OPENCities is an ambitious exploratory project which aims to capitalize on the many resources that a diverse population can bring to a city without ignoring the challenges that successful integration involves. We aim to engage over a 100 cities and develop OPENCities into a kitemark for cities worldwide.

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OPENCities offers 6 speaking and listening activities, including audio, as well as 4 comprehensive thematic lesson plans and accompanying worksheets ready to download.

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Who is it?  

In this activity students listen to information about two people who emigrated to Dublin. They then have to create profiles of other immigrants based on the text from the listening.

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Average: 4.1 (8 votes)
Inside lives  

This activity practices students’ listening and speaking skills.

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Average: 3 (1 vote)
Artists as immigrants  

This activity attempts to challenge some of the preconceptions that people often have about immigrants by looking at a group of artists that have emigrated and exploring some of the challenges they

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Average: 5 (1 vote)
What does migration bring?  

This is a listening and speaking activity for students based on the theme of migration. It should be suitable for adult or young adult intermediate level learners. Immigration can be a difficult and controversial topic to tackle and some students may have very strong opinions on this topic. The activity was based on themes from the OPENCities project www.opencities.eu

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Average: 3 (1 vote)
The challenges of being an migrant  

This is a speaking and listening activity that involves students in thinking about the kinds of problems and challenges they might face as a migrant going to Belfast.

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Supporting city openness  

This is a listening activity aimed at intermediate level adult and young adult students.

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Average: 4 (1 vote)
OPENCities – Lesson 4: Settling down in a new country  
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Topic: Adjusting to a new environment

Level: Intermediate +

Average: 2.3 (6 votes)
OPENCities – Lesson 3: Cities and migration  
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Topic: Demographic change

Level: Intermediate +

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OPENCities – Lesson 2: Why do people migrate?  
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Topic: Human Migration

Level: Intermediate +

Average: 3 (2 votes)
OPENCities – Lesson 1: Different kinds of cities  
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Topic: European cities

Level: Intermediate +

Average: 4.5 (2 votes)
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