Fundamentalism and the UK NEW INTERNATIONALIST EASIER ENGLISH PRE-INTERMEDIATE READY LESSON

Countries – find yours and compare As a lesson warmer, learners can find their country/ies and discuss / compare to other countries

Today: Grammar: practise comparatives Vocabulary Speaking: to discuss Reading: to understand main ideas This lesson can take 1 – 2 hours: 15 – 30 mins comparing countries; vocabulary (1 & 2) 15 – 30 mins; reading (15 mins); speaking (20 – 30 mins)

Differences : your country and the UK? Religion? Education? Freedom? eg. In Algeria, food is hotter than in the UK. In Pakistan, there are more children in classes than in the UK. Food? Clothes? Jobs? Ideas? Houses? Learners use comparatives: of course, you may need to teach and/or review the rules. Learners can speak or write. Post-task error correction.

a) food like burgers and pizza that is not very good for your health b) to agree that something is OK c) to stand in a line waiting d) a form of government where the people choose the leaders e) accepting people who are different from us, or have opinions that are different from ours f) to admire something or someone Match: 1/ queue 2/ tolerance 3/ to accept 4/ to respect 5/ junk food 6/ democracy You can print out and cut up the words and definitions for learners to match physically, or then can match to the screen. KEY: 1/c 2/e 3/b 4/f 5/a 6/d

Respect the opinions of other people Christian religion Shopping What is “British”? Fish and chips Democracy Follow the law Tolerance Junk food Respect the opinions of other people Christian religion Shopping Accept all religions Be on time Queues Freedom The British Government have produced a list of “British Values” for schools to promote, to help learners understand eg. tolerance and democracy: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/guidance-on-promoting-british-values-in-schools-published Learners, in groups, can discuss these and/or rank for “most to least British”

“British Values” What are ‘British Values’? cacoedmry ceaeotlrn lloofw het wal tepecrs het siipoonn nad sniglerin fo reoth eolpp Are these only important in the UK? Are they ‘British’ or ‘international’ values? KEY: democracy, tolerance, follow the law, respect the opinions and religions of other people

1/Fundamentalist 2/Terrorist 3/Extremist 4/Radicalisation Match: a) someone who has extreme (very far from centre) political or religious views b) someone who believes, very strongly, every word of a religious book or traditional form of their religion c) when someone becomes extreme d) someone who uses violence, bombs or fire to try to get political or social change You can cut up the words and definitions for learners to match physically, or then can match to the screen. Key: 1/b 2/d 3/a 4/c

Why do some people like fundamentalism? (think of 3 reasons) 1. 2. 3. (then read next slide to find out) Learners discuss to think of some reasons / predict text.

Why do people like fundamentalism? Fundamentalists hate different opinions, discussion, and open minds. They think that religion is not private between a person and their god. They think they must always force religion on people and that no one can disagree with them. Violence is often the result. Young people are often not sure about their place in society. Fundamentalist movements are certain, so some young people, and others, like this. Now that the world is suffering from the bad effects of capitalism, there is a lot of uncertainty. There are government cuts and the end of materialism. Communities are breaking down. Many people feel alone. They are looking for a connection. In the 1980s, the market was more important than human life. So fundamentalist movements began around the world in the 1980s. One good thing is that we have many more multicultural societies now. But more traditional people are worried about that. When people have big life problems, this can make them look for a way to change things – eg. with violence. (from: http://eewiki.newint.org/index.php/Why_is_fundamentalism_attractive_to_many%3F) Depending on the learners’ reading ability, you could hand out the text or simply display to the screen and give them 3 mins to scan to find some reasons, then compare to their predictions in groups.

Why do people like fundamentalism? Fundamentalists hate different opinions, discussion, and open minds. They think that religion is not private between a person and their god. They think they must always force religion on people and that no one can disagree with them. Violence is often the result. Young people are often not sure about their place in society. Fundamentalist movements are certain, so some young people, and others, like this. Now that the world is suffering from the bad effects of capitalism, there is a lot of uncertainty. There are government cuts and the end of materialism. Communities are breaking down. Many people feel alone. They are looking for a connection. In the 1980s, the market was more important than human life. So fundamentalist movements began around the world in the 1980s. One good thing is that we have many more multicultural societies now. But more traditional people are worried about that. When people have big life problems, this can make them look for a way to change things – eg. with violence. http://eewiki.newint.org/index.php/Why_is_fundamentalism_attractive_to_many%3F You can review learners’ answers by showing these 3 reasons.

Fundamentalism / extremism tree. In groups draw a tree: So….(results of fundamentalism and extremism): Why? (causes of fundamentalism The tree (from ReflectESOL tools) is a way of focussing group discussion – they can discuss causes and results and add them to the roots and branches of their tree, then present their tree to others.

What have you learnt today? – tell your partner Grammar Vocabulary Speaking Reading

Homework Read and discuss some more Easier English articles about different types of fundamentalism around the world: http://eewiki.newint.org/index.php/Issue_483 (the first 5 articles are about fundementalism)