Cross-cultural communication in China is inductive thinking or deductive thinking

Three modes of thinking

(1) Integral thinking and analytical thinking

1, the characteristics of integral thinking

The main feature of traditional thinking in Chinese culture is integral thinking, which means that the object of thinking, its results, and the use of the results of the thinking to transform the object of thinking, all show the characteristics of the whole.

2. Characteristics of Analytical Thinking

The Western mode of thinking is characterized by logic, analysis, and linearity, and the Western understanding of the relationship between human beings and nature is based on the starting point of the relationship between heaven and man, focusing on the inherent differences and oppositions, and the search for the world's opposites.

Analytical thinking breaks down the whole into parts and categorizes them, breaks down complex phenomena and things into specific details or simple elements, and then examines in depth the nature of each part, detail, and element in the whole.

3, the overall thinking and analytical thinking in the language of the different performance

Chinese people's overall thinking mode is the whole first after the local, is deductive mode of thinking.

The analytical thinking mode of the Westerners is first partial and then the whole, which is inductive and linear thinking mode.

l In Chinese language teaching, we not only require students to be able to grasp the literal meaning of vocabulary, but also to know the implicit or additional meaning of vocabulary. Without knowing the cultural connotations of vocabulary, you may not be able to read the text or cause misunderstanding in communication.

l In teaching, the cultural meaning of the words do not have to speak every word, not to mention the ins and outs of the cultural additional meaning of the words to be clear, we should focus on those words that, without explanation, will affect the correct understanding and smooth communication. But we can not overpower the main focus of the cultural knowledge and weaken the training of language skills.