Culture Shock
A B2 discussion-writing worksheet with eight prompts about culture shock. Students develop opinions with reasons, examples or personal experience, then compare their work with page 2 model responses.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 8 discussion-writing prompts about culture shock
- Reasons, examples and personal experience
- Developed B2 model responses on page 2
Write eight B2 answers about culture shock, adaptation, newcomers' difficulties and returning home. Learners explain experiences and possibilities without treating a nationality as one uniform group.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Clarify culture shock and reverse culture shock. Invite an imagined move or a change of school or workplace when learners have not lived abroad.
- Explain culture shock and develop an experience or imagined example involving unfamiliar routines.
- Describe practical adaptation difficulties and ways a newcomer might find support.
- Compare with page 2's models and revise a broad cultural claim with a specific situation and a qualification.
Support and extension
For support, organise an answer as difficulty, example and possible response. Extend by contrasting arriving abroad with returning home. The marriage prompt is optional to answer personally; focus on respectful language and individual differences rather than national stereotypes.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
