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в 10 класі

на тему : “How Different the World is…”

вчителя Ткачук Тетяни Анатоліївни

2010-2011 н.р.
 How Different the World is…
Objectives: teaching language culture, impromptu monological speaking;
developing listening skills of students; teaching students to respect the language, culture,
customs and traditions of different cultures of the world, understand people of other
cultures, be attentive to social behaviour, speech etiquette.
Equipment: props, illustrations.

Procedure
I. Introduction
II. Warming-up
(Fable “How Different the Cultures Are” aimed at defining the topic of the lesson.)
How Different the Cultures Are
Imagine, if you will, that in your own country, from the time of the first people,
today, and far into the future, everyone who was ever born, has been born with two legs,
two arms, two eyes, a nose, a mouth and a pair of sunglasses. The colour of the lenses in
the sunglasses is yellow. No one has ever thought it strange that the sunglasses are there
because they’ve always been there and they are a part of the human body. Everyone has
them.
Take the yellow sunglasses off and look at them. What make them yellow are the
values, attitudes, ideas, beliefs that all people in your country have in common. Everything
that they have seen, learnt, or will experience (past, present, and the future) has been
imprinted on their brains through the yellow lenses. Everything has been filtered and
interpreted through all these values and ideas that have made the lenses yellow.
Thousand of miles away in another country, from the time of the first people, today,
and far into the future, everyone who was ever born or will be born, has been born with
two legs, two arms, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, and a pair of sunglasses. The colour of the
lenses in their sunglasses is blue. No one has ever thought it strange that the sunglasses are
there because they’ve always been there and they’ve become a part of the human body.
Everyone has them. Everything that the people see, learn, and experience is filtered
through their blue lenses.

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 A traveler who wants to go to that faraway land may have enough sense to realize
that to learn about the country and the people more thoroughly, he will have to acquire
some blue sunglasses so that he can “see”. When the traveler arrives in the country where
people wear blue glasses, he acquired a pair for himself. He stays for two months. He feels
that he really is learning about the values, attitudes, and beliefs of the people. He comes
home to his own country and declares that he is now an “expert” on that country and that
the culture is green!
T: Why did the traveler see green?
III Brainstorming
T: Make a spider gram to the word culture.

Greetings cuisine religion

ideas dance
history habits

gestures CULTURE traditions

holidays behaviour
language way of living
customs proverbs and sayings
films pictures values
IV General Discussion
T: What do you associate the word culture with?
S1: For me it’s excitement, curiosity, anticipation, interest.
S2: I think of people in national clothes, exotic places and unknown lands.
S3: As for me I smell the fragrance of exotic national dishes and enjoy the spirit of
adventure.
S4: This word reminds me of the sounds of many voices – people speaking different
languages.
V Learning English Proverbs and Idioms
1. T: You know that proverbs embody people’s wisdom. Your task will be to match
the correct ending of the proverb. You will work in groups.

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 Proverbs:
1. A clean hand needs a won a fair lady.
2. A fair face may hide b who cannot hold his tongue.
3. A fool’s tongue runs c no washing.
4. A honey tongue, d on the man’s face.
5. A light purse makes e far from heart.
6. A little body often harbours f a foul heart.
7. Among the blind a one-eyed g a heart of gall.
man
8. As plain as the nose h before his wit.
9. Beauty lies in i go hand in hand.
10. Better the foot slip j long arms.
11. Faint heart never k than two.
12. Far from eye, l than the tongue.
13. Four eyes see better m is a king.
14. Gossiping and lying n the lover’s eyes.
15. Greedy folk have o a great soul.
16. He cannot speak well p a heavy heart.
Keys: 1c; 2f; 3h; 4g; 5p; 6o; 7m; 8d; 9n; 10l; 11a; 12e; 13k; 14i; 15j; 16b.
2. T: Read the following idioms and try to explain the meaning of the words and
expressions in italics.
Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.
Better give a shilling than lead a half-crown.
“Hamlet” without the Prince of Denmark.
He will never set the Thames on fire.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Life is not all cakes and ale.
Many words will not fill a bushel.
My house is my castle.
Penny-wise and pound-foolish.
Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
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 To carry coals to Newcastle.
When Queen Ann was alive.
VI Gestures
T: Gestures have different meaning in different countries. Try to guess
the meaning of the following gestures:
- To fold one’s arms. (not to do anything, to be lazy)
- To keep fingers crossed. (to wish good luck)
- To turn the thumbs down. (to say “no”, disapprove)
- To turn thumbs up. (to say “yes”, approve)
VII Testing
T: would you like to study abroad or travel around the world, become a
diplomat or an international executive? If so, you’ll need to be sensitive to your
environment. Here is a quiz to check your knowledge of international etiquette.

When in Rome…
1. Which should you never offer a Moslem to eat?
a) beef
b) pork
2. What do you have to do before you go into a mosque?
a) put on white clothes
b) take off your shoes
3. At a traditional meal in India, you should eat:
a) only with your right hand
b) only with your left hand
4. In a Buddhist country, you shouldn’t:
a) pat a child’s head
b) hold hands with a child
5. Which shouldn’t you do in Japan?
a) take off your jacket before a meal
b) blow your nose in public
6. Which is banned in Singapore?
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 a) alcohol
b) chewing gum
7. Which colour is worn at a traditional Chinese funeral?
a) black
b) white
8. The usual way of greeting people in China is:
a) shaking hands
b) bowing
9. What do Italians do at mid night on New Year’s Eve?
a) throw old things out of the windows
b) sit on the floor and hold hands
10. If you are invited to a meal in Brazil, you should arrive:
a) shortly before the stated time
b) some time after the stated time
11. On holiday in Spain, you are invited to go on paseo. Is this…
a) a walk
b) a picnic
12. In Russia, what do you do before going on an important journey?
a) kiss your hat
b) sit in silence for a short time
13. Which flowers should you never take to a dinner party in Poland?
a) carnations
b) chrysanthemums
14. In Britain, what do superstitious people touch for luck?
a) iron
b) wood
Keys: 1b, 2b, 3b, 4a, 5b, 6b, 7b, 8b, 9a, 10b, 11a, 12b, 13b, 14b.
VII Customs and Traditions
T: You know that tastes differ. Customs and traditions of people living in the world
also vary greatly from country to country. Read through the list of customs and decide

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which of them are adopted or not in Britain and compare them with those adopted in
Ukraine.
Customs Britain Ukraine
Take your shoes off as soon as No
soon as you enter someone’s
house
Shake hands the first time you Yes
meet someone
Shake hands when you meet a No
friend you last saw yesterday
Kiss when you meet a friend No
you last met six months ago
Kiss people on the cheek Yes
Kiss people on both cheeks No
Queue (ставати в чергу) in a Yes
line if you are waiting for a
bus or ticket
Hold the door open for a Yes
woman if you are a man
Touch someone several times No
during a conversation
Take a present if you are Yes
invited to visit someone for
dinner
Remove a wrapping No
paper from a bunch of flowers
before you give them to
someone
Give flowers to man No
Take a present of a Yes
bottle of wine for someone
you do not know well
Say thank you when Yes
you leave the table after
dinner
Write to say thank you Yes
when you get home after you
have stayed with someone
Arrive early for a party No
Arrive at the party one No
hour later than the time you
were invited
Arrive at exactly the Yes
time you were invited

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 T: And now I suggest your answering my questions about the New Year’s
traditions. You have 20 seconds to think it over. If you are ready then the captains raise
their hands. You have only one possibility to give the answer, and only the captains have a
right to answer.
- Why do Scottish people go to their friends on New Year’s Eve bringing
a piece of pie, a glass of wine and a piece of coal? (They symbolize food, drinks and
warmth in New Year)
- Why do Swedish men usually carry out garbage bins before New Year
comes? ( In case men have children, they carry out the garbage so that to come back
home in the clothes of Jule Jomtes (Swedish Father frost) and give presents to everybody)
- Why don’t Italian people walk along the streets at the end of the year?
(Because there is a tradition to throw old and unnecessary furniture and other things out
of the windows)
- Why do Japanese people go to bed as soon as the last of 108 bells that
symbolize people’s bad passions is gone? (They believe that this night their dreams can
have a great meaning for their future life)
- Spanish people adore garlic soup – la sopa de ajo. Why don’t they eat it
on New Year’s Eve? (Because they fear that garlic smell will scare the coming year)
- Why do German people of all years jump on the chairs, tables,
armchairs before the clock strikes 12? (As soon as the clock strikes 12 they all jump off the
furniture into the new year)
- Why do people in Belgium feed their animals with their favourite dishes
and decorate them with bright ribbons? (They have a tradition to congratulate animals on
the holiday and by these actions they want their animals to have many children in the
following year)
- Why don’t Hungarian people eat poultry (домашня птиця) on this day?
(They think that otherwise their happiness would fly away)
- What do Greek people say when they present their friends with heavy
stones? (“May your money be as heavy as this stone”)

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 - Why does Father Frost in Brazil wear a hat and pants/underwear?
(Because the holiday here coincides with the summer time, thus he comes to people
directly to the beaches)
- Why don’t Bulgarian people have light for three minutes before the
first of January comes? (This is their “Rising time”)
- Why do Chinese people close windows & doors with red ribbons?
(They believe that the holiday is accompanied by the evil ghosts and thus they prevent
their homes from their invasion)
VIII Religion
T: You know that religion plays a great role in the life of people. Very often to
understand the culture means to be tolerant to the religion of that culture. What types of
religion do you know?
S-s: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism.
T: You are right. Read through the list of the characteristics of the different
religions and decide which description suits more to the definite religion. Remember that
they have much in common.
Christianity Islam Judaism Buddhism Hinduism
Confirms
that there is
only one
+ + + _ _
God
Confirms
that there are _ _ _ _ +
a lot of gods
Confirms
that there is
not Lord at
_ _ _ + _
all
Says that
there is + + + _ _
living soul
Says that
there is life + + + _ _
after death
Confirms
that
reincarnatio
_ _ _ + +
n exists
States that + + + _ +
everyone
will answer

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for evil
deeds
Says that all
people are + _ + _ _
equal
Has some
kind of holy + + + _ +
scriptures
Has a man
as a center
of its
interest, the
+ _ + _ _
greatest
value
States that
the Lord has
done
everything
+ _ + _ _
for man’s
salvation
Aspires to
be spread all
over the
+ + _ _ _
world

T: You know that Christianity has three main religious trends, can you name them?
S-s: Yes, they are Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches.
T: So, fill in this table, please.
Orthodox Church Catholic Church Protestant Church
Confirms that
Jesus is the Lord
+ + +
Confirms that a
man can
communicate with
_ _ +
God
Say that there is
should be a
separate group of + + _
people to serve the
Lord
Confirms that the
Holy Bible is the _ _ +
only real authority
Has many different
and rather difficult + + _
rituals
States that
everyone should
believe the Lord to
+ + +
be saved
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Praises statues and
pictures (icons)
+ + _
Baptizes only
adults
_ _ +
Consider temples
to be essential
+ _ _
Says that the Rome
Pope is the head of _ + _
church
Has an institution
of Saints
+ + _
States that those
who serve the Lord _ + _
shouldn’t marry

T: How to adapt to a new culture? The ability to speak fluently in different

languages provides us with personal freedom that no other means can provide. What
advice would you give to people who are going to visit or stay in some country abroad?
Students’ answers:
- Try to understand people of another culture.
- Be attentive towards what is going around you & why.
- Don’t think of your cultures habits as “right” and other people’s as
“wrong”.
- Be willing to try new things and have new experiences.
- Try to appreciate and understand other people’s values.
- Think about your own culture, how it influences your attitude and
actions.
- Don’t show your negative attitude to foreigners and their culture.
T: Show interest, respect for things that are important to other people. It can help
you avoid misunderstanding, develop friendship more easily and feel more comfortable
when traveling or living abroad. Remember that cultures are different but defective.

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