TWO ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

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TWO ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

• Australia more than koalas and kangaroos
• Ireland Éire, the Emerald Isle

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Content based teaching

• Use and usage
• Content leads the way, English doesnt
• Create the need to talk
• Expose to meaningful language in use
• Concepts are not learnt in two languages
• concepts are concepts

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IRELAND AN INTRODUCTIONGeneral knowledge the
students have about Ireland before starting the
moduleIRELANDS GEOGRAPHY1.1.  Provinces and
counties1.2.  Northern Ireland and Irish
Republic   IRISH FLAG AND GAILGE2.1.  Irish
flag2.2.  Irish language-Gailge- and the Irish
National Anthem   IRISH HISTORY3.1.  Main
events in Irish History3.2.  Michael Collins
(film) and the Independence of the Irish
Republic3.3.  Saint Patrick. Catholics and
Protestants   ART CULTURE4.1.  Music and
Dance4.2.  Literature and Oscar Wilde4.3. 
Sports Hurling and Gaelic football   IRISH
SLANG  
 
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AUSTRALIA AN INTRODUCTIONTerminology
Commomwealth of Australia (official name), Oz,
Down Under, the Lucky Country   AUSTRALIAS
ENVIRONMENT1.1  Australias land area,
population, climate1.2  Australias states and
territories1.3  Two landmarks Urulu (NT) and
the Great Barrier Reef (QLD)1.4  Australias
wildlife  THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF LIFE I2.1 
Australias major cities2.2  The Outback2.3 
Education2.4  Health   THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF
LIFE II3.1  Multicultural Australia migration
and cultural diversity3.2  Language
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