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English Audio Request

mrsbailleux
174 Words / 2 Recordings / 2 Comments
Note to recorder:

any accent will do :)

The danger of stereotypes is that we end up taking action based on them before we find out if the people in front of us really reflect that stereotype. Stereotypes tend to be outdated and rather broad.
You need to find out exactly what sort of people you are working wit and if you look at the cultural curve on this, you will find that broadly the majority of the population will fit not a set of characteristics, a stereotype or a generalisation as we prefer to say. But there will always be people at the edges who will be deviant from that population.
I think probably the best thing to say is to make broad generalisations and then go and test them out and keep testing them out because culture is fluid, it changes and with the globalisation of the world and business, people are moving around a great deal more so they may spend periods of time abroad themselves. So they may not be exactly like the broad sterotype at all.
BBC.CO.UK

Recordings

  • Stereotypes ( recorded by DBW ), Australian

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    The danger of stereotypes is that we end up taking action based on them before we find out if the people in front of us really reflect that stereotype. Stereotypes tend to be outdated and rather broad.
    You need to find out exactly what sort of people you are working with and if you look at the cultural curve on this, you will find that the majority of the population will not fit a set of characteristics, a stereotype or a generalisation as we often prefer to say. There will always be people on the edges who will deviate from the general population.
    I think probably the best thing to say is to form a broad generalisation and then go and test it out and keep testing it out because culture is fluid, it changes and with the globalisation of the world and business, people are moving around a great deal more so they may spend periods of time abroad themselves. This may mean they may not be exactly like the broad stereotype at all.
    BBC.CO.UK

  • Stereotypes ( recorded by MrA ), australian

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Comments

mrsbailleux
Oct. 6, 2020

Thanks Mr A !

mrsbailleux
Nov. 28, 2020

Thanks a lot DBW !