Answer — Exercise 12
3 - A United Kingdom?·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Work in pairs. Which sentences below do you think the lecturer would agree with? Explain your ideas by referring to things the lecturer said.
Answer
- Yes → resort to the idea of a national unified culture
- No → seems to think globalised commerce is fine. The economy is not mentioned.
- Yes → the reality is that identity is a very personal thing – and the individual cultural identities of people living in pretty much any society that you care to name vary
- No → it’s mainly the ruling elite
- No → education tends to be used to reinforce culture not criticise it as a concept
- Yes → in an increasingly globalised world, a world that’s driven by commerce, our interactions are becoming more and more complex and multi-layered