Describe the landscapes of the English speaking countries, using the words from the box and supporting questions.

(http://www.therealstevegray.com/2011/11/ the-fight-starts-now-save-our-country/new-zealand-nature/)	(http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiwinz/1992778373/)
(http://www.hiren.info/desktop-wallpapers/natural-pictures/diamond-lake_paradise_new-zealand)

 

be located  surface  close to  surround  plain / valley  lake / spring / river height  at a distance  scenery  consist of  mountains / rocks formation  change from one place to another  natural features of  island

 

1. What do you see in the picture?

2. What topographical features are there?

3. Which country do you think the picture shows? Why do you think so? Explain.

4. Describe the position of other objects in the picture.

5. What do these pictures have in common?

6. What do the picture differ in?

 

Look at the table. Take turns in asking where you are from, what the capital of the country is, what your nationality is, using the information from the table.

	Austria	['LstrIq]	Austrian	['PstrIqn]	Vienna	[vJFnq]
	Belgium	['belGqm]	Belgian	['belG(q)n]	Brussels	["brAsqlz]
	Bulgaria	[bAl'ge(q)riq]	Bulgarian	[bAl'ge(q)rIqn]	Sofia	[´s ufj ]
	Cyprus	['saIprqs]	Cypriot	['sIprIqt]	Nicosia	["nIkQ(v)'sJq]
	Czechia	[CekIq]	Czech	[Cek]	Prague	[prRg]
	Denmark	['denmRk]	Danish, Dane	['deInIS], [deIn]	Copenhagen	[´koVpqnheIgqn]
	Finland	[finlqnd]	Finnish	['fInIS]	Helsinki	['helsINkI]
	France	[frxns]	French	[frenC]	Paris	['pxrIs]
	Germany	[´GE:mqnI]	German	['GE:mqn]	Berlin	[bE:lIn]
	Greece	[grJs]	Greek	[grJk]	Athens	['xTqnz]
	Hungary	[´hANgerI]	Hungarian	[hAN'ge(q)rIqn]	Budapest	['budPpFSt]
	Italy	[´ItalI]	Italian	[I'txlIqn]	Rome	[rqVm]
	The Netherlands / Holland	[´nqDqrlqndz]/ ['hPlqnd]	The Dutch	[dAC]	Amsterdam	['xstqdxm]
	Poland	['pqVlqnd]	Polish	['pPlIS]	Warsaw	[´wLsL]
	Portugal	['pLtjVg(q)l]	Portuguese	["pLtjVgJz]	Lisbon	[´lɪzbqn]
	Spain	[speIn]	Spanish	[´spxnIS]	Madrid	[mq´drId]
	Sweden	[´swi:dən]	Swedish	['swJdIS]	Stockholm	[´stPkhqVm]

Role-play the situation.

Student A has never been abroad and at last, he has decided to make a tour around some English speaking countries.

Student B asks him among other questions the following ones:

· where he would like to go;

· what he would like to do / to see there;

· what he knows about this country;

· why he would like to go there.

Then tell the information you found out to another group-mate using discourse markers and connectors from the Appendix.

Unit 2. Language proficiency requirements

Language Proficiency Requirements