Between cultures: interviewing a third culture kid
Mia describes growing up between countries and the shock of 'coming home'; students practice probing follow-up questions in their own interviews.
C2Adults55 minInterview
About this lesson
A C2 speaking lesson (interview). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Interview
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Countries & cultures
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Word order
- Key words
- a third culture kid, unwritten rules, to give someone the benefit of the doubt, to read a room, rootlessness, reverse culture shock, to land badly
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Conduct an in-depth interview about cultural experience, using probing follow-up questions
- Talk with nuance about identity, belonging and unwritten cultural rules