Contents

Part I. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Theme 1. Cultural Aspects of Geography. Skills developed: reading (close), making quizes, project work.

Theme 2. Population of the UK. Skills developed: reading, speaking (panel discussions).

Theme 3. Monarchy. Skills developed: reading, speaking, writing subtitles, vocabulary skills, making quizes, classification, work with computer, project work.

Theme 4. Parliament. Skills developed: reading, vocabulary skills, making quizes, analysing facts, comparative analysis, group discussion.

Theme 5. Political Parties and Government. Skills developed: reading (scanning), vocabulary skills, work with computer.

Theme 6. Law system. Skills developed: reading (interpreting facts, summarizing), classification.

Theme 7. Education in UK. Skills developed: reading (summary, close(, comparative analysis, developing cross-cultural awareness, speaking (role play).

Theme 8. Ways of Life in UK. Skills developed: Interpreting facts, speaking (instructions, discussion)

1. Sports

2. Eating and Drinking Habits

3. Parks

Theme 9. Customs and traditions. Skills developed: comparative analysis, interpreting facts, speaking, developing cross-cultural awareness, work with computer.

Theme 10. Going out. Skills developed: speaking (discussion), developing cross-cultural awareness, work with computer.

1. Pubs

2. Gentlemen’s Clubs

3. Theatre

Part II. The Republic of Ireland

Theme 1. The Land and People. Skills developed: making crosswords, project work, role play.

Theme 2. History of Ireland. Skills developed: bringing in general knowledge, analysing facts, scanning.

Theme 3. Political life, Cultural and Economic Development of Ireland. Skills developed: Scanning, comparative analysis, discussion, work with computer.

THE KEYS :

Theme 1.

The KEY (Task 6): 1. Wight, 2. Wiltshire, 3. The Highlands and the Grampians, 4. Windermere, 5. Warwickshire, 6. Northern Ireland, 7. Oxford, 8. Cambridge, 9. Plymouth, 10. Isle of Man, 11. Anglesey, Isle of Man, 12. The Pennines, 13. Bristol Channel, 14. Hebrides, 15. Scotland, 16. Aberdeen, 17. Caernarvon Castle, 18. Caledonia, 19. Manchester, 20. Bath, 21. St Andrew’s, 22. Oxford, 23.Nottingham, 24. Irish Sea, 25. Scotland, 26. Kent, 27. Devonshire.

The KEY (Task 7): 1. c The Severn is a river ,the others are towns; 2. a Norwich is a town, the others are rivers; 3. d Inverness is a town , the others are mountains; 4. a Durham is a town, the others are waterways; 5. a The Highlands are mountains, the others are islands; 6. d York is a town, the others are rivers; 7. b Nottingham does not lie at sea, and it is the only one that gave the name to the county, Nottinghamshire; 8. c Glasgow is not a capital; 9. a Windsor is a town ,the others are counties; 10. d Ipswich is a town, the others are rivers.

The KEY (Task 9): 1- c; 2 – a; 3 – g; 4 – b; 5 – h; 6 – i; 7 – e; 8 – d; 9 – f; 10 –k; 11 – l; 12 – j; 13 – n; 14 – m.

The KEY (Task 10): 1) the City; 2) Westminster Palace; 3) Big Ben; 4) Westminster Abbey; 5) Parliament Square;6) Trafalgar Square; 7) Piccadilly Circus; 8) St Paul`s Cathedral; 9) The Tower of London; 10) Tower Bridge; 11) Buckingham Palace; 12) Windsor Castle.

Theme 3.

The KEY (Task 4): 1 – b; 2 – c; 3 – h; 4 – f; 5 – g; 6 – d; 7 – e; 8 – a.

The KEY (Task 5): 1) Investiture, 2) Private, 3) Maundy Money, 4) corgies.

The KEY (Task 6): 1 – h; 2 – g; 3 – a; 4 – f; 5 – p; 6 – I; 7 – l; 8 – b; 9 – d; 10 – e; 11 – j;

12 – r; 13 – n; 14 - q; 15 – k; 16 – m; 17 – o; 18 – c.

Theme 4.

The KEY (Task 4)

1 – H; 2 – S; 3 – O; 4 – F; 5 – O; 6 – L; 7 – U; 8 – R; 9 – E; 10 – S;

11 – O; 12 - D HOUSE OF LORDS

Theme 5.

The KEY (Task 3):

Across: 1.Cabinet, 5. Whips, 6. Blair, 7. Thatcher, 10. Cymru, 8. Heath, 13. backbencher, 14. law, 16. Edinburgh.

Down: 1. Conservatives; 2. Treasury; 3. Smith; 4.Whitehall; 9. Finchley; 12. Falklands; 11. Durham, 15. Chemistry.

Theme 6.

Theme 7.

KEY (Task 3): 1). 1 – pre-preparatory, 2 – five, 3 – eight, 4 – preparatory, 5- public, 6- Winchester; 2) 1- infant / primary, 2 – five, 3 – grammar, 4 – comprehensive, 5 – sixth, 6 – A / AS; 3) 1 – primary, 2 – comprehensive / secondary modern, 3 – GCSE, 4 – National Vocational Qualification.

Theme 8.

KEY (Task 6): 1 – d; 2 – a; 3 – b; 4 – c; 5 – g; 6 – e; 7 – f

KEY (Task 8) 1 – I; 2 – j; 3 – a; 4 – b; 5 – d; 6 – e; 7 – g; 8 – c; 9 -; 10 – h.

Theme 10.

THE KEY (Task5): 1 – b; 2 – h; 3 – e; 4 – c; 5 – a; 6 – g; 7 – d; 8 – f.

Part II.

Theme 1.

KEY (T ask 7): 1 – c; 2 – f; 3 – g; 4 – h; 5 – d; 6 – a; 7 – e; 8 – b.