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Suggested Answers for ONE STEP FURTHER Activities (Google Form)

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Here are some example answers for the Google form.

1 Japanese / female / corporate trainer / has lived in the UK and France Cultural Pattern A: I felt that there was much more interactivity than in Japan Cultural Pattern B:

most of them were one-way lectures by the professor

2 Australian / male / sports coach / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: In Australia, students are encouraged to ask questions at all times / expect students to volunteer answers 3 Canadian / male / teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: Canadian classrooms tend to be learner-centered and interactive. Students often work together to construct shared ideas concerning how to address a problem. Moreover, there are a lot of discussions and related activities that encourage learners to offer their opinions.

Cultural Pattern B: students are not encouraged to volunteer an answer unless they are directly addressed, and even then some don’t

Cultural Pattern B: none

4 British / female / freelance writer and teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: back in England classes were very interactive 5 Hungarian / female / research student / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none

Cultural Pattern B: none

Cultural Pattern B: University classes are based on listening and taking notes in silence

6 French / female / language teacher / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern A: in the South of France before, and he said that he was used to a majority of students raising their hands./ After that I went to university in Canada. Classes there were quite interactive / The atmosphere was clearly more relaxed

Cultural Pattern B: no one was raising their hands to answer / what I had experienced in France.

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7 Canadian-Japanese / male / student / has lived in Japan Cultural Pattern A: none

Cultural Pattern B: not many classes are interactive in Japanese schools.

8 French / male / teacher trainer / lives in Japan Cultural Pattern C: they call on a student to respond, but the student remains completely silent / There is an invisible but very strong social pressure to adopt a hesitant way of speaking.

Cultural Pattern D: To them, it feels as if they “threw a ball” to the student, but that student is “keeping the ball”, refusing to give the foor back to the teacher.

9 Chinese / female / software salesperson/ lives in Japan Cultural Pattern C: none

Cultural Pattern D: I would try my best to answer the question. Remaining silent is not polite, at least in my opinion

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