跨文化交际中的“文化休克”现象研究
跨交际中的“文化休克”现象研究 摘要
文化冲突产生于跨文化交际的过程中,当不同的文化碰撞在一起的时候,会给交际者产生了许多的冲击。生长于不同文化背景的人们之间的往来与有记载的历史一样漫长,在同一种文化中长大的人,总会因为很多不同的原因,比如贸易、战争、探索或求学而踏上异国他乡的土地。在中国,越来越多的人以留学、移民、经商或劳务等方式前往世界各地。如何解决跨文化交际中的文化冲突问题体现了跨文化交际能力。所说的跨文化交际能力是指对不同于自己文化的因素的接受能力,以积极的态度和他人交往的能力,以及创造出一种综合的,融合两种不同文化背景和交际方法的能力。在跨文化交际过程中,交际的对象在进入一个新的文化领域时,源于文化模式的差异,通常会产生“文化休克”现象,即对异类文化的困惑、排斥和不适应。这种“文化休克”现象即使在无语言障碍的情况下也会或多或少地阻碍跨文化交际的顺利进行。所以,在进行跨文化交际中“文化休克”理论的研究,不仅可以帮助来华的外国人和出国的中国人了解自己的行为方式和情感倾向,更好地认识他们所经历的文化冲击和适应困难,以调整自己在异文化环境下的学习和生活,同时也有助于引起人们对这一现象的关注,有益于我们自身更清醒地了解中西文化的特性和差异,从而更好地适应跨文化交流。
关键词:文化差异性;文化休克; 跨文化交际
A Study of Cultural Shock in Intercultural Communication Abstract
Culture shock is a phenomenon arising from cross-cultural
communication. It happens when different cultures clash with each other. Cross-cultural interchange is as old as recorded history.
Throughout history many people born in one country and raised in one culture have traveled to other lands for various reasons: trade, war, exploration, and education. The number of Chinese people who travel to another country to work, study, or migrate is on the rise.
The theoretical basis of this ariticle is intercultural communicative competence. How to adjust to culture shock is a process to develop intercultural competence.
Therefore, to esearch the\
communication, can help foreigners and overseas Chinese to understand the behavior and emotional tendenciesmof themselves and get a better understanding of the culture shocks they have experienced and the difficulty of adapting to their new environment, so that they become able to learn to adjust their study and life in the different cultural environments. Meanwhile, it also can help us to draw
attention to this phenomenon and is beneficial to us to understand the characteristics and differences between Chinese culture and
Western culture more clearly. It means that we should not only have a good understanding of the western culture, but also learn to face our own culture in the view of others. At the same time the research of culture shock is also helpful to promote cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries and improve the fusion of Chinese and Western culture.
Keywords: Cultural knowledge ; Cultural difference; Cultural shock Contents
Abstract III Contents V
Chapter1 Introduction 1
1.1 The background of the culture 1 1.2 The significance of the study 1 1.3 The organization of the thesis 2 Chapter2 Literature Review 4
2.1 Definition of culture shock 4 2.2 Key theories of cultural shock 4
2.3 The characteristics of the cultural shock 5 Chapter3 An overview of Culture Shock 6 3.1 Case 1 6 3.2 Case 2 6 3.3 Case 3 7
3.4 The symptoms of cultural shock 8 3.5The stages of cultural shock 8
Chapter4 Approaches of coping with cultural shock 10 4.1 Cultural knowledge 10
4.2 Adaptation---A natural way to overcome cultural shock 11 4.3 Feelings of Culture Shock 12 Chapter5 Conclusion 15 Acknowledgments 18 Bibliography 19
Chapter1 Introduction