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Name of the tool
“Find a title!”. A game for identifying stereotypes of European nations. |
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Links to the keystones
Attitudes: raising awareness of the participants about stereotypical national characters. |
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Aim of tool/ Brief overall description
To make negative or positive stereotypes overt in an intercultural group in a humorous way
Brief overall description
To show pictures of little children in funny situations. The (national/ethnic) groups of students are to find titles to the pictures, using the name of a nation, or etnic group
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Main methods
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Description of the process and the possible stepping stones
Step-by-step
- The teacher prepares a slideshow with funny pictures (of children) in different situations.
- The students are divided into groups.
- He/she shows the slides one by one to the students/participants.
- After each picture the groups has cc. 1-2 minutes of time for discussion, and they give a title to the picture. They are required to include the name of a European nation/ethnic group in the title.
- After the slide show has ended, the teacher shows the slides again, and the groups read their titles.
- After the game the participants reflect on their titles and feelings.
Reflection and evaluation
It is very important that the students consider this as a game, and that the teacher can create an adequate atmosphere for humor and not-offending irony.
We tried this game in our Tickle group, and everybody enjoyed it.
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Instruments
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Equipment
Projector
Group of 20-25 participants
Requirements
Active participation in the game.
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References
- Peabody, Dean (1985): National characteristics. European monographs in social psychology. Cambridge University Press
- Stuart Ewen, Elizabeth Ewen, Typecasting: On the Arts and Sciences of Human Inequality. New York (Seven Stories Press) 2006
- Hall, Edward T.: Understanding Cultural Differences - Germans, French and Americans (1993, Yarmouth, Maine)
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Author
Zsolt Mogyorosi
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Institution
Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary
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