SCENARIO
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD
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SITUATION
TOURIST BOARDS
• Are you proud of your culture and heritage?
• Do you think people in other countries
misunderstand your way of life?
• Do you want to improve Bahrain’s image
around the world?
If you answered YES to any of the above, read on.
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD
invites presentations in English from tourist boards
around the world wishing to become destinations
for our popular and successful cultural exchange
programmes.
For further details go to:
1
Work with a partner and discuss the questions.
1
What foreign country would you like to visit?
2
Why does it interest you?
3
If you visited the country, what kinds of things would
you do to learn about its culture (e.g. visit a museum,
do an official tour)?
2
Read the newspaper article and the advert and
answer the questions.
1
What is the purpose of Kaleidoscope World?
2
Where does it get its money from?
3
What do you think are the benefits mentioned in the text?
4
What change is taking place?
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EXPANDING WORLD
Kaleidoscope World, the cultural exchange
organisation, is expanding its network of
destinations. Founded back in the 1960s, it has
been operating cultural exchange programmes
to over thirty countries for the past fifty years.
These give people aged 18–25 the opportunity to
experience a completely different culture from
their own for a short time. The visits have been
highly praised for their benefits by academics
and writers. Funding comes partly from
government grants and partly from donations.
A spokesman explained, ‘In these troubled
times, Kaleidoscope World has decided to
increase its activities and reach out to young
people all across the world.’
CALLING ALL
