RURAL LIFE X CITY LIFE

1 – Open questions

1 – Do you like to ride to the countryside?

2 – What are your favorite cities in the countryside?

3 – Why do you like the country?

4 – What can you do there?

5 – Do you like wild life? What?

6 – Are you afraid of any animal? Which one? Why?

7 – Would you like to live in the country? Why not?

2 - Play video City or Country Life

Discuss with class

3 – What are the advantages and disadvantages of rural life and city life?

1 – Jobs - 2 Entertainment 3 – Safety - 4 Public Services 5 – Cost of living 6 – Housing

7 – Traffic 8 – Medical Assistance 9 – Pollution

SET 1

How old were you when you first learned to drive?Was there anything difficult about learning to drive?Do you have a car? If so, what kind of car do you have?What are the advantages of owning a car?What are the disadvantages of owning a car?Are you a good driver?Have you ever been in a car accident?Have you ever been pulled over by the police? What happened?Are the drivers in Vitória good drivers?Do you know anything about repairing or maintaining a car?What do you know how to do?Where did you learn how to do this?Do you prefer driving or riding public transportation?What kind of car do you prefer?

SET 2Who taught you to drive?How long did it take you to learn to drive?What is the longest trip you have ever taken by car?Have you ever broken down and been stranded on the side of the road?Who helped you?Are men better drivers than women?Do you think the age for driving should be raised or lowered?Does the type of car a person drives tell us about the person who drives it?What can we tell or imagine about a person by looking at the car they drive?

SET 3What should be done in order to prevent traffic congestion in your city?Is there any kind of rules to avoid traffic congestions?How do you feel about spending time in your car during rush hour?Is car theft a big problem in your country?Have you had your car stolen?Have you had your radio stolen?Is road side assistance common in your country?Can you change a flat tire?Do you often use public transportation?Have you ever missed your last train or bus home? If so, how did you get home that night?

EDUCATION

1 – Does Education guarantee a good job? How?2 – Do you think the government should spend more money in education?3 – What improvements do public schools need to have?4 - Are college graduates smarter than people who did not go to college?5 - Once you graduate from a university should you stop learning?6 - How much is too much homework? How should the homework load be managed?7 - What is your favorite class?8 - Who selects the college you will attend -- you or your parents?9 - Why are you studying a foreign language?10 - Why is it sometimes very difficult to speak another language?11 - Would you consider studying abroad?

ENGLISH

1 - Do you think English is a difficult language to learn?2 - Have you ever spoken English on the phone?3 - How often do you practice your English?4 - How do you use the Internet to learn English?5 - How can English language help you advance in your career?

TRAVEL

Have you ever been abroad? Where have you been? Are you planning on going anywhere for your next vacation?

If so, where? Who with? How long will you stay?

Are you afraid of going abroad alone? Could you live in another country for the rest of your life? Describe the most interesting person you met on one of your travels. What was your best trip. What was your worst trip

VIDEO:< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCyWGjDNPnY >

Do you like to travel with children? Why or why not? Do you like to travel with your mother? Why or why not? Do you prefer summer vacations or winter vacations? Do you prefer to travel alone or in a group? Why? Do you prefer to travel by train, bus, plane or ship? Do you prefer traveling by car or by plane? Have you ever been in a difficult situation while traveling? Have you ever been on an airplane?

How many times? What airlines have you flown with?

Have you ever hitchhiked? If so, how many times? Have you ever taken a package tour? What countries would you most like to visit? Where did you spend your last vacation? Your summer vacation? Your

Christmas vacation? Where will you go on your next vacation? Would you like to take a cruise? Where to? With whom? Which is better, package tour or a tour you organize and book yourself?

CULTURE

What are some things that define a culture? For example, music, language, ... What do you think is interesting about your culture? Do you know much about your own culture? When people from other countries think about your culture, what do they usually

think of? In your culture is it polite to be straightforward and direct when you talk to someone?

To whom is it OK and to whom is it not OK? What has surprised you when you've met people from other countries? Have you looked at Internet pages from a different culture? If so, how were they

different from those of your own culture?

Culture shock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7xfk8pNZ4w

Go over Vocabulary

Play listening activity

What do you like about your culture? What don't you like about your culture? If you could change one thing about your culture, what would it be? Would you ever consider marrying or dating someone from another

culture? Would you ever consider living permanently in a country other than your

home country? Why or why not? What does it mean to be polite in your culture? What is considered rude in your culture? If a group of people just came to your country from overseas, what

advice would you give them? If aliens visited your country, what might surprise them? Do you pray before each meal? What is culture shock? Have you ever experienced culture shock?

Culture diversity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDvLk7e2Irc