Tips on communication across cultures
Watch the video where Zuzia, a university student from Poland, gives advice on working across cultures and fill in the gaps in the text.
Student's advice on communication across cultures
In this short video, you will listen to Agnieszka giving advice on communication across culture based on her own experience. As you listen, fill in the gaps in the activity below.
Making suggestions in a team
Watch the video for some tips on the language used to give constructive feedback to other members of your team.
As you listen, write down three phrases…
Negotiating actions in a team
Watch the video to explore the language used for indicating agreement and disagreement with team members.
After you have watched the video, create two short dialogues.
Making suggestions - useful phrases
In this handout, you will find many examples of different phrases that you can use to make suggestions along with structures that follow these phrases and an activity to practise their use.
Agreeing and disagreeing - useful phrases
In this handout, you will find many examples of different phrases that you can use to respond to team members' suggestions both in situations when you agree or disagree with their ideas.
You will also practice the phrases to remember them better.
Colours in design. The importance of culture
You will watch a video about Design Influences on design: Culture. Then you will have a listening comprehension activity and a speaking activity about differences in cultures and their impact on the different types of buildings.
Understatement
In this handout, you will learn what an understatement is. You will also find a lot of useful phrases that can help you express your arguments in a gentle way.
Overview effect
On reading the handout you will be encouraged to look at our modern world from a little broader perspective. Additionally, the listening task will explain what an overview effect is and how it can prove useful and eye- opening.
One diverse world - handout and listening task
This handout will give some basic information about the concept of VUCA and the following exercises will provide various adjectives to describe the modern world.
VUCA - teamwork perspective
This handout will give more information about the concept of VUCA and the tips how to live and thrive in this VUCA world.
Have you eaten?
In these activities, you will have to recognise some international dishes and you will deal with two examples of international recipes. You will also have some practice with a word formation referring to countries.
Traffic rules and regulations
In these activities, you will be using key vocabulary related to traffic.
You will also have to ask questions about traffic regulations in other countries and swap information on getting around your hometowns.
Body Language in Communication
These activities will show you that certain gestures remain universal regardless of culture or language. But you will also see that different messages can be conveyed by the same gestures.
In the first task, you will come across some examples of greeting rituals. Remember their names as you will need to use them in the second task.
Life under lockdown
Covid -19 is no joking matter, but a few coronavirus and quarantine jokes can brighten your day. You will find them in the activity: Pun on words -Covid 19.
You may need to use a dictionary for the idiomatic expressions you will encounter in "Expressions for undergoing hardship" task.
An interview about social mood during/after the pandemic
We are all experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. We are also eyewitness to world-changing events developing in real-time. Axel, a computer science student at Poznan University of Technology is talking about his experience with the pandemic. Listen to the interview, and think of additional questions you would like to ask students from other countries. In mixed groups with students from other countries, prepare interviews and record them.
Pandemics and related topics - scavenger hunt
Play this scavenger hunt about pandemics and related topics.