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Lesson script

2nd educational stage, English

Content area: Multiculturalism in foreign language lessons

Detailed requirements: Student (6) tells about Poland’s participation in the European community, using the terms: European Union, European solidarity and international relations, and recognises the European Union symbols: the ﬂag and the anthem (Ode to Joy).

Topic: European symbols

Duration: 45 minutes

Detailed goals regarding the range of information

Student:

Knows the European symbols; Knows the symbolism of the European ﬂag; Knows where the European ﬂag can be seen in Poland.

Detailed goals regarding the range of skills

Student:

Can listen out for speciﬁc information; Can answer true/false questions using information from a recording; Enhances memory; Develops listening comprehension; Develops communication skills.

Detailed goals regarding attitudes

Student:

Learns to understand and respect the European Union symbols; Realises that ﬂag colours and details have symbolic meaning.

Methods

Brainstorming; presentation; true/false; prediction; listening for speciﬁc information; word search; whole class, pairs, individual work. Forms and venue

Forms: individual, pairwork, whole class.

Classes are to be held in the classroom.

Materials and teaching aids

Presentation; true/false task for each student (stage 2.1.); audio recording; task for each student (stage 2.2.); word search quiz; computer and multimedia projector; board.

Multimedia resources

Presentation: Symbols of the European Union Audio recording: EU ﬂag Interactive quiz Online dictionary

Lesson plan/procedure

1 Warm-up

Interacon forms: whole class

Duration: 4 minutes

Teacher asks students some basic questions about the European Union: Can they name any EU countries? How many of them are altogether? When did Poland become a member state? What symbols are associated with the European Union?

Students brainstorm for ideas. If they are struggling, the teacher should assure them that they will ﬁnd out more during the lesson.

2 Main stage

2.1. Introduction of the target language – presentation and true/false

Interacon forms: individual, whole class

Duration: 15 minutes

Teacher tells students that now they will see a presentation on the symbols of the European Union. He/She plays the presentation, slide after slide, explaining the information given. Then teacher distributes a true/false task (below). He/She asks students to read the sentences given and see if they can answer any of them.

The presentation is played a second time. Students work individually to complete the task. Then the answers are checked with the whole class.

Decide if the following sentences are true or false, and tick the appropriate column. True False

1. There are four ofﬁcial symbols of the European Union.

2. There are six gold and six yellow stars on the European ﬂag.

3. The European Anthem’s text was written by Beethoven.

4. Ode to Joy is a part of the 9th symphony.

5. The Europe Day falls in spring.

6. The European Anthem was adopted earlier than the European motto.

Answers: 1 true, 2 false (all twelve stars are either gold or yellow), 3 false (the tune is Beethoven’s work, not the text), 4 true, 5 true, 6 true

2.2. Target language extension – recording

Interacon forms: individual, pairs, whole class

Duration: 15 minutes

Teacher tells students that now they will learn more about the European flag. He/She elicits what students associate with the blue colour on the flag. What do they think the stars represent? Teacher can also ask why, in their opinion, there are twelve stars and why they are arranged in a circle. Then, he/she tells students that they will have a chance to find out whether their predictions were correct.

Students are told to listen to the recording carefully as they will be asked questions afterwards. The recording is played once. Teacher distributes comprehension questions (below). Students work individually and answer as many of them as they can.

Then the recording is played a second time for students to complete and check their answers. They can compare their ideas in pairs. Finally, the answers are checked with the whole class.

Brieﬂy answer the questions.

1. From how many proposals was the European ﬂag chosen? 2. How many people designed the ﬂag?

3. Why are the stars in a circle? What does it symbolise?

4. Is the number of stars smaller or higher than the number of the EU countries?

5. What is the general meaning of the number of stars on the ﬂag?

6. What ﬂags are displayed on ofﬁcial buildings in Poland?

Answers: 1 101, 2 two, 3 it symbolises unity, harmony and equality, 4 smaller, 5 it is a symbol of completeness and perfection, 6 the ﬂag of Europe and the national ﬂag

2.3. Target language consolidation – quiz

Interaction forms: individual

Duration: 8 minutes

Students do the word search. Their task is to ﬁnd the hidden words they have come across in the lesson. The words can be found vertically, horizontally or diagonally, in both directions.

The hidden words are: anthem, circle, country, design, Europe, ﬂag, motto, star, symbol.

3 Closing stage

Interaction forms: whole class

Duration: 3 minutes

To conclude the lesson, teacher elicits from students what the European Union ﬂag looks like; what the European anthem is; when Europe Day is celebrated and what the European motto says.

Additional information

Teacher advises students that the www.scholaris.pl website offers a computer application in the form of a multimedia dictionary presenting correct pronunciation together with translations of words and phrases learned during the lesson. Plik o rozmiarze 101.00 KB w języku polskim

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