为了丰富全校大学英语的课堂教学，提升我校学生的跨文化交际素养，外语学院将为全校学生举行第二期西方文化类系列讲座，共十场，讲座涉及英语国家的社会文化、风俗习惯等方面，希望借此能够拓展学生的国际视野，提高学生的跨文化交际能力，激励学生的英语学习。为方便广大同学，本系列讲座安排在南湖、首义两校区的不同时间分别进行，欢迎同学们踊跃参加。本次讲座信息如下：

讲座人：外教Mrs. Linda Sutter

南湖校区时间：2015年10月15日, 晚上18:40 - 20:00

南湖校区地点：文澜楼107教室

首义校区时间：2015年11月12日, 晚上18:40 - 20:00

首义校区地点：文润楼201教室 

 外国语学院

2015年10月12日

附1：摘要    

Abstract: This talk is about traditions and how we define cultures ourselves by them. The speaker will talk about different traditions from different countries, showing the similarities and the differences, and will also talk about how important traditions are and then ask the question: is it possible to live without traditions? We cannot survive as a culture without the honored traditions of our ancestry and cultural history. However, some cultures have lost many traditions and are suffering today because of it.

附2：讲座人简介

Biographical information: Mrs. Linda Sutter was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and grew up there. She went to the Natal University Teacher's Training College in Pietermaritzburg and graduated with two diplomas in education. She has taught students in South Africa and in America, and now she is teaching here in China! She married an American in 1994 and became a citizen of the USA in August of 2000.