Dear students,

I hope you had a nice break. Some exercises in the book are not designed to do online as they
are created to do in a classroom. I am going to ask you to do some of them and self-correct
with the answer key. For example you can do on your own the listenings on pages 48 and 49

Let’s discuss these questions:

 How is your country stereotyped?

 Do you stereotype people?
 Does stereotyping help you in some way?
 Why do you think people stereotype?
 How can stereotypes be damaging?
 Do you think that it is a good idea to stereotype people?
 How are various nationalities stereotyped?
 How can being stereotyped hurt your job opportunities?
 What is the difference between stereotypes and prejudices?
 Are stereotypes offensive?

 Funny?
 Realistic?

Please complete this table.

Scottish, scots A scot The Scottish English, gaelic

Swiss A Swiss German, French and
Italian.
Dutch A dutchman/women Dutch, english
belgian A belgian Belgians Dutch, French
german
Swedish; Swede A Swede Swedish, Finnish;
Meänkieli
Danish; Dane The Danish Danish
Faroese
Greenlandic
German
Polish Poles The Polish polish
Finnish Finns The Finish Finnish • Swedish
Icelandic Icelanders icelandic
Spanish Spaniards Spain
Turkish Turks The Turk
New Zealand New Zealanders English and maori
Afghan Afghans The afghan Pashto and Dari
Argentine,[1] Argentines, The argentine Spain
Argentinian[2] Argentinians
Peruvian Peruvians The peruvians

What is a stereotype?
A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular
type of person related to their race, nationality and sexual orientation…etc

Choose a nationality on page 49 and make a mind map..

Prepare a 2 minute presentation of your ideas…

Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Explain why?

1. The British are violent mad football freaks

2. The Italians are good lovers but bad workers
3. The Chinese eat everything that moves
4. The Germans are very punctual
5. The Swiss love clocks

CONVERSTATION QUESTIONS…

Manners

What advice about manners would you give a foreigner visiting your country?

Do people have better manners today than before?

Can you give examples of what you think are good manners?

What do you think are bad manners?

Can good manners in one country be bad manners in another country?

What about table manners? Can you give examples of some good table manners?

How about bad table manners?

Can manners affect your success in life? How?

What's the best way to teach manners to children?

Let’s have a look at British and American English…

A American.

B English.