Lesson script 3rd educational stage (III.0), English Content area:

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Lesson script

3rd educational stage (III.0), English

Content area:

Content and language integrated learning.

Detailed requirements:

Student (21.1) presents the rights and obligations resulting from the European Union citizenship.

Topic

: EU citizens’ rights.

Duration

: 45 minutes.

Detailed goals regarding the range of information

Student:

 Knows the concept of the European Union citizenship;

 Knows basic rights of EU citizens;

 Knows vocabulary needed to talk about the exercise of these rights.

Detailed goals regarding the range of skills

Student:

 Can watch an audio-visual material for specific information;

 Can answer true/false questions using information from a presentation;

 Can choose the right word depending on the context;

 Can solve crossword puzzles using the clues;

 Develops communication skills.

Detailed goals regarding attitudes

Student:

 Realises the benefits resulting from Poland’s EU membership;

 Becomes aware of the rights of European citizens;

 Develops European identity in addition to national one.

Methods

Elicitation; presentation; true/false; gap-fill; crossword; whole class, pairs, individual work.

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Forms and venue

Forms: individual, pair-work, whole class.

Classes are to be held in the classroom.

Materials and teaching aids

Presentation; worksheets for all students (for stages 2.2.and 2.3.); crossword; computer and multimedia projector; board.

Multimedia resources

 Presentation: Rights of EU citizens,

 Quiz: Crossword,

 Online dictionary.

Lesson plan/procedure

1 Warm-up

Interaction forms: whole class.

Duration: 5 minutes.

Teacher asks students the date Poland joined European Union (1 May 2004). Can they think of any benefits resulting from our EU membership?

2 Main stage

2.1. Introduction of the target language – presentation Interaction forms: whole class.

Teacher tells students that they will watch a short film about the rights of EU citizens. They should notice what the rights are about.

The presentation is played once through. Teacher elicits answers in open class, i.e. the right to vote and “four freedoms” (related to free movement of goods, capital, services, people, respectively).

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Teacher distributes a true/false task (below) to all students. He/She asks students to read the sentences given and see if they can answer any of them. If students are not clear about vocabulary items, they should be explained at this stage (e.g. internal, vote).

The presentation is played a second time. Students work individually to complete the task.

Then the answers are checked with the whole class.

Decide if the following sentences are true or false, and tick the appropriate column.

True False 1. A person may have either Polish citizenship or European

citizenship.

2. Every Polish citizen has the right to be a candidate in elections to the European Parliament.

3. Free movement is the main element of the EU’s internal market.

4. Goods produced in Italy can be freely moved to France.

5. Polish citizens can buy a house in Spain, but cannot buy a farm in France.

6. Poles can easily begin to build houses for money in the United Kingdom.

7. Polish citizens can choose in which EU country they want to live.

8. One of the four freedoms is the right to vote.

Answers: 1 false (everybody has both), 2 true, 3 true, 4 true, 5 false (can buy both in any country), 6 true, 7 true, 8 false (it is a separate right)

2.3. Consolidation of the target language – gap-fill Interaction forms: individual, pairs, whole class.

Teacher distributes gap-fills (below) to all students. They should work individually to complete the gaps using the words from the box. Then, the answers are checked in open class.

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Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

citizenship country goods market

move provide rights vote

1. In the EU, people have both European and national _____________ . 2. They can _____________ in elections to the European Parliament.

3. Their other _____________ are called the four freedoms.

4. Poles can travel to any _____________ in the European Union without visas.

5. Not only people, but also _____________ can move freely within the EU.

6. The EU’s internal _____________ guarantees free movement of capital.

7. European citizens can _____________ services in any EU country.

Answers 1 citizenship, 2 vote, 3 rights, 4 country, 5 goods, 6 market, 7 provide

2.4. Consolidation of the target language – crossword Interaction forms: individual.

Teacher tells students that now they need to solve the crossword puzzle using the clues. To do that, they might need to look back at the previous notes and materials.

The words used in the crossword are: country, citizenship, movement, candidate, products, freedoms, parliament, capital.

3 Closing stage

Interaction forms: whole class.

Teacher asks students if they know anyone from another EU country who came to live in Poland? Or any Pole who went to live in another EU country? What do they do?

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Additional information

Teacher advises students that the www.scholaris.pl website offers a computer application in the form of a multimedia dictionary presenting correct pronunciation together with

translations of words and phrases learned during the lesson.