1. How many countries are there in the world? 145 195 2013
2. How many countries agree with the UN on the status of refugees? 145 195 2013
3. About three-fourths of the world’s countries have signed the UN convention regarding refugees. Right Wrong

Searching for safe haven

1

Match the words with the corresponding pictures.

2

Complete these sentences using the modal verb phrases given.

The power of words

1

Observe the document and match the letters with their description.

2

Banksy made this artwork in Calais. What is his message?

3

Watch the video and answer the following questions.

a) Which word occurs frequently? .
b) Is there only one definition of it? .
c) Give three definitions of this word. ,  and .
d) Which one is the best according to you? .

4

What do the refugees aim for?

The world’s displaced people

1

Look at the document and present it.

2

Match the numbers and practice saying them out loud.

3

Use the information from the table to answer the following questions (2016 statistics).

a) The number of world refugees plus the number of stateless people equals (31.3 million / 21.3 million / 11.3 million).
b) The country which has produced the highest number of refugees is (Afghanistan / Somalia / Syria).
c) The number of refugees hosted in Turkey and Lebanon combined is (four point three million / three point six million / five point six million).

4

Read the document carefully.

a) Where do most of the refugees come from? .
b) Where are they going? In general and specifically? .
c) Do they receive any help? .

Intonation

Listen: The girl must be happy because she’s safe.

Réfléchis : Dans cette construction verbale, le mot qui s’entend le plus fort est . C’est un verbe . On met plus de pour le faire ressortir.


Répète : She might be Syrian. She could be travelling alone, without her parents.

Hypotheses

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

Réfléchis : Repère l’auxiliaire modal. Trouve le verbe et identifie la forme verbale qui suit.


Conclus : Pour émettre une hypothèse, j’utilise (100% de certitude), (50-50) ou même (25% de certitude) suivi d’un verbe à la base verbale.

Mission 1

1

Your first mission is to...

prepare a written article.

interview your classmates.

×

prepare and present an infographic.

2

Choose the region and crisis you want to focus on...

war.

Middle East.

natural disaster.

persecution.

Africa.

climate change.

South America.

Asia.

3

Choose your level:

A2+

A2

vers B1