Lesson plan
- Discuss in groups of 3 the challenge of moving to a new country with a different culture. List 3 you think might be difficult
- In your group research online cultural differences in the UK. Write a paragraph about this on your blog. Include statistics and numbers.
Watch the movie Brick Lane in class.
Find more info about the film here. Discuss the inter-generational conflict between immigrants and their European-born children. What are the root causes of the trouble between them? Write about this on your blog as a continuation of your first paragraph. Include examples from others films you have seen in class, other texts you have read in class.
Competence aims to cover
- Reflect on how cultural differences and dissimilar value systems can affect communication
- Analyze, elaborate on and discuss at least one lengthy literary work and one film
- Elaborate on and discuss various aspects of multicultural societies in the English-speaking world