Write an information leaflet for foreigners on business etiquette in Austria (around 250 words). Make sure you mention the following areas: ■■ professional dealings ■■ small talk and socialising ■■ dress code ■■ any other issues you consider noteworthy or important 1 Writing guide: Leaflet, p. 201. Do a survey to establish the diversity factor of your school. Put together a questionnaire to find out facts and figures related to gender, nationality, mother tongue and religion of students at your school. ■■ Do your survey in small groups, allocating a certain number of classes to each group. ■■ Exchange the information gleaned from the questionnaires, combine your findings and put together a poster presentation. ■■ Finally, discuss the results. (Are they surprising/what you had expected/typical of Austrian schools?) Writing 19 Writing & Speaking 20 Across cultures: Languages More than half the words of modern English have been adopted from other languages. In groups, guess which language each of these words came from. a Speaking 21 avatar alphabet boss cotton hamburger ketchup marriage opera plaza robot sauna ski shampoo tsunami yoghurt Arabic Cantonese Czech Dutch Finnish French German Greek Hindi Italian Japanese Norwegian Sanskrit Spanish Turkish Check your ideas on p. 209, then talk together. 1 Do you know if your language has given any words to English? Which words? 2 What languages have given words to your first language? Give examples. You’re going to listen to Sahana and Liesbeth talking about languages in India and the Netherlands. What do you know about languages in these countries? Listen to Sahana and Liesbeth. What do they say about these questions? 1 What languages are spoken? Where? 2 What about language learning in schools? Listen to Sahana and Liesbeth saying more about their languages. Which three of these questions do they answer? 1 How has the language changed in the last fifty years? 2 How do people feel about: gestures? volume? silence? interrupting? 3 How do people feel about changes in the language? 4 How have languages been important in the history of the country? 5 What are or were the most popular languages for people to learn? 6 How would you describe the character of the language? Listen again. Note down two or three details about the answers to each of the three questions. Compare your notes. b Listening 22 a b c39b4q 4 c nm5rm4 5 d 17 Language skills Extras Explore 1 Immigration, diversity and inclusion Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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