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 - 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.
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.
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.
Cultural differences
In this activity, some situations are presented to raise your awareness about cultural differences around the world.
Social English
Check what skills you have in social communication. Choose an appropriate response in a variety of social situations provided.
Guess the origin of a word
In this task, you will find some information about origins of different loanwords that entered English. You will also be able to learn some new vocabulary as well as explore the topic of loanwords further and quiz each other about various loanwords with your peers using the link below.
Video conference going wrong
Technical problems may always happen. In this video, you will hear some phrases that you need to know when you want to inform others about some technical issues during an online meeting. In the handout above, you will find a list of different sentences that may be useful then.
Know yourself - handout
This handout will give you information about personality traits (OCEAN) and will help you create a profile about yourself. You can use this profile to introduce yourself to your team members, and also to guide yourself in professional life, and to understand others' behaviour and actions.
Reading and understanding the OCEAN traits will also give you useful vocabulary.
