Abstract：With the development of globalization, the activities of international communication are also frequent. The phenomena of culture shock in intercultural communication arouse people’s concern and research. When communicative objects come into a new field of culture during the process of Intercultural communication, the culture shock must be experienced by them. Culture shock is a kind of anxiety and inadaptation produced by different values, cultural stereotype and ethnocentrism. This thesis analyzes the process and stages of culture shock and to find the causes and effect of culture shock, the purpose of that is to give guiding suggestions to deal with culture shock, meanwhile, it can help communicator to adapt different cultural environment and make a successful intercultural communication. 

Key words: culture; culture shock; intercultural environment；intercultural communication

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摘要

Abstract

1. Culture and intercultural communication-1

1.1 The current study on Intercultural Communication from the perspective of Culture Shock-1

1.2 The importance and significance of the study on Culture Shock-1

2. Understanding Culture Shock in Intercultural Communication-2

2.2 Definitions of Culture Shock and related characteristics-3

2.3 Process and stages of Culture Shock-4

2.4 Causes and effect of Culture Shock-6

3. Strategies of Overcoming Culture Shock-8

3.1 Overcoming Ethnocentrism, Prejudices, Discriminations and Stereotypes -8

3.2 Improving Intercultural Communication Competence-9

4.The differences between two different countries shown in Intercultural Communication-11

4.1 Case one-11

4.2 Case two-11

4.3 Case three-12

4.4 Case four-12

5.Conclusion-13

5.1 The findings of the research-13

5.2 The suggestions for an effective intercultural communication between Chinese and Westerns-14

References-14

Acknowledgements-15