Teacher Refresher Course - (London) 7th session

7th Session: 21st Century Britishness

In that session we did a quiz about British culture. Questions like these:

- The number of languages spoken in London schools is...

a) 100

b) 200

c) 300

Answer: c

- What decade marks the earliest recorded presence of ethnic minority communities living in Britain?

a)1150s

b)1750s

c)1950s

Answer: a

- The total "Black" British population is...

a)1.200.000

b) 3.200.000

c) 15.750.000

Answer: a

After that we talked about a picture from the book "The HOW TO BE BRITISH" collection. This book is full of funny pictures about British Culture like these:

The last activity was to guess what some British euphemisms meant. Here you have some of them:

- I'm afraid Mrs. Wild passed away last night (he dead).
- In the middle of the exam I had to answer the call of nature (he had to go to the toilet).