This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is talking about culture shock!
Many of our beliefs and behaviours come from our culture, so it can be challenging when we travel, meet new people, or make significant changes in our lives.
Have you ever been confused or felt out of place because the people around you act and think differently to you? Or maybe you have a unique culture that others find odd.
Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about culture shock!
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Conversation Questions: What is Culture Shock?!
- 1. Where do you come from? Tell us about the culture there.
- 2. Have you ever experienced culture shock? Explain what happened and how you felt.
- 3. Have you ever adopted something from another culture? Would you like to?
- 4. Do you like experiencing different cultures, or do you prefer your home comforts?
- 5. What advice would you give to someone experiencing culture shock?
- 6. Is there a big cultural difference between older and younger people in your country?
- 7. What culture would you most like to experience?
- 8. For people visiting your country, what would be the biggest culture shock?
- 9. Is culture shock a good thing? What can we learn from the experience?
- 10. “Everything you think is right can be wrong in a different place.” – Barbara Kingsolver – What do you think of this quote?
Vocabulary
- Culture
- the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time, also the attitudes, behaviour, opinions, etc. of a particular group of people within society
- Culture shock
- a feeling of confusion felt by someone visiting a country or place that they do not know
- Adopt
- to accept or start to use something new
- Home comfort
- something that you usually have or do that makes your life easy and pleasant
- Advice
- an opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation
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Model Answers & Vocabulary
To help you prepare for the Thinking in English conversation club this week, the wonderful English tutor Thomas Brock has created vocabulary lists and some model answers.
The model answers are split into intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced level responses. Hopefully this will give you an idea on the differences in quality between intermediate and advanced response, and perhaps inspire your own answers to these questions!
B1 (Intermediate)
Vocabulary
Model Answers
B2 (Upper Intermediate)
Vocabulary
Model Answers
C1 (Advanced Level)
Vocabulary
Model Answers
See you all at this week’s conversation club!
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