大学英语跨文化交际教程

Part Ⅰ Different People in Different Countries

Unit 1 Englishmen, Americans, and Chinese

Passage A The English Character

Passage B The American Character

Passage C The Chinese Character

Cultural Information Influence of Geographic Environment

Unit 2 Values and Religions

Passage A East and West, Different Values

Passage B Religion and Its Infiuence in the East and West

Passage C American Religious Heritages

Cultural Information Being Religious in America

Part Ⅱ Differences in Daily Life

Unit 3 Family and Friend

Passage A American Family

Passage B Social Relationship and Friendship in the East and West

Cultural Information American Friendship

Unit 4 Sports and Entertainment

Passage A Leisure Activities in Britain and China

Passage B Sports and Recreation in America

Cultural Information Volunteerism in America

Unit 5 Dieting and Culture

Passage A Chopsticks or Forks, Taste or Nutrition

Passage B Eating Etiquette in the West

Cultural Information Cultural Formulas for Hunger

Part III Differences in Study,Work and Society

Unit 6 Education

Passage A Education in China and the U.S

Passage B Home School Education

Cultural Information American Education

Unit 7 Different Attitudes to Time and Work

Passage A Different Attitudes to Time

Passage B American Attitude to Work and Manual Labor

Cultural Information Theories of Ethics in the West

Unit 8 Social Differences

Passage A American Presidential Election

Passage B The Welfare State

Cultural Information American Politics

Part IV Intercultural Adaptation

Unit 9 Meeting Different Cultures

Passage A Silence in Different Cultures

Passage B Culture Shock and Adjustments

Cultural Information Verbal or Silent Communication

Unit 10 Globalization

Passage A Ethnocentrism

Passage B Understanding Intercultural Conflicts

Cultural Information Ethnocentrism, a Bamer in Intercultural Communication

References

自20世纪80年代“跨文化”一词引入中国之后，人们普遍关注并越来越清醒地认识到语言学习离不开文化的导入。语言是文化的一种表现形式，不熟悉语言的文化特征，就难以学好该种语言，文化已成为影响语言学习的一个重要因素。教育部高教司在《大学英语课程教学要求》试行版（2004年）和正式版（2007年）中均将跨文化交际作为大学英语学习的一项主要内容。本教材就是依据《大学英语课程教学要求》和教育部大学英语教学改革精神，以建构主义理论、生态教学理论和动机一目标理论为基础，从趣味性、知识性和实用性入手，分析东西文化差异的产生根源，阐述东西文化差异的具体表现，构建学生的跨文化交际知识，提高学生的英语学习兴趣，加强大学素质教育，培养具备跨文化交际能力的社会应用型人才。