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THEME 6 BRIDGING CULTURES

FUNCTIONS
F1 Asking about and describing cities
9 GRADE F2 Identifying cultural differences
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Talking about travel and tourism
F3
F4 Ordering food
5 Different Places, Different People
This activity aims to help students to get basic information about the famous cities and different
lifestyles in the world. It also helps them to improve their speaking skills using some phrases of how
to describe a picture.
Materials and Preparation
Photocopy the worksheets on pages 132 and 133.

Procedure
1 Put the class into two groups with three students, A and B. Hand out the ‘Group A worksheet’ to the
students in group A and the ‘Group B worksheet’ to the students in group B.
2 Tell students that they are going to work with the group members on each picture using the phrases
of describing a picture given. Point out to them that they are going to describe not only the city but
also the people in the picture to get basic information about their lives.
3 While students express their ideas about the pictures with their friends, if needed, help them with
the vocabulary they need to know. Remind them that they can take notes about the pictures and
benefit from their notes when they share their ideas with the class.
4 At the end of the activity, ask each member of the group to describe the picture and share their ideas
on a city with the class. Check the answers of where the cities are with the class.

6 Find the Country

This activity aims to help students to get basic information about the food, traditional costumes,
traditions and customs of some countries. It also helps them to improve their speaking skills.
Materials and Preparation
Photocopy the worksheet on page 134 for each group and cut up the cards.

Procedure
1 Put the class into groups with four students. Before handing out the worksheets, warn students they
are not going to show their cards to anyone because the group members will guess about which
country is described.
2 Point out to students that they are going to make complete sentences using the information on
the cards when they describe the country to their friends, and they can also use their gestures and
mimics or imitate people so that their friends can guess the country itself. The group members will
guess the country after their friend gives all the information about it. If they have no idea about the
country described at the end of the presentation, they can ask their friend a few questions to get
more information about it.
3 Hand out the cards to students and ask them to check all the vocabulary on their cards. Tell them
that if they have problems with the vocabulary and phrases, they can use their dictionaries. Remind
them that they can take notes to make sentences before presenting their country cards.
4 At the end of the activity, ask students to talk about which country is more interesting for them and
why they think so.

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