Course Overview

Culture Bites: Giving and Receiving Feedback is a practical audio-based minicourse designed to help you navigate feedback styles in multicultural workplaces. In some cultures, direct feedback is valued for its clarity, while in others, a more indirect approach is preferred to maintain harmony. Misunderstanding these differences can lead to confusion, frustration, and missed opportunities for growth. This course explores how feedback is given across cultures and provides actionable strategies to adapt your approach, ensuring clarity, respect, and collaboration. This course is part of Talaera's Culture Bites, a collection of short, podcast-style lessons (5–10 minutes each) that help you communicate effectively in international and culturally diverse environments. Each course in this audio series focuses on real-world topics like managing silence in conversations, handling humor across cultures, and navigating different communication styles. With this course, you'll learn how to tailor your feedback style to different audiences and foster stronger professional relationships. Perfect for advanced and native English speakers.

Learning Objectives:

By completing this course, you will learn how to:

• Identify cultural differences in giving and receiving feedback
• Apply strategies to adjust feedback based on cultural context
• Use language softeners or direct phrasing to match communication styles
• Structure feedback to ensure clarity, respect, and actionable takeaways"

Target Audience

Anyone with Advanced English (B2-C2) and native English speakers