Assignment #3

Culture differences are explicit when it comes to body languages, eye contact and gestures.

The first day I came to U.S, I found boys like to do “give me five” when they meet male friends and hug their amigos, girls don’t walk hand in hand even they are very good friends. However China, boys greet each other just by saying “hi” while girls are more likely to walk hand in hand with their best friends, what shock me the most is that gilrs walking hand in hand are considered as a kind of abnormal behavior.

Take another as an example, Americans have a lot of body languages during their everyday conversations whereas in China, especially girls, shouldn’t have so much body language while they are talking, as so many actions may show that one is not stable enough. He needs to stand straight and still and that will certainly show his respect to the person his talking to. In this way, I can say that Americans pay more attention on nonverbal language than we Chinese do.

But it cannot be deny that similarities still exist, for instance, when we nod head, both Americans and Chinese simply indicate their agreement, on the contrary, in some countries in Africa, nodding means a reply of “No”