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 electronic goods. f In the UAE there are phones for each person. 2 3
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 mobile of the population are children under the age of 15. of all Chinese exports are in b of Americans live in towns official languages a that we can communicate incorrect and misleading views about people or their country.