Living and working abroad would be really easy if everyone spoke the same way and behaved in the same way. But, as soon as you leave your own culture it quickly becomes clear that things are not the same.

There are small and large differences between cultures. And how well you are able to deal with these differences will affect how good your experience will be.

THINK
What sort of things do you think might be different between two cultures?

Now listen to Richard Cook. He mentions three things that you might find. What are they?

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IN GENERAL

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES?
PART 3: WHY WORK ABROAD?
PART 4: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
PART 5: USEFUL VOCABULARY AND PHRASES