Culturally Speaking
This course is designed for undergraduate/postgraduate students to have a deeper understanding of cross-cultural communication. Each student will assess different cultures and com...
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16 units
42 cards
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Course Overview
- • Clear weekly units with practice cards
- • Skills and strategies you can apply on test day
- • Structured pathway as new content is published
- • Preview available where configured for this course
How this course works
Understand → Practise → Check → Improve
Card-based pathway · Content may expand over time as units are published
Course Units
Week 2 - Relationships
3 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Talking about what friends should have In common
- • Talking about the best way to meet people
Week 3 - Clothes, Appearance and Fashion
6 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Discussing approaches to fashion
- • Describing style and trends
- • Expressing opinions about clothing & Talking about first impressions
- • Describing outward appearance
Week 4 - Science and Technology
2 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Talking about scientific advances
- • Analyzing the effects of science and technology
- • Expressing caution and confidence
- • Describing technology troubles
Week 5 - Superstitions and Beliefs
2 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Talking about personal beliefs
- • Comparing beliefs
- • Reporting what other people believe
- • Expressing opinions
Week 6 - Films and TV
1 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Discussing movie trends
- • Expressing your attitude about trends
- • Discussing movie genre aspects and preferences
Week 7 - Music
2 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Sharing views on music
- • Expressing preferences
- • Comparing and contrasting
Week 8 - Review
0 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Choose a topic from Week 2 -7 and perform a ~5-minute presentation with your partner, or on your own.
Week 9 - Changing Lifestyles
2 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Discussing trends
- • Talking about personal changes
- • Talking about the results of a survey on coping with change
Week 10 - Consumerism
4 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Talking about the best ways to shop for different items
- • Discussing compulsive shopping
Week 11 - Nature and Animals
5 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Discussing the ethics of using animals in different fields
- • Discussing a survey on ethics associated with animals
- • Discussing ways of being in touch with nature
Week 12 - Communication Skills
5 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Discussing the requirements of effective communication
- • Discussing a survey on speaking publicly
- • Discussing opinions about language issues
Week 13 - Outstanding People
5 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Discussing people who have had an impact on the world
- • Discussing the qualities and values of exceptional people
- • Discussing quotations from high achievers
- • Talking about heroic behaviour in everyday life
Week 14 - Work/Business
4 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Talking about successful entrepreneurs
- • Talking about hypothetical situations
- • Comparing and contrasting personal preferences
- • Expressing values and preferences in work and business
Week 15 - Topic Review
0 cards
Locked
Understand
- • Choose a topic from Week 9-14 and perform a ~5-minute presentation with your partner
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