Richard Lewis's 'When Cultures Collide'

Not every reaction can be forecasted British linguist Richard Lewis is a world traveler who speaks ten languages. He had been to many different types of countries and decided he was qualified to plot the world’s cultures on a chart. According to his popular book “When Cultures Collide”, which has sold more than one million copies since it was first published in 1996, he claimed countries can be classified into three categories: Linear-actives, Multi-actives and Reactives.
Linear-actives describe people who are dedicated. They usually do one thing at a time. When they put attention on one thing, they seldom have more attention on other things. Even there is an important thing waiting for them. They are usually polite and direct. Germans and

Cultural connection and cultural conflict have become more and more normal. Every culture in the world has received more or less influence from other cultures. Pure culture does not exist at present. Richard Lewis claimed that There exist clear trends, sequences and traditions, Reactions of Americans, Europeans, and Asians alike can be forecasted (2013). For example, a boy is a person of mixed blood. His mom is a British and his dad is a Chinese. Should this boy belong to Multi-actives group or Reactives group? It is not accurate that classify the boy belong to Multi-actives or Reactives simply. If the boy lives in China, he will be effected by more Chinese cultural edification, less British cultural. He would love listening most of time rather than talking. He talks, speaks, thinks like a Chinese mostly. Sometimes he thinks, talks like a British because he came back to British for summer vacation. So he does not belong to Multi-actives or Reactives. Sometimes his characters and behaviors are not in both of groups. Some guys love to watch foreign films and TV shows. These guys may automatically imitate their ways of talking, thinking, body language, life habit. This phenomenon came into conflict with Lewis’