Look who is wearing the pants! ! This lesson may take 90 minutes. New Internationalist Easier English Ready Intermediate lesson

Which of the following is traditional in India? women wearing jeans greeting with hands together women joining the police force women wearing loose clothes vegetarian food arranged marriages thinking the cow is holy 1) not traditional 2) traditional 3) not traditional 4) traditional 5) traditional 6) traditional 7) traditional

Who do you think they are, where and why?

b) trousers d) cell phone Which of these expressions is British English and which is North American English? pants c) mobile phone b) trousers d) cell phone a) Pants = North American English b) British English c) British English d) North American English

Now read the text quickly and answer the questions: 1) Who are they? 2) Which country are they in? 3) Why are they there? http://eewiki.newint.org/index.php/Look_who_is_wearing_the_pants 1) trainee police women 2) India 3) training to join the police force

Read again and decide if the sentences are true or false: Anwara and Saheli are friends. Anwara’s parents are happy for her to wear jeans. Anwara’s parents are happy for her to wear a police uniform. Anwara and Saheli want to join the police force. Anwara and Saheli want to be different from traditional Indian girls. Uniforms in India are usually seen as negative. The reporter thinks Anwara and Saheli are strong. 1) True 2) False 3) True 4) True 5) True 5) True 6) True 7) True One option is to dictate the sentences and then have seven learners come up to the board simultaneously and write one each on the board

Lists Make a list of five things which people think are traditional in your country. Make another list of five things which people think are not traditional in your country. Elicit an example item for each list for the country you are teaching in

Sharing Lists Now tell as many people as possible about your two lists. An option is to have learners work in pairs or groups. One learner reads out a random sentence from their lists and the partner or group decide if it is traditional or not in the learner’s country

Now read the original article: http://newint.org/blog/2013/08/14/look-whos-wearing-the-pants/