What do your know / imagine about your correspondents’ country ?
In groups, write a short essay about your correspondents’ daily life as you imagine it.
Of course, you can ask questions to the other participants to the project about :
- their daily life
their school day / school system
their country
their hometown
Meanwhile, in groups make a powerpoint on each of the topics mentioned above .
Then each of you can compare the preconceived ideas about other European countries to the actual everyday life there.
What's a stereotype ?
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Magazine créé avec Madmagz.
Humour and Self-mockery
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Humour, detachment and self-mockery are often the best way to cope with stereotypes. Here are our students humouristic vision of themselves.
Cooking like a Brit ? Or do Stereotypes make sense ?
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Final task : 1) Watch one of the programmes mentioned in the text on the internet . Invent your own cookery programmes
Or 2) Open a new restaurant! Work in groups of 3-5. Imagine you are going to open a new restaurant. Discuss and decide on the following aspects.
- Who are your target consumers ?
- What cuisine will you serve ?
-Will you have any specialties, or a daily menu, or takeaway?
-What type of atmosphere will you try to generate? How?
-Will there be any entertainment?
-What decor will you have?
-Where will your restaurant be located?
-How will you advertise?
-What are you going to call your restaurant?
Be ready to present your new restaurant to the rest of the class and write a description ( menu included) that you will publish on the twinspace or if you have chosen the first task, be ready to explain a recipe to the class and publish it on the website.
Or 2) Open a new restaurant! Work in groups of 3-5. Imagine you are going to open a new restaurant. Discuss and decide on the following aspects.
- Who are your target consumers ?
- What cuisine will you serve ?
-Will you have any specialties, or a daily menu, or takeaway?
-What type of atmosphere will you try to generate? How?
-Will there be any entertainment?
-What decor will you have?
-Where will your restaurant be located?
-How will you advertise?
-What are you going to call your restaurant?
Be ready to present your new restaurant to the rest of the class and write a description ( menu included) that you will publish on the twinspace or if you have chosen the first task, be ready to explain a recipe to the class and publish it on the website.
The Language Barrier
A / Brainstorming Activity : What do you notice when you look at the map of the dominant languages in Europe? How many official languages are spoken in the EU (European Union)? How many of them can you name? Why is it so ? What must have determined this repartition ? (use the maps about the making of Europe to help you answer this question)
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Read the two articles . List the arguments made by the authorsCan you think of any other reasons why English should or should not be the language of the EU? ( you can also go to : http://www.theguardian.com/GWeekly/Global_English/0,8458,400340,00.html to get some more ideas) In class. Organize a debate on the pros ans cons of English as a Lingua FrancaThen in International groups write a flyer to promote English as a Lingua Franca or the need for a diversity of languages in Europe.
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