Learning English through Topic: Living abroad

Living in a foreign country seems very fantastic for many people, but some may feel awful and challenging. What about you? Are you living abroad? Which country is it? For me, I'd love to travel as many as possible, but I gotta think twice about living in a perfectly strange country. 

If You're preparing for moving to some different country, let's watch this video! The girl's experience is interesting and useful! Don't forget to take a look at new words below and discuss questions. 

Useful vocabulary:

 to be polite/impolite

acquaintances

• “I was brought up never to talk about politics.”

  to be a ‘no-no’

  illness, disease

  to be self-obsessed

  to be careful about

  to criticise (UK), to criticize (US)

  to be interested in (working, politics etc)

  in your own home

  to be (rather) tasteless, tasteful

  actually = really

  currently = actuellement (fr)
  
  Questions:
  

  1. Do you know anyone who lives in a foreign country?
  2. What are the diffculties of living abroad?
  3. Do you agree with people who study oversea become a citizen of the country which is not their country?
  4. If you have chances of living and working in a foreign country, which country would you like to immigrate?
  5.      What do you most miss about your own country or culture when you go abroad
  6.   Discuss how important you think the following are in your country? Are they:
  1. important     2. not important or    3. best avoided?

  ·         Shaking hands or kissing when greeting someone

  ·         Formality (how to dress, how to talk to colleagues, what names to use etc)
  ·         The family
  ·         Being punctual
  ·         Humour
  ·         Small talk
  ·         Being direct (saying exactly what you think)

  ·         Giving presents when visiting someone
  
  

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