跨文化交际在高校英语教学中的运用

本文在分析高校英语教学的实施现状及存在问题的基础上，指出了在高校英语教学中运用跨文化交际教学的必要性，进而探讨了高校跨文化英语教学的原则及策略，并指出在高校英语教学中重视跨文化交际能力培养的意义。     

赛珍珠《闺阁》食事之中国食文化解读

赛珍珠的中国题材小说《闺阁》以一幅中华民国年间吴府的世俗生活场景,通过活生生的食事活动向西方读者阐析了中国食文化深邃厚重的内蕴：崇尚礼乐,顺应自然,调和阴阳,谨和五味,饮食有节,食养食治等,折射出中华民族的传统伦理道德、风俗人情、审美心理、人生哲学以及生存理念,同时也客观地回应了西方人习来以久的东方食文化原始怪异的＂他者＂形象,从一个侧面反映了赛珍珠知性、负责任的跨文化阐析理念。     

解读边防派出所工作中的跨文化交际现象

边防派出所工作中的跨文化交际现象及其内源主要体现在语言习惯、宗教风俗和历史文化等方面。有效促进边防派出所工作中的跨文化交际,应培养目的语思维习惯,减少交流障碍,尊重民族宗教、风俗,避免沟通误会,了解地区历史文化、消除思想隔阂。     

Embracing subjectivities in the collaborative teaching of terrorism: pedagogy in a ‘critical’ learning environment

This article seeks to reflect on the experiences of the authors as creators and instructors of a unique course on terrorism. It will reflect on how dynamics of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary interaction have been facilitated in a blended learning environment which prioritises students' subjective engagement with ‘terrorism’ to form the very core of their learning experience. It will also reflect on how ‘orthodox’ and ‘critical’ components can symbiotically interact to mutual benefit in the study of terrorism.     

Egocentric bias in perceived fairness: Is it observed in Japan?

Experiment 1 was a Japanese replication of the studies reported by Messicket al. (1985) and Liebrandet al. (1986). Subjects were asked to write down fair or unfair behaviors that they or others did, giving as many examples as possible in 5 min. As in the previous studies, the subjects began more fair behaviors with the word I than with others. Likewise, they began more unfair behaviors with the word others than with I. In Experiment 2, 80 examples of behaviors (40 fair and 40 unfair) were selected randomly from the results of Experiment 1. The difference between the number of frequent behaviors sorted into the fair/I category and that sorted into the unfair/I category was greater than that between the number of behaviors sorted into the fair/others and that sorted to be unfair/others. Salient behaviors were more likely to be sorted into the category of unfair than into fair, and more likely to be sorted into others than I. On the whole, the egocentric bias of fairness was confirmed in Japan as well as in the Netherlands and the United States. However, in both experiments, gender differences were found; women, compared to men, recalled more others' behavior than their own and were likely to attribute fair and/or unfair behavior to others rather than to themselves.     

Culture and Negotiation: The Pedagogical Dispute Regarding Cross-Cultural Simulations

This article examines one especially challenging aspect of active-learning international studies courses—the use of cross-cultural simulations. What is the significance of culture for negotiation? What difficulties might cross-cultural negotiations pose, and how might negotiators work with cultural differences to achieve successful outcomes? Is it possible to model the effects of cultures on negotiators in a classroom role-play? What are the advantages to using cross-cultural simulations, and what difficulties do they entail? How might an instructor make best use of materials that focus on cultural issues and their effect on negotiation? When teaching students of different cultures by active-learning methods, what ought an instructor to bear in mind? What cross-cultural simulations are available, and what readings might be assigned to accompany them?     

社会工作跨文化督导的本土含义与实践策略

跨文化实践是社会工作督导研究中的关键议题。基于对全国95位实践者的访谈,对社会工作跨文化督导的本土含义与实践策略进行了研究。研究发现,在本土处境下,跨文化督导具有三个层面的含义,即“跨境督导”实践中的文化碰撞、专业与行政两种文化之间的角力、一般化的社会工作专业知识与地方性知识之间的互动。跨文化的三种本土含义实际上反映了本土处境下的三种文化边界。为了突破文化边界的约束,实践者采取了自我觉察与审慎诠释、“借力打力”、培育本土督导者、促进行政与专业文化之间的互构、提升督导对象的体制适应能力、协同行动以及担任替代性角色等多种策略。     

Cultural Prototypes of the Successful Entrepreneur: Comparison of Estonia and the United States

This study compares and contrasts perceptions of entrepreneurship success factors in Estonia and the USA. The 115-item E-World survey is used to highlight differences of implicit beliefs about behaviors and characteristics of successful entrepreneurs between the USA, a country with a long history of entrepreneurial development, and Estonia, a small economy where entrepreneurship has played an important role in the transition from a command to a market economy. Cultural differences and the institutional context emerge as key models in interpreting the social obligations of entrepreneurs, thus linking future orientation and communication, and entrepreneurs’ perceptions of entrepreneurial risks and challenges.     

The Image of Fathers in Popular Adolescent Fiction

With the number of single parent homes on the increase, many children must derive their ideas of roles and responsibilities of fathers from secondary sources, especially books. The picture of fathers that emerges from popular adolescent novels is a disturbing one, with father being commonly portrayed as ineffectual, uncaring, or absent. Significant examples from currently popular books are discussed.