When in Rome

do as Romans do
Intercultural Communication
Conversational Styles
  Checking students’ attendance
 Reviewing Previous Assignment
 Learning Objectives
Today’s  Warm Up: Intercultural communication
Agenda  Reading: Conversational Styles
 Discussion and Exercises
 Conclusion and Reflection
“… to know another language and not his culture is a
very good way to make a fluent fool of one’s self.”
  At the end of this lesson, students are be able
to:
Learning  Explain the cultural diversity within English
Objectives speaking countries.
 Comprehend the text entitled Conversational Style-
what sport are you?
What is
Intercultural
communication?
 Complimenting Eye Contact Nickname

Cultural Handshaking
Conversational
Small talk
Differences Style

Punctuality Invitation Gesture

 A B

Which of the games

involve;
1. Taking turns?
2. Passing the ball?
3. Physical contact?
4. Working as a team?

C
Reading
Activity:
Conversational
Styles- what
sport are you?
(pp. 66)
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Characteristics usp=sharing
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BB,B
BB
 Simultaneo
Hit it off Reticent Pitch
usly

Hold the
Rapport Overlap Camaraderie
floor
Vocabulary
Dribbling Toss Tackle Etiquette

Grab Deference Overgeneralization

Hit it off
• Got on very well with.

Reticent
• Unwilling to tell people about things.

Pitch
• How high or low the sound is.

Simultaneously
• Happening at the same time.
Rapport
• An understanding between people.

Overlap
• To happen at the same time or to partly cover.

Camaraderie
• Loyalty and loyal feeling between friends.

Hold the floor

• To have the right speak during a discussion or debate.
Dribbling
• Moving the ball along with several short bounces or
kicks.

Toss
• To throw carelessly.

Tackle
• To try and take the ball from an opponent in the game.

Etiquette
• The formal rules of polite behavior.
Grab
• To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.

Deference
• Behavior that shows that you respect
someone.

Overgeneralization
• Statements that are not accurate because they
are too general.
Wordwall https://www.wordwall.net/play/10712/135/751
  Intercultural communication is about getting across a
message successfully without excluding anyone, or
offending anyone due to unintentional cultural
misunderstandings. The text deals with speaking styles and
Conclusion aspects of intercultural communication.
and Reflection  The text cites the analogies between sports and speaking
styles used by Professor Steinbach of the university of
California. These are including Rugby, Basketball, and
Bowling.