Intercultural Workshop

1. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
Intercultural Workshop
Topic: Stamps and money
Pre-task: (15 minutes)
1) Have you ever used stamps?
2) What about banknotes? Do you remember / know who are the icons in them?
3) Why do you think they are there? What is the purpose?
Task:
1) Listen to Robert talking about English banknotes.
2) According to Robert’s speech, could you match the following icons with their
values?
5
Elizabeth Fry
10
Sir John Houblon
20
Sir Edward Elgar
50
Charles Darwin

2. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
3) Now, Could you match the icons of Argentinean banknotes with their values?
2
Manuel Belgrano
5
Eva Perón
10
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
20

3. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
Julio Argentino Roca
50
Bartolomé Mitre
100
Juan Manuel de Rosas 100
José de San Martín
4. Listen to Robert talking about how stamps work in his country.

4. Practice II – Laura Sansot, Samanta Otamendi, Camila Roldán.
5- Do you think there are people collecting stamps nowadays? Would you do that as a
hobby? Why/why not?
6- In groups of 4, think of a possible icon or event (national or not) that could be trending in
stamps these days. Share with your partners.
Follow-up activity:
Ask some member of your family if he/she used to collect stamps.