EXTREME AIR SPORTS

EXTREME AIR SPORTS: DISCUSSION, VOCABULARY AND MORE

                                                                                

Listening comprehension 1:  HISTORIC JUMP MADE ABOVE MT.EVEREST (LISTENING + FILLING THE GAPS)

TED TALK:  EXTREME WINGSUIT FLYING

SPORTS: WINTER SPORTS

Discussion questions:  OLYMPIC GAMES

                                          

                                         

WINTER OLYMPICS VOCABULARY

Listening comprehension 1:     THE WINTER OLYMPICS

THE WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES (SCRIPT)

Listening comprehension 2: TED Ed - How Two Decisions Led Me to Olympic Glory - Steve Mesler

THE ORIGIN OF 10 WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS

ECOSYSTEMS: TUNDRA & TAIGA

Listening comprehension:    TAIGA BIOME (VIDEO)

                                               TUNDRA BIOME (VIDEO)


Complete the table:   TUNDRA vs TAIGA


                                            


 TUNDRA BIOME (Reading)

TAIGA BIOME (Reading)

TAIGA BIOME QUIZ

Speaking practice:  AGREEING AND DISAGREEING

BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS

Listening practice:  WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM?  (video)

Listening comprehension:  QUESTIONS 

BIOME VS ECOSYSTEM

                                                                        

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP: AMAZON RAINFOREST

TROPICAL RAINFOREST FACTS

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUNGLE AND RAINFOREST

TED TALK:  WHAT CAN SAVE THE RAINFOREST?

CONTINENTS: EUROPE

Fun time:  WHICH EUROPEAN COUNTRY DO YOU ACTUALLY BELONG IN?

                                   

Pair activity:  EUROPEAN CITIES

Do you know all the countries in Europe and their capitals?  INTERACTIVE MAP

Listening + discussion:  THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL 

CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ABOUT EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

                         

Listening comprehension:   WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN UNION? (VIDEO)

Common stereotypes

"Heaven is where

the police are British,

the cooks French,

the mechanics German,

the lovers Italian,

and it is all organised

by the Swiss ...

Hell is where

the police are German,

the cooks British,

the mechanics French,

the lovers Swiss,

and it is all organised

by the Italians ! ..."

Pair activity: TREASURE HUNT "EUROPEAN UNION"

CONTINENTS: AFRICA

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: AFRICA

                     

        

Listening comprehension:  MOBILE TELEPHONES CHANGING LIFE IN AFRICA

                        Gap-in fill  EXERCISE

                                                    AUDIO

                                      

Listening comprehension (QUIZ):   GREEN ENERGY IN AFRICA

SCAVENGER HUNT: AFRICA      STUDENT 1

                                                       STUDENT 2

EXPLORING AFRICA

AFRICA: IT'S NOT A COUNTRY

                                        

EXTREME WEATHER: FIRES

Conversation questions with  WEATHER IDIOMS

Vocabulary/discussion and listening practice:  DEADLY FOREST FIRES BLAZED ACROSS GREECE

AUDIO

                                           

Listening comprehension 2:  TED Ed: WHY WILDFIRES ARE NECESSARY?