1.Do you think you can always talk about anything you know and in any manner you prefer? 2.After years of leaming English,do you still have any difficulty talking with English-speaking people? Class hours:Week 11 of2 lessons Teaching content Cultural attitudes toward verbal communication First quarter Attitude toward verbal communication Misunderstandings between people with different attitudes toward verba behavior Second quarter Cases for discussion Westem attitudes towards verbal communication:American chocolate bean product camp selling slogan:"Only soluble in the mouth,not soluble in the hand." Thinking questions: 1.Why do people in the United States tend to be more direct and explicit in cross-cultural business communication than people of East Asian countries? 2.What misunderstanding may arise in cross-cultural business communication between people with different attitudes towards verbal behavior? 3.What is Chinese thinking habit when we are talking? Lesson 11 Class hours:Week 11 of2 lessons Teaching content Cross-cultural business communication is culturally relative First quarter The impact of Confucianism on cross-cultural business communication Types of cross-cultural business communication Second quarte 10 1. Do you think you can always talk about anything you know and in any manner you prefer? 2. After years of learning English, do you still have any difficulty talking with English-speaking people? Lesson 11 Class hours: Week 11 of 2 lessons Teaching content Cultural attitudes toward verbal communication First quarter Attitude toward verbal communication Misunderstandings between people with different attitudes toward verbal behavior Second quarter Cases for discussion Western attitudes towards verbal communication: American chocolate bean product camp selling slogan: "Only soluble in the mouth, not soluble in the hand." Thinking questions: 1. Why do people in the United States tend to be more direct and explicit in cross-cultural business communication than people of East Asian countries? 2. What misunderstanding may arise in cross-cultural business communication between people with different attitudes towards verbal behavior? 3. What is Chinese thinking habit when we are talking? Lesson 11 Class hours: Week 11 of 2 lessons Teaching content Cross-cultural business communication is culturally relative First quarter The impact of Confucianism on cross-cultural business communication Types of cross-cultural business communication Second quarter