EB Week of Oct. 22/24

Culture Shock
Prejudice
Stereotypes
Generalization
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Technical ...... as a Portuguese
Humble ...... as a Spaniard
Cooking
...... like a Brit.
Available ...... as a Belgian.
Controlled ...... as an Italian.
Driving ...... like the French
Organized ...... as a Greek
Sober ...... as the Irish.
Humorous ...... as a German.
Generous ...... as a Dutchman.
Discreet ...... as a Dane.
Famous ...... as a Luxembourger.
Talkative ...... as a Finn.
Flexible ...... as a Swede.
Patient ...... as an Austrian

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/perfect2.jpg (the perfect Brit)

http://www.lgpcards.com/cards/card01.html (how you can tell I am British)
http://www.lgpcards.com/cards/card08.html (politeness, reserved)
http://www.lgpcards.com/cards/card12.html (politeness)
http://www.lgpcards.com/cards/card17.html (awful food)

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html (cia facts about korea)
http://search.korea.net:8080/general/2007_fact_en.pdf (booklet, koreanet)


Look at the adjectives (and think of others that you know): brave, charming, cheerful, dishonest, friendly, generous, hard-working, honest, ignorant, intelligent, irritiable, loud, outgoing, polite, proud, racist, reserved, rude, shy, talkative, violent, welcoming.

a) Which words would you use to describe:
1. Americans 2. Canadians 3. Australians 4.English 5. Japanese, 6. Chinese 7. Indians
b) How would you describe
1. Koreans in general; 2. Seoulites; 3. Koreans of your age; 4. older Koreans; 5. your family; 6. yourself

What aspects of your culture are you proud of?
Are there any aspects of you culture that you are not proud of/ ashamed of?