Cultural Awareness

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Christmas Articles

Christmas Overview

Scrooge 

      Article  |  AudioVid  | Dictation  | Dictation Check  |  quiz

Santa, Origins

      Article  AudioVid Dictation  | Dictation Check 

The First Christmas

        Article   | AudoVid Dictation | Dictation Check  

The Grinch

        Article  (links in article)

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American Culture - presentation

BBC article (adapted)

Taiwan moon festival (main article)  |  (simpler versions) 

Audio Hide/Show

  video as audio (turn on subtittles [CC] for the text)

      main article  |  medium  |  simple                       

Dragon Boat festival

Halloween (USA) and Day of the Dead (Mexico) 

Yes/No Tag questions (pdf)

Culture Shock | PDF | Web |  video  | Quiz  | Dictation | Dictation Check 

Business Meetings and Etiquette 





Cultural Awareness Course Book

Work Book
 




 

 

 

 

click on [CC] for English subtitles in YouTube videos 

Unit 1  K-Pop  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2  Learn English with BlackPink

Unit 2  Chocolate Snow  pdf   mp3   Video 1   

            Video 2  Places of Switzerland

Unit 3  Culture Shock  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2  Examples of Culture Shock

            Video 3  Stages of Culture Shock       

Unit 4  Deep Dive  Dubai  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2  Dubai Business Culture

Unit 5  Hotel Bans Emus  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2 Australian Animals

Unit 6  Buddha Tattoo Trouble  pdf   mp3   Video 1 

            Video 2  Places to Visit in Sri Lanka

            Video 3  Things NOT to do in Sri Lanka          

Unit 7  South Korean Night Golf  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2  Korean Culture (American view)

Unit 8  Iceland Earthquakes  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2 BBC update

            Video 3 BBC final update of volcanic eruption

Unit 9  Egypt Opens Pyramids  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2  Egypts Pyramids

Unit 10  Nobel Pleads Open Borders  pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2  Afghanistan Inflation

Unit 11  Dutch Code of Conduct   pdf   mp3   Video 1

            Video 2  Netherlands - 10 Things NOT to do

            Video 3  Dutch Directness (Culture Shock)

Unit 14  Voodoo Wedding  pdf   mp3  Video 1

            Video 2  Nigerian Wedding (NOT voodoo)

            Video 3  Voodoo Ceremony 

Unit 15  Missing, Next Door  pdf   mp3: IN  AU  Video 01,02: IN  AU 

            Video 2  Arranged Marriage in India

Unit 16  Christianity as Culture pdf   mp3   Video 1 

            Video 2  Foreigners make fun of Americans

 

 

 

 

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PPT Contents
PPT rules

Culture Points (website) - scroll down a bit to see the list

Culture Points
 

Articles 1

Articles 2

Articles 3

Articles 4 (Mix of Articles1-3)

Articles  5
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Hand Gestures Around the world

Wedding Customs

Business Dinner Etiquette


Chinese Customs

Japanese Customs

Offensive American Behavior

Quirky Customs

Business Etiquette Around the World

How to negotiate around the world

Christmas versus Chinese New Year










Notes