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The Blind Dating Game Show

Welcome to our video-based activities. These activities are designed for adult high-intermediate to advanced students. The video has no nudity but includes adults talking frankly about dating in widely different cultures. If you are not old enough to view such materials without your parents permission, please use other materials instead.

This page includes three stages: pre-viewing activities, while-viewing activities, and post-viewing activities.

We hope you enjoy viewing, thinking about, and discussing these important social topics with other English students. You are always welcome to view the video for fun.

Pre-viewing Activities

While-viewing Activities

Post-viewing Activities

Pre-viewing Activities

Local Dating Customs

Before watching the video, please fill out this form indicating the dating rules, customs and expectations for your current age and location. Then, click on "Submit" button to send your dating rules to your instructor. You can click on "Reset" to clear the answers you have chosen and change it anytime before your submit the information. This activity is adapted from Love and Learn.

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While-viewing Activities

Watch the Blind Dating Game Show by clicking on one of the links below:

Blind Dating Game Show (high quality 70 MB version)

Blind Dating Game Show (tiny low quality 6 MB version for very slow connections)

After you watch the video of the Blind Dating Game Show, follow the sequence below to finish the multiple-choice exercises and fill-in-the-gap exercises by clicking on the icons. Pay attention to what actually happened in the show and catch the information about three bachelorettes. If you do not remember everything, you are always welcome to review the video again.

Part A. Multiple-choice Exercises:

Click on the icon on the left to start. This activity covers what bachelorettes said in the video.

Part B. Fill-in-the-gap Exercises:

How much information do you remember about three bachelorettes after viewing the video? Click on the icon above to start.

Above two Hot Potatoes exercises have been designed using Hot Potatoes.

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Post-viewing Activities

After viewing the video, please finish the following two exercises that test how much from the video you still remember. If you think you don't remember what the video is about, please click on the video and view it again. Then, do the following exercises.

Part A. Crosswords Puzzle Exercise

This exercise includes vocabulary and phrases from the video. Please click on the link above in order to take the exercise. You will be able to finish the puzzle by clicking on the hints.

This exercise has been created using Hot Potatoes.

Part B. Short Sentence Exercise

This exercise covers some questions that require you to answer the questions in a short sentence. For example: What did Buffy do after she learned her first date told his friends that they had done more than kissing? The correct answer is: She accidentally broke his nose.

1. Which country is Mimi from?

2. In what kind of building or place does Chuck live?

3. What do people from Pengi Pengi Island call their house?

4. What did Chuck say about having a pig as a pet in his house?

5. Why did Chuck choose Bachelorette number three, Mimi Lee?

6. Why did Minki Minki make a voodoo doll and what happened after she made one?

7. What are Bachelor Chuck's favorite pastimes?

Part C. Comparison Activity

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What would you do if you were Buffy after you heard your first date lied about your date?


If you were Mimi Lee, what will your reaction be after you heard Chuck has chosen you?	happy feel unlucky wish I had never come to the show

Does voodoo exist in your culture? Please indicate the country you are from.	Yes, in No


Does your country have any dating shows like the one from the video? If so, please describe it briefly.	Yes, one of the shows is... No


Would you like to participate in a dating show like the one you just watched? Why?	Yes No Please type your reason below

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References

Love and Learn. Retrieved May 20, 2004, from http://www.loveandlearn.com/sensitive/local/survey.htm.

Pre-viewing Activities

While-viewing Activities

Post-viewing Activities

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Part A. Background Information
	These dating rules are for (country):
	I am from city of:
	My age is:
	My gender is:
	I currently go to:
	My current dating status is:
	Please select the reasons listed on the right that would affect your dating rules (check all the apply).	religion family size income age family background job ethnic height weight appearance hair length tattoo
Part B. Your Dating Rules
	What is your main goal when you go on a first date?
	If two people are interested in each other, who should make the first move?
	What is the main way that you let someone know that you want to go out with them?
	What is the main way that you let someone know that you DO NOT want to go out with them?
	How many dates are you willing to go on with someone you are not sure of to see if they have potential?
	Who should pay for the date?
	How far in advance should someone ask a person for a date?
	What is the age of the oldest person that you would consider dating?
	What is the age of the youngest person that you would consider dating?

	Even if there was mutual attraction, you should not date ...(Check all that apply)	someone who is your... teacher student cousin co-worker boss best friend's boyfriend/girlfriend family doctor best friend classmate employee step-father/mother babysitter step-brother/sister someone who is... handicapped married is divorced



Part C. Your Reaction
	What would you do if the person you are dating...	kisses someone else
		lies to you?
		yells at you?
		hits you?
		dates someone else secretly?
		moves to another city?
		goes out with your best friend?
		criticizes you?
		has no money?
		has no job?
		has a criminal history?
		flirts with other people in front of you?
		is no longer attracted to you?
		that your parents dislike?
	Approximately how many people have you dated?

	Any other dating rules: