Talking Heads Language Training Service

Talking Heads^® provides cultural training to your specification. Please see below an example of a half-day training course we recently held for one of our clients: 

• Greetings / Language - Hello’s and Goodbye’s, common words, protocol with peers, hierarchical greetings, interesting facts.
• History (Political, Geographical, Neighbours) - Major occurrences that have shaped the country and continue to have an affect on the culture, political parties, geographical considerations.
• Everyday Living - Food and drink, meal times, table manners; public holidays; working hours and practices; leisure activities (hobbies, sports, reading habits, media), living standards (with regional, class and ethnic variations); housing conditions; welfare arrangements.
• Relationships - class and family structures; relations between generations; relationships in work situations, between public and the police, officials, etc.
• Family - The role of the family in society, trends, compare and contrast to the UK.
• Religion - Facts and figures concerning people’s religion, how this affects their behaviour / expectations and compare and contrast to UK.
• Eating - Meal times, social etiquette and conventions, standard timetables (may differ to UK).
• Work - Common roles for men and women, current expectations, earnings, timetables.
• Humour - Things that are funny and things that are NOT considered funny…
• Ritual behaviour in such areas as religious observances and rites; birth, marriage, death; audience and spectator behaviour at public performances and ceremonies; celebrations, festivals, dances, discos, etc.
• Sensitive Subjects - Common misconceptions, stereotypes, homosexuality, racism.
• Questions - Any questions answered your trainer (of that nationality).