跨文化交际入门_中国大学MOOC(慕课) https://www.icourse163.org/learn/CCNU-1206432811?tid=1473037488#/learn/content?type=detail&id=1259690367&cid=1295204695&contentid=1220704592
Are You High-Contextual or Low-Contextual?
Perhaps by now you are wondering whether you have a high-context or a low-context culture orientation. Here are three situations, provided by Kim and Sharkey (1995),that might help you find it. What would you do if
1. A friend of yours who worked in your department gave a very poor presentation, and then asked you, "How did I do?"
2. Another friend of YOU who works in your office returns from lunch late whenever you are in charge. You have to say something to your friend about this matter. What?
3. You must write a thank-you note to a friend at work who gave you an awful gift at a department holiday party. How do you express your thanks?
1.Which of the following countries uses high-context language?
A.Canada
B.Germany
C.Japan
D.United States
2.Categorization of high-context culture and low-context culture depending on the degree to which meaning comes from the settings or from the words being exchanged.
A.Yes.
B.No.
3.In high-context messages, meaning is not necessarily contained in words.
A.Yes.
B.No.
4.Examples of high-context cultures include Chinese, Italian, Brazil, France, Scandinavian countries, etc.
A.
B.
5.A _____________ communication or message is one in which most of the information is vested in the explicit code.
