Category Archives: Comparing Culture

9 Tips on How to better communicate with Americans

Originally posted on Southeast Schnitzel:
When first-time expatriates arrive in the United States they are often underprepared for the North American way of communicating. This is especially true for Central Europeans who tend to assume that i) they learned enough about American communication patterns via literature and media consumption, and/or ii) communication styles are very similar…

What Americans notice about Germans…(part 4 of 4)

Here is the final segment of what Americans notice about Germans, which was first published in die Zeit in 2002: Was Amerikanern an Deutschen auffällt, oder Fünfzig Wege die Amerikaner gewinnen den Deutschen Aufmerksamkeit (50 ways the Americans attract Germans attention).

Impromptu Interview with Taita | Yaffaweya

This is just too neat to not share. I went to college with this amazing woman (the blogger) and knew her through the local university government. She is intelligent, worldly and very down to earth… you should read her blog, not just this post. Impromptu Interview with Taita | Yaffaweya.