crossculturaldirections.com https://crossculturaldirections.com Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:43:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 https://crossculturaldirections.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-Favicon-New-Version-1-32x32.png crossculturaldirections.com https://crossculturaldirections.com 32 32 Hey Stranger, what’s your story ? https://crossculturaldirections.com/en/hey-stranger-whats-your-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hey-stranger-whats-your-story Wed, 10 Nov 2021 20:30:53 +0000 https://crossculturaldirections.com/?p=4285 Returning home to the States for visits after years of living abroad always makes me acutely aware of certain cultural differences. They often bring a knowing smile to my lips. Getting to know Americans can be so easy On a recent trip I was staying in a hotel and decided to use the hotel gym. […]

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]]> What Is Politeness ? https://crossculturaldirections.com/en/politeness-is-cultural/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=politeness-is-cultural Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:45:00 +0000 https://crossculturaldirections.com/?p=4271 For many years, I ran a study abroad program for American students in France, where I helped students navigate some cultural differences.  “Why wouldn’t the saleswoman sell me the shoes?” One day, a student named Claire shared the following experience, which took place in a Parisian shop: without saying hello, Claire walked into a shoe […]

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]]> Want to have coffee ? https://crossculturaldirections.com/en/build-a-friendly-relationship-can-be-different-from-one-country-to-another/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=build-a-friendly-relationship-can-be-different-from-one-country-to-another Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:25:28 +0000 https://crossculturaldirections.com/?p=4258 When I moved to France as an adult, I already spoke the language rather well, having studied abroad in Paris and Avignon on earlier occasions.  However, being well-versed in the language was no guarantee that I understood all French ways.  A friendly and pleasant dinner… One evening early on in what was meant to be […]

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]]> What’s in a Look ? https://crossculturaldirections.com/en/whats-in-a-look/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-in-a-look Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:52:38 +0000 https://crossculturaldirections.com/?p=1597 I went to the US for the first time in the mid 1990s not to visit but to live there. I had been accepted in a Master Program and granted a Teaching Assistanship in a University in Pensylvania. Back then, what I knew of American culture, I had learned through movies, TV series and fiction.  […]

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]]> What Is Culture Shock ? https://crossculturaldirections.com/en/what-are-the-stages-of-culture-shock/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-the-stages-of-culture-shock Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:15:58 +0000 https://crossculturaldirections.com/?p=4228 With globalization people are more mobile. However, moving to another country, being confronted with different behaviors, and sometimes living in another language are not simple to manage, far from it. Studying or working in a foreign culture where expectations and methods do not necessarily correspond with what we are used to requires a period of […]

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