A- Warm -up (Pre-teaching vocabulary)

Stereotypes

A- Warm -up (Pre-teaching vocabulary)

1. Group the following adjectives under categories (taste, attitude, feelings, organization, etc) and indicate which are positive or negative traits.

appetizing, aloof, mean, polite, honest, solid, ardent, bland, pleasant, organized, friendly, tedious, sloppy, methodical, chaotic, systematic, tidy, unpleasant, nasty, passionate, tender, uninterested, cruel, organized, cold, negligent, horrifying, untidy, refined, insipid, flavourless, tasty, reliable, careless, unstable, romantic, uninteresting, sophisticated, dull,disciplined, unresponsive, messy

B - Introduce concept/practice vocabulary in situation

Fill in the following handout completing the sentences with the adjectives listed above.

" Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and it is all organised by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and it is all organised by the Italians ".

Heaven is a ___________ place to be (fill in with an adjective) What qualities make a good policeman/a cook/a mechanic/lover/ manager? A policeman should be A cook should A mechanic should be A lover should be A manager should be In this joke the British are regarded as being the French are portrayed as being the Germans are considered as being Italian men have a reputation of being the Swiss are said to be

Hell is a_________ place to be (fill in with an adjective) What is the inference made about German policemen: British food: French mechanics: Swiss lovers: Italian management: Do you think this is true? What do these statements have in common?

B - Develop ideas/discuss

1. Working on your own, write down five or six stereotypes for your own nationality.

2. Was it easy to complete the sentences? Did your answers come naturally? Why? Why not?

3. Did the completed statements make you feel uncomfortable? Why? Why not?

4. In general, were your responses positive or negative?

5. List the stereotypes under positive, negative or neutral. What does this tell us about stereotypes?

6. Fill in the following questionnaire on your own and later discuss it with your teacher and colleagues. You may use: A= I agree B= I'm not sure C= I disagree

National stereotypes are dangerous because they may provoke racial prejudice.

Stereotypes contain a certain amount of truth.

There is no such thing as national character and therefore the idea of national stereotypes is rubbish.

Stereotypes are simply harmless sorts of jokes we tell about other nationalities or groups of people.

7. What is, in your opinion, the best way to challenge a stereotype.

8. What you have seen here are national stereotypes. Can you think of other kinds of stereotypes?

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