新编研究生综合英语教程UNIT3(潘海英)讲课教案.pptx

新编研究生综合英语教程AdvancedEnglishforGraduateStudents:GeneralSkills&AcademicLiteracyUnitThreeCultureAculturecanbeviewedasacollectionofvaluesthatgotogethertoshapethewayagroupofpeopleperceiveandrelatetotheworldaroundthem.Aspeoplegrowup,theylearncertainvalues,whichwillinfluenceandshapetheirwayoflife.HowdoesAmericanculturedifferfromothers?ThewaytoaddressthisquestionistoconsiderthevaluesAmericansliveby.“Values”areideasaboutwhatisrightandwrong,desirableandundesirable,normalandabnormal,properandimproper.Mostpeoplewhogrowupinaparticularculturesharecertainvalues.Thesevaluesoverlapandsupporteachother;theyfittogether.Dr.L.RobertKohlshasdevelopedalistof13commonlyheldvalueswhichhelpexplainwhyAmericansactastheydo.
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TextATheValuesAmericansLive
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Dr.LRobertKohls,DirectorofInternationalProgramsatSanFranciscoStateUniversity,isarenownedliterarycontributortotheresearchonculturalpatterns.Hehasdevelopedalistof13(8arelistedinTextA)commonlyheldvalueswhichhelpexplaintofirst-timevisitorstotheUnitedStateswhyAmericansactastheydo.Heiscareful,andcautionstoavoidlabelingthesevaluespositiveornegative.WhetheroneagreeswithKohlsornot—oriswillingtoacceptasvalidanygeneralizationsaboutAmericans—hisobservationsarethoughtprovoking.

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Inrecentdecades,anewformofidentificationhasemergedwhichbreaksdowntheunderstandingoftheindividualasacoherentwholesubjectintoacollectionofvariousculturalidentifiers.Theseculturalidentifiersmaybetheresultofvariousconditionsincluding:locality,gender,race,history,nationality,language,sexuality,religion,ethnicity,aesthetics,andevenfood.Therefore,culturalidentityreferstoafeelingofbelongingtoagroup.Itispartofaperson'sself-conceptionandself-perceptionandisrelatedtotheseculturalidentifiersoranykindofsocialgroupthathasitsowndistinctculture.Inthisway,culturalidentityisbothcharacteristicoftheindividualbutalsooftheculturallyidenticalgroupofmemberssharingthesameculturalidentity.Culturalidentitycanals