Culture is how we communicate, our beliefs, backgrounds. It is who we are, we live in a world with lot of countries, and the people from those countries have their own values and beliefs. In order that a communication between different culture succeed, it is necessary to have knowledge of the person you are about to communicate with. The knowledge of others cultures helps us to understand people from different countries.
Culture differences can lead to miscommunications and conflicts that at the same time become stereotypes. These stereotypes are the ideas, concepts and image that people have from a certain group of individuals. Stereotypes may be wrong or accurate. For example most of the people think that all Chinese know Kung Fu, and there …show more content…
People from North America and western European are very moderate in how do they use their body language and adjust their tone of voice when they talk to others, also their keep a personal space. People from Latin-American culture are quite expressive, they use their hand a lot when talking. They touch each other in a conversation and do not have sense of personal space. I am Cuban, but my mother is from Russia. When I travel for first time to Moscow and I met my cousin the first thing that I did was give him a hug, as it is a custom in my country. I noticed that the reaction of my cousin was a little weird. Then I knew that in those countries people keep a personal …show more content…
It is very important that people have knowledge and understanding of how individuals from different parts of the world communicate, so they are able to interpret the kind of not verbal communication from others cultures. Although, many cultures seem extremist and extremely rare, we must understand and be flexible during a communication. When a Japanese salute, they usually bow, so if a foreign person travel to japan he should learn the bowing costume to show respect for that culture. In the same way a Japanese should not be offended if a person from other country do not reciprocate the bowing
Culture differences can lead to miscommunications and conflicts that at the same time become stereotypes. These stereotypes are the ideas, concepts and image that people have from a certain group of individuals. Stereotypes may be wrong or accurate. For example most of the people think that all Chinese know Kung Fu, and there …show more content…
People from North America and western European are very moderate in how do they use their body language and adjust their tone of voice when they talk to others, also their keep a personal space. People from Latin-American culture are quite expressive, they use their hand a lot when talking. They touch each other in a conversation and do not have sense of personal space. I am Cuban, but my mother is from Russia. When I travel for first time to Moscow and I met my cousin the first thing that I did was give him a hug, as it is a custom in my country. I noticed that the reaction of my cousin was a little weird. Then I knew that in those countries people keep a personal …show more content…
It is very important that people have knowledge and understanding of how individuals from different parts of the world communicate, so they are able to interpret the kind of not verbal communication from others cultures. Although, many cultures seem extremist and extremely rare, we must understand and be flexible during a communication. When a Japanese salute, they usually bow, so if a foreign person travel to japan he should learn the bowing costume to show respect for that culture. In the same way a Japanese should not be offended if a person from other country do not reciprocate the bowing