Cultural Links (Teacher's Book)

Cultural Links explores and discovers the English-Speaking World and offers links through the British Isles across North America, India, Australia, New Zealand and more. 7 Files to discover the English-speaking World * Cultural Links consists of 7 topics (files), dealing with the differences and similarities of the countries which are part of the English-speaking World. * Language: how much has the English language changed? How does English manage to create and keep a common link among far-off countries and people of the world? * Identity: what does English national identity mean to English-speaking countries in an ever increasing multi-ethnic and multicultural world? * Countries and Places: geographical, socio-economical and cultural passport of English-speaking countries * Flashback: the main historical events of English-speaking countries, from the Industrial Revolution to the Great Depression to the difficult Irish Question and many more * People and Lifestyle: contemporary issues such as family and how it is changing, fashion, sport, social networking * Education: traditional and contemporary British Education, characteristics of north-American schools, school programmes like Erasmus and much more * Institutions: an overview of the English-speaking World institutions, interactions with the European Union and the important world organisations. Features: • each File consists of...