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PRODUCENT: CHRISTINE DEMSTEADER
PEDAGOG: NINA OLIVIER
PROJEKTLEDARE: MIA BISANDER
BESTÄLLNINGSNUMMER: 104169/RA0
NEWSREEL
Questions
Photo: Scott Kelly performing a spacewalk. Image courtesy of NASA.
Today’s kids could walk on Mars
1. Tim Peake will become the first British _________________________________________
to travel to the International Space Station.
2. He will spend…..on-board?
a) Six weeks
b) Six months
c) Six years
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3. Tim Peake hopes that his mission will inspire kids to learn more about
_________________________________________and ________________________________________.
4. How has Tim Peake gotten students involved with his trip so far?
a) He asked them to design some special tools for him
b) He asked them to design special meals for him
c) He asked them to design special clothes for him
5. How will Tim Peake keep us all updated about his trip?
a) He will record videos and send to Earth
b) He will hold a press conference when he returns
c) He will use social media
Minecraft – your new chemistry teacher?
1. Instead of using blocks to create buildings, players use molecules to build
____________________________________________________________.
2. What will the new game be called?______________________________________________
Swedes are top English speakers
1. Swedes achieved the best results in a recent
____________________________________________________________ that tested the English
language skills.
2. How many countries were tested?
a) 17
b) 70
c) 20
3. Which country came in second place?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
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Where’s Justin gone?
1. What was Justin Bieber doing on Spanish radio?
a) He was there to talk about the refugee crisis
b) He was there to support Catalonia in the previous elections
c) He was there to promote his new song
2. Why did Bieber leave the studio?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Where can you find a video of the
incident?______________________________________________________________________________
Translation time
1. There’s nothing to stop school kids today from being amongst the first men
and women to set foot on Mars in the future.
2. The presenter was speaking Spanish and a translator was in the studio too.
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Grammar grill
Use the correct preposition in the sentences below:
1. Tim Peake will walk ______________________space.
2. Kids of today will set foot _____________________________Mars in the future.
3. The press conference was held ________________________the Science
Museum ____________________ London.
4. Swedes are the best non-native English speakers
_____________________the world.
5. Kids will hopefully learn __________________________science and space.
6. There was a big gap ________________________________________the countries
concerning language skills.
7. The ISS circles _____________________________Earth.
8. Justin Bieber walked __________________of the studio.
10-minute discussion
University students in the U.K. has developed a chemistry version of
Minecraft. How do you feel about playing games to learn new things? Are
there some subjects that you learn better through games, you think? Are
there some things you could never learn through games? Explain your
thoughts! If you could invent an educational game, what would it be about?
The big debate
Swedes have been chosen the best non-native English speakers in the world
in a recent report. What do you think is the key to our success? Why do you
think we scored better than our neighbouring countries? Do you think we
could teach other countries something about English learning? How and why
in that case?
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Answers
Today’s kids could walk on Mars
1. astronaut
2. b) six months
3. science and space
4. b) he asked them to design special meals for him
5. c) he will use social media
Minecraft – your new chemistry teacher?
1. structures
2. Molcraft
Swedes are top English speakers
1. survey
2. b) 70
3. the Netherlands
Where’s Justin gone?
1. c) He was there to promote his new song
2. because of the translator’s poor language skills
3. On Youtube
Translation time
1. Det finns inget som hindrar dagens skolungdomar från att bli de första
personerna på Mars i framtiden.
2. Presentatören talade spanska och det fanns även en tolk i studion.
Grammar grill
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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at…..in
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about
between
around
out
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