Europe is struggling to cope with a growing migrants flow. More and more migrants and asylum seekers are coming to Europe from Africa and the Middle East.
First of all, we are going to try to understand what migration is and what it means today. Then, we are going to talk about multiculturalism and, of course, about multicultural society in Britain.
Read the following articles, watch the video and answer the questions.
READINGHISTORY OF MIGRATION
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=bbv
Migration from the colonies to Western Europe since 1800:
http://ieg-ego.eu/en/threads/europe-on-the-road/economic-migration/pieter-c-emmer-leo-lucassen-migration-from-the-colonies-to-western-europe-since-1800
Migration to Britain:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/next_steps/int_05_europe_01.shtml
MIGRATION TODAY
Some articles explain what is happening in Europe today
The following article try to answer these questions:
Why is
EU struggling with migrants and asylum seekers?
What has
caused migrant numbers to rise?
What is
the EU doing about it?
Are all the EU
countries sharing the burden?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24583286
These 5
Facts Explain Europe’s Deadly Migrants Crisis:
http://time.com/3833333/ian-bremmer-europe-migrants-deaths/
Multicultural
societies in an historic perspective:
http://ndla.no/en/node/89615
LISTENING
MULTICULTURALISM
Multicultural Britain
WRITING
Answer the following questions
Answer the following questions
Unfortunately, because of the migrants crisis, xenophobia and anti-immigrant attitudes have recently risen across the continent.
- What do you think about that?
- Do you live in a multicultural place?
- Is there migration from or immigration to your country?
- What is your opinion about multiculturalism? What are the pros and cons of a multicultural society?
- Watch the video above about multicultural Britain and write a summary.
SPEAKING
Role-play
If we are travelling to a foreign country, we are all immigrants although we are going to stay there for short periods. In fact, as soon as we set foot in a foreign airport, we have to pass trough the Customs Office, show our documents and answer some questions.
Watch the following video. Imagine you are in a British airport, you and your class mate are respectively a customs officer and and a traveller. Invent dialogues like the one in the video, ask and answer questions like:
- What is your final destination?
- How long will you be staying in the UK?
- What is the purpose of your visit?
- Where will you be staying?
- Do you have anything to declare?
English communication - Airport Immigration and Customs
