What are the British like

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What are the British like?
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What are the British like?

• DEZ MOTIVOS PARA SER INGLÊS
• Duas guerras e uma copa do mundo
• Cerveja quente
• Confundir todo mundo com as regras do jogo de
  criquete
• Aceitar elegantemente a derrota no esporte
• Fazer a melhor batata cozida do mundo
• Rir muito com as piadas do Mr. Bean
• Viver no passado e achar que ainda é uma potência
  mundial
• Tomar banho todas as semanas - precise ou não
• Ser gentil e tolerante com os povos "inferiores"
  que os visitam
• Saber que todos os insetos vem da Escócia

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What are the Argentines like?
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What are the Argentines like?

• DEZ MOTIVOS PARA SER ARGENTINO
• Nenhum
• Ser cruza de índio com espanhol, mas pensar que é
  inglês
• Nenhum
• Achar que o vinho de Mendoza é melhor que o
  Chileno
• Nenhum
• Acreditar que são os melhores no futebol (na
  verdade, em tudo!)
• Nenhum
• Ser vizinho do Brasil
• Nenhum
• Ter o maior orgulho dos sapatos nacionais, mesmo
  que não consigam mais comprá-los...

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What are Brazilians like?
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What are Brazilians like?

• DEZ MOTIVOS PARA SER BRASIL
• O melhor futebol do mundo!
• Praia!
• Caipirinha, na praia!
• Desvalorizar o Real e ferrar com a Argentina,
  sem ter tido a inflação de volta
• Vatapá, feijoada, tutu de feijão, moqueca
  capixaba, virado a paulista e churrasco
• Mulheres de biquini (e gatões de tanga,
  machões!), loiras, morenas, ruivas, orientais,
  mulatas
• Morar na América do Sul e não ter que falar
  espanhol
• Ter a mesma nacionalidade que Deus
• Ter um artilheiro de 34 anos que não cheira
  cocaína
• Ter a felicidade de não ter nascido na Argentina
• Acrescento ter a capacidade de rir, mesmo com a
  elite que temos...

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Typical Brit? Regions huge regional
differences 2 work in countryside Work - More
Britons now work in Indian restaurants than in
shipbuilding, steel and coal-mining
combined Social background - 50 of British
people consider themselves working class Religion
- more Catholics and more Muslims regularly
practice their religion than Anglicans Education
92 of children in state schools
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• Intercultural approaches in the classroom
• Develop attitudes of openness and tolerance
  towards other peoples and cultures
• Provide information about daily life and
  routines
• Promote reflection on cultural differences
• Provide information about shared values and
  beliefs
• Provide experiences with a rich variety of
  cultural expressions (literature, music, theatre,
  film, etc.)
• Promote the ability to handle intercultural
  contact situations
• Provide information about the history, geography
  and political conditions of the foreign
  culture(s)
• Promote the ability to empathise with people
  living in other cultures
• Promote increased understanding of students own
  culture

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As teachers, one of our objectives could be To
find out if, why how teachers of foreign
languages and cultures approach culture
critically, how they define critical cultural
awareness and what sort of development models
would help them improve their professional
performance in this area. Manuela
Guilherme, Critical Citizens for an Intercultural
World Foreign Language Education as Cultural
Politics, 2002
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Classroom activity (1) Can you think of
seven ways to annoy the Scots?
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Classroom activity (1) Seven ways to annoy the
Scots 1. Use England instead of Britain, or
English instead of British. 2. Use British
instead of Scottish. 3. Use Scotch to refer to
the people. 4. Pretend never to have heard of
Robert Burns. 5. Say it would be better if the UK
had one football team instead of four. 6. Talk
about men wearing skirts. 7. Imitate the local
accent. from "Focus on Britain" by
David Maule
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• Classroom activity (1)
• Can you think of seven ways to annoy a
  Brazilian?
• a carioca?
• a paulista?
• a gaúcho?
• a capixaba?