{"id":1705,"date":"2015-04-12T19:14:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:17:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:17:55","slug":"the-danger-of-a-single-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/04\/the-danger-of-a-single-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Danger of a Single Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>C2 &#8211; Proficient<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Critical misunderstanding is the product of a single story. Our perception of someone or another culture can be from overlapping stories\u00a0. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie narrates how she found her cultural voice\u00a0and warns us of the danger of hearing only a single story about another person or country.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discuss:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Who are some of the famous local authors or novelists that you know of?<br \/>\n2. What are some of the novels that you like? International?<br \/>\n3. What do you know about the continent Africa? What countries in Africa have you been to?<br \/>\n4. What are some of the stereotypes of your country that you know of?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C2 &#8211; Proficient Critical misunderstanding is the product of a single story. 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