Culture of origin decisively influences not only the speakers' cognitive world, but also the communicative patterns that come into play in face-to-face interactions. One of these patterns is the tendency to solve situations through direct or indirect interactions, which also depends on the degree of familiarity between the interlocutors. The goal of the activities suggested here is to avoid any misunderstandings that may arise in these circumstances and to encourage communicative success. This is why they have been designed to develop all four elements that take part in this interaction: intercultural strategies that the student possesses, variability of the communicative pattern depending on the cultures of origin, formal linguistic resources and nonverbal communication.