新编跨文化交际英语教程 参考答案(12)

5. How is ethnocentrism demonstrated in the way people communicate with others who are different?

It can be demonstrated in various degrees: low ethnocentrism reflects the lack of sensitivity in our verbal and nonverbal interaction in dealing with others who are different; moderate

ethnocentrism reflects attempted language or dialect switching in the presence of out-group members, and with displayed nonverbal inattention to accentuate in-group connection and avoidance of out-group members; and high ethnocentrism refers to the use of verbal sarcasms, racist jokes, hate-filled speech, and physical violence to marginalize or obliterate the existence of out-group members.

6. What might be the consequences of ethnocentrism in intercultural communication?

Ethnocentrism in intercultural communication can easily lead to “us”versus “them”thought and language. The collective pronouns “us”and “them” become powerful influences on perception. The names given to “them”can be used to justify their suppression and even their extermination. think education and intercultural exchange may help eradicate ethnocentrism?

7 Do you think education and intercultural exchange do help reduce the degree of ethnocentrism, but they can?t really eradicate ethnocentrism, a sort of natural tendency, for people live in the context of their culture so they can hardly get rid of their culture?s influences on their thinking, behaving and way of living. What one needs to do is to develop the attitude of ethnorelativism.

8. Why should we try to be culturally relative?

Because all cultures are of equal value and the values and behavior of a culture can only be judged using that culture as a frame of reference.

Case Study Case 29

From their experiences of sending some young people to be educated at the colleges run by the white people, the Indians concluded that it was no good doing so, for those young people who had been taught in the colleges returned home obviously incapable of making a living in the woods where the Indians lived. Just as their speaker said, different nations have different conceptions of things, what is good education for one may not be good for another.

In this case, both the white people (the Virginia Government) and the Indians were ethnocentric. However the white people, by offering a fund for educating Indian youth, were more ethnocentric than the Indians, as they seemed to believe that their learning and sciences were without doubt …… 此处隐藏：463字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……