1a) Watch the video about cultural shock and mark true (T) or false (F) to the statements bellow Correct the false statements ( ) The cultural shock is divided in three phases _ b) ( ) The first phase is called “In love” _ c) ( ) In the second phase everything becomes harder _ d) ( ) The teacher doesn’t say anything about the food in the U.S _ e) ( ) There are no numbers in the American’s coins _ 2- How the Americans look like for the man in the video? Why? 3- What is the “American Phrasebook”? 4- A) There are some words that describe the way people sometimes feel when they live in a foreign country Take a look at the list below and, in pairs, discuss which one of them are positive (P) and which one are negative (N) Anxious ( ) Embarrassed ( ) Insecure ( ) Comfortable ( ) Enthusiastic ( ) Nervous ( ) Confident ( ) Excited ( ) Uncertain ( ) Curious ( ) Fascinated ( ) Uncomfortable ( ) Depressed ( ) Homesick ( ) Worried ( ) 5- Take a look at the chart: Read the questions below and discuss them in small groups: Does your culture follow any of these customs? Do any of them seem unusual to you? Why? What other interesting cultures you know? How are they different? What customs should a visitor to your country know about? TEACHER: Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPfB6GIjM9Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H82IFq0HbTQ On exercise 4: Discuss: Would you like to live in a foreign country? Which country? How would you feel about living there? Why? On exercise 5: This activity can be more developed asking students to make a list about local customs including some specific items, like: dressing, eating, visiting a person, giving gifts, compliment, etc Then, the groups can exchange and compare their ideas Writing: If there’s time, students can make a pamphlet to tourists, with some tips of Brazilian cultural aspects One example should be given