This document provides listening strategies and a listening comprehension activity about British national identity. It includes key words to categorize, photos of Britain, and statements to identify as true or false after listening to a radio phone-in program. The listening strategies advise to preview the task, answer what you can on the first listen, and answer missed questions on the second listen without worrying about every word.
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This document provides listening strategies and a listening comprehension activity about British national identity. It includes key words to categorize, photos of Britain, and statements to identify as true or false after listening to a radio phone-in program. The listening strategies advise to preview the task, answer what you can on the first listen, and answer missed questions on the second listen without worrying about every word.
This document provides listening strategies and a listening comprehension activity about British national identity. It includes key words to categorize, photos of Britain, and statements to identify as true or false after listening to a radio phone-in program. The listening strategies advise to preview the task, answer what you can on the first listen, and answer missed questions on the second listen without worrying about every word.
country developed, developing, historic, Listening innovative, multicultural, wealthy, Read the Strategies. well-organised people: class-conscious, communicative, Listening Strategies: Revision conservative, excitable, family-oriented, law-abiding, nationalistic, polite, proud, • Before listening, look at the task. Try to guess answers to the religious, reserved, serious, traditional, questions. tolerant, suspicious of foreigners • The first time you listen, answer as many questions as you can. • The second time, answer the questions you missed. • Do not worry if you don't understand every word. Look at the photos of Britain. Choose eight adjectives or expressions from Exercise 1 that reflect your view of Britain Listen to a radio phone-in programme. Use the Strategies to and the British. Tell the class. decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F). Then listen again and check your answers. Example To me the British seem to be quite traditional. Great Britain is made up of four different nations: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In a poll, British people described themselves as animal lovers and tolerant but suspicious of foreigners and reserved. Eighty-seven percent of British people thought that the British were class-conscious. The first caller thinks Britain is an innovative place. She describes herself as English rather than British. The second caller feels European. The third caller is of Indian origin. She thinks Britain is multicultural but there is an intolerant minority. The last caller thinks Britain is a modern country. He is a Scottish nationalist and doesn't feel British.