C r o s s–c u l t u r a l c o m m u n i c a t i o n
Thesis 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: What’s in a name?
Chapter4: Social interaction
Chapter 5: Roles and relations
Chapter6: Non-verbal communication
Chapter 7: In other words.
Chapter 8: From a primitive Tribe to a Global Village
Conclusion
Chapter 1: Language and culture in communication
There is no denying the fact that out daily lives depend largely on communication, without it we can’t know each other. So, we should 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 communication, 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 can’t be communication. Otherwise, he may talk to himself.
Communication not just exist in human-beings
There 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.
For 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.
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 s
A social situation may have two definitions. One is given by the community, and the other by the 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 foreigners will come to our country. Communicating with foreigners is an interesting thing. However,
