Understanding  Mixed-Gender Communication.  Your text discusses observed differences in communication between males and females.

a).  The sociolinguistic, Deborah Tannen, discusses a ‘clash of two cultures’ in reference to gender differences in communication.  Specifically, your own words what languages are men and women socialized or “taught” to learn as they are growing up?

b). According to Tannen, how do males and females each approach conversation? your own words