Girne Secondary School Izmir/TURKEY

What is Culture?

MULTIDISCIPLINARY FLIPPED LEARNING WITH ICT

ERASMUS+ KA2 PROJECT

2015-2016

4th Project MeetingDaugavpils Saskaņas School/Latvia

Culture is:

Beliefs

Religious

Social Norms

Material traits of racial, religious and social group

Where can we find culture?

Everywhere! Culture makes up a large part of our day to day life. Cultural differences include differences in:

Food

Clothes

Religious

Language

Hidden CultureHowever, these thing are just top of the iceberg- they are

parts of culture we can see. There are many parts of culture, that aren’t visible; like most of an iceberg. These

include: Work

Importance of Time

Religious

Beliefs

Hidden Culture

Values

Nature of friendships

Because these differences aren’t visible they are very difficult to communicate and understand.

But they are very important because they shape the parts of culture we can see.

Why is it important?

Culture influences many parts of peoples lives including: food, dress, opinions, music, buildings, manners, social interaction, language.

We need to understand each others cultural backgrounds to make sense of different view points and opinions.

Cultural Awareness is important in creating cross cultural understanding and acceptance. Cultural Awareness can give us a better understanding of our own culture.

Prepared by

Vlad Kohanovsky- Latvia

Lucas Garcia Alfonso- Spain

Ines El Arbi- France

Carolina Fernandes- Portugal

Przemek Kikosicki- Poland

Sources

https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/