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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

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

• Spanish

• German

• Italian

• British

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Silence is much more of a tradition in these countries:

• China, Germany, Italy, Africa

• Japan, Rome, China, Italy

• Spain, Russia, Brazil

• Japan, China, Finland

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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

• the discipline

• the clock

• the objectives

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3