Unit 3 A LIFE SKILLS: AVOIDING NATIONAL STEREOTYPES
C21 skills
1 Complete the sentences with the numbers from the box. Do any of the facts surprise you? Using stereotypes means that we generalize about people from a country. The result is
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a Schoolchildren in London speak over languages including English.
b There are in Switzerland. c and cities. d In Iraq, e A f 2 3
electronic goods. In the UAE there are
phones for each person.
Look at the photos. How many countries do you think they are from?
What impression does each photo give of the country/countries?
•• People live in nice houses in the countryside. • This country is wild and beautiful.
People work in a polluted and industrial environment.
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Which three images would you choose to explain your country?
c of the population are children under the age of 15. of all Chinese exports are mobile b of Americans live in towns official languages a that we can communicate incorrect and misleading views about people or their country.