CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD:

STEREOTYPES, DIFERENCES AND

RESPECT

Juliana Pereira Andrade

1. Think about it!

What’s a stereotype?

http://iheartenglishmag.blogspot.com.br/2014/10/country-stereotypes.html

Reflect:

 Where do you think these people are from?

Why?
 2. Vocabulary in context

■ Look the adjectives below and try to relate them with the nationalities writing
sentences as the example. Write at least four sentences. (Personal Answer)
PUNCTUAL HOSPITABLE
INTELLIGENT
ROMANTIC LAZY
HARDWORKING TALKATIVE
POLITE
WELL-DRESSED
SOCIABLE
NACIONALISTIC SERIOUS
FORMAL ARROGANT
SOPHISTICATED
Example: Italians are noisy.
British Japanese Brazilian Italian
French Mexican Russian American
 Compare the sentences you wrote with your colleagues’ ones. Are they similar?
 3. Discussions

 Read the following statements and

Italians like todecide if they
be close are true or false (Personal
to their
opinion).
families
The French are arrogant The Japanese work
extremely hard
The Russians like vodka
Americans are xenophobic
The British drink a lot of tea Mexican men
have a Mustache
 Look to the sentences again and try to say which ones are “Cultural
Characteristics” and which ones are “National Stereotypes”.
 What are the Stereotypes of your country? What do you think about them?
 Do you think it is important to learn about different cultures? Why? Why not?
 4. Learning more

GESTURES ARE ALSO CULTURE!

http://corporalmentefalando.blogs.sapo.pt/os-estudo-dos-gestos-nao-e-de-agora-
20384

■ Do you think there are some gestures that everyone can understand? What
are they?
■ Watch the video in the link below and learn some curiosities about gestures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCo3wSGYRbQ

5. At home

Make some research about other gestures that have diferente meanings in
different countries. Share your findings with your colleagues next class.