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Vocabulary
Changes in the American Family
Nonverbal Communication
Language and Communication
Slang and Idioms
100
This is a common form of greeting where people put their arms around a friend.
What is a hug?
100
The typical role of the American woman in the family in the 1950s was
What is a housewife?
100
According to the lecture, a person in this country would not make direct eye-contact with an employer.
What is Japan?
100
These are the three letters that are pronounced differently in standard American English than it is in British English.
What is a, r, and t?
100
Another expression for communicating with someone regularly is.
What is "to stay in touch"?
200
This is another way to say why.
What is how come?
200
The policy of giving mothers time off work to take care of their children
What is maternity leave?
200
This means a movement of your hands to convey meaning.
What is a gesture?
200
This is the British translation of the American word "truck."
What is lorry?
200
Another way to say "begin to understand" is.
What is "catch on"?
300
This is a type of travel where people sleep on a sofa.
What is couch surfing?
300
A policy that allows a worker to come in at 7 and leave at 3, or come in at 9 and leave at 5 is called
What is flex time.
300
The type of culture in which it is disrespectful to show the bottom of your shoes or feet.
What is Arab?
300
This is the American version of the past participle of the verb "get."
What is "gotten"?
300
An idiomatic expression for finding out information about something is.
What is "to look into something"?
400
This is a too-general, over simplified, and often negative idea about all members of a group or culture.
What is a stereotype?
400
The percentage of the U.S. workforce that telecommutes is
What is 15%.
400
One arm's length or about 70 cm apart.
What is the general American rule for personal space?
400
These are the three areas in which standard American English and British English mostly differ.
What is pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar?
400
This is an idiom that refers to a person being "dishonest."
What is being "two-faced"?
500
This is an expression that means you do not have enough money to pay for something.
What is can't afford?
500
The percentage of mothers working outside the home in 2002
What is 70%.
500
These are the four categories of nonverbal communication.
What are movement, distance, eye contact, and touching?
500
This is the American translation of the British expression "bangers and mash."
What is sausages and mashed potatoes?
500
This is a common idiom that means that someone "understands or knows nothing about a particular thing."
What is being "completely in the dark."