NEIGHBOURHOOD
Neighbourhood (British English and Canadian English), or neighborhood (American English), is a community that is geographically localized within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area.
In this topic, students will explore neighbourhoods as social communities with direct (face-to-face) interaction among its members.
Students will be offered opportunities to communicate about the topic of Neighbourhood, by looking at examples of personal, local, national and global interest in a range of subtopics:
- Types of housing: flat/apartment, house, cottage, studio
- Facilities: banking, post, recreation, recycling, open spaces, shops
- Municipalities: city, town, village
- Community activities
- Neighbours
- Problems (pollution, rubbish, homelessness, traffic)
- Public transport
- Directions
By being exposed to a variety of text types in relation to Neighbourhood, students will be challenged to compare the target language and culture(s) to other languages and cultures, as well as to other disciplinary areas in the DP.
Through the treatment of a variety of subtopics, students will also be invited to answer a range of questions in the context of the study of neighbourhood, like the following:
- What purpose do rules and regulations have in society?
- What is my role in society?
Types of housing: flat/apartment, house, cottage, studio
In this lesson students will learn vocabulary and grammar structures that will allow them to read, write and talk about housing. Students will be offe...
Municipalities
You can start this lesson by explaining the difference between the terms city, town and village. Receptive skills (reading comprehension) St...
Facilities
Facilities: banking, post, recreation, recycling, open spaces, shops Teachers can use the page Places in town (British Council) to introduce vocabula...
Community activities
Introduction Begin this topic by examining the meaning of the word community activity. Present your students with the following definition:...
Neighbours
Introduction You can begin this lesson by asking your students what they think a neighbour is. Then, present them with this definition:...
Problems in the neighborhood
Introduction Quality of life in different neighborhoods within the same city can be very different. Many aspects enhance or deteriorate the quality o...
Traffic
Introduction Traffic can impact negatively on the quality of life in the neighbohood in many ways: pedestrian safety, waste of time, noise, health, p...
Public transport
Note for teachers This topic can be covered in both the theme Neighbourhood and Transport, since contents overlap. In this publicatio...
Directions
Note for teachers This topic can be covered in both the theme Neighbourhood and Transport, since contents overlap. In this publicatio...