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1、钟琪瑶126班2012220094Howtoimproveinterculturalcompetence1.AsforourselvesToimproveinterculturalcompetence,weshouldbeginwithourownculture.Humanbeingsarecarriersofculture;aperson’srootishisownculture.Ourowncultureinfluencesourlanguage,ourlifestylesandevenourcharacteristics.Firstly,weneedtoknowhowourown
2、cultureinfluencesusandwhatinfluencesitbringstous.Forexample,weChineseputgratitudetoparentsinthefirstplace,whichgivesChinesepeopleawarenessthatitisourobligationtosupportandlookafterourparentswhenwebecomeeconomicallyindependent.Secondly,howourbrainsworkisalsorelatedtoculture.Wehavetoacceptthatwhat
3、welikeandwhatwehateareallreflectionsofculturalvalueorientation.Everythinghastwosides,butourownculturedecideswhichsidewe’dliketostand.Itisveryeasytobeimproved.Differentauthorsfromdifferentcountrywritedifferently,andcomparedtheauthorsfromonecountrywiththosefromtheother;wewillseetheirideasfarapartf
4、romeachother.2.AsforotherculturesWhenwecommunicatewithpeoplewhohaveothercultureandlearnothercultures,we’dbetterslowdown.Atfirst,weshouldpayattentiontotheirlanguages.Itisnotnecessarytobeasfluentinthelanguageasanativespeaker,butweshouldlearnthewaytheyusetheirownlanguage.Languageisjustoneofthecodes
5、thatpeopleusetosendmessagestoeachother.Besides,nonverballanguagessuchasbodelanguageplayanimportantroleincommunicationandtendtoshiftfromculturetoculture.Beingsensitivetothesmallsignspeopleusinginlanguageisoneofthehallmarksofacompetentinterculturalcommunicators.Thenweshouldtrytounderstandthemandde
6、velopempathy–beabletoseethingsfromthepointofviewofothers.Itdoesn’tmeanwemustagreewithothers.Wecanholdourdifferentideas,butwecan’tbejudgmental.Thereisnodefinitelyrightorwrongincommunications.Whilecommunicating,itismorelikediscussing.Finally,wecantrytoexpressourownopinionandspreadourculturestothem
7、inaproperway.1.BalanceForinterculturalcommunicationtobesuccessful,wemustbalancetwoorevenmorecultures.First,keepbeingsuspiciousandcriticaltoanewculture.Wemustbeclearifanewcultureisadaptedintheothercountry.Forinstance,ChineseD