Urban tribes

SKILLS

LEVEL NUMBER LANGUAGE

Intermediate B1_2021X_EN English
Goals

■ Learn about different

urban tribes
■ Learn how to describe
personality
■ Practise identifying
yourself and giving
opinions

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 When I walk through the city, I see all
kinds of different people.

People with sophisticated clothes but

strange haircuts, people with dark
clothes and colourful hair, people who
look easy-going, people who look
arrogant.

These people could be part of an

urban tribe.

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How do urban tribes start?

■ When a group of people who like the same kind of music, the same clothing
style, have the same habits and go to the same places, their group might be
given a name.

These groups are known as urban tribes and there are many of them.

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Do you remember these words?

wear

allowed clothes

skating music

listen cute

sad

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Do you remember these words?

I wear a hat when I go outside on a

sunny day.

My clothes are dirty. I should wash

them.

My favourite kind of music is jazz.

My friend’s pet cat is cute.

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Do you remember these words?

That movie was so sad. I started crying.

Could you stop talking please? I am

trying to listen to the teacher.

I go skating at the park every Saturday

with my friends.

Smoking in the restaurant is not

allowed.

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 All about me!

How would you describe

yourself?
What type of music do you like?
Do you like to dress a certain
way?

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Urban tribes

goths Goths wear dark clothes and listen to heavy metal.

Emos also wear dark clothes and listen to emotional

emos music.

skaters Skaters love skating and wear T-shirts and sneakers.

Most hippies lived during the 1960s and 1970s, but

hippies there are still some left.

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Urban tribes

hipsters Many people are not sure if hipsters are cool or not.

Punks like to fight authority and listen to loud,

punks aggressive music.

geeks Geeks love what they do.

Originally from Japan, the trend of being cute is called

kawaii kawaii.

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Types of urban groups

Goths sometimes wear black clothes

and paint their faces white.

He is a bit of an emo. He is very

emotional.

The park is always crowded with

skaters doing tricks on their
skateboards.

There were many old hippies at the folk

music festival on the weekend.

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Types of urban groups

Hipsters know how to make good coffee

but they talk about themselves too
much.

A large group of punks is sitting outside

the train station.

In high school the geeks were not

popular but now they all have great
jobs!

A lot of the students at university wear

kawaii clothes.

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Match the name of the urban tribe to its picture

1. punk 4. emo

2. hipster 5. geek

3. hippie 6. kawaii

A C E

B D F

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What do urban tribes wear and do?

Learn more about urban tribes by filling the gaps in these descriptions.

kawaii
1. _______________ wear black clothes, colour
their faces white and listen to heavy metal. goths
2. _______________ is the name for the cute
culture in Japan and the people in this urban hippies

tribe wear bright clothes.

geek
3. _______________ have colourful hair, many
body piercings, and decorate their clothes punks
with safety pins.
skaters
4. A person who is very good with computers
might be called a computer _______________.
5. _______________ often have long hair, are
against war and want everyone to love each
other.
6. _______________ do great tricks on their
skateboards.

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Which urban tribes have you seen?

Tell your teacher about your experience with urban tribes in your
country.
Can you think of any other urban tribes?
Are you a member of any urban tribes?

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Personality traits

cheerful He always smiles and says hello, he‘s very cheerful.

The hipster asked me to take a lot of photos of him for

arrogant his social media profile. He is very arrogant.

You have to be brave to go to a punk concert if you are

brave not dressed like a punk.

The emo girl was ashamed that she enjoyed one of the
ashamed latest pop songs.

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 Describing people

The skater did a trick and her skateboard accidentally

careless went on the road. It was careless behaviour.

A friend of mine works 14 hours every day! She is

dedicated dedicated to her job.

Thanks for giving me €50 for my birthday, grandma. You

generous are very generous.

My employer is very stingy. He has a lot of money but

stingy we never get bonuses.

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Describing people

Cheerful people attract more friends.

Don’t be so arrogant! You are not the

only person in the world.

You were very brave when you told the

boss that he was behaving badly.

I felt very ashamed when people found

out that I cheated on the test.

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Describing people

He broke a glass when he ran through

the house carelessly.

The Olympic swimmer is dedicated to

swimming.

Our boss paid for lunch today, she is

very generous.

My boss never pays for anything, she

is so stingy.

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Select the correct word to fill each gap

1. He is _______________ to playing the piano and practises 6 hours every day.

a. arrogant b. dedicated c. cheerful d. stingy

2. He’s so _______________, he made me pay €4 because I had a slice of pizza at his

birthday party!

a. ashamed b. brave c. stingy d. generous

3. Thank you for giving me the afternoon off work to watch my son’s football match,
you’re very _______________.

a. brave b. generous c. careless d. cheerful

4. When my boss found out that I had stolen money from the company, I felt very
_______________.

a. careless b. arrogant c. dedicated d. ashamed

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 Conversation between a hippie and a punk

Hey man. How are you? You don’t look _______________ at

all. What’s wrong? Why aren’t you smiling?
There’s no reason to feel cheerful! A rich and
_______________ man just walked past us and didn’t give us
any money.
Do you need money? I’m a _______________ person. Here’s
€5. Go and buy a drink and start smiling!
Thanks but I am too _______________ to spend this on a
drink. I need to save it and just spend a little each day.
Wow, you are stingy. I have _______________ my life to
having a good time and feeling good.

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Continue the conversation

Continue the conversation from the previous slide with your teacher.
The punk should get a little angry and the hippie should keep giving
reasons why the punk should smile.

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 More words to describe people

Sometimes, people think too much about their own emotions and forget
selfish about others. This can seem selfish.

Hippies sometimes change their plans and drive a long way in a van
easy-going together to a music festival. They are so easy-going.

bossy You’re not allowed to be bossy just because you’re older than me!

Hipsters always look relaxed. They are often drinking coffee, reading, or
relaxed getting their hair cut.

Geeks are very confident when talking about their favourite topic but when
nervous they talk about other topics they can be a bit nervous.

Young skaters sometimes skate on the footpath through the city. That isn’t a
naughty crime but it’s a bit naughty.

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 More words to describe people

The computer geek in my IT class is passionate about

passionate software.

sophisticated Some hipsters wear sophisticated clothes.

My 6 year old son thought the punks on the train were

scary scary.

have a difficult I can’t work with people who have a difficult

personality personality!

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More words to describe people

He never thinks about how other

people feel. He is very selfish.

Why can’t you be more easy-going? I

just want to change our plan a little bit.

My big sister is bossy. She always tells

me what to do.

I feel nervous when I have to give

presentations to my boss and
colleagues.

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More words to describe people

You need to be passionate about what

you do if you want to succeed.

I could not sleep after the scary film.

We went to a sophisticated restaurant

for our Christmas party.

People think I have a difficult

personality but I think I am fine, they
are the ones who are difficult!

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Complete the sentences

Use the words from the previous slides to finish these sentences.

1. If you don’t worry about things or 2. The person who always wears
get annoyed easily you are… fashionable clothes is…

4. If you believe in something

3. A person who only thinks about
deeply you are ________________
their own interests is…
about it.
5. A person who gives orders
6. Walking home alone through the
without saying please or thank
city can be _______________.
you is…

7. Many people feel _______________ 8. _______________ children do things

before they give a presentation. that make their parents angry.

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Who do you know who is…?

Talk with your teacher about people you know or celebrities who are
arrogant, nervous, naughty etc.
Discuss why you think they have those characteristics.

bossy cheerful relaxed

naughty passionate sophisticated

selfish scary easy-going

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My day.

A day in the life of an urban tribe member.

Imagine you are a member of any of the urban tribes mentioned in this
lesson. Write a short story about your experiences in a typical day.

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 Create your own urban tribe

■ Have a meeting to organise

your own urban tribe.
■ Your tribe must have a set
of rules by the end of the
meeting.
■ Decide what clothes your
tribe members must wear,
where you will spend time, and
what music you will listen to.
■ Will you be generous or
stingy? Arrogant or cheerful?

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Reflect on the goals

Go back to the second slide of the lesson and check

if you have achieved all the goals of the lesson.

yes no

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_______________________________ _______________________________

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Reflect on this lesson

Think about everything you have seen in this lesson.

What were the most difficult activities or words? The easiest?

+ _______________________________
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+ _______________________________
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– _______________________________
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– _______________________________
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If you have time, go over
the most difficult slides again

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Exercise p. 13
1c, 2f, 3e, 4d, 5a, 6b
Exercise p. 14
1. goths, 2. kawaii, 3. punks, 4. geek, 5. hippies, 6. skaters
Exercise p. 20
1. dedicated, 2. stingy, 3. generous, 4. ashamed
Exercise p. 21
1. cheerful, 2. arrogant, 3. generous, 4. stingy, 5. dedicated
Exercise p. 27
1. easy going, 2. sophisticated, 3. selfish, 4. passionate, 5. bossy, 6. scary, 7. nervous,
8. naughty
Answer key
Homework

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My favourite words

Write down your favourite words from the lesson and then
include these in a sentence.

Skater – rides a skateboard, wears

baggy trousers and have certain
trainers. Sometimes they grow their
hair long.

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Make flashcards

Make flashcards out of paper and

copy down four words or phrases from this lesson that
are hard for you.

Emos
Listen to alternative,
emotional music and
sometimes wear
eyeliner and dark
clothing.

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