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CROSS CULTURAL CONVERSATION
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contentCross-Cultural ImplicationsConversation Structures “Ping-Pong” and “Bowling” Conversation
StylesEthnocentric Judgments
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Cross-Cultural Implications Americans may judge members of cultural
groups that value indirectness
-Hesitating-not “getting to the point”- “beating around the bush”-> not being assertive enough
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A large percentage of the world’s cultures value indirectness
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Americans may need to:- modifying their communication style- Maintaining harmony ( “saving face” – “lose
face” )- not be too direct when :
+ giving criticism+ making requests+ expressing needs and opinions
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The greeting and the opening
The discussion of a topic
The closing
and farewell
Each part of the conversation
Conversation Structures
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GREETING
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GREETING
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DISCUSSION
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CLOSING
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“Ping-Pong” “ Bowling” Conversation Styles
“Ping-Pong” Conversation Styles American’s conversation style <=>a Ping-Pong game.
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One person has the ball and then hits it to the other side of the table.
What is it like?The other player hits
the ball back and the game continues. If one person
doesn’t return the ball, then the conversation stops.
VIDEO1
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if one person doesn’t say enough or ask enough questions to keep the conversation moving, the conversation stops.
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North Americans: impatient with culturally different conversation styles
If either person talks too much, the other feel that the other monopolizes the conversation.
VIDEO 2
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North American women:-listening politely-without interrupting
More passive in conversation
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“ Bowling” Conversation Styles
Japanese’s conversation Styles bowling
each participant waits politely for a turn and speak when the time is right
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One’s turn depends on status, age, and the relationship to the other person.
“Video”
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Japanese conversation
long silences are tolerated
American conversation
even two or three seconds of silence (uncomfortable) =“pulling teeth”
Be difficult to communicate between people use the ping-pong style of communication and bowling one
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To the American, Japanese speaker:
passive and uninterested in the conversation
To the Japanese: the American is
pushy and overly inquisitive, more
passive.
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Ethnocentric Judgments Definition: judging another culture by the beliefs in your own
culture. believing your culture is the best.
There may be a gap between the speaker and listener
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It is possible that the way they speak reflects a cultural
style
. Your success in developing cross-cultural rapport is directly related
to your ability to understand others’
culturally influenced communication styles
Your ways seem as “mysterious” to others as their ways seem to you
It is often valuable to talk about cultural differences in communication styles before
they result in serious misunderstandings
Mysterious ways
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There are some ways to avoid ethnocentric
recognizing differences avoid assumption and do not pre-judge learn about other cultures.
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