CROSS-CUTURAL COMMUNICATION

THANKING Difference & Example

America: Thank you is almost an Vietnam: Don't need for it
VIETNAM & AMERICA American culture. The word Americans often say thank you
CONTENT "thank you" is used by Americans from the smallest thinngs, while
very normally, as a matter od fact, the Vietnamese people often say
 Purpose and they say thankyou i thanks or thank you for the big
 Difference & allcoversations i life => they are things.
ready to say thank you whether ex: A: eh, Do you want to drink it?
Example seriously or not. B: Yes, I do
 Object & Attitude ex: A: Good mornning, how are
you today?
 The difference of “writen” and B: I'm good, "thank you".
“spoken” The difference of “writen” and “spoken”
 Sample “thannking” Americans have always had the habit of Vietnamese people rarely say
Purpose thanking others. The "thank you" you
are taught from an early age is taken for
thank you and almost never
write thank you letters. You
We receive a gift or a help from someone. There are many people who
granted. When someone does can see that Vietnamese
do not have the habit of saying thank you. Saying thank you as a habit
something for me, or gives or gives people rarely have this habit.
and you yourself do not know that it is a gift that has great meaning in
something... people often call to thank So you may find this
daily life. Thank you also shows cultural behavior, this is polite
them, or more formally, write a few sometimes impolite.
behavior in social relations, in relation to the community. Have a sense
lines of "thank you" to send and express
of self-worth, respect for others, and appreciate the help of others. This
their gratitude. Formally, buy a "Thank
is a manifestation of a cultured and self-respecting lifestyle.
You card", a small card, write a few
Object & Attitude. lines to send, intimate can write in a
 In Vietnam:  In the US: note card and put it in an envelope and
_ People still know how to say _ Like a word of mouth and use it send it.
thank you, but it's really not much. anytime, anywhere. Sample “thanking”
_ We even think a bit "thrifty" and _ when given birthday gifts.
I really appreciate it!  Tôi thực sự cảm kích điều này.
shy away from those sayings. _ Each other for help.
There are no words to show my Tôi xin chân thành cảm ơn.
_ They're not really comfortable _ When sharing, confiding joys
appreciation!  Cảm ơn rất nhiều.
expressing those thanks. and sorrows.
Thanks to you! Tôi phải cảm ơn bạn như thế nào
_ When they share a piece of rice
Sincerely thanks đây?
and clothes
…. ….
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