June 11 – Lesson 8

Task Title. Reading a Table: American standard

Task 1 Title Compare Cultures; a) Brazil / b) Japan

Task 2 Title: Japan Work Culture a) for / b) against

Task 3 Title: To change (person a) OR to not change (person b); please prepare your response

Task 4 Title: Graph Title

HOMEWORK

  • Quiz 7
  • Task 4: Find a Table (individual; not with your partner) about another culture topic (todays topic about Vacation). Including Japan and other countries. Write a short report (50-75 words). A4 paper! Take a screenshot of your Table.
  • Next lesson: show your table, and read your report to your group

For example:

  • retirement age
  • pension system
  • maternity leave (men or women)
  • salary / bonus system
  • income tax (salary tax)

Table 1

Optional / Support Activities

  1. The title of this Table is “Vacation Days per Year” per=every
  2. Short Description: reading left to right; 1) The left side has 8 countries, 2) From there there is information in order starting with Average =====employees give, next Average =====employee takes, and finally 3) Not used days.
  3. Detail (Line 1): In Brazil they have an average of 30days vacation (1), they take an average of 30 days (2), and there are no days left (3).
  4. Line (2-8): … write the details for every country.
  5. Results (the groups and details) (Task 4)

Task Activity: select countries and write the sentences

Task Activity Title: Evaluation: groups / grouping method

  • Step 1: decide the result – what is the result?
  • Step 2: what groups can you see – think about it?
  • Step 3: make the groups [***Hint – there are three groups of countries]

Teacher example:

  • In group 1 / For group 1 : there are no days vacation left. These countries include Brazil, Canada and France.
  • In group 2 / For group 2 : there are a few days vacation left. There are four countries and they are Malaysia, Mexico, UK and the US. The days left are between 1 to 4 days.
  • In group 3 / For group 3 : there are a lot of days vacation left. There is only one country Japan [ and they only take half the numbers of days vacation / and take 10 days only vacation ]

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