Cross-cultural communication

Find 4 key manifestations of culture according to Hofstede.

• Celebrities, stereotypes, traditions, history

• Symbols, heroes, rituals and values

• history, ancestors, rituals, values

• Superstitions, cuisine, heroes, traditions

Ethnocentrism is to judge other cultures according to the beliefs, values and traditions of one's own groups

• False

• True

In Europe, this one is accepted as the fastest language.

• Spanish

• German

• Italian

• British

Silence is much more of a tradition in these countries:

• China, Germany, Italy, Africa

• Japan, Rome, China, Italy

• Spain, Russia, Brazil

• Japan, China, Finland

One of the famous key thinkers in cross-cultural communication Richard Lewis identifies 3 types of culture. What are they?

• Linear-active, multi-active, reactive

• High-context, low-context, neutral

• Past-oriented, present-oriented, future-oriented

Which type of communication is considered important for low-context communicators, such as the Germans, Americans, Dutch, Australians etc.?

• Non-verbal

• Verbal

• Written

The Halls said: 'On time(monochronic) cultures are ruled by ...

• the discipline

• the clock

• the objectives

Find representatives of linear-active culture, who tend to be highly organized, task-oriented and do one thing at a time.

• The Germans, Americans, Swiss, Swedes

• The Arabs, Africans, Greeks, Italians

• The Chinese, Japanese, Swiss, Finns

• The Asians, Arabs, Finns, Koreans

Find the alternative of 'Standard English'

• International English

• Widespread English/Common English

• BBC English/sometimes Oxford English

• BBC English/sometimes Cambridge English

Continue the Czech proverb: 'As long as the language lives, the nation is ...

• not dead

• happy

• peaceful