CONDRAT VIORICA
Form At the crossroads. Student’s book 12
Unit 4
Lesson 2
Topic A borderless world
Objectives By the end of this session the student
will be aware of:
the main purposes of EU;
problems EU is facing;
Brexit and its possible consequences.
and will be able to:
speak on purposes of EU;
express hypothetical opinions regarding Brexit as well as
Moldova becoming a EU state member;
use conditional sentences.
Time 45 minutes
Material Handouts
Procedures Purpose Time
Activity 1: There’s force in unity to raise students’ 10 mins
Split students into three/four/five groups. awareness on the
Distribute Handout 1 and ask students to importance of unity
rearrange the paragraphs of the fable in the (i.e. team work /
correct order. Ask them to write the ending to collaboration) in
the story and think of a possible moral in one’s success
English.
Practice reading in turns.
In class discuss the fable.
Activity 2: Thinking outside the box to encourage 10 mins
Invite students to work in the same groups. students to think
Distribute Handout 2. creatively;
Ask them to rewrite the fable using the words
given in Handout 2. Challenge them to imagine to raise their
that the sons are the EU state members. Ask awareness of the
them to think who the father could be. problems EU is
Invite a representative to present their fable to facing
the whole class.
Activity 3: To Brexit or not to Brexit to raise students’ 10 mins
Write the word Brexit on the board. awareness of Brexit
Ask the students to define the word. to enable students to
Invite the students to read a passage from a news logically formulate
item reporting on what Brexit is. arguments
Discuss the article. pro/against Brexit
Invite students to write sentences what Great
Britain must /should do. to enable students to
EU state members must / should do. use modals
appropriately
Activity 4: What if? to enable students to 10 mins
Write the beginning of the following sentence on use Conditionals
the board: appropriately
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If Moldova becomes an EU state member…
If Moldova became an EU state member …
If Moldova had become an EU state member …
Ask students to write similar phrases only using
the names of the other European states instead of
Moldova
Activity 5: Summing up 5 mins
Summarize the lesson and assign homework. to sum up the
Ask the students to write a post on their social covered material
media account / blog on the future of EU.
Encourage them to leave comments their peers’
posts.
End the lesson with Kofi Annan’s quote “It has
been said that arguing against globalization is
like arguing against the laws of gravity.”
Handout 1: Rearrange the paragraphs of the fable in the correct order. Write the ending
to the story. Write the moral of the fable.
The Bundle of Sticks
"My Sons," said the Father, "do you not see how certain it is that if you agree with each other
and help each other, it will be impossible for your enemies to injure you? But if you are divided
among yourselves, you will be no stronger than a single stick in that bundle."
One day when the quarreling had been much more violent than usual and each of the Sons was
moping in a surly manner, he asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks. Then handing
the bundle to each of his Sons in turn he told them to try to break it. But although each one
tried his best, none was able to do so.
The Father then untied the bundle and gave the sticks to his Sons to break one by one. This
they did very easily.
A certain Father had a family of Sons, who were forever quarreling among themselves. No
words he could say did the least good, so he cast about in his mind for some very striking
example that should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune.
In unity is strength.
Handout 2: Rewrite Aesop’s fable. Think who would be the Father in your fable if the
sons are the EU state members. Use the given words in your fable.
immigration, crisis, health care, economic growth, poverty, prosperity, single market,
uncertainty, single market
CONDRAT VIORICA
What does Brexit mean?
It is a word that is used as a shorthand way of saying the UK leaving the EU - merging the
words Britain and exit to get Brexit, in the same way as a possible Greek exit from the euro
was dubbed Grexit in the past.
Handout 3: Read a passage from the article explaining what Brexit is and express whether
or not you agree with Great Britain’s decision to withdraw from the bloc. Justify your
answer.
Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU
By Alex Hunt & Brian Wheeler
BBC News
Here is an easy-to-understand guide to Brexit - beginning with the basics, then a look at
the current negotiations, followed by a selection of answers to questions we've been sent.
Why is Britain leaving the European Union?
A referendum - a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part - was
held on Thursday 23 June, 2016, to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the
European Union. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with
more than 30 million people voting.
What is the European Union?
The European Union - often known as the EU - is an economic and political partnership
involving 28 European countries. It began after World War Two to foster economic co-
operation, with the idea that countries which trade together were more likely to avoid going to
war with each other.
It has since grown to become a "single market" allowing goods and people to move around,
basically as if the member states were one country. It has its own currency, the euro, which is
used by 19 of the member countries, its own parliament and it now sets rules in a wide range
of areas - including on the environment, transport, consumer rights and even things such as
mobile phone charges.
