Liceo Tcnico Profesional

Intercultural Bilinge
Ralco
English Workshop

"Stereotypes"
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CLASS

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Vocabulary in Mind!
I.- Read the following groups of words and circle the odd one.
1)
culture
tradition
custom
city
2)
group
person
people
crowd
3)
friend
behaviour
attitude
conduct
4)
idea
society
opinion
belief
5)
impair
damage
mind
wound
II.- Match the information from these two columns to form a correct definition.
1) Culture are
judgment from information that one cannot be certain about.
2) Behaviour is
a big and important town.
3) An opinion is
an injury in our body or emotions.
4) A city is
the way we act or do things.
5) A wound is
characteristics from a particular group of people.

Let's Read!
III.- Look at the text and circle all the cognates you can find.

STEREOTYPES
A stereotype is a fixed idea that people have about
what specific social groups or individuals are like,
especially an idea that is wrong. Other terms that are
associated with the term stereotype are prejudice and
clich.
Because stereotypes are standardized and simplified
ideas of groups, based on some prejudices, they are not
derived from objective facts, but rather subjective and
often unverifiable ideas.
The existence of stereotypes in every culture may be
explained by the need of groups of people to view
themselves as more normal or more superior than
other groups. Consequently, stereotypes may be used to justify ill-founded prejudices or ignorance so people
of stereotyped groups cannot enter or succeed in various activities or fields.
Stereotypes may affect people negatively and it leads to xenophobic or racist behavior. Finally another
serious consequence of stereotypes is the feeling of inferiority that the stereotyped people may have and
which may impair their performance.
Note!
We add ed to the end of nouns or verbs to create adjectives. For example:
Love (amor) love + ed = loved (amado)
Cook (cocinar) cook + ed = cooked (cocinado)

IV.- Now look in the text all the words ended in "ed" and note them down in this chart, after that find a
spanish translation for them.
"ED" ADJECTIVE

TRANSLATION

V.- Read the full text and answer the following questions.
1.- What is a stereotype?
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2.- Why do stereotypes exist?
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3.- What are the negative consequences of stereotypes?
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In my words!
VI.- Create adjectives from the following words and give an example of its use.
ex: Worry (preocupar) worried = My mother is worried for my grades.
1) Confuse _______________= ____________________________________________________________
2) Close _______________= _______________________________________________________________
3) Surprise _______________= ____________________________________________________________
4) Relax _______________= ______________________________________________________________
VII.- Answer the following question.
1) In your opinion, do you think there are stereotypes among teenagers? Which ones?
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