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Breaking cultural barriers

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    A revision activity for US5
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  • What is the loanword for a person who is very fond of something?
    Aficionado
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  • What's the language used by native speakers of different languages to communicate with each other?
    Lingua franca
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  • What's the loanword that means an expert or influential teacher?
    Guru
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  • What loanword means a particular style of art, music or writing?
    Genre
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  • What loanword means the mood, beliefs or ideas that are typical of a particular period in history?
    Zeitgeist
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  • Which language does faux pas originally come from?
    French
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  • Which language does the word prima donna originally come from?
    Italian
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  • Which langauge does the word pyjamas originally come from? (clue: it is an Asian language)
    Urdu
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  • Which language does the word dungaree originally come from? (again,it's from an Asian language)
    Hindi
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  • Charisma originally comes from which langauge?
    Greek
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  • What does the expression deja vu mean? And which language does it originally come from?
    Afeeling of having already experienced the present situation. It comes from the French language.
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  • What is the word that means a line which marks the limits of an area; a dividing line?
    Boundaries
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  • What is the word that means (of an idea or opinion) formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness
    preconceived
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  • What is the word that means using several languages?
    multilingual
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  • What is the word that means a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience?
    prejudice
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  • What is the word that means a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing?
    stereotype
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