In this lesson, my A1 students are going to learn how to talk about where they are from. For this purpose, I have created a short video where a very friendly interviewer is at Speakers’ Corner in London, asking passers-by their names and where they are from.
I have only included people from Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland. Why? Because many English language learners tend to believe that “that big island with a smaller one next to it” is all England, and I’d like to clear this up a little! The big island is Great Britain, which includes England, Scotland and Wales. Add Northern Ireland and we have the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland is a separate country.
Anyway, learners can watch the short video, and I’ll ask them if they noticed that there are two ways to talk about where you are from: “I’m from Ireland” and “I’m Irish”. This will take us to another, much longer video about nationalities, suffixes and so on. At the end of the post, there is anothe video that goes over these contents to help students understand and practise suffixes for nationality adjectives.
Listening to check understanding
Video lesson to expand on this