English with Aljaz

Hello! Well, the padlet presentations are coming along nicely, and so is our discussion. We've talked about the book One World, One Day, describing a few pictures and discussing what they tell us about culture. We've agreed that we all share certain cultural "universals", like food, transportation, clothing, language, law, social instutitions, etc. Now it's time to fill in the Culture Worksheet 1 and Culture Worksheet 2 !

VOCABULARY AND HOMEWORK AFTER LESSON nr. 1 (Friday 13th October) So, we're underway! We've talked about culture a bit today and I was impressed with your knowledge ( kunskaper ), awareness ( medvetenhet ) and understanding ( förståelse ) of the subject. But we'll go even deeper and try to expand your horizons ( vidga er horisont ) even more. Here is some useful vocabulary that we've used today. Make sure you practice these words via conversations in the classroom and in the texts that we'll write throughout the project. Here it goes:  Building blocks ( byggsten ) of culture :  traditions and norms perspective values and religion music, dance, literature, the arts in general  Some features ( drag ) of Swedish culture : reserved ( tillbakadragen ) or low-key equality democracy fairness ( rättvisa )   secular society = where the religion and the government are separated  Homework by Friday 20th October: Write a short descripti

THE WORLD'S LARGEST LESSON This term we'll be working together with teacher students at the University of North Carolina Wilmington to learn more about culture and sustainability and to improve our English as we do so. It's going to be an exciting project where you'll get to communicate closely with native speakers from the USA.  To get inspired read through the book One World, One Day  and read the introductions of the students and teachers you'll be working with HERE . You can also watch a short video presentation of the lovely people you'll be working with HERE .