Liceo Laguna 10th grade, Academic English Practices 2023 Teacher: Yanina Carrera C

UNIT#3 Scenario: A World of Differences Theme: 1. These Are My People

Activity1: Work in groups and answer the following questions orally. Share your
answers with the whole class.

1. What is race?

2. Do we have different races in Costa Rica? Can you mention some? What about
worldwide?

3. What is your race?

4. Would you say that Costa Rica is homogeneous when we talk about race?

5. Would you say that people of different races are discriminated against in our country?

6. How would you define the terms racism and xenophobia?

7. What are some examples of discrimination you have seen in our country?

8. Why do you think people discriminate against others based on race?

9. Have you ever felt discriminated against?

Activity2: Listen to the following words. Can you determine their meaning? Ask your
teacher to help you if you can’t determine the meaning yourself.

Activity3: Read the following definitions and match the correct word with each
definition. Write the word in the corresponding box.

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Activity5: Write sentences about the pictures below. Use the connectors given in
each case.

1. However______________________________________________________________

2. In contrast_____________________________________________________________

3. But___________________________________________________________________

4. Whereas / while________________________________________________________

5. Likewise ______________________________________________________________

6. Similarly______________________________________________________________

7. In the same way________________________________________________________

8. In like manner__________________________________________________________

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Activity6: Listen to a lecture about different categories of race and answer the
questions in the chart.

Activity7: Listen to the lecture again and classify the different ethnic groups into
their corresponding race.

Activity8: Work on your notebook. Write a proposal on how to deal with racism and
homophobia in your school. Then, brainstorm some ideas and finally, write your
paragraph.

Brainstorm