CW #5 - Brad Charlassier

In our 5th meeting, our Culture Workshop group begun working on a final presentation of the cultures in our group. We were told multiple times by Kyle K. not to do the entire project for them. This was for the students to do and us to help with. The project was a board where our group members had to put down a few different countries/cultures and describe them. In addition to describing them, our group had to include stereotypes about that culture. For example, Ross in our group, who is a TEFL student, put his country of Ireland on the board. A well known stereotype about the Irish is that they are viewed as drunks. So on his board, he made mention of that. Also, something I honestly had not a clue of, is that there are different Irish accents depending on which part of Ireland you are from. I didn't have a clue of it, but I was kicking myself when I thought about it. All over the United States there are different accents depending on region, why would Ireland be any different? Or any country for that matter? I knew there were different French accents depending on the region of France. Other than these pieces of information, the board was covered with flags and maps as well as other important monuments of the country or culture that we represented.