This figure first of all it shows us what happens if two people from different cultures and countries have a meeting for a reason, (such as negotiations or friendship), which in these days is something very common due to the fact that the world is everyday more and more globalized.
As soon as this two people start to communicate the first thing they will perceive is a cultural difference. “Perceived cultural differences underscores diversity in features illustrated by differences in world view, values, thought process, customs, appearance, expectations, communication style…” (Dodd, 1998: 5).
What PCD tries to say is that people with different cultures do not normally share systems, patterns or structures, so it creates a feeling of “Uncertainty …show more content…
Your own Personal Action Plan
When going abroad try not to mix with people from your own country (This is very typical from Spaniards or French) and try to mix with people from other sides of the world, with different cultures and languages so you can improve or learn other languages. At this moment the culture C mentioned above will be created and can be much better than the individual ones.
For this you need to be friendly and sociable person, with an open-mind, and an outgoing personality. The most open you are, the easier will be. If you don’t share empathy people will not friendly to you. It is not nice to be with people looking sad, angry or irritated.
Try to be one of the people that start conversations and not the ones that are in silent and wait for someone to ask something to talk. Also be patient, and conscious that if something about you (like can be for Italians too much body language) upset or is not liked by others, try to change it to make everyone confortable. This is why also it is important to be a good observer. Finally be adaptive, and try to understand or other’s …show more content…
For example two different people with different culture have a friendship relationship, and so one of them if he/she has to do something for the other, will do it without expecting something on exchange. But the other if he/she has to do an effort for something expects that the other person will reward him. So we need to understand relationships and interpret the behaviour of people. For this we need to be very patient, calm, not anxious and able to observe others: An intercultural relationship surely enriches people, so try to make the best of this encounters and with time you will get to know and understand other
As soon as this two people start to communicate the first thing they will perceive is a cultural difference. “Perceived cultural differences underscores diversity in features illustrated by differences in world view, values, thought process, customs, appearance, expectations, communication style…” (Dodd, 1998: 5).
What PCD tries to say is that people with different cultures do not normally share systems, patterns or structures, so it creates a feeling of “Uncertainty …show more content…
Your own Personal Action Plan
When going abroad try not to mix with people from your own country (This is very typical from Spaniards or French) and try to mix with people from other sides of the world, with different cultures and languages so you can improve or learn other languages. At this moment the culture C mentioned above will be created and can be much better than the individual ones.
For this you need to be friendly and sociable person, with an open-mind, and an outgoing personality. The most open you are, the easier will be. If you don’t share empathy people will not friendly to you. It is not nice to be with people looking sad, angry or irritated.
Try to be one of the people that start conversations and not the ones that are in silent and wait for someone to ask something to talk. Also be patient, and conscious that if something about you (like can be for Italians too much body language) upset or is not liked by others, try to change it to make everyone confortable. This is why also it is important to be a good observer. Finally be adaptive, and try to understand or other’s …show more content…
For example two different people with different culture have a friendship relationship, and so one of them if he/she has to do something for the other, will do it without expecting something on exchange. But the other if he/she has to do an effort for something expects that the other person will reward him. So we need to understand relationships and interpret the behaviour of people. For this we need to be very patient, calm, not anxious and able to observe others: An intercultural relationship surely enriches people, so try to make the best of this encounters and with time you will get to know and understand other