High-context and Low-context cultures

 

High-context cultures:

• Japanese
• Arab
• Latin American
• Spanish
• English

AND
Low-context cultures:

• Italian
  


• French
  


• North American
  


• Scandinavian


• German


• Swiss

Remember: low-context cultures are often;

open

straightforward

and emphasize their words

While high-context cultures are often;

formal

patient

and not very literal