Course focus – Developing skillsLanguage skillsIntercultural competenceLearning about _____________, reflecting on your own culture, and communicating with people from other cultures appropriately and effectively
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- The more you learn about other cultures, the more you can understand that your own culture is not the only way to live a good life.
- Ethnocentrism” is the tendency to think of ones own culture as being at the centre of the world in other words, to assume that his own culture s way of thinking and acting is more natural, normal and correct the way people from other cultures think and act.
- When communicating with people from different cultures, it is important to remember that culture and communication are strongly connected and culture has decisice influence on communication.
- How should we learn about other cultures?（ ） A: Make up your own ideas about the culture B: Learn the details of culture step by step C: Create a clear and complete picture of the culture D: Just learn a few things about the culture
- Which one is not ethnocentric attitude？ A: Lifestyles in other cultures are not as valid as those in my culture B: I have little respect for the values and customs of other cultures C: My culture should be the role model for other cultures D: People of other cultures are different from me