English Speaking Countries Presentation

Learn about one English speaking country and compare your knowledge with Swedish conditions.

English speaking countries - presentation

• Learn about one English speaking country that you choose from the list below.
• Create a document here in Classroom as your script.
• List your sources of information in the document in Classroom.
  Here is an example if my country of choice was England:
  Källa:
  NE.se: http://www.ne.se/s%C3%B6k/?t=uppslagsverk&s=l%C3%A5ng&q=engla (hämtad 20170420))
  Utrikespolitiska institutet: Landguiden.se: http://www.landguiden.se/Lander/Europa/Storbritannien (hämtad 20170420)
  British Council: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/uk-culture (hämtad 20170420)
• Find out facts about the country and compare three of the following to conditions in Sweden.
• Make a presentation, either a Keynote and make your presentation live in the class or make a PowToon where you record your voice and your presentation.
• End your presentation with two to three questions that the class will have to answer.

Countries

England

USA

Canada

South Africa

India

Wales

Northern Ireland

Trinidad-Tobago

Scotland

Malta

Ireland

Gibraltar

Australia

New Zealand

Jamaica

Facts to compare

• Educational system
  when do kids start school?
  is school mandatory?
  private schools or state/municipal schools
• Political system
  Democracy?
  How do they vote?
  King/queen or president?
  Independent/allied with other countries
• Geography and climate
  Temperature the year around?
  When is winter and summer?
  What can you grow?
  Hills, flatlands, rivers, lakes etc
• Sports
  What are the three most popular sports? Describe sports that are unknown to Swedish people.
• Society, how people live
  Social differences
  How is their houses?
  What is their standard of living?
• Time difference
  Where is this country in relation to Sweden?
• Population
  How many people?
  Tribes, ethnical groups, different languages?
• Culture such as food and traditions
  Traditional foods
  Old traditions
  National holidays, what are they like?

Religion
What is the most common religion?
Are many religions present in this society?

Läroplanskopplingar

Syfte

• formulera sig och kommunicera i tal och skrift,
• anpassa språket efter olika syften, mottagare och sammanhang, och
• reflektera över livsvillkor, samhällsfrågor och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används.