TALKING TO THE WORLD

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To find out why languages are

and to think about the London Olympics in 2012 and design a leaflet for visitors to the Games.

important

useful

fun

Pic by Michael Pead from Wikipedia

If you think languages are very useful, very important and lots of fun, please write your name or initials on a green sticky note.

If you think languages are quite useful, quite important and sometimes fun, please write your name or initials on an orange sticky note.

If you think languages are useless, unimportant and dull, please write your name or initials on a red sticky note.

Name 10 jobs or careers and I’ll tell you why knowing a language is useful for each job.

If I can, I get 5 points.

If I can’t, you get 5 points.

If you can, you get 5 points.

Name: PeterAge: 24Job Title: Operational Officer for SIS (MI6)Background: Studied Modern Languages at Edinburgh University, which included a year abroad. He wanted a break after his studies so he took a gap year and spent 6 months teaching English in the Far East and 6 months travelling, beforereturning to the UK to find a full time career.

“I had never considered SIS but the more I learnt about it the more intriguing it seemed - it offered the chance to get under the skin of people and places, and find out what happens behind the scenes.”

London 2012 Olympic Stadium By Magnus D

Beijing 2008 Olympics by Remko Tanis

London 2012 Velopark by Henry Ridgwell

There will be 7.7 million tickets for the Olympic Games and 1.1 million tickets for the Paralympics.

That’s a lot of visitors from all over the world.

What do they need to know about London to enjoy their stay?

Olympic Games: from 27 July to 12 August. Paralympic Games: 29 August - 9 September

Jeux Olympiques: du 27 juillet au 12 août. Jeux Paralympiques: du 29 août au 9 septembre

Olympische Spiele vom 27. Juli bis den12. August. Paralympics vom 29. August bis den 9. September

Juegos olimpicos: del 27 de julio al 12 de agosto. Juegos paralimpicos: del 29 de agosto al 9 de septiembre.

London Bus by Ian Kershaw

London Park by Ruth Geach

London tube by Alberto Bissacco

London tea by Alberto Bissacco

Fish and Chips by David Ascher

The foods we don't eat with a knife, fork or spoon include sandwiches,

crisps and fruit.

People generally queue when waiting for a bus.

It is ok to eat and drink something while walking down the street, unless you want to seem posh.

When you are introduced to someone, it is polite to shake hands.

Design a leaflet for foreign visitors to tell them about London life and London people. You may want to tell them about:

Where to stay

Eating out

Queuing

traditional English food

pubs

transport

In England we eat fish and chips with chocolate

sauce. If you pass a policemanshow your respect by tapping him

on the bum.

You will only be allowedinto McDonalds infull evening dress.

If you think what you did today was very useful, very important and lots of fun, please write your name or initials on a green sticky note.

If you think what you did today was quite useful, quite important and sometimes fun, please write your name or initials on an orange sticky note.

If you think what you did today was useless, unimportant and dull, please write your name or initials on a red sticky note.