No place like home?

Parler en continu : je prends la parole pour raconter, décrire, expliquer.

There are approximately 195 countries in the world today; 145 of them have signed the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. What is a “refugee”, according to you?

Exercice 1 : Searching for safe haven

1

Look at these pictures. What do you see?

2

Who do you think these people are? Imagine how they must be feeling. Make hypotheses.

3

Imagine why they are making this journey. What do you think awaits them?

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

Exercice 2 : The power of words

1

Observe and identify the document.

2

What is the artist’s message?

3

Watch the video. Note down keywords and figures.

4

Define: “a displaced person”, “a refugee”. Who defined the political meaning of the word “refugee”? When?

Exercice 3 : The world’s displaced people

1

What does the chart show? Where do these figures come from?

2

Where do most of the refugees come from?

3

Name the top three host countries for refugees.

4

How many displaced people are still living in their home countries?

Intonation

That persecution may be due to their race ↗ or political opinion ↘.


People may suffer persecution because of religion ↗, race ↗ or political affiliation ↘.

Hypotheses

Observe: They must be frightened. They must have left their home country. They might be fleeing a civil war.

Think: Spot the auxiliaries and the verb forms. Which tense does each verb phrase refer to?

Practise: Make hypotheses about the people on the pictures in Activity 1.

6 million children are in danger in Syria today.

Use Piktochart. Research a country in crisis. Get facts and figures, then present your information to the class.

A2 I can list facts and figures.
A2+ I can give background information.
Vers B1 I can make hypotheses about the past, the present and the future.