No place like home?

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