Gran Torino: Critical thinking - TERMS

Culture is the collective term used to identify the customs, social behavior, and ideas of a particular people or society; this is created over a long time.

• True

• False

Cultural knowledge:

you know about some cultural characteristics, history, values, beliefs, and behaviors of another ethnic or cultural group.

• True

• False

I am aware of something means

• I know that it exists

• I don't know that it exists

Cultural awareness is _________

• understanding that we all have different values

• understanding that our values are the best

Cultural awareness starts with

• understanding our culture

• understanding others' culture

Cultural awareness starts with understanding our cultural identity

• True

• False

How do we call ?

the next stage of understanding other groups — being open to the idea of changing cultural attitudes.

• cultural knowledge

• cultural awareness

learning a foreign language gives us access to a different society and culture.

• True

• False

Select the benefits of cultural awareness

• It helps an easy communication with others

• It builds cultural barriers

• It builds cultural bridges

• it helps you love and appreciate others , who are different from us

• It helps you understand and appreciate your own culture

Can you find more cultural awareness benefits:

• You become more empathetic

• It minimizes the impact of cultural myopia

• You become more competitive