FACE!

Based on my understanding of the concept of face on Stella Ting-Toomey, the face being talked about here is not the literal face but the entire self of a person. Face Negotiation is a guide or process on how people will react on a certain context or cultures.


I agree that different cultures have different strategies for conflict management because different countries have different cultures. Language is also a powerful tool in terms of conflict management which varies in different countries.


I think on the conflict-management styles we presented, in different contexts, I am   Dominating and Compromising. 


Dominating. I'm being like this when I know that I am right even though someone insists that he/she is right. For example, me and my sister are watching a TV Show. I know the story of the show because I'm watching it since its first day and my sister did not. She tells me something that is not right about the story of the show, I'm telling her the real thing but she still insists but still, I stand on what I believe is true.


Compromising. I'm being like this when teachers and professors ask us group works. Even if I'm a leader or not, I'll give my idea and also take other's ideas. Example is when a meeting in our school publication, one editor asked me about what do we want to improve in our 2nd broadsheet so I told her my ideas then she explained her ideas too incorporated with mine and I accepted it.


I often use Preventive Facework. It means that protecting another person for he/she would not be hurt or disturbed. I always do this since High School up to now, when I ask a favor to a person, I ask first if he/she is busy then whether she says yes or no, I'll say I'm sorry but I need to ask you a simple favor.


That's how I understand the theory.