Introduction
This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out more about Northern Ireland. It is one of a collection of four Destination UK lesson plans that look at the countries that make up the UK.Students will have the chance to read about Northern Ireland and find out a little about its people and culture.
Note this is an old plan, so the webpage it links to is no longer available. You can print out the texts from the worksheets below though.
Topic
Northern Ireland
Level
Pre-Intermediate and above
Timing
60-90 mins
Aims
- To develop all four communication skills
- To revise language of describing places
Materials
Lesson plan: guide for teacher on procedure including worksheet tasks and answers to tasks.
Download lesson plan 175k pdf
Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:
- Six tasks based around the culture of Northern Ireland.
Download worksheets 100k pdf
For more information about this topic you can visit these sites:
Jo Budden, Teacher, Materials Writer, British Council, Spain
The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Where indicated, there is also audio available to be downloaded. Audio is supplied in mp3 format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the Help page.
Copyright - please read
All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place these materials on any other web site without written permission from the BBC and British Council. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us at: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org
Comments
N.Ireland lesson
Could the creator of the Northern Ireland lesson please amend it? I have used it a few times and my students have queried the bracketed comment about protestants conveniently changing 'allegiance' when it comes to rugby. Teaching N.Ireland is complicated enough without authors showing clear bias. There is always an undertone of opinion in reporting the subject but clear (incorrect and misleading) prejudice has no place in teaching EFL. To justify the misleading information protestants generally do support an all Ireland rugby team, but in the same way that Welsh and Scottish people would support a British Team GB at the olympics. This has nothing to do with shifting allegiance and is more an extension of cultural and national identity. Ulster rugby players play in the Ireland rugby team and are rightly cheered on by Ulster fans when they do.
I enjoy using the resources as they are intended to be used and I don't want to start editing them. The bracketed comment just jumps out as totally unnecessary and insulting. I hope it can be removed.
worksheet
Thanks for your feedback on this lesson. We have removed the sentence from the lesson plan. We hope that you continue to enjoy using our materials in class.
Best wishes,
Cath
TE Team
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