- •1. Answer the questions.
- •2. Read the definition of intercultural communication.
- •3. Read the quotations and share your opinions in small groups. What evidence can you present to debate?
- •4. Elicit your background knowledge of the following and answer the questions.
- •1. Skim the text and choose the best title:
- •2. Complete the text with the words from the list.
- •3. Find the key concepts of intercultural communication in the text above to match given definitions.
- •4. Read the text again and discuss the following questions in pairs.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Match the following essential key concepts of intercultural communication to their definitions taken from Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with key concepts of intercultural communication given above.
- •3. Vocabulary extension
- •1. Read the text and explain its main idea.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •Inversion
- •1. Study the following rules
- •Inversion after 'So' and 'Such'
- •Inverted Conditional Forms
- •2. Read the extract and retell it to your partner using inversion where relevant.
- •1. Read the statement and share your opinions in small groups.
- •2. Listen to the recording and take notes to answer the questions.
- •3. Listen again and fill in the gaps with suitable words.
- •1. Read the proverbs about languages and share your opinions in small groups. Support your opinions with any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
- •If you want people to understand you, speak their language. (African proverb)
- •2. Write a brief summary of your discussion about proverbs and present it to the group.
- •Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning
- •2. Read the text again and choose the correct answer.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •1. Chart the history of your English language learning over the years in a piece of paper. Talk about your charted histories taking into account the following:
- •2. Listen to the text and decide whether these sentences are true (t) or false (f)
- •3. Listen again and fill in the gaps with suitable words.
- •5. Answer the following questions comparing and contrasting the facts given in the recording.
- •1. Discuss the following issues in small groups.
- •2. Read the following excerpt and comment on it.
- •Teaching and Learning Intercultural Awareness
- •2. Scan the text and decide whether the following statements are True or False
- •3. Read the text again and answer the questions
- •4. Cover the extracts and look at the headings. Tell your partner what techniques can be used to develop intercultural awareness.
- •1. What are the pros and cons of multiculturalism? Complete the table with your partner. Change your partners and share your ideas.
- •2. Listen to the recording and decide whether the following sentences are true (t)
- •3. Look at the words below. Try to recall the context where the following words are used.
- •4. Listen again and write down some questions you would like to ask the class. Ask the group your questions.
- •5. Express your opinions on the following issues.
- •4. Analyse the answers and create a brief presentation. Present it to the group.
- •Barriers to Effective Intercultural Communication
- •Mixed Conditionals
- •1. Study the following grammar rules
- •2. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the verb.
- •1. Express your opinion on the following.
- •2. Read the text.
- •Intercultural Communicative Competence
- •3. Answer the questions in pairs.
- •1. Skim the text and choose the best title.
- •2. Read the text and match the headings to each paragraph. There is one extra heading.
- •3. Read the text again and decide whether the following statements are True (t)
- •4. Answer the questions.
- •The intercultural dimension' in language teaching
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Explain the difference between the following:
- •1. Work in groups of three or four and express your opinions on the following assumptions and beliefs about culture and intercultural learning.
2. Complete the text with the words from the list.
tolerance mentality competence stereotypes identity mediator setting consciousness conflict culture shock
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3. Find the key concepts of intercultural communication in the text above to match given definitions.
a person's particular way of thinking about things
willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs which are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them
an important skill that is needed to do a job
a feeling of confusion felt by someone visiting a country or place that they do not know
the state of understanding and realising something
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles
4. Read the text again and discuss the following questions in pairs.
Why cannot intercultural communication be achieved only with mastering foreign languages?
What complex tasks does the modern global world put before the specialists?
What does intercultural competence include?
What is the role of the Internet in intercultural dialogues?
Why can cultural conflicts take place at a video-conference?
How can the participants overcome the cultural shock?
Vocabulary
1. Match the following essential key concepts of intercultural communication to their definitions taken from Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary.
communication
enculturation
identity
prejudice
ritual
status
stereotype
taboo
the ongoing process whereby we acquire ‘culture’
forbidden to be used, mentioned, or approached because of social or cultural rather than legal prohibitions.
a simplified and generalised image of a group of people, which is created out of the values, judgements and assumptions
the relative position or standing of somebody or something in a society or other group
a pre-formed opinion, usually an unfavourable one, based on insufficient knowledge, irrational feelings, or inaccurate stereotypes
a process through which meanings are exchanged
the sense we have of ourselves, a person’s social meaning
the system of set procedures and actions of a group.
2. Fill in the gaps with key concepts of intercultural communication given above.
_________________ helps an individual to survive and better fit into the culture he finds himself surrounded.
Our society often creates ____________ which often lead to unfair ____________ and persecution.
Person’s nationality, gender, location, age, history and religious beliefs are put together to form a cultural ___________.
It is important that teachers not automatically blame the student when a variety of cross cultural _____________ problems arise.
Certain behaviours are considered __________, meaning a culture absolutely forbids them.
As the daughter of the president, she enjoys high ____________ among her peers.