Direct Eye Contact Cultures vs Averted Eyes Cultures (Communication Skills)
- Musleh Saadi
- Sep 22
- 4 min read
Question 1: In which countries are speakers expected to look at and speak directly to the listener?
Answer:
There are many countries in which speaker is expected to speak and look at directly to the listener. For example, in countries like Russia, France, Spain or U.S speakers out of pride look at directly towards the Listener. We can also expect different examples but we see that these countries are expected to look at and speak directly to the listener because of arrogance or feeling of proud. Their emotions show complete feeling of anger and feeling of racism over another person. They will not speak formally to other person but with some arrogance in their tone and these countries they have ego over another person likewise many other countries they will have another emotions and expressions. Facial expressions in these countries are quiet anger and feeling of arrogance and secondly facial expressions will be mostly straight eye contact eye into eye contact and full of confidence. They will speak straight to the point words. For example, if you say them to open fridge their posture will be that they will go into the fridge and open it and say “Yes” or with conformity that they will say “Ok, I will open it” these are to the point words. Mostly communication will be quiet with good e.q level. Good and effective communication is also the sign of good speaker to listener communication and good understanding in these countries. Moreover, these countries have good way of communicating to other person not like other countries. There are many other examples but we will look at body language which is straight forward and straight obvious to the listener. We shall look at other examples also like understanding that they have good level of understanding within each other. In Russia they speak good Russian language with listener and they have good level of understanding but the body language is sometimes rude sometimes straight forward whilst in Spain the body language will be not rude and while in other countries like in US body language is good and straightforward eye into eye contact with the listener and good communication with listener and chubby communication but body language is straight and eye contact is straight also communication is eye into eye contact also words are clear and concise and understandable. This makes communication with other person effective and easy there. Speaker will not go beyond the understanding or common understanding of person and words will be straight forward and speech will be easy but the communication it will be at fun. Communication also matters with speaker and listener understanding that speech should be delivered clearly to the receiver and good feedback should be received and with straight body language shows effective and good way of communication. Postures will be also sometimes sarcasm and sometimes fun language. All these are postures of good body language and good, healthy and effective communication. This will put an effective end to the conversation and good delivery of speech. Good delivery of speech is necessary and it gives good and way good delivery of speech to a good end.
Q2: In which countries speakers are expected to look with dignity and respect with averted eyes and approaching their subject indirectly?
Answer:
In countries like China, Iran and especially Japan speakers are intended to look with diverted eyes because of the belief that they consider this sign of disrespect according to their changing norms and beliefs. That’s why they approach their subject indirectly and do not deliver with good and effective end of delivery and they put an end to the topic with straight delivery of subject by straight words of diversion and not telling the listener that it’s ok or no but with great diversion of subject and a good delivery of subject through diversion. Countries like china and japan their speaker will not look at and facial expressions will not be straight forward and strict because it will make your new enemies there in China. Any other country like Japan or Iran there will be subject not delivered with good and effective way or effective end of communication and communication will be not effective and good there because of cultural barrier of strictness as a sign of making others down that’s why their people will not be sound of pleasant body language or gestures. Sarcasm is also disallowed in these countries also. So that’s why they will not look straight into the eyes but with averted eyes and not good eye contact also there will be averted eyes and eyes will be bend down whereas UK and also other countries will be with averted eyes. Averted eyes are common in these countries and indirect speech is also common in these countries and not a good or effective delivery of speech is also common in these countries so that’s why speakers are intended to look with averted eyes and also talk indirectly or give an approach to their subject indirectly. Understand this concept that these are averted eyes also indirect speech sometimes formal sometimes informal but diverted speech is also common effect of speech there in China, Japan and these countries. Subverted eyes are also common in China, Japan and body language is given with respect. All respect is shown from speech and also from actions as well. It is expected that all actions should be with respect and dignity out of respect. This is basic trend of talking and giving approach to the subject with good and effective communication. This shows that we have straight delivery of subject to the masses and our content is also respectful what we give which is subverted and bend eyes. This is sign of good and effective communication in China and other countries as well. Not a good way or effective way of communication is so that not straight eye contact is sign of bad and ineffective communication even though it is with respect.
Words will be not concise or straight forward and words will be not with effective delivery and good way of communication and words will be approached indirectly. Communication will be lasted with great effect of not good delivery of speech and subject is not approached directly but sometimes at some occasions communication is also in formal category of speech.
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