Cultures

A selection of business English discussion questions.

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  1. Have you ever dealt with business partners or clients from abroad? From where?
  2. Have you ever travelled abroad on business yourself?
  3. When you visit another country, what is the first thing you try and learn about?
  4. Can you recall any ‘cultural misunderstandings’ you have experienced when dealing with people from abroad?
  5. What do you think it means to be ‘culturally aware’? Would you describe yourself as culturally aware?
  6. If you had to describe your country’s culture to a partner from abroad, how would you do it?
  7. If you had to give a business partner a tour of your town or city, what would you show them?
  8. If somebody was planning a business trip to your country, what advice would you give them about dealing with the people?
  9. Do you think your country is losing its culture in any way? How?
  10. Would the world be a better place if we all had the same culture?
  11. Is it a good idea to socialise with business partners? Why or why not?
  12. Would you describe your company as ‘international’? Why or why not?
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Advertising, Brands, Building Relationships, Change, Communication, Competition, Consultants, Crisis Management, Cultures, Customer Service, Employment Trends, Ethics, First Impressions, Human Resources, International Marketing, International Markets, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Management Styles, Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, New Business, Online Business, Organisation, Project Management, Raising Finance, Risk, Strategy, Success, Team Building, Training, Travel.


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Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Used to, Have to, Going to / Pres. Continuous, Going to / Will, Comparatives, Superlatives, First Conditional, Second Conditional, Third Conditional, Mixed Conditionals, Should, Should have, Can, Could, Can / Could / Be able to, Is done / Was done, Being done / Been done.

How to use the cultures ESL discussion questions

It is recommended that you download the cultures ESL discussion questions in PDF format using one of the links above. The best way to encourage classroom interaction is to download and print the cultures discussion questions in the 'pairs' or 'threes' PDF format and then divide the questions by cutting along the dotted lines. This allows students to take turns asking and answering the cultures discussion questions in groups of two or three. Alternatively, you could use the 'cards' format to distribute the questions to any number of students to ask and share.

It is advisable to prepare students for using these discussion questions by first introducing them to the topic of cultures in an interesting and engaging way. An anecdote, quiz question or a related image or video could all be used to achieve this. Depending on the level, it may also be necessary to pre-teach any challenging vocabulary related to cultures contained in the discussion questions.

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