Pre-Viewing Questions

1.Watch the following airport-scene (video 1). In how far do you agree, that the two guys in the video represent the German and the American culture? Which subjective theories concerning the culture of “the other” become evident?

2.How could this video (video 1) be used in a secondary classroom to initiate intercultural learning processes?

3. Classrooms are culturally very diverse in many ways. In how far can this be an advatage for a discussion about cultures and cultural stereotypes? 

4. What does it mean to be interculturally competent? Which model of intercultural competence do you refer to?

[Box below: Theories on intercultural compentencies]

Post-Viewing Questions

1. What are stereotypes and why can they be problematic?

2. Can “cultures” be divided in “self” and “other”? How does one subscribe to “a culture”?

3. Which role plays the individual when discussing “cultures”?