Continued Description:
Cross-Cultural Dialogues is a collection of brief conversations (4-8 line) between an American and someone from another country and culture. Short as each dialogue is, it has buried within it at least one, and usually serveral breaches of cultural norms which the reader is challenged to figure out. And a challenge it is: the exchanges are so brief and innocuos that even the wariestamoung us are sandbagged by the dialogue's hidden subleties.
Ten cultures are represented by the non- Americans in the dialogues: Arab/ Middle Eastern, British, Chinese, French, German< hispanic, Indian, Japanese, Mediterranean/ European and Russian, and the dialogues are grouped according to the setting in which they occur: Social, workplace, and business.
Whether you're a learner, trainer, educator or an armchair interculturalist, you'll enjoy solving these cultural riddle- and increase your cultural awareness in the bargain..