Life in a new country

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Reading: the four stagesReading
7. 7Which stage is it?Reading comprehension
8. 8Listen: Ana in HelsinkiListening comprehension
9. 9Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
10. 10What does it mean?Grammar exercise
11. 11Find the present perfectGrammar exercise
12. 12The present perfect: how long?Grammar rule
13. 13for or since?Grammar exercise
14. 14Say it naturallySpeaking practice
15. 15Role-play: welcome to my citySpeaking practice
16. 16Let's discussDiscussion
17. 17Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: what do the words mean?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: find the mistakeGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: welcome to my countryDiscussion

Words

• custom/ˈkʌstəm/

  a traditional way of doing something in a particular place

• homesick/ˈhoʊmsɪk/

  sad because you are far from your home and family

• confusion/kənˈfjuːʒn/

  a feeling of not understanding what is happening

• deal with/ˈdiːl wɪð/

  to do something to solve a problem or manage a difficult situation

• annoying/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

  making you feel a little angry

• attitude/ˈætɪtuːd/

  the way you think and feel about something

• adjust/əˈdʒʌst/

  to change your behavior or ideas to fit a new situation (adjust to something)

• frustrated/ˈfrʌstreɪtɪd/

  upset because you cannot do what you want to do

• settle in/ˌsetl ˈɪn/

  to start to feel comfortable in a new home, job or school

• expectation/ˌekspekˈteɪʃn/

  a belief about what will happen or what something will be like

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about living somewhere new.

1. Have you ever lived in another country or another city? What was it like?
2. What do you think is the hardest thing about moving to a new country?
3. What would surprise a visitor most about your country?

Grammar rule

The present perfect: how long?

have / has + past participle

1. It started in the past, and it is still true: how long?

I've lived here for three years. (I still live here.) · She's sung in a choir since her first winter. (She still sings.)

for + a period of time	since + the moment it started
for three years	since 2019
for ten minutes	since Monday
for a long time	since I was a child

2. Experiences and changes, with no time given

I've been to Lapland twice. (I went and came back.) · Carla has gone back to Brazil. (She is there now.)

Common mistakes: I live here for three years → I've lived here for three years. since three years → for three years.