Learning about Western Culture

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Down Under

How much do you know about Australia?

Imagine that you have just won a trip to Australia. You will be able to go in July. See if you can answer these questions about what you might find there. Check the answers with your instructor.

A. Your Journey

(1) The trip is in July. Will you need to take clothes for hot weather or cold weather?

  ☐ Hot weather    Cold weather ☐(2) About how long will your flight be?             hours.

(3) What direction will you fly in?             

B. In Australia

(4) Name two cities you would like to visit.

(5) Name two special places you would like to visit.

(6) Name two uniquely Australian animals that you might see.

C. Australian People

In Australia do you expect that:

(10) Most people live in cities, or in the country? (11) Most people live in houses, or apartments? (12) People will all be white/European or a mixture of races?

Recap

2. Did you know...?

There have been nine Australian Nobel Prize Winners. One famous Australian scientist who has had a big impact on Korea, as well as the rest of the world, is Dr Howard Florey. He was a leader of the team which discovered penicillin. It is estimated that penicillin has saved at least 50 million lives!

Australian School System

Kindergarten (When children are age 4)

Pre-school (Age 5 or 6)

Primary School Grades 1 - 6 (Ages 6/7 - 11/12)

Secondary School Years 7 - 12 (Ages 12/13 - 17/18)

3. Australian Animals

4. A Map of Australia

5. Video -A Farm in the Outback

This video shows a lot of information about a particular part of Australia and the life of one family there.

There are four main themes in the film:

. what outback farms are like

. how farms in outback Australia use

arterial water

. how families on an outback farm live

. how people are trying to care for the land

6. Video Worksheet

(1)How does the family overcome the problems of being so far from places that sell food?

(2) Where does Shannon have her school lessons? Why does she not go to a normal school?

(3) Name three different types of modern technology this family uses to overcome the problems of isolation and distance.

(4) Choose the correct wordcattle dog

two-way radio

truck

motor bike

windmill

satellite dish

computer

water tank

wire fence

7. Personal Questions

Which questions do you think are consider to be rather personal in Western culture? Check all the

questions you think are personal. After 5 minutes, have a discussion

as a class.

7. Personal Questions□ Where are you from?

□ What is your religion?

□ Are you married? Why or why not?

□ How tall are you?

□ How much money do you

make a month?

7. Personal Questions□ How old are you?

□ What did you do before you came to Korea?

□ What is your favorite food/music/ sports?

□ What do you do in your free

time?

□ How many brothers or

sisters do you have? What do

they do?

8. Interesting Korean Culture

▫ Below are some "interesting Korean culture" from foreigner's eyes. Try to guess why they are so special.

▫ drinking culture▫ many churches▫ over night market▫ many coffee shops▫ thin women on the street

▫ 24 hour sauna

▫ boshintang (dog soup)

▫ English education

▫ Seniority

▫ family relationship (parents' passion for children's education)