Questions for the mid-term exam on the subject "dic". What is the aim of Developing Intercultural Competence?

18. What can you say about Intercultural awareness?
Intercultural awareness can be considered as the foundation of communication. It involves two qualities: one is the awareness of one's own culture; the other is the awareness of another culture.
19.Language and culture in English classroom ( greetings, ways of expressing politeness, ways of addressing)

1. 
   Get to Know Your Students. ...
   
2. 
   Maintain Consistent Communication. ...
   
3. 
   Acknowledge and Respect Every Student. ...
   
4. 
   Practice Cultural Sensitivity. ...
   
5. 
   Incorporate Diversity in the Lesson Plan. ...
   
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   Give Students Freedom and Flexibility.
   

What are the 4 types of politeness strategies?
Brown and Levinson (1987) suggest that there are four types of politeness strategies. They are bald on-record, negative politeness, positive politeness, and off-record strategy.

20. What peculiarities of British culture did you get watching the movie "Pride and Prejudice"?
Pride and Prejudice is set in rural England during the Napoleonic Wars in 1790 to 1815. The characters mostly come from the gentry, which is the upper class determined by family relations and the ability to not work.
What lesson did you learn from Pride and Prejudice?
Don't make snap judgments. This is the obvious lesson of the novel—don't judge the proverbial book by its cover. This lesson is as important as ever, particularly for teachers. Don't let first impressions dictate your approach to a subject or to a student.

21.How do you understand language and culture in English classroom(greetings, ways of expressing politeness, ways of addressing)
In a definite community like in classroom, politeness is needed to be implemented since rudeness creates conflict between teacher and students. It means that politeness is used in classroom interaction in order to build good relationship among teachers and students. To sum up, in the English-speaking culture and the Western world in general, politeness has been closely related to the behavior typical of a certain social location and a certain social group. To be polite, means to live up to a set of conventionalized norms of behavior.