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I Introduction In recent years, the growth of traveling in America for business, study and pleasure, the expansion of international trade and the migration of people seeking work in multinational companies have naturally led to a great increase in contact across national borders. Due to cultural diversity and dissimilar background knowledge, the same message may be interpreted differently by different individuals. To avoid miscommunications and gain a deeper insight, it is necessary for us to have some knowledge about the American communication style. As we know, most Americans tend to communicate in a direct way for it transmits clear and direct-to-point information without ambiguity and with high efficiency. This thesis will enrich the study of communication and culture of American, help English learners understand the American communication styles, and improve their communication competence. II Literature Review To understand communication, one must look at the meaning, context, and the word themselves all together. I have observed that meaning and context are inextricably bound up with each other(Ibid) (Hall 1976). So in the following, I will check the nature and the relationship among culture, context and communication. In Bovillians view(1997), culture is the medium evolved by humans to survive.Communication culture refers to those verbal and nonverbal factors that have immediate effect on the accurate message transmission or cause deviation and misunderstanding. It includes the social customs, behavioral rules, and established norms.(Gao Ting-Toomey,1998) Communication is a process by which information and ideas are conveyed between two individuals. According to Samovar, Porter and Stefani(2000), communication is not devoid of external influence: all human interaction is influenced to some degree by the social, physical and cultural settings in which it occurs. This is known as the communication context. Context is the whole situation, background, or envi