B2 – Upper Intermediate
Have you ever travelled to a country full of rude people or experienced being greeted by stiff immigration officers after a long-haul flight? Canada offers something different.
Read the article and discover the innate humility and politeness of Canadians.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150311-can-canada-teach-the-rest-of-us-to-be-nicer
Discussion Questions:
- What can you say about Canadians’ reputation for being some of the nicest people in the whole world?
- How would you describe people from your country and their general attitude toward foreign tourists? Do you think they’re nice enough?
- Share some of your past travel stories. Have you ever had bad experiences with rude locals?
- What are some of the countries that you have visited which you would like to visit again because of the locals’ niceness?
- Some countries are known as rude countries as perceived by travelers. Are you still interested to travel there? If so, what are some things you can do to make sure that your experience visiting those countries will be as pleasant as possible?