B) Answer a sequence of questions about various aspects of that encounter as honestly as possible. Write your answers down as a story.
The Autobiography of Intercultural Encounter asks you to describe feelings that you and your partner experienced during the interaction. Just like your native language, English has a lot of idioms to express feelings and emotions. To learn and practice them, go to Grammar and Vocabulary File, p
c)_ Present the story of your intercultural encounter in small groups.
Was it
· study or leisure?
· on holiday?
· at work?
· at school?
Other?
It will be great if you show photos, maps, souvenirs or other things to illustrate your story.
1. The encounter
Title. Give the encounter a name which says something about it ... ..
.
Description. What happened when you met this person/
these people?
..
Time. When did it happen? .. ..
..
Location. Where did it happen? What were you doing there?
Was it because
It made me think about something I had not thought about before
It was the first time I had had this kind of experience
It was the most recent experience of that kind
It surprised me/It disappointed me/It pleased me/It angered me/It changed me.
Other?
..
Importance. Why have you chosen this experience?Choose one or more of the variants proposed.Add any other reaction in your own words.
2. The other person or people
Who else was involved? Give the name of the person or people you know
. .
What was the first thing you noticed about them? What did they look like? What clothes were they wearing? .. ..
..
Were they male / female, older / younger than you, did they belong to a different nationality or religion, or any other thing you think is important about them ..
..
3.
My feelings or emotions at the time were
My thoughts at the time were
What I did at the time was .
e.g. did you pretend you hadn't noticed something that was strange? Did you changethe embarrassing subject of the conversation?
Your feelings
Describe how you felt at the time by
completing these sentences
4. The other persons
feelings
How do you think the other people felt in the situation at the time? Happy or upset / stressed, or what? How did you now? . .
What do you think they were thinking about when all this happened? Do you think they found it strange, or interesting, or what? Choose one or more of these or add your own variant. . ..
For them it was an everyday / unusual / surprising / shocking experience because ..
The other people involved in the experience appeared to have the following feelings - surprise/ shock / delight / no special feelings / ..
5. Same and different
Think about the similarities and differences between the ways in which you thought and felt about the situation and the ways in which they thought and felt about it
Were you aware at the time of any similarities and/or differences, what were they?
Are you aware now of any other similarities and/or differences and, if so, what are they?
How do you see your own thoughts, feelings and actions now? Choose one or more of the proposed variants. Complete the sentences OR invent your own ones ..
6.
The way I acted in the experience was appropriate because what I did was . .
I think I could have acted differently by doing the following..
My reaction was good because
I hid my emotions by .
