keskiviikko 9. joulukuuta 2009

ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

















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maanantai 30. marraskuuta 2009

New Zealand

Capital: Wellington
Population: 4, 100, 000
Languages: English, Maori, French, Hindi, Yue and Northern Chinese

New Zealand religious beliefs:
Christianity 56 %
no religion 35 %
others 5 %

The main sports in New Zealand are:
Rugby, cricket, horse racing, extreme sports, and adventure tourism.

Maori dances
Haka means "Maori dance". It uses feets, legs, body, voice and tongue.
Originally, it was a kind of war dance. Men still perform it.
Maori women often dance the poi. Poi means ball.

Tekijät: Pauliina, Reetta, Waltteri ja Jarkko
Water sport!
New Zealand can offer a lot to people looking for adventure. It's beaches and rivers are ideal for rafting, kayaking, diving, surfing and windsurfing. You can do just about every water sport in the world.

keskiviikko 28. lokakuuta 2009

Australia

Capital: Camberra
Language: English
Population: 21,100,000
Queen: Elisabet II
From of government: Parlia mentary Demokratia

Kangaroos:
Kangaroos can grow as tall as two mwtres. Their tails are very strong indeed.
When they stand on their tails and kick wiht their legs. They even have kangaroo boxing in Australia.

The Great barrier Reef
The Great barrier Reef is the longest coral reef in the world. It is nearly 2.000 kilometres long, from endto end. It lies in the sea off the norht-east coast of Australia. Australia most of corals that under the water. So, the reef is very dangerous for ships. But it is a paradise for scuba divers.

SAMOA

Capital:apia
population: 177000
languages: samoa and english



The most sigifieant natural resources:
-wood
-fish
The most signifietânt export products:
-cobra
-cocoa

The samoan islands lie in pacific ocean.
Some of them are volcanic.
The islanders grow coconuts bananas and timber.
The samoans are word-famous for their tattoos.

Tekijät: Heta,Antti,Lassi ja Samu

keskiviikko 23. syyskuuta 2009

PREPARING FOR THE ENGLISH TEST

This week we have been practising for the English test that we have next week. To memorize words, we have been playing "football" in the class (on the blackboard). Both vocabulary and grammar we have been exercising on the Internet, on WSOY Koulukanava pages. There are lots of varied exercises, crosswords, drag&drops and games there. Pupils can do those at home as well! And of course, we have done the Remember pages in our books!

English test is on Monday, the 28th of September, 2009. Read chapters 1 - 4, and study Cool Rules in your Busy Books!

(PLEASE NOTE: 3rd graders have their test on Wednesday, the 30th of September!)

See you soon,
Tuire

torstai 10. syyskuuta 2009

WELCOME!

Here you can learn more about English language, English-speaking countries and their cultures and even create your own content! LET'S HAVE FUN TOGETHER!

WHERE DO THEY SPEAK ENGLISH AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE?

In GREAT BRITAIN, NORTHERN IRELAND, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SINGAPORE, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, JAMAICA...

Let's try to find the flags of all English-speaking countries here! (to be published later, together with pupils)