Nhóm 3 – Tổ 1:
* Nguyễn Thị Phương Hiền
* Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà
* Trần Doãn Trung Hiếu
* Vũ Ngọc Sơn
* Nguyễn Hữu Ngọc
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
TASK 1
Activity : Some useful expressions to express the
points of view.
• + I think / feel / believe……………..
• + In my opinion / In my point of view / As far as I
am concerned / For me………………
• + I agree / I don’t agree / It’s not true
because……….
• + Perhaps you are right, but………/ I think it’s
wrong to………..
• + I don’t really have any strong opinions
about……………
• + Shall we come back to that later?
Task 2:
Question: What are we talking about today?
You know, people of different cultures have
different belief and concepts of happiness.
Today, we’ll get to talk about the differences
and the similarities among cultures of some
countries in the world.
Models:
• What I already know:
In Britain, “a black cat runs across” means good luck.
In China, All the brides find it bad luck to look into a mirror on the Wedding
Day.
In France, a fox brings you good luck.
In Vietnam, People find it’s good luck when it starts to rain on the Wedding
Day because the couple will be rich.
• What I want to know:
What creature brings American good luck? And bad luck?
Is it good or bad luck when someone sneeze once in your country? (in
Vietnam, in The USA, in France etc……)
* What I learned:
I have learned some typical cultural features from these countries.
I have learned the cultural diversity among countries in the world
TASK 2
In pairs, students make some
situations, using useful expressions
given above.
Task 1:
Presentation Criteria
Develop a class viewpoint presentation about the
following ideas, using useful expressions given
above. (Group work)
1) In Vietnam, three or even four generations may live in
a home.
2) A happy marriage should be based on love.
3) In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow
marriage, not precede it.
4) In some countries, a man and a woman may hold
hands and kiss each other in public.
Activity 2
DISCUSSION
(Pairwork)
Task 2: Below are some typical features of American culture. Work in
pairs, discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese
Culture.
In America
1) Two generations (parents and
children) live in a home.
2) Old-aged parents live in
nursing homes.
3) It is not polite to ask questions
about age, marriage and income.
4) Americans can greet anyone
in the family first.
5) Groceries are bought once a
week.
6) Christmas and New Year
holidays are the most important.
7) Children sleep in their own
bedrooms.
In Vietnam
1.
In America
Two
generations live
in a home
Four generations
live in a
Vietnames home
2.
In America, Old-aged
parents live in nursing
homes
In Vietnam, Elders
live and are taken
care by their children
3.
Asking about age,
marriage and
salary
In America
In Vietnam
4.
In America
In Vietnam
Greet the head of the
Everyone can be first family or an older
person first, then the
young ones
6.
The most important holiday
in American and Vietnam
Chris tmas & Ne w
Ye ar ho liday
Tet holiday
7.
Children sleep in
their own
bedrooms in
America
Vietnamese young
children often sleep
with their parents.
Task 2: Below are some typical features of American culture. Work in
pairs, discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese
Culture.
In America
1) Two generations (parents and
children) live in a home.
2) Old-aged parents live in
nursing homes.
3) It is not polite to ask
questions about age, marriage
and income.
4) Americans can greet anyone
in the family first.
5) Groceries are bought once a
week.
6) Christmas and New Year
holidays are the most important.
7) Children sleep in their own
bedrooms.
In Vietnam
1) Three or sometimes four generations
live under the same roof.
2) Elders live with children and are taken
care by their son, daughtersinlaw or
daughters.
3) Asking about age, marriage and salary
are acceptable.
4) A Vietnamese greets the head of the
family or an older person first, then the
young ones.
5) The Vietnamese celebrate dead days.
They prepare the meals and often invite
their relatives and friends to get together
and talk about good respect of the dead
person.
6) TET is the most important.
TASK 3
Comparisons
(Group work)
Talk about the similarities and
differences between Vietnamese and
American Cultures, using the features
discussed in Activity 2
American Culture
1) Most of the Americans are
individualists.
2) People always ask if it’s OK when
they want to smoke.
3) People often kiss friends on the
cheek when they meet to
express friendliness.
4) Young people usually live in their
own houses or flats after
marriage.
5) Teenager go out on dates a lot.
Vietnamese Culture
1) The Vietnamese are collectivists.
2) Smokers light up cigarettes at
any time without asking
permission.
3) The Vietnamese never exchange
cheekkisses. It’s a shock to
most married women.
4) It’s OK to blow your nose in
public.
5) Young people usually live with
their parents after their
marriage.
6) Asking someone about his/her
age, marriage is considered to 6) It’s OK to ask people about their
be impolite.
marriage, age, salary.
7) People live in nuclear family.
7) People live in extended family.
1) American and Vietnamese people are multiculture countries.
2) Both Americans and Vietnamese are friendly, hospitable and
hardworking people who are always proud of their countries.
3) They both hate war and love peace.
4) They both like doing charity work.
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Compare
and Contrast
Write about the differences and the
similarities between the
Vietnamese and American
Cultures.
Introduction
Differences
Differences
Similarities
Conclusions
Likes,
Dislikes
Lifestyle
Values
Traditional
Foods & Drinks
Character
Custom