unit 6 Cross-Gender Communication 跨文化交际复习指导资料.ppt

Summary Girls’ games occur within a gender culture that emphasizes cooperation, sensitivity toward others, and experience more than outcome. Boys’ games emphasize achievement, both for the team and for the individual members. Differences between Feminine and Masculine Communication Culture Feminine Talk 1.Use talk to build and sustain rapport with others. 2. Share yourself and learn about others through disclosing 3. Use talk to create symmetry or equality between people Masculine Talk 1. Use talk to assert yourself and your ideas. 2. Personal disclosures can make you vulnerable 3. Use talk to establish your status and power 4. Matching experiences with others shows understanding and empathy 5. To support others, express understanding of their feelings. 6. Include others in conversation by asking their opinions and encouraging them to elaborate. 4. Matching experiences is a competitive strategy to command attention. 5. To support others, do something helpful 6. Don’t share the talk stage with others, wrest it from them with communication. Interrupt others to make your own points. 7. Keep the conversation going by asking questions and showing interest in others’ ideas. 8. Be responsive. Let others know you hear and care about what they say. 9. Be tentative so that others feel free to add their ideas. 10. Talking is a human relationship in which details and interesting side comments enhance depth of connection 7. Each person is on her or his own; it’s not your job to help others join in. 8. Use responses to make your own points and to outshine others. 9. Be assertive so others perceive you as confident and in command. 10. Talking is a linear sequence that should convey information and accomplish goals. Four Examples What counts as support? Tricky feedback Expressing care I’d rather do it myself. Differences in Communication styles Men Direct Interrupt more, swear more and argue more Talk to express authority and confidence Value power and competency Offer soluti