Teaching Intercultural Communication through the Hollywood Film: An Analysis of "Witness."

Autor/in	O'Mara, Joan
Titel	Teaching Intercultural Communication through the Hollywood Film: An Analysis of "Witness."
Quelle	(1991), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Class Activities; Cross Cultural Training; Cultural Awareness; Cultural Differences; Film Study; Higher Education; Intercultural Communication; Speech Communication; Subcultures + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Interkulturelle Orientierung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kultureller Unterschied; Filmkurs; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Subculture; Subkultur
Abstract	Films such as Peter Weir's 1985 film "Witness" can be used in intercultural communication classrooms to increase intercultural understanding, provide a substitute for experience, and compare cultures. In "Witness," an Amish boy witnesses the murder of an undercover narcotics agent. The investigating detective, the boy, and his widowed mother are forced to flee to the Amish country, and the film becomes an action-packed struggle of life and death interwoven with caring and forbidden love. Since before studying the communication patterns of another culture, students should understand their own cultural patterns, students complete cultural values sheets before viewing the film. In addition, students are asked to write what they know about the Amish and how they know it. While viewing the film, students are asked to note: (1) their perception of Amish culture; (2) their perception of American culture; (3) examples of cultural differences in communication; (4) their perception of the values of cultures depicted in the film; (5) what they learned; and (6) what the characters learned about the other culture. After viewing the film, differing cultural values and concepts of intercultural communication are discussed, using observations from the film, responses to the sheets mentioned, and value classification systems. Some concepts illustrated by this film are the idea of a subculture, the manifestation of cultural values, and cultural models for appropriate interpersonal communication. (Thirty-two references are attached.) (PRA)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC