... behavior First, the Vietnamese and the American differ in the ranking of factors affecting their criticizing behaviors To the Vietnamese, the goal of criticizing, the age of the H, and the severity ... in performing the speech act of criticizing, the common criticism topics, and the frequency of the speech act by the Vietnamese and the American The stydy 3.1 Research questions The study was ... criticize them In summary, the investigation in the frequency of criticizing by the Vietnamese and the American reveals the fact that Americans criticize considerably less than the Vietnamese on all topics,...