48734 Teaching Methodology in Higher Education Вопросы методики преподавания в вузе 2227-8591 27 Specific features of communicating with strangers in English and Russian communicative cultures Специфика общения с незнакомыми людьми в английской и русской коммуникативных культурах Ivanova Ekaterina A. Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University 30 12 2013 2 16 205 211

This article aims to look into the differences in verbal and non-verbal communication with strangers in English and Russian communicative cultures. It covers such aspects as addressing people, greetings, farewell, expressing gratitude and apology, giving advice, personal distance and smile. Understanding specific features of another nation‘s communicative behaviour will help to avoid difficulties and conflicts in cross-cultural communication.

 communicative behaviour verbal communication non-verbal communication communicative culture communicative situation politeness foreign language communicative competence intercultural communication