AUSTRALIA DAY

    
AUSTRALIA DAY   

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January 26th is Australia Day: the National Day of Australia. 
It commemorates the arrival of the first British ships at Botany Bay or Sydney Cove in 1788. On that day British people entered the country  and  never left it again. Most of the ships carried prisoners who were to live in Australia for the rest of their lives, since the 18th century British rulers did not want to have any convicts in their society.
 However, the first Europeans to arrive in Australia had been the Dutch, who gave the island the first name: New Holland.
Not every Australian citizen or resident agrees with this festivity. In fact, Aborigines prefer to call this day Invasion Day or Survival Day, since that event endangered  their own life and culture.

This month's blog post focuses on Australia Day and is intended for a wide range of learners of English: beginners, post-beginners, and pre-intermediate students, though more advanced ones will hopefully also find it useful. As for CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference), this activity is suitable for A1-A2, and even B1 students. 

All the pictures were taken by myself, except the ones depicting Aborigines, in Australia, during the month of August in 2018.



I hope you find this presentation useful for you or your students.

Find the key @
https://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/2019/01/australia-day-key.html

January 25, 2018
Maribel Miró

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