What have you learnt about other cultures ?
A lot How different they are from my owm Generally about the tradition ... Their civilization I learned that we are all same That we have to respect them School system , food , language , architecture Especially the hospitality and openness of Southern European countries as well as the school systems . Food It was a kind of a culture shock , but i have learned that not all of the european countries are as rich as we are or as we think . How beautiful and unique everyone is and how much we can learn from each other . We have many commons with portugese culture No matter how different the cultures are , there is always at least one person with whom you get along quite well I ' ve learned that some cultures are more educated than others , others have a more stressful way of living , others are more friendly but in every culture I ' ve found very interesting people and people I liked to meet . I ' ve learned , how many things we have in common . Every country have a different culture but I liked a lot I learned that even though we are all in the same continent , our ways of living , eating and doing many other things are pretty different . The different type of school system and and some things of their daily routine I learned a lot about other cultures , especially what they usually do , celebrate , traditional foods and much more I have learned about the carnival on Italy , I ate pretty much all the tradicional foods and I visited lots of places Their life prospective and school organisation School education , art , language , food Some of other leanguage Everyone in their country has their history and its interesring keep respect and curiosity for them I learned many things , their way of eating , of doing , visiting the school I could see how different that is from mine . overall it was all beautiful I learnt new ways of saying , their traditions and culture Thanks to this project I learnt a lot of new things as their typical dance , their typical food but also how they spend their day All are very friendly and hospitable I learned a lot about local traditions , different school systems and different lifestyles I learned typical dances of their country , their typical days and tasted their traditional food I have learned that we are very similar people , with the same interests , desires and feelings . I learned that we are all citizens of the same country , one country , the earth . nothing new That each country has a different culture and it ' s beautiful The food , their dancing The life style , their school routine and the tipical food I have experienced people ' s similarities despite their belonging to different cultures and countries and their speaking different languages . I have seen the dances that were used in other countries in general I have learned that there are so many different kind of cultures , languages , food ... I ’ ve learned about social differences I have learned about their schools , and something about their languages . I ' ve learned that there are no borders between people . I learned that Italians greet each other with kisses on the face , depending on sex
Table 1 : Students answers to what they have learnt from other cultures
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