Cross_Cultural_Communication

Cross Cultural Communication Cross-Cultural Communication Dr. Deborah Tannen is a social linguist, who teaches at the University of Georgetown in Washington D.C. Tannen was raised in New York with two sisters, Naomi and Miriam. Tannen's father, Eli Tannen, emigrated from Poland at the age of twelve and her mother, Dorothy, is from Russia. Tannen grew up during the depression and her parents struggled at making ends meet; however, her parents always made sure that the girls did not go without. Tannen was a sensitive and shy little girl, who learned how to distinguish when someone was mad or happy through facial expressions and human behavior because she suffered a partial hearing loss at the age of seven, which she now wears hearing aids. Tannen admires her father for the lessons and values he taught her and her sisters, while growing up. Tannen's father taught them that the most important things in life besides possessions was books and ideas. He also highly encouraged them to have positive attitudes and to be considerate of others. Tannen describes her childhood as one of the best learning experiences in her life because of her parents. Tannen and her sisters tannen, dr, tannens, because, world, men, life, women, marriage, husband, communication, cross-cultural, woman, understand, suggestion, first, explains, relationships, parents, now, man, just, dinner, different, cultural, books, am, age, wanted, university, understanding, therefore, superior, sisters, school