STEREOTYPES
Read the saying. Can you complete it with the corresponding nationalities?
“Heaven is where the police are ______________, the cooks are ______________, the mechanics are ______________, the lovers are ______________ and it is all organised by the ______________.
Hell is where the police are ______________, the cooks are ______________, the mechanics are ______________, the lovers are ______________, and it is all organised by the ______________”.
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS
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What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘stereotype’? |
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Are stereotypes usually accurate? |
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Are the stereotypes you have of people fair? |
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Are you a stereotype? |
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What is the stereotype of someone from your country? Is it fair? |
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Are stereotypes god or bad? |
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Where do stereotypes come from? |
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Which people today do you think are being unfairly stereotyped? |
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Do gender stereotypes annoy you? |
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What are the stereotypes of men and women? |
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS
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Do you think there are any stereotypes that are good? |
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Do movies show different nationalities as stereotypes? |
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From what age can people become a stereotype? |
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Do you think information technology has reduced or increased racial stereotyping? |
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What stereotype were you at school? |
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Have you ever met someone who was the perfect image of a stereotype you had in your mind? |
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Should stereotyping be made illegal? |
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Is there a group of people who are guiltier than most of creating stereotypes? |
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Are caricatures in political cartoons dangerous forms of stereotype? |
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What stereotypes do Hollywood, Bollywood and Hong Kong create? |
Heaven is where…
The police are British
The cooks are Italian
The lovers are French
The mechanics are German
And it’s all organized by the Swiss
Hell is where…
The cooks are British
The mechanics are French
The lovers are Swiss
The police are German
And it’s all organized by the Italians