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MODULE 11 ,homework 14

1.Consider the following definitions. Then, answer the questions.

nter!ultural attitudes" curiosity and openness, readiness to suspend disbelief about other

cultures and belief about ones own.

#nowledge" can be defined as having two major components: knowledge of social processes,

and knowledge of illustrations of those processes and products; the latter includes knowledge

about how other people are likely to perceive you, as well as some knowledge about other

people.

$kills of inter%reting and relating" ability to interpret a document or event from another

culture, to explain it and relate it to documents or events from ones own.

$kills of dis!o&er' and intera!tion" ability to acquire new knowledge of a culture and cultural

practices and the ability to operate knowledge, attitudes and skills under the constraints of real

time communication and interaction.

Criti!al !ultural awareness" an ability to evaluate, critically and on the basis of explicit criteria,

perspectives, practices and products in ones own and other cultures and countries

!."an the acquisition of intercultural competence be complete and perfect# $ustify your%es&'o answer

'o, it cant. (t can serve as a valuable lesson for those who will never have the

opportunity to visit another country and as preparation for those who do eventually havecontact with native speakers.

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).*hat are theskills of comparison, of interpreting and relatingcrucial for#+hese skills are crucial for those students who anticipate having contact with speakers of

second language. "ourtesy, phrases and kinesics are serve as extremely important bases

for the establishment of comfortable intercultural relationship.

.*hy do intercultural speakers needskills ofdiscovery and interaction#

+hey need skills of discovery and interaction in order to find the best way to

communicate, to understand and act in a conversation in a right style.

-.ow can language teachers contribute to developing intercultural competence#

(n order to develop intercultural competence teachers have to bring in class authentic

materials preparing presentations, talking about similarities and differences, a cultural

capsule / a brief description0 and a lot of visual aids.

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1. *hat should intercultural education be concerned with#

(ntercultural education should be concerned with language, history, economy, politics

and the way people live.

(. $tarting from the statement )E*%eriential learning is %owerful in de&elo%ing self+

awareness as well as %er!e%tions of other !ountries, de&ise an a!ti&it' to stimulate the

inter!ultural dimension in language tea!hing. -$O/T 0/E$ET2TO3

2!ti&it'

ello in 2ifferent 3anguages

+his is a fun, warmup, crosscultural activity. +he group tries to come up the word/s0 for

4hello4 in as many different languages as possible.

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