In this lesson, you will learn some basic vocabulary and facts on the Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brazil and the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Great Britain.

• Rio de Janeiro: Vocabulary search to learn some basic carnival terms.

• Notting Hill Carnival: (adapted from http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/plans/carnival/carnival.shtml)
  1. Predict which words will appear in the document
  2. Listen and check your predictions
  3. True or False? Justify : this interactive programme will allow you to save or print your worksheet.(sorry , Firefox won't handle this page)

• More resources

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  Carnival Jargon : radio programme + script from VOA News

  Question about Carnival in the US (+ Olympics songs + a history of African American hairstyles): radio programme + script from VOA News

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