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COMENIUS WEEK 2004 IN FRANCE
Globalisation
We concluded European week in Montargis by discussing the concept of globalisation, as was suggested at the conference in Ploiesti, Romania. Initially the whole group was asked to brainstorm the phenomenon of globalisation from all angles, including economical, political, cultural and environmental factors.
The following ideas were put forward by the group:
1.
integration
2.
union
3.
dominance
of a few countries
4.
euro
5.
cultural
mixture
6.
trade
7.
enviromental hazards
8.
some
celebrations
9.
terrorism
10.
The Web
11.
food
12.
English
language
13.
intercultural marriages
14.
UNESCO
15.
expansion
of some religions
16.
fashion
17.
cultural
exchanges
and finally
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We then divided into smaller groups to discuss which words are now recognized on a global scale. Between us we found:
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ü Music ü Football ü Week-end ü Shopping ü Chewing-gum ü Disney ü Karaoke ü CD ü Hotel ü Restaurant ü Ketchup ü Vodka ü L’Oreal ü Microsoft ü Levis ü Cool ü Rock / Pop / Techno ü T-Shirt ü Stop |
ü Coca Cola ü The Internet ü Disco ü AIDS ü Pizza ü Kamikaze ü Drive-in ü The Beatles ü Nintendo ü Computer ü TV ü Champagne ü Sms-text messages ü E-mail ü Coffee ü Adidas ü McDonalds ü Hamburger ü Hello |
These
words tend to fall into the following three categories:
technology
entertainment
food
What does this reveal about our way of life throughout the world?
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