Cross Culture Understanding (CCU)

"Verbal Patterns" Hello welcome back to my blog... In this blog I want share about verbal patterns What is verbal patterns? By definition, verbal communication includes not only oral discussions and conversations, but also written messages and even mediated communication which references communication utilizing information communication technology instead of face-to-face verbal communication. Misscommunication  can cause inter conflict  followers of different cultures. Error  communication can occur verbally  and non-verbal. Intercultural communication within  a society is very important so no occurrence of incorrect delivery  information between members in a  Public. The purpose of communication  intercultural is to synchronize and unite the whole  aspects for mutual interest in  reach the goal of society in  in one island area. However deep  interact communication error occurs  which can lead to wrong...

"Handshaking" Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. How are you yesterday and today? I hope you guys always healthy. So today I want to share about how to shake hands in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, which is my hometown.  Each region has a different way of shaking hands, for example in Korea they bow when meet people, different from Australia, where a woman usually offers a handshake first to a man. Usually, women do not shake hands with other women. I have experienced shaking hands with Flores people. Flores (Indonesian: Pulau Flores) is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. The name Flores is derived from the Portuguese for "flowers". Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo islands and west of Lembata island and the Alor Archipelago. At that time I went to my hometown and met my brothers, I thought shaking hands was a normal thing to do but they did a tradition of greeting the nose. Na...