UNIT OF CULTURE

1. WHAT IS CULTURE?

    CULTURE is the caracteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people such as:

• Language.  
• History. 
• Religion. 
• Clothes. 
• Traditions.
• Celebrations.
• Food.
• Drink. 
• Greetings.
• Arts.

2. CULTURAL ISSUES:

• Cultural shock.
• Homesickness.
• Misunderstanding. 
• Discrimination. 

3. CULTURAL VALUES:

• Peace. 
• Love.
• Tolerance. 
• Justice.
• Hospitality. 
• Cooperation. 
• Initiative. 
• Citizenship. 
• Sacrifice. 

4. SOME COLLOCATION:

• Cultural heritage. 
• Artistic offence.
• Culture shock. 
• Table manner.
• Melting pot.
• Deeply rooted. 

5. SOME DEFINITION:

• STEREOTYPE: a generalization about the traits or characteristics of all members of a particular group. 
• ASSIMILATION: state of becoming part of another social group-absorption.
• PREJUDICE: quality of accepting others opinions and beliefs even if they are different from yours.
• BIGOTRY: the fact of holding strongly to a belief or opinion in defiance of reason or argument.