UNIT 5 - 2012

UNIT 5
DESCRIBING CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS / COMPARING COUNTRIES:

READ: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/if-it-were-my-home-comparing-your-country-to-othe
http://www.aneki.com/comparison.php
http://www.economist.com/content/all_parities_china
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/06/the_expat_explorer_survey_to_which_country_should_you_emigrate.html

INTERACTIVE: http://www.countryreports.org/data-tables/index.htm

ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE EMOTIONS:
LISTS: http://www.ehow.com/list_5806188_list-descriptive-adjectives-describing-emotions.html

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/grammar/adjectives/list-of-adjectives-to-describe-tone-feelings-emotions.html


CULTURE SHOCK:
LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2006_10_mon.shtml
WATCH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016lk44
READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-15002723
http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/pennsylvania/a/amish_country.htm
HOME
LISTEN:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/expressenglish/2011/10/111024_ee_home_page.shtml

TOURISM AND TRAVEL ABROAD:
READ: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/south-america/chile
http://www.wikihow.com/Travel-Overseas-by-Oneself
http://www.hotelsbycity.net/help/tips/traveling/
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/why-americans-dont-travel-overseas/


MOVING ABROAD:
READ: http://www.overseasdigest.com/moving-abroad-advice.htm
http://www.expatforum.com/britain/expats-brits-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-return-to-unsafe-costly-uk-study-suggests.html
http://www.expatexchange.com/lib.cfm?articleID=428
http://www.shelteroffshore.com/index.php/living/more/good_advice_when_moving_abroad

expressing emotions; 
READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14372195

giving advice: 

NOUN PHRASES CONTAINING RELATIVE CLAUSES:
GRAMMAR: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/phrfunc.html
PRACTICE: http://elprofeonofre.com/documents/NI_E1%20Noun%20Phrases%20Containing%20Relative%20Clauses.pdf

expectations: the custom to, (not) supposed to, expected to, (not) acceptable to
READ: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622084