Goal:

- Exchange intercultural information regarding gender roles.

- Raise awareness of intercultural differences in values, behavior, and ways of thinking.

- Help students reflect on their values, customs, behavior, and attitudes.

Input: Pictures (from Google) or authentic photos.

Condition: Shared information between one student and one volunteer.

Procedure: Pair work.

Predicted outcome:

- A list of 5 differences and five similarities between 2 cultures in terms of phones in the pictures.

- Analyzing skills, problem-solving skills.

Part 1: Start a conversation with a partner. Talk about the following:

- How long have you had a cell phone?

- At what age do kids now get cell phones?

- How many text messages do you send in a day?

- Who do you call most often?

- How many people in your family have a cell phone?

- What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of cell phones?

- Has your cell phone ever broken down? Have you ever lost your phone? Has your phone ever been stolen?

- Mobile phones can be seen as a fashion statement. Can this put pressure on you to renew your phone to the newest model?

Part 2: Visual-based conversation.

Both students and volunteers are asked to find two visuals representing the theme of phones (e.g., Google images, their own pictures): one for Vietnam and the other for the volunteer’s country (2 photos or pictures for each person). They are also asked to prepare five discussion questions for each visual image.

Part 3: Have a conversation about the following statement.

Should schools allow the use of mobile phones at school?

Part 4: Free talk.