Commonwealth

Facts - Exercises - Lesson plans - Games

Japon

Information - Listening - Webquests

Pages complémentaires :

'United Nations' - Union Européenne

Facts :

• COMMONWEALTH DAY (royal.gov.uk)
  'In all history this has no precedent.'
  "Find out about the Commonwealth and what happens on Commonwealth Day."

• What is The Commonwealth ? (thecommonwealth.org)

• The Commonwealth - a guide for young people :
  What is the Commonwealth? | Who are the members of the Commonwealth? What does the Commonwealth do? | Commonwealth Day |
  Postcards and Quiz
  (youngcommonwealth)

• EU, UN & Commonwealth (BBC)

• National honours, military, and patriotic medals in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth (wikipedia) - LIEN MODIFIE

Exercises :

• 4è Section européenne > The Commonwealth - Projet pédagogique
  (Ac. Rouen)

  

   

• THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH - recherche sur internet et exercices interactifs (absolutenglish-972)

• The Commonwealth (British Council)

• THE COMMONWEALTH - TEXTS, EXERCISES and GAMES - with Commonwealth Day
  (lapasserelle)

Lesson plans :

• Commonwealth.
  "Have a look at articles, poems, stories, word games, cartoons, polls, trivia, history and links."
  (British Council)
  
  

Games :

• Commonwealth countries - crossword (tki.org.nz)

• THE COMMONWEALTH - TEXTS, EXERCISES and GAMES - with Commonwealth Day
  (lapasserelle)

Information / News :

• Japan woman lived in man's closet
  "A woman has been arrested in Japan for sneaking into a man's house and living in his closet without him knowing."
  (BBC)

  

  A closet

  A closet (wpclipart.com)

• Cat puts Japan rail firm on track
  "A loss-making Japanese railway company is back on track thanks to the popularity of a stray cat."
  Vocabulary :
  - to axe all staff
  - Tama stuck by her post and was rewarded with promotion to station manager.
  - the pet mascot
  - ticket booth
  - passengers
  - receives cat food in lieu of a salary
  (BBC)

• Langage gestuel au JAPON (commecadujapon.com)

• ZoomSchool : Japan - civilization (enchantedlearning.com)

  

• Famous Japanese TV and Movie Characters :
  Astroboy - Totoro - Godzilla - Pikachu - Doraemon - Sailor Moon (chicousd.org)

  

Listening :

• The World (with exercises) :
  - A Japanese Public Bath (M)
  - The Japanese Economy (D)
  (esl-lab)

• Directions (with exercises) : Getting Around Tokyo (Easy)
  (esl-lab)

• Travel (with exercises) : Tour of Kyoto, Japan (Medium)
  (esl-lab)
  

Webquests :

• Journey to Japan - A Day in the Life of a Japanese Child - a webquest (chicousd.org)
  "Your task is to create a book that will tell about the daily life of a Japanese child; a book about "you." Your writing, research, and product will be from the viewpoint of a Japanese elementary school student. You will "be" your Japanese character.
  The cover of the book will have a picture that you have created of your character and your Japanese name. Each page in the book will tell about your daily life and about your favorite things. You can illustrate your book with your own drawings or with pictures you print from Internet."