Slide 1: When people communicate with each other, they exhibit a style that is strongly influenced by their culture.

Some ideas Americans have about some other nationalities: Pushy Greeks, Shy Taiwanese, Opinionted Germans, emotional mexicans, Italiant, Brazilian. Communicative style refers to serveral characteristics of conversations between individuals: Slide 2: No notes just read Slide 3: - The most common smalltalk is weather, then what the speakers do (what job they have), current physical sourroundings: room, building they are in or past experience they both have: watching the same TV prog, movie, eating at particular restaurant. - Vary according to the life situation: students ask about teachers, subject. Adult may discuss about job. - Because politics and religion are so sensitive and thought to be controversial. Here is about the communicative style in interpersonal situations, in public meeting, they are open to discuss about politics. - Shouldnt ask about financial. It seem contradictory because material wealth is so highly valued by many American Slide 4 Repartee: No one speaks for very long. They will take turn frequently. Watchinga conservation between two american like watching a table tennis game. American people tent to be impatient with people who take long turms. Engage in Ritual interaction: How are you, I am fine thank you, nice to meet you. Hope to see you again. In many Americans opinion. People who rely heavily on ritual interchanges are too shy or too polite, unwiling to reveal their true nature and ideas????? Tend to Avoid Argument: Because it might result in the termination of their relationship. Rather than argue, they prefer to find areas of agreement, change topic or even move away from ther person they have been talking to. Not suprisingly, the person who like argue is to be labeled pushy, aggressive and opinionated. If an argument is avoidable, Amercans belive that it should be conducted in calm, moderate tones and with a minimum of gesturing. Self-disclosure: Tend to discuss personal matters when they find themselves in a private setting rather than in public situations. Women tend to disclose more about themselves to other women than they do to men.

Slide 5 - People from some cultures are looking for close, interdependent relationships, they value commitment to other people while Ameicans are inability to become closely invilved with other people. - Compartmentalized friendships is accepted as natural and positive. Ex, go-out-to-dinner friends, exercise friends and friend with whom they can ask advice. - American has been brought up to see the ideal person as independent and self-reliant. Slide 6 - Verbal Communication: American depend more on spoken words than on non-verbal behavior. They think It is important to be able to speak up and say whats on your mind. They admire people who has a moderately large vocabulary and who can express him - Appearance: with respect to appearance and dress, hairstyle, cosmestic, jewerly generalizations about americans are scarcely possible. - Body movements: Rapid pace snd hold chest forward and swings the arms vigorously. - American generally permit more emotion to show on their faces than many Asians typicaly do but less than Latin Amercans. - American are trained to distrusst people who do not look them in the eay when speaking to them. But the fact is that Americans themselves do not gaze continually into the eyes of people unless they share romantic relationship. They make eye contact when they begin to speak and then look away. - Space and touching: conversation distance. Tend to stand close with Japanes because they often stand too far but stand further with Arab because they often try to get too close. - American are quite uncomfortable with periods of silence in a conversation and a silence of ten or 15 seconds will make many American nervous. Slide 7, 8: No note.