5A RIM Assignment on 24th November 2020

 1) Watch the video below and bone up on the history of the European Union.

2) Watch the video again. In your notebook, take notes under the following headings as the content is covered:

• Treaties of Rome
• Economic Growth
• Enlargement
• Eurozone Debt Crisis
• European Migrant Crisis
• Current Situation

3) Read a summary of the objectives contained in the Treaty of Rome, setting up the European Economic Community (EEC).

"... the foundation of an increasingly closer union among the peoples of Europe, the improvement of their working and living conditions, the economic and social progress of their countries and the progressive abolition of all barriers and restrictions on trade."

Have all, many, some or none of these objectives been achieved, so far? Leave your personal comment, giving reasons for your answer in the comment box. Remember to choose "anonymous" as an identity, but write your name and the initial of your surname before starting to write. 

3B RIM Assignment on 23rd November 2020

Have you heard that a Wellingtonian family went viral with their hilarious "Lockdown Boogie"?

1) Watch the video.

2) Write down the transcript and translate it into Italian.

3) Watch the video in which the Buchanan family from Wellington tells what has happened behind the scenes of the viral video in an interview on Radio New Zealand (RNZ).

4) What about you? How are you and your family coping with the lockdown? Write a 100-word text in the comment box below. Remember to choose "anonymous" as an identity, but write your name and the initial of your surname before starting to write.

5A RIM Assignment on 10th November 2020

 G20

Take your notes in your English notebook in the section dedicated to international organizations.

1) Surf the Web and carry out some research into the G20.

• when and where did the first G20 leader’s summit take place?
• when and where did the last G20 leader’s summit take place?
• what international organisations took part in the last G20 summit?
• what were the main topics discussed in the last G20 summit?
• when and where will the next G20 leader’s summit take place?

2) Watch a clip about the G20. Put the topics discussed in the video in order.

[  ] what the G20 is

[  ] what G20 stands for

[  ] when the G20 was established

[  ] when the G20 summits take place

[  ] what criticisms have been directed against the G2

[  ] what the G20 has achieved so far

[  ] what the aim of the G20 is

3) Answer the following questions.

According to the video,

1. when was the G20 established?

2. what does "G20" stand for?

3. what is the G20?

4. how often do G20 summits take place?

5. who decides on the content of the summit?

6. what are the main topics usually included in the agenda?

7. what is the aim of the G20?

8. what has been achieved so far, thanks to the G20?

9. what criticism has been directed against the G20?

Watch the video again and check.

4) Check your answers here.

5) In your opinion, what are the main themes that the G20 leaders should focus on? Leave your personal comment in the comment box. Remember to choose "anonymous" as an identity, but write your name and the initial of your surname before starting to write.