Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Culture shock Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Home Kalervo Oberg Signs of culture shock Culture Culture shock homesickness, withdrawal, stereotyping of host nationals need for excessive amounts of sleep, marital stress, loss of Group discussion ability to work effectively, compulsive eating or drinking unexplainable fits of weeping, irritability, physical ailments boredom, exaggerated cleanliness, family tension and conflict Back 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子放③
Kalervo Oberg Culture Shock Culture Group Discussion Signs of culture shock homesickness, withdrawal, stereotyping of host nationals, need for excessive amounts of sleep, marital stress, loss of ability to work effectively, compulsive eating or drinking, unexplainable fits of weeping, irritability, physical ailments, boredom, exaggerated cleanliness, family tension and conflict Sc ript
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Culture shock Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Home Kalervo Oberg Dealing with intercultural stress and shock Culture 1. Gather information. The more that is known about a Culture shock place or its people, the less foreign or threatening they seem. Consider traveling locally, taking a cooking class, Group discussion or joining a club 2. Do not criticize the host culture. Resist the temptation of talking negatively about the local people 3. Find a friend. Find someone who can serve as a"cultural informant" to introduce parts of local life and practices that are not normally accessible to foreigners. This will help make sense of the cultural differences one naturally encounters 4. Look at the“ big picture.” Find patterns and interrelationships that explain what is going on so that it no longer seems confusing Back 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子放③
Kalervo Oberg Culture Shock Culture Group Discussion Dealing with intercultural stress and shock Gather information. The more that is known about a place or its people, the less foreign or threatening they seem. Consider traveling locally, taking a cooking class, or joining a club. Do not criticize the host culture. Resist the temptation of talking negatively about the local people. Find a friend. Find someone who can serve as a “cultural informant” to introduce parts of local life and practices that are not normally accessible to foreigners. This will help make sense of the cultural differences one naturally encounters. Look at the “big picture.” Find patterns and interrelationships that explain what is going on so that it no longer seems confusing. 1. 2. 3. 4. Sc ript
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Culture shock Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Home Kalervo Oberg 1. Language is a tool for us to communicate with each other Lack of efficient linguistic as well as cultural knowledge may Culture cause misunderstand ing between people from different cultures Watch the video see you later Culture shock Group Discussion 2. Discuss with your group members. Your discussion should include the following questions a. Do you have the similar experiences? b. Have you heard of some stories of the same type? C. What can we do to avoid such an awkward situation? 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子放③
Language is a tool for us to communicate with each other. Lack of efficient linguistic as well as cultural knowledge may cause misunderstanding between people from different cultures. Watch the video See You Later. Kalervo Oberg Culture Shock Culture Group Discussion 1. Discuss with your group members. Your discussion should include the following questions: a. Do you have the similar experiences? b. Have you heard of some stories of the same type? c. What can we do to avoid such an awkward situation? 2
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Culture shock Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Home Kalervo Oberg Culture Culture shock Group Discussion OC Back 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子放③
Kalervo Oberg Culture Shock Culture Group Discussion
Unit Six Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Culture shock Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Home Parts Para(s) Main ldeas Part Division of the Text le might call culture shock a disease 3 which is caused by the frustration and Further Understanding ? anxiety resulting from losing all our familiar True or False signs and symbols of social intercourse Questions and Answers Culture shock is due to our own lack of understanding of other people's cultural Interview 24~6 background and our lack of the means of? communication rather than the hostility of an alien environment To get over culture shock, we should get to know the people of the host country and their language, we should find out what they 37-9do, how they do it, and what their interests? are, etc. But understanding the ways of a people does not mean that we have to give up our own 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子放③
Part Division of the Text Further Understanding True or False Questions and Answers Interview Parts Para(s). Main Ideas 1 2 3 1~3 4~6 7~9 We might call culture shock a disease which is caused by the frustration and anxiety resulting from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Culture shock is due to our own lack of understanding of other people’s cultural background and our lack of the means of communication rather than the hostility of an alien environment. To get over culture shock, we should get to know the people of the host country and their language; we should find out what they do, how they do it, and what their interests are, etc. But understanding the ways of a people does not mean that we have to give up our own