1. Consult the television programme of your own country from the websites prepared above and observe the relation between the viewing times of certain programmes with everyday life and your own daily routine. Use the questions below as orientation.
Take notes. You can work with a partner or on your own.
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a. When does TV start broadcasting during the week, at the weekend? Does that correspond to the hour someone gets up in your country during the week, at the weekend?
b. When do programmes about current affairs begin and finish? Does that time correspond to certain meal times (beginning or end of meals)?
c. When does main evening viewing begin and finish? What functional part of the day does it correspond with? (the end of meals? going to sleep?...) |
2. You need the notes you have already taken. Choose a television programme from a country where you understand the language (preferably a language you do not teach) and try to draw some conclusions concerning the everyday life in this foreign country, comparing it to your own. Again, use the questions below as orientation and take notes. You can work with a partner or on your own. -->
Everyday life / daily routines ...
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a. Compare programmes with everyday life (hours of broadcasting, hours of meals...).
b. When do people in this country probably get up / eat / go to bed...?
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Values / beliefs / traditions ...
a. Religion: Are there Sunday, religious TV programmes? (if there are, for which religions?)
b. Identify programmes typical to your culture and the culture of this other country (traditional songs, dances...).
Do you think that there are certain types of programmes on foreign TV that you would not find in your own country and vice-versa? (Concentrate particularly on the evening programmes)
c. Can you draw some conclusions about the cultures of the two countries?
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3. Discuss the questions above and share your findings with your colleagues. During the discussion, reflect upon the following points: ...
- Do you all have the same results?
- In what way do the results differ?
- What might be possible reasons for this?
- What are these differences? --> |
4. Use the forum to discuss your findings with a native speaker who comes from the country you chose for the activity. Tell him about your conclusions or/and ask questions about issues that impressed or surprised you, and find out how a native speaker would react to your observations and what he thinks.
You can also read what other colleagues have written and contribute to their discussion thread.
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