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Module 1

 

Ex 1. Discuss the following questions related to the text using the expressions from above.

1. What is culture?

2. What cultural phenomena do you know? Can you group them?

3. What do you know about cross-cultural communication?

4. Why is understanding people with different cultural backgrounds so urgent today?

5. What can interpersonal misunderstanding lead to?

6. Can peace be maintained through effective communication?

7. Is it easy to adapt to living in a culture different from your own?

8. Why is cross-cultural awareness important to military diplomats?

9. What are the cultural values of the countries you have visited?

10. How should cultural differences be treated?

11. What qualities are needed to overcome cultural differences?

Ex 4. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following words:

виклики (проблеми)

міжкультурне спілкування (спілкування між представниками різних культур)

справлятися з культурними розбіжностями

пристосовуватися

громадянин світу

глобальне суспільство

неупереджений

судити (про)

успішно

чутливий -

1)       з точки зору іншої людини

уникати

образливий

мати тісний зв’язок

щира зацікавленість

сприяти виникненню непорозуміння

тлумачити цінності

видимі відмінності

Ex 5. Make the following sentences complete.

1. A person who can easily adapt to living in a culture different from his own is a multiculturalist.

2. To be a multicultural person you need to be open-minded, adaptable, sensitive and to be interested in other cultures.

3. Not to be "ethnocentric" you should be open-minded which means not judge one culture as better than another, or believe that the way things are done in your culture is the best or the only way of doing things .

4. Visible differences you have to adapt to living in another culture include food, climate, customs.

5. Being sensitive means being able to see things from the other person’s point of view and being careful to avoid doing different things that people of other culture might find offensive, even if in your culture such things are quite usual.

6. A multicultural person has a genuine interest in people of other cultures, who wants to learn their language, find out about their country and its history, and develop a real understanding of their culture.

Ex 6. Read and analyse the following critical incidents which happened during some training courses abroad. What cultural factors might play a role in these training situations? Use the vocabulary of the Comments to give your arguments. Compare your answers to the Keys after the discussion.

1. In a training session in Dubai, some of the participants in an international group left the room for about 15 minutes outside the normal break times. This happened several times during the day, and the trainer found it irritating.

2. In a training session with the participants from various countries, a participant from South Korea remained silent during the course but went up to the trainer during breaks with questions. The trainer wondered why he didn’t ask questions in the group.

3. At the beginning of a training session, the trainer made it clear that one of the rules was that the participants should not use their mobile phones during the course. She had even allowed long breaks so that, if necessary, they could deal with urgent matters then. One participant consistently ignored the rule and answered calls during the course. The trainer wondered what to do.

4. On a German train-the-trainer course, the trainer was taught that the feedback should be given to the participants directly. This means that you first say what you saw ("I noticed that you were looking at emails on your BlackBerry during the course"), then what effect this had on you ("This made me feel that you were not interested"), and then, what you would like the person to do ("I would ask you to check your emails during the break").

He noticed that in international groups, participants from some cultures reacted negatively to this method.

Ex 7. Speak on the cultural traditions, beliefs, norms and symbols described in the text. Do you agree that the mentioned above critical incidents should have been treated more flexibly and mindfully?

Ex 8. Read the text and identify the cultural layers it describes (artifacts, traditions, beliefs, values, norms, symbols).

Ex 9. Answer the following questions:

1. Which nationalities in Europe usually use a lot of gestures when they speak?

2. Which nationalities in Europe usually use very few gestures when they speak?

3. What is "personal space"?

4. Why does a North European move away from the person he is talking to?

5. What nationalities move closer to the person they are talking to? Why?

6. What nationalities stand a "wrist zone"?

 

TEXT 4

Ex 10. Read the text and identify the cultural layers each extract describes (artifacts, traditions, beliefs, values, norms, symbols). Discuss the peculiarities of the language and tradition of communication in the different countries. Use the vocabulary included into the Commentsto discuss them.

Ex 11. Mark the statements T (true) or F (false) according to the information in the text.

Ex 12. Match the nouns with their definitions

1) banter;

2) attire;

3) emphasis;

4) connotation;

5) commitment;

6) insult;

7) bargaining;

8) prejudice;

9) delicacy;

10) lapse.

Ex 12. Match the verbs on the left with their corresponding definitions on the right.

1) to consume;

2) to reflect;

3) to misconstrue;

4) to embarrass;

5) to appreciate;

6) to maintain;

7) to emphasize;

8) to dispose;

9) to value;

10) to conduct.

Ex 13. Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B and antonyms in column C.

Ex 14. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Use a dictionary.

Ex 15. Give English equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Use a dictionary.

Ex 16. Match the English and Ukrainian equivalents.

Ex 17. Fill in the gaps with the words in the box and complete the sentences.

Ex 18. Discuss the contents of the text using the following bullet-points:

Ex 19. Discuss the phenomenon of culture shock. Share your experience with the group-mates.

Ex 20. Find the appropriate definition:

Ex 21. Work in groups/pairs. You are going to make a list of tips about how to behave when you go out. Write some tips for a foreign visitor to your country. Then give a short talk about social behavior in your country.

Ex 22. Using the information given in the Unit prepare a Power Point slide show on the following topics: