1. Chapter I：Thinking Globally Chapter II：Becoming Aware
Presenter：林国浒
Chinese and Western Cultures: A Course of Comparative Study

2. Methodogy of cross-cultural communication and studies
Contents
Methodogy of cross-cultural communication and studies
Thinking globally
New and old images
What is culture?
V. Four levels of cross-cultural awareness
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3. Warm-up activity
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4. Methodogy of cross-cultural communication
Doing culture
making meaning, understanding each other, building relationship, solving problems (words on paper vs. ideas in practice)
qualities of learners
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5. Chapter 1: Thinking globally
1. What is global village?
With the development of science and technology, the world seems to be getting smaller. The planet Earth is not shrinking, but time and space are. The whole world is like a village with residents from all over the world communicating face to face much more easily.

8. Chapter 1: Thinking globally
2. New and old images of the world
“spaceship earth”
“melting pot”
“city upon a hill”
“mosaic”
mestizo

11. Warming-up
The Eiffel Tower
France

12. Warming-up
The Pyramids
Egypt

13. Warming-up
The Opera House
Australia

14. Warming-up
Parthenon
Greece

15. Warming-up
Big Ben
England

16. Warming-up
Red Square
Russia

17. Warming-up
The Leaning Tower
Italy

18. Chapter 1: Thinking globally
3. Competing worldviews
There are competition about worldviews among different cultures. Different people from different cultures view the world differently.

19. Chapter 1: Thinking globally
4. How to resolve conflicts over worldviews?
According to Anderson, there are basically two choices.
1) the first is to take all worldview stories lightly. Be ready to change them or get rid of them when they are not working.
2) the second choice is to deny the truths the other stories express, to argue for one story and against a competing one, or in some cases, to prevent the telling of other stories or living by other stories.

20. What is culture？
1) Culture is like an iceberg (objective and subjective) 2) Culture is our software (fade into the background, just know that we can be) 3) Culture is like the water a fish swims in (a part of who we are and what the world it like for us, taken for granted) 4) Culture is the story we tell ourselves about ourselves (to show who we are and what the world is like) 5) Culture is the grammar of our behavior (rules to behave appropriately)
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21. Four levels of cross-cultural awareness
1) Cultural differences are exotic 2) Cultural differences are frustrating 3) The different culture is believable 4) The different culture is believable as lived experience
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22. Video Watching and Discussion
Can you list the Observable Chinese culture in the clip?
Are there any cultural differences between China and America in the clip?

23. Case analysis：
1. When introduced to an older professor or to a friend’s parents, what would you say?
A) “How are you?”
B) “Hello” and bow.
C) “Hello, it’s nice to meet you”，and then shake hands.
D) “Hi! Glad to know you.”

24. 2. When introducing yourself to someone you don’t know at a party, what would you say?
A) Hi, I’m_______.
B) May I introduce myself to you and at the same time I make your acquaintance?
C) Hi, I’d like to meet you.
D) Hi, I’m_______. Do you know many people here?

25. 3. Mingming and Paul are friends in the kindergarten
3. Mingming and Paul are friends in the kindergarten. One day when Mingming’s father came to meet him, he introduced Paul to his father. His father then said to Paul in English, “Nice to meet you.”

26. More cases
1. A: Wendy, I'd like you to meet my brother Sam.
B: Hi.
C: Nice to meet you.
B: What do you think of Dallas?
C: Well, I'm still feeling a little homesick and so many things seem strange to me.
B: You're bound to feel that way at first, I guess.

27. 2. A: Mr. Smith, may I introduce you to my colleague Mr. Brown?
B: How do you do! Very glad to see you.
A: How do you do, Mr. Smith. Very pleased to see you, too.

28. Symbols of American Culture
Uncle Sam
Barbie
The Buffalo
Nickel
The Statue
of Liberty
American Gothic