11th February 2020

Contents

Listening practice: News report

Tuareg people

Vocabulary: holidays & travel

Tuareg people of North Africa

The Tuareg are a large group of Berber people from many different ethnic groups who live in the Sahara region of northern Africa. No one really knows where they first came from …

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahW5BVQo4ok

Learn more in this Tuareg culture feature on Al Jazeera news:

News report:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZ0nfxfLnk

Listening practice:

Try listening for 2 or 3 minutes without text. Then repeat, and copy any new words, expressions or styles of speaking.

New vocabulary:

nomad / endured / fundamental / prestige / divisions / emerging

Why do men cover their faces / From what age do they do this ?

How is this different from other Islamic cultures ?

How is wealth passed ?

What do you know about Islam ?

Holiday activities

Share holiday experiences

Ask each other the following questions about travel and holidays. Ask for more information.

What was your last holiday ? Do you have a holiday planned ?

What was your best holiday ? What was your worst ?

Where would you most like to go ?

How to encourage people to open up (speak more)

Really ? Tell me more …

That’s sounds amazing !

What did you do next ?

Why do you say that ?

Oh, no ! What happened ?

Where is that ? Who took the photo ? What were you doing ?

Practicalities

What was the hotel like ? Where did you stay ? How old were you when you went there ?

How long was the journey ? Who did you fly with (which airline) ?

What did you think of the food ? Did you travel alone ?

Switzerland

From these four photos, what do you think of Switzerland ?

Can you see the bear on the Toblerone box … it is on the left-hand side, in the middle of the mountain.