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Level: intermediate to high Questions for the talk A) Listen and watch the talk   HERE  (VideoJug Page)   B) You can download the  transcript of Ms. Dresser in word (+ vocabulary) and the video from this link HERE C) Ask students to answer some or all the questions below:   Questions for the Talk 1. What table manners in your country/region might be surprising for an outsider? 2. Out of the table manners Ms. Dresser mentions, which ones are the most surprising? Explain why. 3. Have you ever faced or witnessed misunderstandings due to cross-cultural differences, whether related to table manner or other cultural dissimilarities? 4. Do you know of any film, book or piece of news that deal with cultural differences? How do they portray those differences? 5. What would have been your reaction in front of any of the cultural differences that Ms. Dresser mentions? You ca...

Level: intermediate to high A) Listen and watch the talk  HERE (Ted Talk Page) B) If you need a transcript of  Ms. Al-Sakkaf talk in word (+ vocabulary) you can donwload it from HERE C) Ask students to answer some or all the questions below:   You can project the questions using your beam projector: QUESTIONS:  1.     Nadia Al-Sakkaf and Chimamamda Adichie have many things in common.Can you name them? Justify your answer.( See related Ted Talk by Ms. Adichie: A Single Story) 2.       “ And you cannot do parachute reporting -- just jump into a country for two days and think that you've done your homework and a story. ” This reproach is addressed to Western journalists and media. What does Nadia Al-Sakkaf mean with this statement?  3.       How can our society help Yemeni women to overcome the traditional imposition?How is her role contributing to change her society ...

  Instructions You can download the Video Task for your students HERE    Purpose: students watch a video about hand gestures. The aim is to reflect on the language beyond words.   Level: the video is easy to understand if the students have gone over the  pre-watching tasks. This task allows for a mixed group of students from lower to upper intermmediate.  Materials: a) provided  video to show to the  students (provided underneath). Video length: 9 min. 50 b) set of questions.  You can download the Video Task for your students HERE   Note: thanks to Oscar Sevillano for designing this task

Level: intermediate to  high  Questions for the talk A ) Listen and watch the talk HERE (Ted Talk Page) B) If you need a transcript of Ms. Robinson's talk in word (+ vocabulary) you can download it from HERE  C) Ask students to answer some or all the questions below: You can project the questions using your beam projector: ........................................ ............................. Q uestion 1: Think about this excerpt of the talk: “As children grow up, we start to educate them progressively from the waist up. And then we focus on their heads.” What does Ken Robinson mean? What consequences does this education have? Does your own experience reflect on Mr. Robinson’s statement? .....................................................................   Question 2:  Think about this excerpt of the talk: ……....