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Appropriate Language at a Funeral

Author: Lone Bendixen Goulani, University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Kurdistan Region of Iraq Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation:  Mariwan is a 20-year-old university student who recently…

Navigating Jealousy in Different Cultures

Author: Lone Bendixen Goulani, University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Kurdistan Region of Iraq Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation: Shawkat is a 32-year-old Iranian Kurd who was born in…

Decoding Dress Codes

Author: Lone Bendixen Goulani, University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Kurdistan Region of Iraq Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation: Lara is a young beautiful Kurd from the United States who…

Appropriate Behaviour towards Children

Author: Lone Bendixen Goulani, University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Kurdistan Region of Iraq Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation: Svend works for a Norwegian oil company and have relocated…

Filming in Local Markets

Author: Lone Bendixen Goulani, University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Kurdistan Region of Iraq Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation: Freja is a young Danish woman working for an international…

Respectful Titles

Situation: Karzan is a Kurdish refugee from Iraq who has been living in Denmark for a year. He has been studying an intensive Danish course since his arrival, and he is keen on practicing his language with the locals.…

Sensitivity During Ramadan

Author: Lone Bendixen Goulani, University of Kurdistan – Hewler, Kurdistan Region of Iraq Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation: Lena is from Sweden, and is a new lecturer at an English…

Gender and Personal Questions

Author: Erina Ito, Kwansei Gakuin University Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation: Hiro was given a partner to work on a project with, and when they met for the first time, Hiro couldn’t…

Roles in Group Work

Author: Karin Nishimoto, Kwansei Gakuin University Review/editing: Aaron Rotsinger, University of St Andrews Situation: A group of Japanese and international students were tasked with making a video about shopping in…