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TANGO ALCHEMY

TANGO ALCHEMY. The Czechs in the eyes of an American. Exercise 1. BEFORE YOU WATCH. When you hear the word ‘foreigner’, what do you associate with it? Identify what kinds of attitudes people express about foreigners. Which ones do you agree with and which ones do you disagree with?

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TANGO ALCHEMY

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  1. TANGO ALCHEMY The Czechs in the eyes of an American

  2. Exercise 1 BEFORE YOU WATCH When you hear the word ‘foreigner’, what do you associate with it? Identify what kinds of attitudes people express about foreigners. Which ones do you agree with and which ones do you disagree with? Are some nationalities more accepted than others here? What are your attitudes about Americans? Discuss why. Do you believe the Czechs have any special national features? What are they? What do you think foreigners abroad know about Czech Republic? Make a list. What would you like other countries and people to know about Czechs?

  3. WHILE YOU WATCH Exercise2 Are these statements TRUE or FALSE? • When the speaker arrived in the Czech Republic, there were not many foreigners around. • Shortly after her arrival, she got the impression that the people here do not have enough knowledge to form their opinions. • According to the speaker, the main difference between Czechs and Americans when she arrived 15 years ago is that American were trained in rhetoric and expressing an idea and Czechs were not at the time. • The main problem she was facing inside her team was that the Czech part of it kept saying that something isn’t possible to achieve. • She never pays any rent for using the buildings where the festival is held. • She never got the official approval of her activities from the City of Prague authorities. • When the speaker was dealing with the people in charge of the buildings where the festival took place, they were mostly open to her ideas. • The speaker was successful bringing together new ideas with existing resources because of how they saw the benefit of tourism connected with the festivals Tango Alchemy organized.

  4. Exercise3 Listen and fill in the gaps

  5. AFTER YOU WATCH Exercise4 Match the English expressions with their Czech equivalent

  6. Exercise5 GROUP DISCUSSION • DISCUSS: Have you ever stayed in a foreign country for more than a month? If so, where was it and what did you gain from it? If not, would you like to have such an experience? Where would you want to go? Discuss why you have some preferences for visiting other countries over others. What kinds of future experiences would you like to have living, working, or studying abroad? • DEBATE: The EU supports the mobility of different nationalities to other countries across the member states for work and study. Currently, there are approximately 240.000 foreigners currently living in the Czech Republic. How does the country benefit from their presence? Does it also bring about any troubles? What issues are connected with it? Discuss the policy’s benefits and its disadvantages. Prepare a debate across two groups, one arguing for supporting mobility, and the other arguing against it. • REFLECT: The speaker said that one of the reasons she was drawn to come and live here was that there was a special kind of energy that was motivating for her here. What does she mean by using the word ‘energy’ in this statement? How is it different from other forms of energy that you may be familiar with? How does Czech history and its myths support her statement? Do you have any similar experiences?

  7. Exercise6 GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX TEST

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