A Comparative Study of Cultural Difference Reflected Through Chinese and English Taboos

Nowadays cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly popular, therefore, understanding different taboos in different cultures is particularly important. Through the comparison between Chinese and English taboos on privacy, names, sex and so on, this paper reveals the cultural differences between Chinese and Western culture.

An Analysis of the Cultural Differences Between China and the West from the Perspective of Mode of Thinking

People with various cultural backgrounds and habits have different modes of thinking,making it difficult to communicate between different cultures. Based on culture,thinking and their relationship,this paper analyzes the differences between Chinese and the Western cultures to find the solutions to the problem of how to use the differences to establish international mind and global vision to achieve"cultural confidence".

Cultural Differences and English Language Teaching

With the development of the cross-cultural communication,more and more people have recognized the interaction between language and culture.Each culture has its own characteristic and is different from one another.Because of cultural differences,difficulties often arise in communication between different people.In China,English is taught as a foreign language.Both teachers and students should be aware of the differences between eastern and western culture in their teaching and study.

Awareness of Cultural Differences in English Learning

This paper attempts to analyze the cultural difference in three perspectives.It is hoped that through what has been discussed,Chinese learners of English are made aware of the importance of studying the culture of the target country and of studying the language in the cultural context.

The Cultural Differences in Cross-cultural Communication

The article discusses communication, cross-cultural communication and culture. It analyzes the root of cross-cultural difference and lists six fundamental patterns of cultural differences in cross-cultural communication. It also gives suggestion on how to properly treat these differences to achieve successful cross-cultural communication.

The Cultural Differences in Cross-Gender Communication

Cross-gender communication is a form of intercultural communication.Gender differences are not only reflected on biological differences,but also a kind of cultural construction Gender difference lead to the differences on communication styles between men andwomen.Undoubtedly,these differences will cause difficulties in communication between men and women.Only having the awareness and being familiar with these differences can we realize the aim of communication and become successful communicators.

Research on Cultural Differences of China and the United States From the Perspective of Difference of Compliment Responses

In all the culture of the world, compliment is always one kind of communicative applications, which is quite frequently used, we see compliment both in China and the United States. By reason of the culture difference of different countries, Chinese and American often have diverse responses and attitudes toward the compliment, which directly cause their different responses when they make reactions to the compliment.[1]From study, we see the difference is mainly in the following, on one hand, the Chinese are often very implicative toward the compliment and they respect all other people while they are quite humble when in the communication, on the other hand, the American are much more public, although they also respect other people, they are not keeping humble at the same time.

Influences of Cultural Differences on the Understanding of Word Meaning and Semantic Information

Nowadays, with the development of economy, different countries communicate with each other more frequently. How to communicate with people in other countries effectively becomes people's main concern when they communicate with people of different culture. Overcoming the barriers of the language is not so easy because such factors as thinking patterns, beliefs, religions, history, customs and traditions usually difference in cross-cultural communication.

Cultural differences between China and America reflected in the movie Gua Sha

As cross-cultural communication gains growing popularity in our global world,heavy emphasis has been placed on a better understanding of cultural differences among countries.Gua Sha is such a movie that epitomizes the existing cultural differences between China and America.It is to firstly make a brief introduction of the plot and then analyze the causes of various cultural conflicts and finally put forward some suggestions to help avoid these conflicts in cross-cultural communication.

Cultivation of College Students' Ability in Cross-cultural Non-verbal Communication

For a long time,students' non-verbal communicative competence is neglected by themselves as well as the teachers.Inthis paper a research is done to analyze the causes of students' non-verbal communicative failure.And some suggestions are givento cultivate students' ability in cross-cultural non-verbal Communication The students' enhanced communicative competencewill help them avoid non-verbal communicative failure and communicate effectively and appropriately in cross-cultural communi-cation.

跨文化交际能力视域下高职公共英语教育策略研究

跨文化交际能力与历史发展、文化背景、社会环境等诸多因素相关,涉及语言表达、语言习惯、风俗人情等多方面,具有增加知识文化储备、提高英语学习效果、促进未来成长发展的意义。在英语教学中要重点培养学生跨文化交际能力。但是由于高职公共英语课程较少、任务繁重、学生基础较差等因素影响,培养跨文化交际能力存在诸如教师不够重视、融入内容较为单调、培养方式不够多样等问题。因此教师需要构建科学的教育实践策略:发展文化意识,引入文化资源;挖掘教材资源,创设生动情境;比较文化差异,建立思想意识;营造交际场景,借助语境培养;解析动作差异,推送自学资源。落实这些策略,达成培养目标。

A Study of ISA in Chinese Cultural Communication

The paper tentatively studies the function of the indirect speech act in Chinese cultural communication, namely, domestic communication. Two aspects are shown in this paper： communication between people of different social status, genders and casual relationships, and communication between people of same social status, genders and close relationships. Therefore, the study result can be concluded like this： whether the use of indirect speech act is successful or not always influences people＇s communication significantly.

Probing into the Sino-American Cross-National Marriage Failures:An Intercultural Perspective

With China’s opening to the outside world, Chinese people’s attitude toward marriage has been undergoing great changes. Cross National marriages(CNMs) emerge as a result of economic development, social progress, cultural exchanges and freedom of marriage. However, according to statistics, CNMs are not always successful and satisfactory as they look: the divorce rate is reported to be on the increase. The paper studies several Sino American CNM cases which ended in failure from an intercultural perspective, and on that bases it points out that it is not cultural differences but people’s attitudes toward cultural differences that lead to the breakdown of the CNMs. In this paper, ethnocentrism is specially discussed as a major barrier to successful intercultural communication. And suggestions such as developing empathy, learning about cultural adaptation are offered to improve the quality of the CNMs and the competence of intercultural communication.

On the Differences of Sino-US Views on Family From Pushing Hands

Nowadays, multinational marriages are more and more widespread, especially between China and the West. However, a prevailing phenomenon is that due to the differences of China-West family values, it has caused irreconcilable conflicts of culture, which undoubtedly becomes the stumbling block of cross-cultural communication. Pushing Hands （1991） is a typical movie reflecting the cultural conflicts of Sino-US families, from which we can see all kinds of inadaptations in family life caused by cultural differences. Combined with Pushing Hands, this paper compares the differences of Sino-US views on families and analyzes the causes for these differences. Such an analysis will reinforce the English learners＇ understanding of cultural differences and improve their ability of cross-cultural communication.

Using Converging Strategies to Reduce Divergence in Intercultural User Interface Design

This chapter starts with an introduction illuminating the theoretical back-ground necessary for taking culture into account in HCI design. Definitions of concepts used are provided followed by a historical overview on taking culture into account in HCI design. Subsequently, a glimpse of the current state of research in culture-centered HCI design is derived from secondary literature providing the gist of the structures, processes, methods, models and theoretic approaches concerning the relationship between culture and HCI design (“converging” strategies). After presenting controversies and challenges, a short discussion of results from empirical studies and design recommendations for culture-centered HCI design lead to implications and trends in future intercultural user interface design research to close the knowledge gap (the “divergence”) regarding the relationship between culture and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), i.e. converging the divergence to reach the convergent divergence.

The Retaining of Source Cultural Flavours and Features in Translation

One of the purposes of cross-cultural communication is to promote understanding between different cultures, which requires the translators to reflect nation-specific norms and flavours in translation. Pursing the identity in contents and neglecting the aesthetic connotations and cultural differences encoded in different forms will blot the creation of the author of the source text, and on the other hand, mix up the difference between cultures, and cause unnecessary cultural misunderstanding. Translation should give consideration to two things,one is that it should aim at intelligibility, the other is that it should retain the original style.

Cultural Conflict in Business Negotiation between China and America

With the rapid development of Sino-US economic and trade relations,business negotiation is becoming increasingly frequent between the two countries.Due to the differences in cultural background,performance in the negotiations between China and America is very different.This thesis explores the problems of cultural conflict in Sino-US business negotiation,and analyzes the causes leading to cultural conflict.After a thorough analysis,this thesis puts forward some strategies for solving cultural conflict in business negotiation:identifying cultural differences,respecting cultural differences,learning about other's culture,and striving to create a harmonious and win-win situation.

English and Chinese Euphemisms and Cross Cultural Communication

As a linguistic phenomenon, euphemism exists in all kinds of languages, so it is widely used by various circles of society. It is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a kind of social phenomenon, which is a reflection of the social culture in the language. Euphemism has already penetrated into all aspects of daily life, and reflected different national psychologies and cultural differences. As the development of the society and human civilization and the accelerated process of economic globalization, the role euphemism plays in human communication especially in cross-cultural communication has been increasingly prominent. Here a comparative study on English and Chinese euphemisms is made to help to be familiar with similarities and differences of the use of euphemism in English and Chinese languages so as to reduce errors resulting in cross- culture communication, and improve cross-cultural communicative competence.

On Pragmatic Differences between English and Chinese in Social Communication Culture

Because of differences in habits and customs, logical thinking, as well as cultural values between Chinese and English,there are pragmatics differences in social greetings, thanks, banquets, invitations, and apologies language communication occasions. Thus, it is important to explore the language habits with different culture backgrounds of language communications and language features and study the pragmatic failure led by people using a foreign language because of the differences of social and cultural factors.

Opportunities and Paths of Regional Cultural Landscape Development in Gansu Province in the Context of Intelligent Communication

The national strategic opportunities,intelligent information communication opportunities and cultural landscape resource advantages in the context of intelligent communication are analyzed.The development path of regional cultural landscape in Gansu is studied,and it is held that the uniqueness and difference of Gansu regional cultural landscape should be maintained.The effective combination of regional cultural landscape and local social life landscape is advocated to enhance the information activation and landscape form diversity of regional cultural landscape in intelligent communication.Meantime,following the trend of globalization,the development strategy of going global through intelligent communication can be realized relying on technological innovation.