05 ✈ Crossing cultures

Crossing cultures

A family of mice were surprised by a big cat. Father Mouse jumped and and said, "Bow-wow!" The cat ran away. "What was that, Father?" asked Baby Mouse. "Well, son, that's why it's important to learn a second language."

Topics

Cultural comparisons and culture shock; 

moving abroad; 

emotions; 

customs; 

tourism and travel abroad

Speaking

Talking about moving abroad;

expressing emotions; 

describing cultural expectations; 

giving advice

Grammar

Noun phrases containing relative clauses; 

expectations: the custom to, (not) supposed to, expected to, (not) acceptable to

Pronunciation

Word stress in sentences

Listening

Listening for information about living abroad; 

listening to opinions about customs

Self-study: 

Listening to people’s concerns about traveling abroad

Writing

Writing a tourist pamphlet

Reading

“Culture Shock”: Reading journal entries about moving to another country

Activity

“Culture check”: Comparing customs in different countries