MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN - Lesson 2
Teacher s Notes
by Magdalena Kondro
5. On the board write the following questions: What
One, two, three game
is it? (1 point), Which country? (1 point), What
Language level: A2-B1
else do you know? (1 point). Explain the rules of
the game: students take turns to roll the dice,
Type of activity: Board game
move the counter the number of squares indicated
Organization: Group work
on the dice and read the term they land on. They
Time: 45 minutes
can then get 1 point for saying what the term is,
Focus: Vocabulary connected with the culture of
eg a flower, 1 point for naming the country it is
Scotland, England and Wales; identifying and
connected with and 1 point for giving any
describing symbols, languages and places
additional information about the term, eg the
Materials: The Multicultural Britain calendar; a dice,
colour. Students can get a maximum of 3 points
a copy of the board game and one set of worksheets
per move. They are allowed to repeat information
A, B and C from Lesson 1 per each group of 4-5
if they land on the same square as someone before
students.
them. If they fail to get a minimum of 1 point,
they miss a turn.
6. The Experts keep the score and check the answers
Instructions:
on worksheets A, B and C.
1. Review how many and what countries there are in
7. The first person to reach the FINISH square gets 5
Great Britain (Three: Scotland, England and
extra points. The winner in each group is the
Wales). Show students the Multicultural Britain
person with the most points.
calendar and allow them to look at the information
on Scotland, England and Wales for a minute. Put
8. You can award the winners by giving them one of
the calendar away.
the following prizes: a pass allowing them to come
to class unprepared once, an extra point on their
2. Choose one term from the calendar in secret and
next test or a permission to choose a language
on the board draw as many dashes as there are
game to play at the beginning/end of the next
letters in the word. Separately draw a little stick
class.
person at the top of 10 stairs leading into the
water. Explain that students task is to guess the
9. If there is any time left, you can ask groups to go
secret word connected with Britain. They should
over each term one by one and discuss any
take turns to name different letters of the
additional facts they know or remember from
alphabet. If a given letter is inside the word, write
Lesson 1.
it over the respective dash. If it is not in the word,
move the stick person one step down. Students
try to guess the word before the stick person falls
Follow up:
into the water. If they fail, play a second round
In groups of 3, students make a project for
with an easier word.
homework. They should prepare a 2-4 minute
presentation on a chosen term from the calendar.
3. Show students the board game. Point to the terms
Encourage them to find the information, images
from the Multicultural Britain calendar written in
and video clips on English websites. Explain how
the squares. Explain that students will be able to
to set the English language in the language
check how much they remember about Scotland,
preferences in the Internet browser and how to
England and Wales from the worksheets they read
find images. Groups present their projects in
in Lesson 1.
class, using the computer and the Internet.
4. Divide students into groups of 4-5. Give each
group a copy of the board game and a dice.
Nominate one Expert in each group, making sure
it is a strong student capable of finding information
in a text quickly. Give the expert the set of
worksheets A, B, C. Other group members place
their counters, eg badges, on the START square.
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