MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN - Lesson 1
Teacher s Notes
by Magdalena Kondro
Language level: A2-B1 7. Divide the class into groups of three consisting of
Student A, Student B and Student C. Students ask
Type of activity: Quiz
each other the questions they do not know the
Organization: Individual and group work
answers to. Check all the answers with the whole
Time: 45 minutes
class.
Focus: Vocabulary connected with the culture of
Answers: 1. In London, 2. Half a million, 3. Over
Scotland, England and Wales; question formation
300,000 people, 4. In Buckingham Palace, 5. St.
Materials: The Multicultural Britain calendar, a copy
Andrew s Cross, 6. In Stratford-upon-Avon, 7.
of worksheets A, B and C per each group of three
Canoeing competitions, 8. walk in the mountains,
students, (optionally) a map of Britain, (optionally)
go kayaking on the lakes and visit historic castles,
Internet images of the symbols and landmarks from
9. Ben Nevis, 10. Over 2,000 years ago, 11. In
the calendar.
Overton, Wales, 12. 1,085 metres.
8. In their groups, students exchange the worksheets
and read about the other two countries. Then
Instructions:
each group writes six more quiz questions about
1. Ask students: How many countries are there in
the information in the three texts. Monitor their
Great Britain? (Three), What are they called?
work, providing help.
(England, Scotland and Wales). Correct students
9. Groups exchange their questions and find the
answers if necessary. Explain that Great Britain is
answers in the text. Each group then checks
commonly called Britain. If you have a map of
another group s answers to their questions.
Britain, show students Scotland, England and
Monitor the activity and provide help.
Wales. Brainstorm what students associate with
each of the three countries.
2. Show students the Multicultural Britain calendar.
Explain that each of the featured countries has its
own unique culture, which makes Britain
multicultural. Elicit the meaning of multicultural
in Polish.
3. Pre-teach: landmarks. Read the terms for each
country and if you have access to the Internet in
class, show students the images of the symbols
and landmarks. Pause after each term for students
to repeat and say what they know about it. Explain
that they will check the answers by reading texts
about the countries.
4. Pre-teach: flag, emblem, prickly, leaves, network,
bathing complex, the Romans, yew trees, canoeing
competition and waterfall.
5. Divide the class into three groups of equal size: A,
B and C. Everybody in group A should get Student
A worksheet, in group B  Student B worksheet
and in group C  Student C worksheet.
6. Point to the questions at the top of the worksheets
and explain that each text has the answers to only
four of them. Students task is to read their text,
check which answers they can find and write them
next to the respective questions. Students work
individually and then compare their answers with
other members of their group. Monitor the activity
and make sure that everyone has correct
answers.
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