TALKING ABOUT COUNTRIES
&
NATIONALITIES
COUNTRIES
How do you say
- your country
- your language
- two countries near you
in English?
Watch this video and repeat the countries' names.
GRAMMAR TIME
The article THE
Don't use "the" with
continents
North America, South America, Asia, Australia, Antarctica
countries
Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Brazil
cities/towns
London, Moscow,
Stary Oskol
Use
"the" with
countries' names with "republic", "states", "federation", "kingdom"
the Russian Federation, the UK, the USA,
the Czech Republic
some countries
the Netherlands, the Ukraine
the word "capital"
Canberra is
the capital of Australia.
nationalities
the English (the people of England), the Russians (the people of Russia)
Match the flags and English-speaking countries.
http://learningapps.org/display?v=hshpg05t
QUIZ TIME
What are the following places famous for?
ITALY
GREECE
CHINA
EGYPT
THE USA
ANTARCTICA
FUN TIME
Nations of the world
Fun Song
NATIONALITIES
Watch the video and repeat the nationalities' names.
QUIZ TIME
What nationalities are these people?
Remember what you know about personal
characteristics of people who live in different
countries.
Use:
hospitable, talkative, hard-working, independent,
sociable, shy, non-talkative, serious, reserved,
conservative, romantic,...
WELL DONE!
INTERNET RESOURCES
http://top-desktop.ru/files/raznoe/800/119.jpg
AUSTRALIA
RUSSIA
http://learningapps.org/display?v=bq8vx2y3
http://learningapps.org/display?v=rono7k4j
Example: I believe, the Russians are hospitable and friendly.
http://www.latled.lv/ru/LED-catalogue/561/568/576.html
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Canadian-Flag-canada-729710_1459_1087.jpg
http://www.siae.it/images/news/4_20091019103745_bandiera_americana.jpg
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/australia/images/australia-flag.jpg
http://www.milton.edu.hk/studyabroad/FlagNZ.gif
http://easyenglishcontagem.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/english-speaking-countries.jpg
http://baanajarn.com/wp-content/gallery/blogpostimages/child-with-learn-letter-blocks.jpg
http://agintas.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/nationalities_700x442-jpg1.jpeg?w=700&h=442