Cultural Encounter Exercises
Living in another country is an enriching and rewarding experience, but can also cause confusion and conflict. Different groups of people have different ways of behaving and looking at the world, and the “rules” behind them are often unspoken.
This website is designed to provide a range of Cultural Encounter Exercises, which can be used in classes or in the workplace in order to simulate difficult or confusing situations that people may find themselves in when living or traveling abroad. These exercises are reflective and have been created to encourage dialogue and understanding.
For more details on how to use the exercises, please visit the How to use the exercises tab
To hear Professor Don Snow discuss his work on and experiences with Cultural Encounter Exercises, please visit the Interview with Professor Don Snow tab. You may also wish to read an article he authored relevant to this topic – “English teaching, intercultural competence, and critical incident exercises“.
To find a Cultural Encounter Exercise appropriate for your group, please browse the categories and tags below.
Categories
- Interactions at School/University (4)
- Meeting Others for the First Time (2)
- Travelling in the UK (1)
Tags
Assumptions (1) Brazil (1) China (2) Chinese names (1) Czechia (3) directions (1) distance (1) English names (1) feedback (1) grades (1) lecture (1) local (1) Making friends (1) Meeting people (1) Nationality (1) Pronunciation (1) questions (1) Scotland (1) Skin Colour (1) University (1) USA (1)
Contributors to this project
- Project lead: Aaron Rotsinger
- Additional contributors: Don Snow, Eoin Jordan, Malcolm Chalmers
- Authorship of cultural encounter exercises: listed with each exercise presented
All material available on this site is free to use and adapt, providing that you comply the Creative Commons license terms available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/