TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL STEREOTYPES AND PRACTISING THE USE OF ADJECTIVES AS NOUNS

1. NATIONALITIES
Judging on appearances

2. • Cold
• Reserved
• Lively
• Fun-loving
• Shy
• Hardworking
• Extrovert
• Sociable
• introvert
• Lazy
• Conscientious
• Neurotic
• Bad-tempered
• Unfriendly
• Open-minded

4. a Scottish man / a Scot

6. a Russian woman / a Russian

8. a Vietnamese boy

10. a Turkish girl / a Turk

12. a Swedish girl / a Swede

14. a Japanese man

15. NATIONALITIES
Judging on appearances

16. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE ENGLISH THE SCOTTISH THE IRISH THE AMERICAN

17. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE ENGLISH THE SCOTTISH THE IRISH THE AMERICAN
+ individualistic
+ hard-working
+ optimistic
- materialistic, very
interested in money

18. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE ENGLISH THE SCOTTISH THE IRISH THE AMERICAN
+ sociable
+ easy-going
+ religious
+ family oriented
+ good storytellers
- melancholic
- nostalgic
- drink a lot
+ individualistic
+ hard-working
+ optimistic
- materialistic, very
interested in money

19. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE ENGLISH THE SCOTTISH THE IRISH THE AMERICAN
+ tolerant
+ open to new ideas
+ sociable
+ easy-going
+ religious
+ family oriented
+ good storytellers
+ individualistic
+ hard-working
+ optimistic
- self-satisfied
- arrogant towards
foreigners
- lazy
- careless in the
way they dress
- drink too much
- melancholic
- nostalgic
- drink a lot
- materialistic, very
interested in money

20. NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE ENGLISH THE SCOTTISH THE IRISH THE AMERICAN
+ tolerant
+ open to new ideas
+ proud of their
identity
+ inventive
+ sociable
+ like to have a
good time
+ great travellers
+ well behaved
abroad
+ sociable
+ easy-going
+ religious
+ family oriented
+ good storytellers
+ individualistic
+ hard-working
+ optimistic
- self-satisfied
- arrogant towards
foreigners
- lazy
- careless in the
way they dress
- drink too much
- melancholic
- negative attitude
towars their
neighours (the
English), quite
negative towards
foreigners
- melancholic
- nostalgic
- drink a lot
- materialistic, very
interested in money

21. HEAVEN
• Heaven is where the police are __________,
• The cooks are __________,
• The mechanics are __________,
• The lovers are __________,
• And everything is organized by the
__________.

22. HELL
• Hell is where the police are __________,
• The cooks are __________,
• The mechanics are __________,
• The lovers are __________,
• And everything is organized by the
__________.

23. Right or wrong?
• English talk about the weather a lot.
• English people often travel abroad.
• The Spanishs enjoy eating out.
• Chinese and Japanese have a different cuisine.
• I know an Italian who doesn’t like spaguetti.
• My sister married a Polish.

24. Agree or disagree?
• The British are usually less friendly than the Americans.
• The Italians dress better than any other nationality.
• The rich are always meaner than the poor.
• The elderly are best looked after in residential homes.
• The unemployed shouldn’t receive state benefits.
• Small towns are better places to live than big ones.
• It’s better to buy expensive clothes if you can afford to,
because they last longer than cheap ones.