Ibunka-U4-Teacher's Book

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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION as experienced by REAL PEOPLE Many people who live or have lived abroad shared their thoughts in the Ibunka Survey , on a variety of everyday topics. This textbook is based on their responses.

Who is this textbook appropriate for? Students in intermediate-level EFL classes at Japanese universities:

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„ b general English „ b communication „ b content-based

Q1 Until what age did you sleep in the same bed as your parents (if you did)?

What is original about it? It introduces some basic topics of intercultural communication by focusing on everyday situations such as school, clubs, and family relationships. Why is that important? Because focusing on everyday situations, rather than abstract concepts, makes it easier for students: (1) to explore the topics (even if they have limited life experience), so that they actually can expand their worldview; (2) to express their habits and opinions meaningfully, so classes are lively and fun.

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I probably never slept in the same bed as my parents. I was put in a crib from a very young age. Then my parents probably put the crib and me in another room very soon after that, when I was just a few months old. In my country, privacy for parents is very important. The parents’ bed should remain a place for the couple, not for the family.

Bill American, surveyor, has lived in Mexico

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Such opinions and experiences, coming from a range of individuals, provide general hints about cultural patterns, not debatable “truths” about cultures.

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