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Communication styles. German. American. Objective?. e.g. "I have a grandmother in Germany!". Deep talk Serious discussion. Small-talk. Objective :. Objective :. Building up relationship , finding commonalities. Kennen lernen "Tiefe" Sachlichkeit. "Testing the waters". - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Americans don't contradict.If they don't agree they are just quietor say something like: "That's interesting!"
Communication styles
German American
Small-talk
Objective:
Objective?Objective?
Building up relationship, finding commonalities
"Testing the waters"
Friendliness
Wavelength
Deep talkSerious discussion
Objective:
Kennenlernen"Tiefe"Sachlichkeit
Different opinions are also ok
e.g. "I have a grandmother in Germany!"
Stereotypes "Americans aresuperficial"
"Germans are too serious, demanding, arrogant!"
