OBJECTIVES:
Making learners familiar with the Spring website and other websites on the the European Union and then making them summarise what they had learnt in the form of mindmaps.

TARGET STUDENTS:
Spanish learners of English as a Second language

ENGLISH LEVEL:
Low-intermediate

MATERIALS:
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

The websites used were

http://www.eun.org/futurum/
http://www.euroaventura.net/
http://www.historiasiglo20.org/europa/index.htm
http://european-convention.eu.int/

If you want to know more about mindmaps go to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Mapping

PREPARATION:
None

TIME
1 Hour at the computer room to complete each worksheet (2 hours)
1 more hour in class correcting the exercise (2 hours)

TIP
All the sites are both in English and Spanish. Learners can read the text in their language and then look for the answers in the English version.

It is very important to correct their mindmaps together, to discuss what they have learnt about the UE.

USEFUL VOCABULARY

To rise The economic Depression of 1929 To be elected World War I

Should To understand To endorse To kidnap