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