- •Е.С. Надточева
- •Предисловие
- •Culture shock and multiculturalism unit I
- •1. Discuss the questions with the members of the class.
- •Coming To North America
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary and grammar
- •6. Game. One of the students chooses a stage of culture shock. The other students ask him| her yes-no questions trying to guess the stage.
- •1. You are going to read several articles related to culture shock. In which article would you expect to find the following words and word combinations?
- •2. Now read the articles to see if your expectations were correct and answer the questions that follow each article. On alienation and the esl students
- •Eating in america
- •3. Comment on the contexts which the following concepts illustrate:
- •2. Answer the questions of the quiz.
- •3.Complete the paragraph by filling in the appropriate word: disease, slang, culture, idioms, cues, shock, newcomer, gestures, adjust. (One word is not used)
- •4. Answer the questions of the quiz.
- •1. A friend of yours who doesn’t know English is writing a report on culture shock. Translate one of the articles given above for him.
- •Студенты – иностранцы и культурный шок
- •Ценности
- •Модель культурного шока
- •Некоторые последствия культурного шока
- •Как помочь себе
- •В заключение…
- •Unit II
- •The development of multiculturalism
- •2. Read the text again and while reading take notes summarizing the main points.
- •3. A friend of yours hasn’t read the article, give him the basic information in a one-minute speech. Use your notes if necessary.
- •3.1. How to get us citizenship (procedure, costs of applying).
- •3.2. Green Card Lottery (procedure, costs of applying).
- •1. Read the text and say why a country needs immigrants.
- •Coming to america
- •Individual reading
- •Appendix
- •Culture Shock: It's the Little Things That Count in the Biggest Ways
- •Vocabulary list
- •References
- •Методическое пособие по культуре речевого общения для студентов обучающихся по специальности «031202 – Перевод и Переводоведение» (1 ия, английский)
- •620017 Екатеринбург, пр. Космонавтов, 26.
1. Read the text and say why a country needs immigrants.
Rodger Doyle
Coming to america
The current wave of immigration, which rivals the massive influx of 1880-1914, started with the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Since then, about 27 million legal immigrants have crossed the boarder. In addition, an estimated 10.3 million illegal ones live in the U.S. "The net result is that, as of 2004, there were 34.2 million foreign-born residents in the country. More than half are from Latin America and about a quarter are from Asia, which contrasts with the pre-World War I period, when the foreign-born were overwhelmingly European.
Today's surge, like its predecessor, is profoundly affecting the culture and economics of the U.S., particularly in southern Florida, southern California and the New York metropolitan area. In 2004 the foreign-born accounted for 11.3 percent of the population, and at their present rate of increase, this figure could exceed the record of 14.6 percent in 1890. The foreign-born now account for half the growth of the U.S. population.
One reason that the U.S. draws immigrants is the long-standing shortage of native-born workers. Too few Americans are acquiring scientific and engineering skills: of the foreign-born, 3.3 percent of those 18 years of age and older hold higher degrees, such as Ph.Ds and J.Ds(Doctor of Law) compared with 2.2 percent of the native-born population. At the same time, the native-born shun many manual jobs. Farm labor, for instance, is largely foreign-born. Several Californian industries, such as apparel and construction, depend almost exclusively on immigrant workers.
Another stimulus to immigration is U.S. involvement abroad, which has led to waves of migrants from South Korea, Vietnam, Cuba and other countries. Other triggers include civil conflict, as in Colombia, and hard times, as in the former Soviet countries.
Although some immigrants are a burden on the welfare system, as a group they pay far more in taxes than they receive in government benefits, such as public education and social services. A National Academy of sсiences study in 1997 found that immigrants had little impact on the earnings of U.S. born Americans, except for unskilled jobs, where native-born high school dropouts found their wages going down because of соmpetition from unskilled immigrants. According to the National Foreign Intelligence Board, an advisory body to the Central Intelligence Agency, the more liberal immigration policies of the U.S. have given it a competitive edge over Europe and Japan in industries such as information technology.
Discussion Points.
Which jobs do immigrants typically get?
Tell how immigration affects the US economy.
Explain why the USA attracts immigrants and why immigration is restricted.
What would happen if all immigrants decided to go home?
SPEAKING
Find information and make an oral presentation about immigration to Russia and the immigrants’ contribution to Russian culture and economy.
Work in groups. Imagine you left your native country to live abroad for several years. Answer the questions:
What challenges would you face?
To what extent is it necessary to assimilate to the new culture?
Would you have to break with your own culture?
What customs would you keep?