also arise because the mothers are from China, while daughters are born in the United States, their cultural backgrounds are different, and also because they speak different languages. Third, the mothers and the daughters have totally different experiences. The mothers have been to America during the World War Ⅱ, when China was intruded by Japanese army. The daughters are born in America; they don’t appreciate the Chinese tradition and view their Chinese history as a barrier to their dreams.) 3. What is the solution of cultural conflicts mentioned in the film? --To explore a balance of cultural conflicts. An important theme of the filml is the reconciliation of the multi-cultural clashes Background about this novel: The Joy Luck Club is the first novel of Amy Tan，a famous Chinese-American writer. In the novel she mainly describes the relationship between the Joy Luck Club mothers and their daughters and cultural conflicts. The novel is set in the age of globalization and in