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1、YourActionsSpeakLouderAPeaceCorpsstaffmemberishurriedlycalledtoatowninEthiopiatodealwithreportsthatoneofthevolunteersistreatingEthiopianslikedogs.Whatcouldthevolunteerbedoingtocommunicatethat?AvolunteerinNigeriahasgreattroublegettinganydisciplineinhisclass,anditisknown

2、thatthestudentshavenorespectforhimbecausehehasshownnoself-respect.Howhasheshownthat?Neithervolunteeroffendedhishostswithwords.Butbothofthemwereunawareofwhattheyhadcommunicatedthroughtheirnonverbalbehavior.Inthefirstcase,thevolunteerworkingatahealthcenterwouldgointothew

3、aitingroomandcallforthenextpatient.ShedidthisasshewouldinAmerica－bypointingwithherfingertothenextpatientandbeckoninghimtocome.AcceptableintheStates,butinEthiopiaherpointinggestureisforchildrenandherbeckoningsignalisfordogs.InEthiopiaonepointstoapersonbyextendingthearma

4、ndhandandbeckonsbyholdingthehandout,palmdown,andclosingitrepeatedly.Inthesecondcase,thevolunteerinsistedthatstudentslookhimintheeyetoshowattentiveness,inacountrywhereprolongedeyecontactisconsidereddisrespectful.WhilethemostinnocentAmerican-Englishgesturemayhaveinsultin

5、g,embarrassing,oratleastconfusingconnotationsinanotherculture,theconverseisalsotrue.IfforeignvisitorsweretobangonthetableandhissatthewaiterforserviceinaNewYorkrestaurant,theywouldbefortunateiftheywereonlythrownout.Americansmightfindforeignstudentsoverlypoliteiftheybow.

6、Itseemseasiertoacceptthearbitrarinessoflanguage－thatdogischieninFrenchorajainYoruba－thanthedifferencesintheemotionallyladenbehaviorofnonverbalcommunication,whichinmanywaysisjustasarbitraryaslanguage.Weassumethatourwayoftalkingandgesturingis"natural"andthatthosewhodothi

7、ngsdifferentlyaresomehowplayingwithnature.Thisassumptionleadstoablindnessaboutinterculturalbehavior.Andindividualsarelikelytoremainblindandunawareofwhattheyarecommunicatingnonverbally,becausethehostswillseldomtellthemthattheyhavecommittedasocialblunder.Itistruetotellpe

8、opletheyarerude;thusthehostsgrantvisitorsa"foreigner'slicense,"allowingthemtomakemistakesofsocialetiquette,andtheynev