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Welcome to Compass

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Compass: Lesson 8: Politeness and dealing with problems
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    Welcome to Compass
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    Compass: Lesson 1: Culture Shock around the world
  • 3
    Compass: Lesson 2: Cultural interviews
  • 4
    Compass: Lesson 3: Eating habits
  • 5
    Compass: Lesson 4: Expressing opinions
  • 6
    Compass: Lesson 5: Attitudes to culture
  • 7
    Compass: Lesson 6: Questions of culture
  • 8
    Compass: Lesson 7: Preparing an interview
  • 9
    Compass: Lesson 8: Politeness and dealing with problems
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    Compass: Lesson 9: Telling a story
  • 11
    Compass: Lesson 10: Preparing a project
  • 12
    Compass: Lesson 11: Teamwork
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    Compass: Lesson 12: Project presentations
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    Approaches used in Compass
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Compass: Lesson 8: Politeness and dealing with problems

By Lizzie Pinard

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In the eighth lesson of this series from award-winning author Lizzie Pinard, students learn how to deal with awkward situations when interviewing people.

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Welcome to Compass

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    Welcome to Compass

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    Photo of a person (tourist) in a setting that is very different to the culture of the tourist

    Compass: Lesson 1: Culture Shock around the world

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    Photo of an interview on the street where the interviewer and interviewee are from different cultures

    Compass: Lesson 2: Cultural interviews

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    Compass: Lesson 3: Eating habits

  • 5

    Compass: Lesson 4: Expressing opinions

  • 6

    Compass: Lesson 5: Attitudes to culture

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    Compass: Lesson 6: Questions of culture

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    Compass: Lesson 7: Preparing an interview

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    Compass: Lesson 8: Politeness and dealing with problems

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    Compass: Lesson 9: Telling a story

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    Compass: Lesson 10: Preparing a project

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    Compass: Lesson 11: Teamwork

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    Compass: Lesson 12: Project presentations

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    Approaches used in Compass

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