This document discusses teaching culture in an English class through content from the UK and USA. It suggests focusing on what students know about each country's culture in separate terms. The goals are to raise cultural awareness, improve communication skills like comprehension and speaking, and have students engage with real cultural materials from each place. Students are evaluated on oral presentations assessed with rubrics, peer assessment, and tests that have them review and summarize class content. Some online tools for learning about British and American culture are also mentioned.

1. Fish and Chips
Neus Carreras
INS Pla de l’Estany
Optativa 3 ESO
PILE curs 2012-2013

2. Why should we teach CULTURE…
 To focus on content:
 what do students know about the UK? (1st term)
 what do students know about the USA?(2nd term)
 To raise cultural awareness:
 what do we have in common? Epals project
 why are we different?

3. Why should students learn about
culture…
 To develop communication skills (auditory)
 improve their oral comprehension
 improve their oral production

4. The students take part of the
syllabus…
 UK: Have a look at one of our student’s
presentations about a trip to London
(they deal with real material)
 USA: In the second term students will choose
a state and give information about it.
(summarise real information)

5. How are students evaluated…
 Oral presentations  speaking grids

6. How are students evaluated...
Content  peer assessment
 student’s oral productions used
- as listening tests
 cooperative test (it’s a competitive exercise to -
- make them review and summarise all the content dealt in class)
 test

7. Some useful tools…
About British culture…

8. Some useful tools…
About American culture…