National characteristics

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Autor Mgr. Markéta Opluštilová

Datum 6. 1. 2013

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NationalitiesWrite the correct names of people living in these countries. Use the singular form.

Denmark

Spain

Norway

Switzerland

Greece

the Netherlands

Britain

Finland

Iceland

Portugal

Poland

Slovakia

Thailand

Peru

a Dane

a Spaniard

a Norwegian

a Swiss

a Greek

a Dutch

a Briton

a Finn

an Icelander

a Portuguese

a Pole

a Slovak

a Thai

a Peruvian

Vocabulary definitions

Match the following words with their definitions.

discrimination character traits prejudice stereotype to generalize

a) a simplified image of people coming form different

countries

b) special features of your personality

c) an opinion which is not based on your own experience

or knowledge of facts

d) to make broad and inaccurate statements about

something

e) an unfair treatment of certain groups of people

usually based on prejudice

stereotype

character traits

prejudice

to generalize

discrimination

National stereotypes 1Try to complete this joke with the correct names of the nationalities. Use each nationality twice. Do you agree or disagree with the way these nations are shown in the joke?

Heaven is the place where the lovers are _______________, the

police are ____________, the mechanics are ______________,

the cooks are ____________ and the place is run by the

__________.

Hell is where the lovers are ____________, the cooks are

____________, the mechanics are _____________, the police are

_____________ and the place is run by the _____________.

German Swiss Italian French English

Italian

English German

French

Swiss

Swiss

English French

German Italians

National stereotypes 2Work in pairs / groups and try to characterize the following nations. What stereotypes are often used to describe them?

the British the Americans the Frenchthe Italians the Germans the Russians

Choose one more nationality of your own and characterize it again.

What do you think are some stereotypical images of the Czech Republic?

Do you think you are a typical Czech? Why? / Why not?

If you could live in any other country in the world, where would you like to live and why?