Developing intercultural communicative skills

Handout 3

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When people are invited to a party they often take a bottle of wine or even bottles of beer
When invited to a dinner party, people usually arrive within fifteen minutes of the appointed time
At an informal party people don’t want to be introduced. They introduce themselves
When people are being introduced they try to make direct eye contact with the other person
After a formal introduction, people often use their titles until they are invited to use first names
People shake hands when they meet other people for the first time, but not every time they see them after that
Men and woman friends may kiss each other on the cheek if they see each other after a long time, but not every time thet see them after that.
People often try to start a conversation with someone, they don’t know by making a comment about the weather.
People may try to start a conversation by complimenting the other person.
During the “farewell” stage of conversation, people will often move away from each other little by little and decrease eye contact.