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Intercultural Awareness: Jews and Palestinians

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Intercultural Awareness Level: Intermediate to high. Skills: Students should have the vocabulary that would allow them to comment on this short video.  Language: The video is a silent story.  About the clip:  The clip features the encounter between a Jew and  a Palestinian in a neuter territory. Circumstances that the video will reveal force them to become allies for some minutes. This video was provided by Uwe Pol as  part of a course  on Intercultural Awareness that I took at Norwich University in Summer 2011.

Intercultural Awareness: Manners at the table: The Joy Luck Club Scene

Intercultural Awareness Level: Intermediate to high. Skills: Students should have the vocabulary that would allow them to comment on this  sequence, which is an excerpt from the film  The Joy Luck Club About the clip: The sequence, which is subtitled, shows the first encounter between a Chinese family and their girl's  soon-to-be American fiance. You can download the clip by clicking  HERE   or  view it on line from the blog. See related video: Table Manners across Cultures HERE This video was provided by Uwe Pol as  part of a course  on Intercultural Awareness that I took at Norwich University in Summer 2011.

Intercultural awareness. Road Signs in England

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Intercultural Awareness As  part of a course  on Intercultural Awareness that I took at Norwich University in Summer 2011 we produced some materials. I believe the first Power Point was provided by Silivia's team and the second by the Facilitator, Uwe Pol. This link HERE contains two Power Points to help students understand how road and street signs are permeated with the politeness notes that characterizes British people As an example of the content of the slide show, students will learn what this booth is for. If you want to know, download the second PowerPoint and find it out.