Swedish and German pupils learn about Intercultural Communication
In the first workshop session of the day, teachers and pupils from "The Two Wooden Dolls" project had a fun time together learning about culture and communication.
Starting with the fact that with 6.6 billion people on earth with a total of approximately 6800 different languages, it became clear that there are many different ways, as the pupils pointed out, "to see life and talk to others".
Through a number of images and quizzes, the students shared information about their own cultures. As we soon realised, the room was full of people with cultures and ways of communicating in over 13 different countries! Even comparing how to count with one's hands was a fun discovery as everyone had such different ways of doing so, based on the cultures in which they lived.
The pupils also had a good time testing their own perceptions, knowledge and stereotypes about the world around them through pictures and stories.
By the end of the workshop, each pupil came up with a new name for themselves (often based on famous people in their culture!) and got to know each other a bit more.
Many thanks to all the pupils for their enthusiasm and to the teachers for helping out!
(in the picture, the pupils are doing an exercise about the culture of getting into an elevator and the concept of personal space in different culture)