Entry 7 My Group Presentation

The country that my group presented was on Japan. Japanese’s believe that actions speak louder than words. They tend to use fewer words when speaking but more action this is because they are more nonverbal communicators than verbal.  The Japanese believe in harmony in so doing they rely on tone of voice, facial expression and posture to interpret ones feelings.  They believe when speaking only positive words should be spoken on the flip side if they don’t not like or don’t agree they won’t embarrass a person instead they uses the term “it will be difficult.” Majority of the times Japanese will indicate with a nod that they are listening the never agree or disagree. To communicate with a Japanese one will need to be a good observer of body language. Eye contact is considered disrespectful especially to elderly however looking at someone neck or tie is preferred. The Turkish or Monogolian is the language that is spoken and in so doing Japanese do speak very slowly when conveying a message.             

The Japan culture for me was slightly strange in that how they can encode and decode messages by observation. However, I did learn that sometimes is good to not speak and listen to what is being channel, observe facial expression and body movements it just might help you to believe or understand what is being said. I have taken the Japanese style of observing one’s movement while interacting especially in arguments to sit and observed while formulating how best I can respond with fewer words and send a message that will be understood.