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Контрольная работа 1.

Раздел 1. Межкультурная коммуникация как особый тип общения.

 

 

Task 1.

 

Define the following terms:

cross-cultural communication, international communication, cultural identity, social identity, personal identity, cultural identity search.

 

 

Task 2.

 

Expand on the following questions:

 

1. What is culture?
2. How is culture different from subculture, from civilization?
3. What phenomena are viewed as cultural patterns?
4. What is domain of cross-cultural communication?
5. How is identity defined?
6. What are the characteristics of identity?
7. How do cultural identities develop?
8. What is the nature of social categorizing?
9. What makes ethnocentrism liability in intercultural communication?

 

 

Task 3.

 

1.      Examine the properties of the languages you know. Are there specialized vocabularies or grammatical characteristics that shape how you think and experience the world as you use these languages?

2.      Is accurate translation and interpretation from one language to another possible? Prove your viewpoint with illustrative examples.

3. Describe cultural, social, personal identity.

 

 

Task 4.

 

Write an essay on the following theme:

 

“We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now.” (Martin Luther King)