European Citizens - English Teaching Materials for Adult Education

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Unit European Citizens

I. Writing

Activity 1

Write sentences to introduce people from the pictures as in the example,

using different pronouns and the prompts given below:

Mihai (Ploiesti) Maria (Arezzo) Antonio (Tarragona)

Hale (Istanbul) Daniel and Ana (Ploiesti) Ubald (Tarragona)

Prompts:

Maria25 years old, single, student, likes dancing and listening to music

Antonio 28 years old, in a relationship, engineer, lives in a small flat,

likes football and his favourite team is FC Barcelona

Hale32 years old, married, PE teacher, lives with her family in a house,

likes walking and fishing

Daniel and Ana37 and 35 years old, married, 1 child, architects, live in

a house, like going to the seaside


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Ubald 40 years old, single, salesman, lives in a central flat, likes

reading and outdoor activities

E.g: Hello! My name is Mihai and I come from Romania. Im 38 years old and I

live in Ploiesti, a very big and interesting city. I live in a flat in the city centre with

my family. I am married and I have 2 children: one is 2 years old and the other 4

years old. I am a doctor and I work in a hospital with adult patients. In my free

time I like going to the mountains and spending beautiful moments with my

family.

Activity 2

Write sentences to describe people from the following images using the

verb TO BE and adjectives to talk about their hair, face, clothes etc.:

Prompts: curly hair, long/short hair, straight hair, fair hair, black hair, dark skin,

white skin, tanned, black/ brown/ blue eyes, round/ oval face, sunglasses,

jacket, summer clothes etc.


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Activity 3

Describe the following images using there is/ there isnt and there are/

there arent plus adjectives. Write down as many things as you can about

each picture:

E.g: There is a huge bull in the arena.

There are two brave bullfighters reay for the show.


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Activity 4

a) Fill in the gaps witht the correct forms of the verb TO BE according to

the pictures below:

John___ playing the guitar on the bank of the river. The guitar ___ quite old. It

___ raining, so the young man ___ holding a coloured umbrella.

They____ happy because their business ____ very successful. ___ they sad?

They ____ sad. They ____ laughing out loud.

Jane ___ a famous librarian. ___ she in a university? No, she ___ in a

university. She ___ young and talented at working with people and books.

Tomsays: I ___ 35 years old and I ___ from London. ___ I a native English?

No, I ___ . But I ____ very good at expressing myself in English.

Ann___ old and ugly, but young and pretty. Her long hair ___ curly and little

fair. ___ she wearing a blue dress? No, she ____. Her dress ___ pink.

The player ___ on the field. ___ he playing football? No, he ____. He ___

wearing white clothes and blue helmet. He ___ playing his favourite game.

The man thinks: ___ I drinking hot tea or coffee? I ____ drinking tea. Coffee

___ the best in the morning. A big cup ___ always welcome. Its taste and

flavour ___ unforgettable. ___ you drinking a cup of coffee right now?


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b) Find the adjectives in the texts given and make sentences with them

using also there is/there isnt and there are/there arent

Activity 5

Put the words given in the correct order to make sentences based on the

pictures below:

a) The / extreme / his / man / is / forest / riding / modern / in / practicing / deep /

young / the / bike / sports.

b) The / school / one-to-one / happy / day / are / basketball / yard / the / playing

/ children / every / in / two.

c) That / is / every / the / yoga / on / rocky / man / mountain / tall / sunny /practicing / mornig.

d) The / red / in / woman / resting / a / up / a / tree / enjoying / and / glass / of /

funny / is / wine.

e) Four / biggest / the / are / lots / park / friends / of / fun / a / having / picnic / in /

in / old / at / town.

f) Two / and / beautiful / walking / late / are / on / empty / the / home / street /

women / in / young / the / afternoon.


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g) A / is / the / man / park / in / deserted / very / in / sunny / the / jogging / early /

middle-aged / morning.

II. Listening

Activity 1

Listen to the texts from Activity 1 and answer the following questions

choosing the right answer:

1. Where does Ozer go with his family in a trip?

a) to the park

b) to a seaside resort

c) to the mall

2. What does Rodolfo study at university?

a) journalism

b) medicine

c) business administration

3. What does Maria Gratias hair look like?

a) long black curly

b) short and straight

c) cut and dyed

4. What does Otilia usually like to do as a volunteer?

a) going shopping for old people

b) helping people from Africa with Red Cross International

c) playing with sick children from hospital

Activity 2

Listen to the text from Activity 2 and fill in the gaps from the following

sentences with the correct words heard in the text:

a) Number of partner countries involved in the project meting: ________

b) At the beginning, host students presented traditional music and dance in a

complex ________

c) In Bucharest they visited the ________ biggest administrative building in theworld.


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d)After they visited the Draculas castle, students and teachers took part in the

annual fair organised in autumn by _________

e) On Monday students worked in teams and designed and delivered

presentations about their _________

f) At the mountains, teachers and students took the __________ to reach 2,300

m altitude.

g) At school, students prepared together _________ and __________ then they

had lunch.

h) After the farewell dinner, European students and teachers received

certificates of _________

Activity 3

Listen to the text from Activity 3 and decide if the following sentences are

True (T) or False (F):

a) Italian designers are known all over the world for their clothes, accessories

and perfumes. _____

b) Romanians are famous for their coloured traditional folk costumes. _____

c) Italian people prepare the sweetest baklava in Europe. ______

d) Turkish people enjoy pasta and prepare different types of handmade

spagetti. _____

e) Catalan people are proud to be the only nation who builds human

towers._____

f) Turkish cuisine is famous for the different types of kebabs they prepare.

_____

g) Romanian people know how to build a human tower and they do it often

_____

h) Romanian people are famous for their fiestas. _____


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III. Reading

Activity 1

Read the following text and answer the multiple choice questions circling

the correct answer:

The project meeting from Tarragona took place in November 2013 and the

representatives of all partner institutions participated.

There were teachers from Turkey, Romania, Spain and Italy who got involved

actively in activities and took important decisions for the project. Each teacher

held two lessons with Spanish adult students and presented PPT materials

about their country: culture, traditions, language, landscapes, places of tourist

interest, cuisine etc. After that, there were also exercises teachers used with the

adult Spanish students and grouping them differently made the activities more

interesting. In addition, there was an international dinner organised and each

reprsentative brought and presented traditional food from their own country.

There was also a trip organised to Montblanc village and Poblet monastery

when European teachers had the chance to communicate and exchange

opinions with many Spanish adult students who came along. Moreover, there

were organised two guiding activities with host adult students, one in the

evening and one in the morning, in which different groups of Spanish students

had to be the guides for the guest teachers and to present the ancient part of

their city with all the Roman walls, buildings, towers and remaining parts from

Antiquity.

The purpose of this project creating real opportunities for students to

communicate using English and to improve their linguistic skills was fulfilled

entirely and the beneficiaries, the students, appreciated as positive all activities.

1) The teachers who took part in activities were from:

a) Turkey, Italy and Romania

b) Spain, Romania and Italy

c) Italy, Turkey, Romania and Spain.

2) European teachers presented their countries to students using:

a) videos from youtube

b) PPT materialsc) pictures and images.


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3) Representatives of all countries involved presented their traditional food at:

a) the international dinner

b) the international lunch

c) the international breakfast.

4) The trip was organised to:

a) Montblanc monastery

b) Poblet village

c) Montblanc village

5) The Spanish adult students were the guides for the guest teachers

presenting them:

a) the market

b) the railway station

c) the ancient part of the city

Activity 2

Read the text below and decide if the following sentences are Right

(True) or Wrong (False). In case there is not enough information, choose

Doesnt say.

The second Grundtvig project meeting took place in Istanbul in February 2014

and teachers from Romania, Italy and Spain took part in all activities organised

by the host institution.

There were presentations of their countries and cities delivered by the

European teachers to a large audience (Turkish teachers and students) in the

school auditorium. Moreover, the guest teachers held two lessons with Turkish

adult students presenting their countries with the help of PPT materials and they

also asked students to do some English exercises to enhance their

communication skills. In addition, there was organised an international lunch

and representatives from each country presented their traditional food offering

the others the chance to taste and to exchange cultural opinions. Guests and

hosts visited the Aquarium from Istanbul where they saw many types of fish and

other creatures living underwater. Furthermore, they visited also the most

famous historical places from the old city: Topkapi palace, Hagia Sofia, the BlueMosque, the Suleyman Mosque, the Grand Bazaar and the Egyptian Bazaar.


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From Galata Tower they could admire the whole city and they could also enjoy

the Bosphorous tour by boat seeing the European and the Asian sides of the

city at the same time. The trip by boat to Buyukada island was an opportunity to

discover other beautiful things about Istanbul and the Taksim Square was one

of the places which were interesting to visit due to the social and historical

impact it has nowadays. In all these places, the Turkish students had the

chance to be the guest teachers guides and to present them in English their

city, history, culture and traditions, developing their English skills.

The feedback received from adult students showed clearly that the project

meeting was a real success because they had the amazing chance to work with

European teachers of English and to communicate in English enhancing their

own linguistic abilities.

1) The project meeting was organised in Spain.

A) Right B) Wrong C) Doesnt say

2) The partner countries were presented in videos in the school auditorium.


3) The English exercises were solved by adult students working in groups.


4) Teachers and students, hosts and guests, contributed to the international

lunch.


5) They couldnt visit the Aquarium because it was partly closed.


6) They needed a day to visit the Taksim Square, Buyukada island and the

Galata ower.


7) Turkish students were guides for the European teachers who visited the old

part of Istanbul.


8) The Blue Mosque is in the old historical part of the city.



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IV. Speaking

Activity 1

a) Describe people in the following pictures and use the verb TO BE, the

expressions there is/ there are and the adjectives, speaking about their

appearance and clothes.

b) Choose what kind of clothes and haircut you would like to have and

explain why.

Activity 2

a) Describe what people do in the following pictures and choose the 2

activities you like the most explaining why.

b) Speak about the activities you would like to do in your free time.


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Activity 3a) Look at the pictures below and present some cultural aspects related to

each nationality presented:

Catalanhuman towers

Turkishgrand bazaars

Italianmedieval contests in the main square

Romaniantraditional dances and costumes


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b) What other cultural aspects can you mention related to your country,

which one is your favourite and why?

All pictures are taken from http://www.imagebase.net/ except for the last

four which are my property (Andrei Sorina Monica).

Tags: verb TO BE, expressions THERE IS/ THERE ARE, adjectives,

introducing people, describing people.

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