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Ideas for English for Australia Day for A1 classes

Teacher’s notes Aims – To present information about Australia and Australia Day – To focus on vocabulary associated with Australia Day and to enable students to use it Task – To do a brainstorming session about Australia – To match photos with places and animals – To read a text about Australia Day and match Australia Day activities with their places – To do a multiple choice quiz about Australia – To discuss past time activities in summer and winter time Preparation Make enough copies of the worksheets. Timing 30 min. for all activities Procedure 1. Introduce the topic by asking students what they know about Australia. Since not many students are likely to have visited Australia, ask the following questions: What do you know about Australia? Does anyone know an Australian personally? What do you know about Australia from books, television or film? What do you like best? What don’t you like? Hand out the first worksheet and use exercise one to continue the brainstorming session. Help students with the answers. You can let other students ask appropriate questions. 2. Ask students to match the pictures to the places in exercise 2. Answers 1B, 2E, 3G, 4F, 5D, 6C, 7A 3. Hand out the second worksheet and read text in exercise 3 aloud in class. 4. Ask students to brainstorm the answers to exercise 4. Answers 1 red, white and blue, 2 six, 3 1788, 4 as a prison, 5 Canberra, 6 Bath, 7 Red, black and yellow 5. Hand out the last worksheet and proceed to exercise 5 saying that there are lots of different social outdoor activities that you can do on Australia Day and ask students to match the activities with the places you do them in. Answers 1B, 2A, 3F, 4C, 5D, 6E, 7H, 8G Ask your students which activities they like best or would like to try. 6. Ask pairs to discuss the questions in exercise 6. Collect in class.

Autorin: Nicole Tomberg www.cornelsen.de/erwachsenenbildung

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1. What do you know about Australia? 1. 2. 3. 4.

Can you name some Australian animals? Can you name some cities in Australia? Can you name some sights of Australia? Do you know any famous Australian people (actors or actresses, sportspersons)?

2. Famous places Match the photos with the places. (Welches Foto passt zu welchem Ort?)

1 Ayers Rock (Uluru)

A) [Foto: Great Barrier

B) [Foto: Ayers Rock

2 Sydney Harbour Bridge

3 Sydney Opera House

4 Koala

C) [Foto: The outback

D) [Foto: Canberr a

5 Canberra (national Capitol)

6 The „Outback“

7 The Great Barrier Reef

E) [Foto: Sydney Harbour

F) [Foto: Koala

G) [Foto: Sydney Opera


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3. Australia Day and its history The first people on the continent Australia were the Aborigines. The country Australia started as a prison* colony for people from Great Britain. The first ships arrived in Sydney harbour in 1788. In the beginning, Australia consisted of* six colonies, which formed a Commonwealth in 1900. Australia became independent* of Great Britain in 1986, but the Queen is still their constitutional monarch. Australia’s national holiday is January 26th. Australia Day is always a long weekend, with the Monday as a holiday for everyone. Banks, schools, public offices and most shops are closed on Australia Day. When people first celebrated Australia Day in 1808, they also called it “Anniversary* Day” or “Foundation* Day”. January 26th became a public holiday in 1988 all over Australia, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Australia’s founding, the 200th birthday. On Australia Day, you can watch a ferry race or a surfing race across Sydney harbour. The Prime Minister also makes an address to the nation. There are fireworks in most cities, for example in the capital city, Canberra. Remember that the seasons are reversed* in the Southern Hemisphere. January 26th is the middle of summer there. For this reason, people normally have barbecues, meet at the beach, go to concerts or have a picnic. _____ *prison: Gefängnis foundation: Gründung

to consist of: bestehen aus anniversary: Jubiläum

independent: unabhängig reversed: umgekehrt

surfing race

ferry race

4. Australia Quiz Find the answers with a partner. (Überlegen Sie zusammen mit einem Partner.) A

B

C

1. How many territories are there in Australia?

ten

one

six

2. When did the first British colonists arrive?

1899

1788

1877

3. What was Australia first used for at that time?

for holidays

as a prison colony

to import sand from

4. What is a famous outdoor activity in Australia?

surfing

inline skating

skiing

5. What is a bank holiday?

Banks are open all night

a long weekend including a day off on a Monday or Friday

Banks close for a week

6. What season is Australia Day in?

spring

autumn

summer


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5. Australia Day activities Match the Australia Day activities with the places to go. (Ordnen Sie den Aktivitäten am Australia Day die richtigen Orte zu.) 1. surfing

A

Opera House

2. concert

B

beach

3. rafting*

C park

4. barbecue

D harbour

5. ferry race

E

sports stadium

6. cricket match

F

river

7. swimming

G mountains

8. going for a walk

H beach

_____ * rafting: Floß fahren

6. Over to you Ask and answer questions with a partner. (Befragen Sie sich gegenseitig.) –

What do you usually do on a Sunday or public holiday? I often / sometimes / never watch television. My partner / husband / wife / boyfriend … and I often go swimming. We often / sometimes ride our bikes. We visit our family.

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What are your favourite past time activities in summer? I like swimming / barbecuing / cycling / doing a picnic… I don’t like summer because …

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What do you like doing in winter? I love walking in the snow/skiing/snowboarding / … I hate winter because … My family loves playing in the snow / … We often go skiing / … in winter.


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