This lesson is about housing in the UK and is based on Housing materials from both the NIACE Citizenship materials for ESOL and the ESOL Nexus learner website. The lesson provides an overview of the types of accommodation available in the UK and develops the learner's ability to ask and answer questions, listen for detail and fill in a housing form.
In the UK, many people enjoy eating fish and chips.
Reading aloud is shown to improve confidence and understanding.
Watch a video called ‘My friends in the UK’ about an English man named Dave and his friends who live around the UK. Improve your listening skills and learn about the four countries of the UK and how to spell six nationalities.
What do you think is ‘British food’? Watch this film and find out what people in Britain like to eat.
In this lesson you are going to listen to Penny talking about the town she lives in. The focus of the lesson is articles.
Which countries make up the UK? What are their national customs? Watch this film to find out and learn some useful new words too.
Unit 3 is about what happens at places in town. It develops all language skills and can be used in ESOL literacy classes. Learners listen to sound clips and discuss what they can hear and where, build sentences and identify verb-noun collocations. Learners also develop simple transactional dialogues such as buying food in a café, a ticket on the bus, or paying at the checkout.
In the UK, Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes is celebrated on November 5th and the night skies are filled with colour. It's a special day in honour of a historic event. In this activity you can read about the history of the November 5th celebrations, complete various tasks to check your understanding and try an exercise on passives.
Raising money for charity is a strong tradition in the UK, and people do some strange things. Read about some of them below.