5A RIM Assignment on 15th December 2020

The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) 

Take your notes in your English notebook in the section dedicated to the European Union.

1) Surf the Web and carry out some research into European Monetary System (EMS). 

• Who proposed the EMS?
• When was it launched?
• When did it end?
• Why was it designed?

2) Watch a clip about the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). What do these figures and dates refer to?

• 1992
• 4
• 1999
• 2002

3) Answer the following questions.

According to the video,

1. what treaty introduced the EMU?

2. what are the four criteria which the countries have to meet in order to adopt the Euro?

3. how many countries have adopted the euro as their currency so far?

4. what is an advantage to the introduction of the Euro?

Watch the video again and check.

4) Check your answers here.

5) Study your notes and prepare a short oral presentation (2 minutes) on the European monetary union. Include these points

1 what the monetary union is

2 the criteria which the countries have to meet in order to adopt the Euro

3 the pros and cons of European monetary union

3A RIM Assignment on 2nd December 2020

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

1) Watch the video.

2) On your notebook, 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.