1. High Context Communication  Communication that relies more heavily on attention to contextual details and less explicit language to transmit its message.

2. Low Context Communication  Relies on clear, concrete and explicit language. High and Low-Context Cultures Japanese Arab Greek Spanish Italian British French American Scandinavian German German-Swiss Low Context-Cultures

3. Elaborate, Exacting and Succinct Styles of Language Elaborate ----- Exacting ----- Succinct Many Words ----- Only Necessary Words---- Few Words Middle Eastern ----- Caucasian American ----- Asian American African American Native American

4. Definitions  Elaborate Language- Uses many words to convey its message and is very colorful and expressive  Exacting Communication Clear and specific language that state the facts and no more  Succinct Communication- Understated Language that says very little and relies on the listener to understand the unspoken meaning.  Instrumental Communication- Task- Oriented, and focuses on achieving the speaker’s goal.  Affective Communication- Person-oriented, and focuses on building and maintaining good relations between the communicators.