Of Countries, Nationalities And Languages

Of countries, Of countries, nationalities and nationalities and

languageslanguages(and also about English-(and also about English-speaking countries…)speaking countries…)

By Leticia Morán Lavado

EOI Mairena del Aljarafe

Hi Sven!! Nice to meet you! I’m

Caroline, and I’m Australian.

What happens when you meet people from other countries?

Hi, I’m Sven. I’m from Sweden. Where are you from?

When we meet someone from another When we meet someone from another country, what can we ask?country, what can we ask?

Where Where areare you you fromfrom?? Where Where dodo you you come fromcome from?? Hello! I’m ______. I’m from _____. And you?Hello! I’m ______. I’m from _____. And you? Hi, my name is ______ and I’m _____. And Hi, my name is ______ and I’m _____. And

you?you?

And what do we answer to that?And what do we answer to that?

I’m from + I’m from + name of the countryname of the country.. I come from + I come from + name of the countryname of the country.. I’m + I’m + nationalitynationality..

FIRST THINGS COME FIRST: FIRST THINGS COME FIRST: VOCABYLARYVOCABYLARY

What’s “England”, what’s “The UK” What’s “England”, what’s “The UK” and what’s “Great Britain?and what’s “Great Britain?

This is England, AND ONLY ENGLAND!!

This is GREAT BRITAIN! The biggest island of the two that make the British Isles. It includes three countries:

England

Wales

Scotland

*the other island is the ISLAND /aɪlənd/ OF IRELAND

So then, what is the United Kingdom?

• All right: the United Kingdom is all we have just talked about (England, Scotland and Wales)

PLUS…

• Northern Ireland

Someone from Nothern Ireland is British, Irish or Northern Irish*

Now, what about other English-speaking Now, what about other English-speaking countries? Can you identify them?countries? Can you identify them?

Canada - Canadian

Australia - Australian

The United States of America (The U.S.A. – The

U.S.)

American

Ireland

Irish

South Africa –

South African

New Zealand

New Zealander

But hey, did you know you can also use English in…?

And other countries and nationalities And other countries and nationalities you should know are:you should know are:

Europe

The Netherlands

Dutch

Norway - Norwegian

Sweden - Swedish

Finland - Finnish

Greece - Greek Denmark - Danish

Portugal - Portuguese

Belgium - Belgian

EUROPE

Switzerland - Swiss

Austria - Austrian

Turkey – Turkish* Romania - Romanian

AFRICA

Egypt - Egyptian

Morocco - Moroccan

ASIA

India - Indian Israel - Israeli