Manners!

We had a great Conversation Circle last week on the topic of manners.  Much etiquette is the same across cultures but some things are interestingly different.  Examples that came up:  honking your horn while driving, bowing to elders, chewing with your mouth open, using first names for teachers, etc.  We all came up with pet peeves, such as texting at the table, cell phones in theatres...
A couple of great ESL Youtube videos on this subject are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-8AlriF908

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBSLIy3SmCQ

 

For discussion questions, see  http://iteslj.org/questions/manners.html

It proved to be a popular topic for newcomers!