English speaking countries English 5 SA20B

The English language is spread to countries all over the world. You are going to look more deeply into one country and compare it to Sweden and your own experiences.

Choose an English speaking country to work with from the map in the book "In the English Speaking World".

 

Look for information about the country and compare it to what you know about Sweden. You can look for information about:

 

• Living conditions: for example school, how people live, where people live, employment, differences in income, population, climate, healthcare and dental care. Do all people have the same opportunities and possibilities in life? Does the state/muncipality help those who cannot help themselves (depending on income, being old or sick, not having a job etc)
• Attitudes/values/social conditions, for example the role of religion in people’s lives, view of family, values such standing in line, or being on time.
• Traditions, for example holidays.
• Culture: for example food, sports
• Politics

Use sources in English only.

 

Write a text of  500-800 words.

 

Include a list of the sources you have used at the end.

 

Also answer the questions in the source criticism document about each source.

 

After you have handed in your text, you will get peer response and also feedback from the teacher. After that, you will hand in a second version of the text with improvements.

 

 

 

 

Läroplanskopplingar

Centralt innehåll

• Levnadsvillkor, attityder, värderingar och traditioner samt sociala, politiska och kulturella förhållanden i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används. Engelska språkets utbredning och ställning i världen.
• Talat språk, även med viss social och dialektal färgning, och texter som är instruerande, berättande, sammanfattande, förklarande, diskuterande, rapporterande och argumenterande, även via film och andra medier.
• Texter av olika slag och med olika syften, till exempel manualer, populärvetenskapliga texter och reportage.
• Olika sätt att söka, välja och kritiskt granska texter och talat språk.
• Muntlig och skriftlig produktion och interaktion av olika slag, även i mer formella sammanhang, där eleverna instruerar, berättar, sammanfattar, förklarar, kommenterar, värderar, motiverar sina åsikter, diskuterar och argumenterar.
• Bearbetning av egna och andras muntliga och skriftliga framställningar för att variera, tydliggöra och precisera samt för att skapa struktur och anpassa till syftet och situationen. I detta ingår användning av ord och fraser som tydliggör orsakssammanhang och tidsaspekter.

Uppgifter

English speaking countries English 5 oral presentation

Choose a group to work in. Look for information about an English speaking country and compare it to Sweden. The group should choose one of the countries in red in the map in the book "In the English Speaking World". Tell your teacher which country the group chooses. Choose only sources that you have checked so they are reliable. Do this by answering the questions in the separate source criticism document. Prepare a presentation to the class. Use a power point when you do your presentation, or small cards with key words on. No script or papers should be used. You must also include a word list with explanations of words that you think everybody in the audience might not know. Also include a list of the sources you have used and explain what answers you have found to the questions in the source criticism document about each source. You can look for facts about: living conditions: for example school, how people live, where people live, employment, diifferences in income, population, climate, healthcare and dental care. Do all people have the same opportunities and possibilities? Do the state/muncipality help those who cannot help themselves (income, being old, having a job etc) Attitudes/values/social conditions, for example the role of religion in people’s lives, view of family, values such standing in line, or being on time. Traditions, for example sports

English speaking countries English 5

General check list for peer response.docx

Source criticism English 5.docx