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:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland

Jo Budden, Teacher, Materials Writer, British Council, Spain

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