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Our Intercultural Awareness weekly session continues with a stand-up comedian, Maz Jobrani, who jokes about  Middle East Stereotypes. Listen to and read the talk and answer the questions below. You can download the  text and vocabulary  HERE To go to original source, go HERE Questions 1. Maz Jobrani says: “I've had some problems in some of the Arab countries, because I guess some of the Arab countries aren't getting along with Iran either”. Why does Maz Jobrani differentiate Iran from the other countries? 2. Maz Jobrani says: “  Dubai -- cool place. They're obsessed with having the biggest, tallest, longest, as we all know. They have a mall there, the Dubai Mall. It is so big, they have taxis in the mall” . Why do you think Saudi Arabians are obsessed with having such pharaohnic structures? Can you think of any country with similar obsessions in Western cultures? 3. Maz Jobrani says: “….one of the things I try to do with my st...

Aim: U nderstand that word for word translation does not work.           Learn how to use a dictionary by observing the information that a dictionary provides. Level: Students need to be able to produce sentences in the past simple to carry out this task. Warning! This task is has been designed for Spanish speakers.  If you are not teaching Spanish students, don't bother to download the task!     No photocopies needed. Just project the provided Power Point on Whiteboard  Download the materials HERE Sample task Materials: Power Point Presentations  Teacher's Key  Download the materials HERE This task focuses on sentence structure. If you want to focus on meaning  you may complete this with this other task: HERE

Our Intercultural Awareness series continues with a talk by Nigerian  writer and activist Chris Abani. Warning: some of the experiences Mr. Abani shares may upset the viewer To download the vocabulary and the  script , click  HERE Original video source: TED TALK. Go HERE for ORIGINAL SOURCE  Questions: 1. Chris Abani tells us how dirges contributed to transforming a sad event? How does music contribute to changing our vision of things? Provide some examples. 2. Chris Abani tells us how his mother taught people in rural areas. How is learning in a rural area different from learning in a city such in Barcelona? 3. Chris Abani says: “we're building gods that have gone rampant, and it's time we started knocking them down” What does he mean by that? Questions by Isabel Salinas and myself, María Zabala Peña 

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To carry out this activity you need the following materials : 1. Video: Phone Etiquette for Answering Calls. Length: 01:11 (see        underneath) 2. Student's handout 3. Teacher's handout with answers 4. Teacher's_Instructions Materials by Beatriz Papaseit Fernández and María Zabala Peña Video Information : Video by: Tracy Goodwin Original video source: http://www.ehow.com/video_4401593_phone-etiquette-answering-calls.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYSrIRqavoM&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLC4A16C6EA2A85309   You can also download the video  from the following site: https://sites.google.com/site/englishforcommunications/ Did you like this. You can visit our English for Communication blog HERE

Do you feel your students include too much information on their slides?  Then,  you'll like the task we have prepared for our students. To carry out this activity you need the following materials : 1. Video: Success is a Continuous Journey.  We'll focus on the first minute of the talk.  Total length 3:55   (Watch and download video underneath) 2.  Success is a Continuous Journey: Students Handout 3.  Success is a continuous journey: Script and Teacher Instructions 4.  Success is a Continuous Journey: Teacher's Key Materials by   María Zabala Peña and  Beatriz Papaseit Fernández   Video Information : Video by Richard St. John. TED Talks Original video source:   http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_success_is_a_continuous_journey.html You can also download the video from the following site: Maria and Bea's site   Did you like this? You can visit our English for Communication blog HERE