Oral Anglais Location And From Of Power

Spaces and Exchanges

This notion deals with the geographical and symbolic areas that all societies occupy and the interactions between men and different societies. Our world is built on the exploration and conquest of new spaces. The different cultural, economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped and characterised our modern-day world.

Examples can be:

- School and education (social diversity / knowledge)  comparison of the different educational systems

- the movement of people: Immigration

From India to the US ( sari (clothes), color, welcoming people (hospitality), castle system.

PROBLEM: How can we adapt to a different culture?

How difficult is it ta adapt to a new culture?

Documents:

-Series of photos taken by French exchange student in India: initial shock when you arrive on a country with a different culture

-extract from a novel (lahiri, réunion in america): Indian woman with her hobbits and language experience in the USA (from the husband's point of view) who joins her husband's who is already introduced

-press article (NY times, 2009) by an american of Indian Origin

Why to leave us native country?

Reasons to leave your native country:

- economic reasons: to get a job

-education

-romantic reason

Conclusion: It's a process

-stages of adapting

-moments of strings emotion

-takes time

-leads to acceptance

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