Stereotypes & Cultural Awareness

1 According to the text, stereotypes are — choose — detailed and accurate descriptions of people simplified ideas about a group of people scientific facts about different cultures personal opinions shared by everyone .

2 The text says that stereotypes — choose — are always completely false may contain a grain of truth but rarely reflect the full picture perfectly describe most people in a group only exist in European countries .

3 Children often pick up stereotypes from — choose — textbooks and dictionaries only nature and animals their families, friends, and the media their teachers only .

4 Indigenous peoples in Commonwealth countries are sometimes portrayed — choose — as leading modern, successful lives as important political leaders as if they still live like their ancestors as the wealthiest members of society .

5 In schools, stereotypes can lead to — choose — better friendships between students bullying or exclusion of some students higher grades for everyone more cultural events .

6 Research about job applications showed that applicants with foreign-sounding names — choose — received more interview invitations received the same number of invitations sometimes received fewer interview invitations were never invited to interviews .

7 According to the text, one way to challenge stereotypes is — choose — avoiding all contact with other cultures travel, reading, and talking to people from different backgrounds watching more television ignoring people who are different from you .

8 Exchange programmes are mentioned as a way for young people to — choose — confirm that stereotypes are usually correct avoid learning about other cultures experience other cultures first-hand compete with students from other countries .

1 Stereotypes — choose — are often reinforced often reinforces is often reinforced often reinforcing by films and television shows.

2 In many schools, cultural awareness — choose — teaches is being taught are taught is teaching as part of the regular curriculum right now.

3 Last year, several students — choose — were bullied was bullied are bullied have bullied because of stereotypes about their religion.

4 People from other countries — choose — should be judged should not be judged should not judged should be not judged based on stereotypes alone.

5 The exchange programme between our school and a school in Canada — choose — was organised organised is organising were organised by both schools together in 2023.

6 Many false assumptions about indigenous peoples — choose — has been spread have been spread are spreading were spreading through the media over the past decades.

7 Right now, new anti-discrimination laws — choose — are discussed is being discussed are being discussed have discussed in the European Parliament.

8 Job applicants with foreign-sounding names — choose — are sometimes rejected sometimes rejected is sometimes rejected sometimes rejecting because of unconscious bias.

1 If the school — choose — has offered would offer had offered offered a cultural awareness course, the students would have learned about stereotypes earlier.

2 If Maria had travelled to India last summer, she — choose — will discover would have discovered would discover had discovered that her stereotypes were wrong.

3 The company — choose — would not have rejected would not reject will not have rejected had not rejected the applicant if it had looked at his qualifications instead of his name.

4 If the film — choose — showed has shown would show had shown a more balanced picture, it would not have reinforced so many stereotypes.

5 If Tom had talked to his classmate from New Zealand, he — choose — would realise would have realised had realised will have realised that his assumptions were completely wrong.

6 The class — choose — would understand had understood would have understood will have understood the problem better if the teacher had used real-life examples.

7 If the journalist — choose — would have checked had checked has checked checked the facts, the article would not have been so one-sided.

8 If we had invited students from different countries to our school, we — choose — would learn had learned will have learned would have learned much more about their cultures.

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