If you tried our Lesson of the Week about nations and nationalities, then a great follow-up would be to share these articles about different countries with your students.
Have your students look at “The Friendliest Countries in the World 2013” by Steven Sanders on Hubpages’s website. They’ll have fun checking to see if their countries are represented. Ask your young learners if they agree with the author’s choices. Which other countries do they think are friendly? How about their native countries (if you have a multi-national class)? How about other places they’ve visited? Have they been to any of the countries on the list?
You can have a similar discussion on the following day about countries that are known for being honest. This was measured by how many wallets were returned. Check out “The Most Honest Cities in the World” on the Independent’s website. Students can watch the slideshow together, and then discuss the results.
What about the most liveable cities of 2013? Have students guess which cities will be on the list. Then show them “The Most Liveable Cities of 2013” by Ryan Grenoble on the Huffington Post’s website. You can read the article with your students, or just get them to watch the slideshow. What other countries do they think should be on the list?
A fun activity you could do as a wrap-up would be to have your students make their own top ten list. Get them to make a list about the ten best things about their native country, or the ten best things about the country where they live now. Post the lists around your classroom, and send us a picture—we’d love to see and share their work!
Check out all of Sprout English’s resources on countries and nationalities:
- Lesson of the Week: I’m from Canada! – Students can practice natural conversation about where they’re from.
- Tara Benwell’s blog post: Practice English Nations and Nationalities with Talking Photos - Learn to use tech in the classroom in a fun way.
- Maps: Check out Sprout English’s Lists, Tests, Charts, and Maps in our Library section for many colorful maps to use with your students.
- Other lessons: Try Where do they live? and Where are they from? in the Where? section of our Grammar School.
