Reading activity: How Brexit Is Changing the EU

Factual
1. What would a new EU treaty imply?
2. What would European leaders have to do if they want to reform
the EU?
3. What has propelled Germany into a solo leadership role?
4. What causes the unhappiness of the Germans?
5. Can you explain why US policy-makers are horrified / worried?

Lexical
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What is understood by more Europe?

What is the meaning of crowed? (1st para.)
Can you give a synonym with cynical? (3d para.)
What is understood by integrated policies?
What is the meaning of tight rein? (7th para.)
What does the number 27 refer to?

Discursive-rhetorical
1.
Why did Marine Le Pen compare Brexit with the Berlin Wall?
2.
Can you paraphrase what the President of the European
Commission does to respond to crises?
3.
What kind of text is this?
4.
What is the main idea of the paragraph before last?

Extra textual
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Who is Marine Le Pen?

What do you know about the Berlin Wall?
What is the refugee situation?
Would you keep on reading about Brexit after reading this text?
Why? Why not?
5. What do you know about the war in Ukraine?
6. What is the mission of the UN Security Council?
7. How can Brexit affect us, Chileans?

Post-reading pair work

Find a text similar to the one you read about Brexit or unemployment
and make two copies of it. Based on this text, ask questions that imitate
the previous format. You will share these questions with both, your
partner and another pair who will receive the copies of the text you
selected.

Some grammar
Underline all prepositions in the text How Brexit Is Changing the EU; then use
them along with the rest of the prepositional phrase in an original sentence.

Speaking activity
Be prepared to give a mini-talk (5 minutes max.) with your partner about the
same text you selected for the previous activity.