Activity 1

1. Work in group of five

2. Create a fictional country. Discuss for three minutes the general description
of your country using the following questions.
a. What is the name of the country? What are its citizens called?
b. Is it an island or is it land-locked?
c. What is its tourist attraction?
d. What is your country famous for?
e. What are its citizens known for?
3. Describe the way these citizens use language, as well as their general traits.
Make sure to have a description for the following:
a. Behavior (Are they reserved? Loud? Generally humorous? Do they smile
a lot?)
b. Language use (Are they talkative? Soft-spoken? Do they rarely use polite
words?)
c. Nonverbal cues (Do they think shaking hands is distasteful?)
4. Based on this general traits, create a list of 5 Dos and 5 Don’ts which your
fictional citizens adhere to when they attend a casual dinner party with
friends. You have e5 minutes to come up with the rules and memorize
them.
5. Then, read the following scenario.
You are a citizen of your fictional country and you are attending a dinner
party with other nationalities. Your goal is to mingle and introduce yourself
and your fictional country to others.
6. The “party” will be hosted by the___________. He/ She will give the signal
for the “party” to start.
7. Once the “party” starts, each of you has to roam around and talk with
people from other groups. Keep in mind the following rules.
a. Refrain from speaking with your group mates.
b. Do not talk about the rules which your group created.
8. The “party” will last for 5 minutes
9. Afterwards, confer with your group mates and discuss the following.
a. Was there a different between your group group’s behavior and others?
b. How did you handle the difference between your behaviors?
Activity 2
Form five groups. Each group will represent a particular country (Japan, France,
China, Philippines, and Mexico). Imagine yourselves as the ambassadors of the
country assigned to your group. Use your phone to research on the country
assigned to your group. Work together as a group and come up with some
interesting data about your country. Write questions (how, what, why, where,
when and who) and provide corresponding answers.
China
Question: When is the best time to visit your country?
Answer:____________________________________
France
Question: What is the history behind the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: ____________________________________
Japan
Question: How did you earn the title “The Land of the Rising Sun?”
Answer: _____________________________________
Mexico
Question: How would you describe your cuisine?
Answer: ________________________________________
Philippines
Question: Why are you called the “Pearl of the Orient Seas?”
Answer: ______________________________________

Come up with as many questions and answer as you can. After

brainstorming, pretend that you are in an international conference for peace and
that you will field a foreign correspondent who will answer questions from the
audience about your assigned country.
Choose one of your members to act as the foreign correspondent. The
remaining members will act as the audience from other nationalities who will ask
the questions you listed. Present this in a three minute skit.