Developing intercultural communicative skills

Lesson 8 Language and culture in English Classes (Idioms)
Activity 1 Pictures(for prediction)


Activity 2
Handout 1 Read the idioms, analyze and try to find compatible versions for these idioms in your native language.


Handout 2

Activity 3
Handout 3. Here are some common idioms based on food and foods. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom. Read and learn by heart.

№	Idioms	meaning
1	apple of one's eye	a person that is adored by someone
2	big cheese	very important person (VIP)
3	bread and butter	necessities, the main thing
4	(not my) cup of tea	something you enjoy (usually used negatively)
5	nuts about something, someone	like a lot
6	one smart cookie	a very intelligent person
7	piece of cake	very easy
8	sell like hot cakes	bought by many people
9	cool as a cucumber	very relaxed

Handout 4. Complete the sentences with idioms in handout 3.
A) Just explain the ……….. of your report. You don't have to go into details.
B) I'm ……….. classical music these days.
C) Baby Jessica is the ………..
D) The exam was a ………...
E) I thought I was just going to interview the secretary, but they let me talk to the ……….. himself
F) The new Harry Potter books ………...
G) I thought I was afraid of flying, but I was ……….. all the way to England.
H) Opera isn't exactly my ………...
I) Your daughter is ………... She reads much higher than her grade level.

Activity 4.
Group A) Fruits and vegetables
Group B) Animals and insects
Group C) Objects



Hometask. Make presentation about idioms connected to other spheres except education.


Lesson 9 Review

Handout 1

Choose True, False or Not given
1) Jet lag is when one loses orientation in time after a long flight.

• 
  True
  
• 
  Not given
  
• 
  False
  

2) The process of “Culture shock” may take several months or evenyears.

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  True
  
• 
  Not given
  
• 
  False
  

3) Psychologists divide culture shock into three phases.

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  Not given
  
• 
  False
  
• 
  True
  

4) In the phase of elation you feel joy and wonder.

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  Not given
  
• 
  True
  
• 
  False
  

5) Resistance – when things settle into routine.

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  False
  
• 
  Not given
  
• 
  True
  

6) Transformation is the last phase.

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  True
  
• 
  Not given
  
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  False
  

7) Most people overcome culture shock with difficulties.

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  True
  
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  False
  
• 
  Not given
  

8) Perry Grave: Everyone finishes the complete cycle.

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  False
  
• 
  True
  
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  Not given
  

9) When people drop out of universities in their first year, it is an example of resistance stage.

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  Not given
  
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  True
  
• 
  False
  

10) The transformation phase may lead to a deep sense of unhappiness.

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  False
  
• 
  Not given
  
• 
  True
  

Activity II Re-write sentences in polite version.
Time: 10 min
Materials: Handout 2
Procedure:
Divide students into three groups.
Distribute handouts to the Ss and give them 10 minutes to re write sentences in polite versions.

Handout 2

You already know to say “Please”, “Thank you,” and “Excuse me” – but here are more ways to make your English sound more polite!


Don’t Say: I Want A Hamburger.
Say.


Don’t Say: Send Me The Report.
Say:


Don’t Say: Go Away. / Leave Me Alone.