Talk about advantages and disadvantages of working in the environment of cultural diversity.

You can answer the following questions as cues:

* What are the advantages of cultural diversity?

* What are the disadvantages of cultural diversity?

* What is your opinion about cultural diversity?

Useful languages:

Useful vocabulary	Useful structures
• increasing creativity, increasing adaptability, understanding more, work effectively • different language, different culture, different work style, discrimination	• Cultural diversity helps improve... •  Another advantage is... •  However, ... •  ...may cause discrimination with others. • Cultural difference will also affect... • In my opinion, ... •  As far as I am concerned, ... •  I think...

Complete the notes:

Structures of the talk	Your notes
What are the advantages of cultural diversity?	__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________
What are the disadvantages of cultural diversity?	__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________
What is your opinion about cultural diversity?	__________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Now you try!

Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.

1. Cultural diversity helps improve...

2. Another advantage is...

3. However,...

4. Cultural difference will also affect...

5. I think...                          

Now you tick!

Did you ...

q answer all the questions in the task?

q give some details to each main point?

q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?

q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?

q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?

q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?

His new car is a lot (quiet)     _________than my old one.

Find a mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it.

China has been known for its own_________cultural features and activities. (PRESTIGE)

This book is (boring) _________than the book I gave you last week.

Kimono, which/ not make/ various sizes, be/ adjust/ suit/ any Japanese woman.

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Read the following passage and do the tasks below and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

One custom that gives insight into people’s history and values is the way they greet one another. There is a wide range of greetings around the world. These range from the common handshake to other strange rituals found in some countries. Let’s take a look at how the simple action of greeting someone differs greatly from place to place.

In the United States and Canada, for example, a simple handshake or nod is the norm. The handshake has an interesting origin: it started long ago as a way of showing people that you weren’t carrying a weapon. Shaking the person’s right hand while looking him or her in the eye is the usual method. Handshakes are also common in other parts of the world, including Britain and Russia. In Russia, males grasp other men’s hands very strongly during the handshake. Handshakes are also how most people in New Zealand greet each other. However, the native Maori people of that country display more physical contact: they press their noses together in a sign of trust and closeness.

In other countries, such as France and Belgium, hugging and kissing are more common when two people meet. In those cultures, people kiss each other on the cheeks. The number of times varies depending on the particular country. In Saudi Arabia, men might hug and kiss each other (but not a woman) on the cheek. Men will also shake hands with other men there. In some Eastern countries, including Korea and Japan, bowing is the traditional greeting. In Japan, the deeper the bow, the deeper the respect shown. The strangest custom, though, is likely in Tibet. People there opt to stick out their tongue to greet others.

1. What is this reading mainly about?

Complete the following sentences using the given words in the box. There is ONE extra word.

E.g.: Wedding of high-__status__people is often held in deluxe hotel.

1. _________  , which is used to predict people’s fortune, is popular in some countries.

2.  Some cultural features like birthday party or wedding in the church are_________from other culture.

3.  Most fathers wish to be_________at the birth of their child no matter what culture they are from.

4.  It’s nowadays easy for most teenagers to find something to_________against.

5.  A_________is an activity that is held officially and respectfully in every culture.

6.  Does the wedding in Vietnam have a_________who helps the bride during the marriage ceremony?

No pupil in the group is more intelligent than Trang (intelligent)

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There is no easier way to solve the problem (easy)

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Japan/ have/ many/ interesting/ cultural feature/ which/ Kimono/ be/ most famous/ one.

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No books on the shelf is thinner than this one. (thin)

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