A little piece of Poland

● Which communities that arrived from other countries can be found in your town?

● Do they enrich the possibilities of life in your town somehow? (New food products, life style…)

● Which communities arrived to Britain from some other countries?

● Where is Wales?

● What do you think the text will speak about?

Do you know the meaning of this words?

• Settle • Settler • Lager • Elect a party for government • Lawyer • Academic qualifications • Trade• Coal miner• Wave of migration • Move to a place

● Settle – migrate to a place and organize your life there

● Settler – people who migrate and stay● Lager - Kind of beer. a beer stored from six weeks to

six months for aging before use.● Elect a party for government – choose by vote● Lawyer - a person whose profession is to act for

clients in legal matters.● Academic qualifications – university degree,

requirement for a job (titulación) ● Trade – comercio● Coal miner – minero de carbón● Wave of migration – ola● Move to a place – go to live there

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● What do you think the text will speak about?

A little pice of Poland

Llanelli is a small town in Wales much like any other small Welsh town. There is one thing that makes itunusual, though. 2,000 Polish _____________ have settled there in the last few years, and the population of 40,000 is now 5% Polish. Llanelli now has a delicatessen that sells only Polish goods, and the local pub serves Polishlager along with more _____________ Welsh beers.

Poles have been coming to Britain for a long time and there are Polish _____________ all over thecountry. In 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, thousands of Poles escaped the Nazis and came toBritain. When the war began, Britain had a shortage of pilots and many Polish pilots joined the British air force.

When the war finished, a communist _____________ was elected in Poland and large numbers of Polesdecided not to return home. Many of them were doctors, lawyers and engineers, but they found it difficult to findwork because the British didn’t recognise their _____________. As an alternative, they found work in the buildingtrade or became coal miners. Some started building trade of their own, and there are still many Polish clockmakersand shoe repairers around the country.

Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, there is another wave of _____________. Poland became a member of the EU in 2004, and that gave Poles the freedom to work in Britain. _____________in Poland was highat that time, and many Poles took the opportunity to move to a place where there were more jobs and they couldearn more money.

In Llanelli, the relationship betweent he locals and the Polish _____________ is good. Student Ana Kurek says, «There will always be some problems when a large group of new people arrive in a small town, but thelocal people here are generally very friendly and I feel at home. Perhaps, when the situation in Poland is better, I’llwant to go home, but for now I am very happy.»

Inmigrantstraditional

communitiesgovernment

qualificationsmigration

Unemploymentsettlers

Which of the following words do you think will appear and will not appear in the text?

Dictation

Llanelli is a small town in Wales much like any othersmall Welsh town. There is one thing that makes itunusual, though. 2,000 Polish inmigrants have settledthere in the last few years, and the population of 40,000 is now 5% Polish. Llanelli now has a delicatessen that sells only Polish goods, and the local pub serves Polish lager along with more traditionalWelsh beers.

Answer whether the next questions are True or False:

● The Poles arrived to Britain running away from the Nazis.

● The Poles stayed in Britain to avoid the nazi government elected

in Poland.

● The Poles worked as doctors, lawyers and engineers

when their qualifications were recognized in Britain.

● Many Poles are going back to to Poland.

● They live in conflict with the locals.

Write questions for the next sentences:

● “2,000 Polish inmigrants have settled there in the last few years.”

Who have settled there in the last few years? Where have the inmigrants settled? When have 2,000 Polish inmigrants settled there?

Write questions for the next sentences:

● “Llanelli now has a delicatessen that sells only Polish goods.”

● “Poles have been coming to Britain for a long time.”

● “Large numbers of Poles decided not to return home.”

● “ In Llanelli, the relationship betweent he locals and the Polish

inmigrants is good.”

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Make questions with the next words from the text:

Though(“Llanelli is a small town in Wales much like any other small Welsh town. There is one thing that makes it unusual, though.”)

Along with(“…the local pub serves Polish lager along with more traditional Welsh beers.”)

Perhaps(“Perhaps, when the situation in Poland is better, I’ll want to go home.”)