Culture and comparison ·
“That’s interesting”: a British code for rejection?
Compare British Council and BBC teaching examples, then try a fictional poster meeting. Separate interest, requested changes and permission to proceed.
Culture and comparison
Culture and comparison ·
“Let’s eat sometime” is not a booking
A Korean meal greeting is not the same as an invitation. Use a curriculum example and invented conversations to separate checking in, proposing and agreeing.
Culture and comparison ·
Osaka and Kyoto in rakugo: watch the brazier
Read a brazier joke in Kyo no Chazuke, then try an invented seating scene. Follow what a gesture makes possible before turning a character into a city.
Culture and comparison ·
A polite request needs more than an honorific
A formal request can still leave little room to choose. Compare invented editing requests, then examine deadlines and the obligations attached to help.