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  • 1: A World of English
    • Where Do I Come From?
    • Becoming a Strategic Reader
    • Global English
    • Do You Speak Norwenglish?
    • Mari, Mariken and Magnus: Going Abroad
    • Reading Literature
    • Raising the Mango
    • Revision: Chapter 1
  • 2: Life and Society: North America
    • Q&A: Myths and Facts about the USA
    • Two Sides of the American Dream
    • Becoming a Strategic Listener
    • Issues in American Society
    • The Hunger Games
    • Detroit and Silicon Valley
    • No Speak English
    • Black and White
    • Canada: A Country of Contrasts
    • Revision: Chapter 2
  • 3: Work Matters
    • English at Work
    • What I Do for a Living
    • Finding a Job
    • Tricks of the Trade
    • Landing in the North
    • What's Gone Wrong?
    • Revision: Chapter 3
  • 4: Life and Society:The British Isles
    • Teens in the UK
    • I Am the Secret Footballer
    • Reading Poetry / Connected
    • Dora
    • Dying for Dreadlocks
    • British Festivals
    • Coping with Bad Times
    • Who Are the Irish?
    • Tommy from Dublin
    • The Sniper
    • Revision: Chapter 4
  • 5: Life and Society: The English-Speaking World
    • From British Empire to Commonwealth
    • Bollywood: The Global Cinema
    • Transmission
    • Extreme Sports in New Zealand
    • The All Blacks
    • Australian National Holidays
    • Does My Head Look Big in This?
    • My Country
    • South Africa Has It All!
    • The Ten Things ...
    • Revision: Chapter 5
  • 6: Work Values
    • The Little Red Hen
    • Work Ethics
    • Gender Roles in Working Life
    • Getting the Right Job
    • Child Labour
    • Safety at the Workplace
    • Health, Environment and Safety
    • Revision: Chapter 6
  • 7: We Were Here First
    • The First Australians / Son of Mine
    • Ta Moko / Butterflies
    • The Story of the Native Americans / Sure You Can ...
    • Revision: Chapter 7
  • Toolbox
  • Grammar
    • Adjectives and adverbs
    • Capital letters, punctuation and spelling
    • Prepositions
    • Contracted forms
    • It/There
    • Articles and nouns
    • Pronouns
    • Verbs: Concord
    • Verbs: Past and perfect tense
    • Verbs: Present progressive
    • Verbs: Revision
    • Do-support / Did-support
    • Tag questions
    • Wh-questions
    • Modal verbs
    • Word order
    • Joining sentences
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Canada: A Country of Contrasts

Most people know that Canada is the USA's neighbor to the north, and that it is one of the world's largest countries (the second largest, in fact). Listen to the two texts below and work with the tasks here and in your textbook to learn more about this diverse country.

canada toronto flag

Video: Bear watching in Canada

Promotion video from Great Bear Nature Tours.

Links

  • Great Bears Tour video

    http://www.greatbeartours.com/_videos/bear-watching-video.htm
    (greatbeartours.com)

Textbook Tasks

  • Listening quiz: Living with Brown Bears
  • Vocabulary: Living with Brown Bears
  • Listening quiz: Visiting a Canadian City
  • Vocabulary: Visiting a Canadian City
  • Gap text: Visiting a Canadian City

Extra Tasks

  • Fill in the gaps
  • Find out: Toronto
  • Find out: Mounties
  • Bear Attack
  • Quiz: Are you a pet lover?
  • Match up

Listening

  • Canada: Living with Brown Bears
  • Canada: Visiting a Canadian City

Visual Material

  • Map quiz: Cities in Canada

Going Further

  • Canada celebrates cowboy culture

Links

  • Canada (Time Magazine)

    http://time.com/tag/canada/
    (time.com)
  • Get to know Canada (government site)

    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/before-canada.asp?_ga=2.66538027.466484796.1499684740-824159371.1499684740
    (cic.gc.ca)
  • Canada prepares for an Asian future (BBC)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-18149316
    (bbc.co.uk)
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