Nternat: Onal Social Skills
Nternat: Onal Social Skills
Nternat: Onal Social Skills
SOCIAL SKILLS:
have you got them?
The gestures that you use in your country
often exist in other countries, but sometimes
they can have very different meanings!
Find out if you are ready to travel abroad by
doing our quiz on international gestures. | RECYCLE! The first conditional for predicting
We often use the first conditional to make predictions
1 If you raise your in Turkey, people will understand V using might, may, will / won't or could + infinitive.
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that you mean You might annoy people if you constantly sniff!
A no’ B Tm confused’. C yes’ If you bite your fingernails, you won’t make a very
2 If someone says yes’ with a gesture in Bulgaria, they will good impression.
A nod their head B 2 their head. C shrug their 3 If you fold your arms, you could look defensive.
3 People in Indonesia will feel you are rude if you
A4 at people. B scratch your head. C lick your lips.
9 itrim Read the Recycle ! box. Listen again. Complete
4 It’s perfectly polite to 5 noisily while drinking your the sentences using the words in brackets.
tea in
1 If you can’ t control your coughing or sniffing, you
A Brazil. B Canada. C Japan. , (might)
5 Giving a 6 is considered childish in
2 Ifyou use British ways of expressing yourself with
A Thailand. B Australia. C Italy. Spanish people, they .
(could )
3 Ifyou don’t control your body language in an interview,
you , (might not)
6 Read and complete the quiz with words from exercises 2
10 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
and 4. Then do the quiz.
Which gesture or expression might you use if ...
7 Listen and check the answers to the quiz. Are 1 you wish someone good luck in an exam ?
you surprised by any of the customs and taboos ? 2 you are puzzled by a question ?
3 you don’t know the answer to a question that someone
8 Listen to three different situations. Match the has asked ?
questions to each situation (1-3).
In which situation do they talk about ... If I wish someone luck in an exam, I might ...
a making a good impression ?
b dealing with the symptoms of being unwell ?
c different ways of expressing yourself ?