Teaching countries, flags, capitals and continents

Target Group:

Pre-Intermediate Level

Material:

Countries and flags flashcards (additional nationality flashcards)

Vocabulary:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greenland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela

Continents – Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America

Process:

Introduce continents and countries. Draw a table at the board and students have to separate the countries to the right continents. Ask students questions such as: What countries are in Europe? What continent is New Zealand on? (New Zealand is on a submerged continent of Zealandia). What country only has one colour as a flag? (Libya). With more advanced students you also can teach capital cities. Such like: Spain is in Europe and its capital city is Madrid. e.g..

Note: Each country flashcard has a matching nationality flashcard to practice traditions too

Skills:

Countries, flags; capitals and continents; geography; cultures; spelling; word-picture association; word-picture recognition; sentence structure; grammar; reading; conjunctions; describing countries; asking questions; map reading

Game Idea:

Beat the Clock - Play this game with any flashcards that have an order to them like alphabet, numbers, days of the week, months, etc. Time the students as they race to put them in order. Have them try again to see if they can beat their fastest time. 

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