Cross-cultural Communication

90C3171

Textbook:

Cleary M.

Talking Culture.

Hebling Languages.

Teaching Objectives

• Cross-cultural Communication is an integrated skill course.

• Students will acquire cross-cultural awareness, an understanding of behavior, beliefs, attitudes, customs and traditions.

Course Structure (1)A comic strip opens each module introducing the new theme and language in a communicative, student-friendly way. Each module is organised in 2 levels allowing students to approach and develop a theme gradually.

Course Structure (2)A double-page spread of exercises revises and checks all new words and language while providing new information and facts. There is a wide range of communicative activities and exercises plus a Language Portfolio project in each section. 

Course Structure (3)Around the world. Around the world focuses on a specific country from the English-speaking world allowing students to discover new cultures and realities while promoting greater intercultural understanding and integration.

Module 1. Geography

1. Look at the map of the United Kingdom on page 4. Which of these countries is not part of the United Kingdom?a. Eire (Republic of Ireland)

b. Northern Ireland

c. England

d. Wales

e. Scotland

Module 1. Geography

2. On the map on page 4 find:

a. a lake in Northern Ireland

b. a mountain in Scotland

c. a river in Eire

d. a mountain range in England

e. a city in Wales

Module 1. Geography

3. Look at the map of the United Kingdom on page 4. In pairs ask and answer questions:

What is the capital of Wales?

Where is the Lake District?

Where is the river Thames?

What is the capital of Scotland?

Module 1. Geography

4. Answer true (T)or false (F) below. Correct the false sentences.

• Galway is the capital of Eire.• The Cambrian Mountains are in Wales.• The Thames is a long river in Nortern Ireland.• Ben Nevis is a mountain in Scotland.• Cork is north of Dublin.• Liverpool is close to Manchester.• Newcastle is close to the border with Wales.

Module 1. Geography

5. The Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom. It is made of three flags. Listen to the descriptions and draw the flags.

6. Saint George, Saint Andrew and Saint Patrick are the patrons saints of three countries. Find out the names of the countries.

Module 1. Geography

7. Look at the UK fact file then complete one for your country.

Name: The United Kingdom

Anthem: God Save the Queen

Capital: London

Largest city: London

Founded: 1801

Population: about 59 mln people

Area: 244,820 (km)2

Module 1. Geography

8. Look at the pictures on pages 8-9. match the photos of Britain’s historic places with their descriptions.

9. Answer the questions.• Who built Stonehenge?• Where is Hadrian’s wall?• Why did Canterbury became a place of pilgrimage?• What is the official name of the Houses of Parliament?• Where was Shakespeare born?• Why did the industrial revolution change the life in Britain?

Module 1. Geography

10. Chose one of the landmarks described on pages 8-9 and find out more about it? Say why you want to visit it? What do you expect?

11. Look at the map on page 4. place the Landmarks on the map.

12. Now test each other. It’s in the north of England, near the border with Scotland. It was built by the Romans. It’s long and it’s made of stones. What is it?

Module 1. Geography

12. Listen to the conversation. • Where does the tour visit? Circle the places on the

map on page 11.• How much does she pay for the tickets?

13. Look at the map on page 11. decode a starting place. In pairs give directions to different landmarks.

14. Plan a tour of your area. Where are you going to visit? Discribe the itinerary.

Module 2. School

1. Talking about you.• Is your school big?• How many students are in your class?• How many students are in your school?

2. Which of these does your school have?

art room canteen computer lad

gym language lab music room

science lab staff room theatre

Module 2. School

3. Read the text about school life in Britain on page 14. In pairs answer the questions.

• What age do children start school in your country?

• What types of schools are there?• When does compulsory education stop?• What tests must students do?

Module 2. School

4. Listen to Bonnie and Jack. Answer the questions. What homework have they got? Tick the subject then again and write what they have to.

Art

English

History

Maths

Music

Science

Module 2. School

5. Answer the questions. When do children start school in Britain?

How many years do they stay at primary school?

How long is compulsory education in Britain?

When do students usually do tests?

What do students do after Key Stage 4?

What is Sixth Form College?

Module 2. School

6. Talk in pairs. • Talk about your favorite and least favorite

subjects.• What are you good/bad at?

7. Read the text about school rules on page 18.

8. Do you know. 5 million young people under 16 have mobile phones. Many of them bring their mobile phones to school every day.

Module 2. School

9. Listen to what Tom says and tick true (T) or false (F).

• Tom thinks mobile phones should be allowed in school.

• Tom’s friend Adam was a bully.• Adam got text messages from a bully.• The bully took photos of Adam on his

phone.• Tom talked to the bully. Adam and Tom

went to their teacher.

Module 2. School

10. Read what Emma says on page 18 and answer the questions.

• Does Emma like her school uniform?• What do girls have to wear at her school?• Why does she hate wearing tights?• Does she think school uniforms are a good

idea? Why?

Module 2. School

11. Read the text about schools in Afganistan. Tick true (T) or false (F).

• Fouzia liked school.• She lives in Kabul.• When her school closed she soon forgot

everything she had learned.• She went to underground school 2 days a week.• She didn’t learn much at the underground school.

Module 3. Food

1. Talking about food. What is your favorite food? What food is typical of your country?

2. Do you know? Britain’s favorite food id Chicken Curry. There are over 8,000 Curry Houses in Britain, including the famous Curry Mile in Manchester which has over 50 Indian restaurants on just one street.

Module 3. Food

3. People in Britain usually eat three meals every day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. They also eat lots of snacks in between. Listen and complete the text with the correct words.

cereal eggs meat potatoes milk ice-cream fish toast sandwich

Module 3. Food

3. Do you know?

Chocolate contains over 300 chemicals, including seratonin, which makes you feel good. That is why you often want a bar of chocolate when you are feeling sad.

Module 3. Food

4. True or false?

A museum in Liverpool is giving chocolate covered insects to visitors! It wants to introduce people to food from other cultures. People eat insects as food in many countries as food in many countries of the world, including Japan, Australia and South America.

Module 3. Food

5. Where do the foods come from?

pasta tea burger

ketchup porridge

6. When you go home look in the food cupboard or fridge. Write down the foods you see. Can you find food from these countries?

China India Italy Scotland USA

Module 3. Food

7. Read the following list of adjectives. Write a food for each adjective.

bland salty

chewy soft

creamy sour

crunchy spicy

hot sweet

Module 3. Food

8. UK or US? Match the British food names with the American equivalent.

1.sweets a. cookies

2. crisps b. French fries

3. biscuits c. zucchini

4. courgettes d. potato chips

5. chips e. candy

Module 3. Food9. The British eat an average of 105 kg of

potatoes every year. That’s 2 kg per person every weel. But potatoes are not originally from Britain. Read these potato facts and answer true (T) or false (F).

• Potatoes originally came from Peru.• Potatoes were popular as soon as explorers brought them

to Europe. • Many people thought potatoes were poisonous.• The government paid farmers to grow potatoes.• Potatoes were only for rich people.• There are 25 varieties of potatoes in the UK.

Module 3. Food

10. What is junk food?

a. food that is packaged and ready to eat

b. fried food

c. food that is high in fat, salt or sugar

11. Read the text about fair-trade chocolate from Ghana on page 32.

Module 4. Sports

1. Talking about you.• Do you do a sport?• How often do you train?• What sports do you like?

2. Read the text about Ball Games on pages 34-35.

3. Listen to the match commentary. • What is the sport?• What is иеру final score?

Module 4. Sports

4. Here are some other facts about the sports described. Write the sport.

• Players usually wear white.• Sticks are different length in different countries.• Sometimes players have to wait for a long time

for their turn to hit the ball.• The Romans introduced this game to England.• Girls play similar but less dangerous version of

this game.

Module 4. Sports

5. Match the sports terms with their definitions.

1. striker 2. coach 3. referee

4. defender 5. dribble 6. bat

a. person who trains a team

b. stick used to hit the ball

c. kick a ball past another player

d. person who scores goals

e. neutral person who decides if play is fair

f. person who stops players from scoring

Module 4. Sports

6. In pairs compare the three sports. See how many similarities and differences you can find.

7. Hurling is the second-fastest team sport in the world. What is the fastest?

a. football

b. hockey

c. rugby

Module 4. Sports

5. Read the text on pages 38-39 Sports in the US. Answer which of these sayings best describes Michael Jordan.

If at first you don’t succeed, try try again.

If at first you don’t succeed, give up.

6. Read the profile of Michael Jordan, then write a profile of your favorite star.

Module 4. Sports

6. Name the sport. Listen and fill in the details. sport:

number in team:

how game is played:

winner:

7. Read the text about the extreme sport in New Zealand. Answer why people like doing extreme sports.

Module 5. Festivals

1. Talking about you. • When do you send cards?• When do you receive cards?• What is the nicest card you have ever received?

2. Multicultural Britain. Britain is a multicultural society and this is reflected in the variety of festivals керфе take place throughout the year. Read the text on pages 44-45.

Module 5. Festivals

3. Listen and answer the questions.• What is the shamrock?• What did saint Patrick use the shamrock for?• What is a leprechaun?• What is it like?• What is the name of the Irish flag?• What do the colors represent?

Module 5. Festivals4. Listen to this description of Diwali and

complete the paragraph on page 45.

5. Which festival? Read the clues and decide the festival.

• There are competitions for costumes and floats.• Irish people celebrate it.• It began in the Caribbean.• It is celebrated during Autumn.• People dress up in green clothing and wigs.

Module 5. Festivals

6. Write about a festival in your country you know.

7. Make a presentation about a festival in a foreign country.

8. Make a Diwali light. You’ll need

a jam jar colored tissue paper and/or foil a tea light sequins glue scissors

9. Think of an unusual gift to help people in need.

Module 5. Festivals

10. Listen to Chtistmas Tree Facts. Find out more about the legend of Santa Claus. Write out the story.

11. Around the world. Read the story about Halloween.

12. Choose one of the American festivals. Find out more about it and write a report for the class.

Module 6. Entertainment

1. Talking about you. What is your favorite …

book………

film………..

song………

painting…...Share and compare in pairs.

Module 6. Entertainment

2.Read the text on page 54 about TV and soap operas. Answer the questions.

• Do you watch soap operas?• Which one/ones?

3. Listen to Tracy from London and answer true (T) or false (F).

• Tracy is an actress in a soap opera.• Tracy studies soap operas at school.• The class discuss the theme of the soap operas.• They watch lots of different soap operas.

Module 6. Entertainment

4.Listen to CD and complete the fact file on Katie Melua.

Name: Katie Melua

Born:

Date of birth:

Places she had lived:

School:

Languages:

Favorite singer:

Module 6. Entertainment

5. Answer the questions. Talk about them in pairs.

• When do you usually watch TV?• How much TV do you watch every day?• What are your favorite programmes?• How many TVs are there in your home?• Who decides what to watch?

Module 6. Entertainment 6.Listen to Andy. Tick the things he says

about musical instruments.• They make you more confident. They make you

shy.• They make you hearing better.• They make your concentration better.• They stop you from talking during class.• They help you listen better during the class.• They stop you from doing things.

Module 6. Entertainment

7. Read the review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on page 59.

8. The Oscars are the biggest film awards in the world. Listen and answer true (T) or false (F).

• The Oscars are the most important awards in the film business.

• They started in 1909.• They were started by a man called Uncle Oscar.• The academy has 36 numbers.• You can only win one Oscar.

Module 6. Entertainment

9. Write a description of а the following sections of a book review.

Author: The person who writes the book.

Characters:

Plot:

Highlights:

Weak bits:

Rating: