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ENW 312 Introduction This week’s English News Weekly podcast reports on a

fascinating discovery from Sweden that could alter Viking

history. Garments recovered from 9th and 10th Century Viking

graves have revealed Arabic writing – including the words ‘Allah’

and ‘Ali’ embroidered on some of them. Researchers from a

Swedish University claim this is the first time such discoveries

have been found. What does this mean? Why is this interesting?

English News Weekly will try to explain all…

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EPISODE 312

2017

Viking Revelation!

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Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 1

Brainstorm Page 1

Most Successful Horror Movies Ever! Page 1 / 2

Quiz | This Week

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words Page 3

True or False Page 3

Vocabulary |Synonyms Page 3

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story |351 Words Page 4

What Do You Think..? Page 4

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 5

A & Q Page 5

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 6

7 to Chinwag Page 6

Writing Activity Page 7

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 7

TV Links Page 8

The Answers Pages 8-10

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

1 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2017

©2011 - 2017 | Ep. 312 Viking Revelation! Culture

[201710-03] | Viking Revelation! | October 20th

2017

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three?

Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Sweden b) Iceland c) Greenland d) Denmark

My Reason… _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

| Scandinavia |

Warm Up | 3 Norse Flags!

Below are 12 Norse Flags that represent countries / regions around the world.

Choose a country / regions from page 2 and find the correct flag!

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 DENMARK 10 11 12



Scary Movies | Which is the Most Profitable..?

Read the list of countries or regions that use Norse Flags. Match them with

correct flag design on page 1! One has been done for you!

A CALAIS, FRANCE E ICELAND I SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

B DENMARK F NORWAY J SWEDEN

C FAROE ISLANDS G ORKNEY, SCOTLAND K TILBURG, NETHERLANDS

D FINLAND H PALOTINA, PARAGUAY L WEST RIDING, ENGLAND

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story.

Remember if you don’t know – use the Internet to help or GUESS!

1: By size, what is the largest Scandinavian country?

a: Greenland b: Sweden c: Finland

2: Which Scandinavian country has the highest GDP per person?

a: Iceland b: Norway c: Sweden

3: In Old English, what does the word Viking (wicinga) mean?

a: Raider b: Attacker c: Pirate

4: What period in history is commonly referred to as the ‘Viking Era’?

a: 450-766 b: 790 -1066 c: 1090-1266

5: Which city in the United States has an NFL franchise called the Vikings?

a: Minnesota b: Miami c: Toronto

6: Which university in Sweden uncovered some Islamic Viking funeral clothes?

a: Gothenburg b: Uppsala c: Stockholm

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E1: What Century did Islam begin?

a: 5th Century b: 6th Century c: 7th Century

E2: What does Allah translate into in English?

a: God b: Lord c: Father

E3: Which flag below is not from Scandinavia?

a: b: c:

END OF PART 1



| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story.

Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

she was patterns Arabic Viking

with Kufic the

designs writing these the After

Moorish Script comparing

then fact realised in that

2 Arabic Text Uncovered in Viking Burial Chamber

After comparing these ________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story ~ Arabic Text Uncovered in Viking Burial Chamber

Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 Arabic writing script is called Kufic. [T] [F]

2 An Arabic burial chamber has been found in Sweden. [T] [F]

3 Uppsala is a city in the west of Sweden. [T] [F]

4 In Arabic the word God is translated as ‘Allah’. [T] [F]

5 Parts of Spain were under Islamic rule from the 8th to 15th Century. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Synonyms

A synonym is a word with a similar meaning.

Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right.

All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories.

1 Stunning 6 Script A Alluring F Cloths

2 Fragments 7 Garments B Forever G Scraps

3 Textiles 8 Eternal C Clothes H Scrutinise

4 Perplexing 9 Fascinating D Confusing I Characters

5 Investigate 10 Intriguing E Dazzling J Captivating

END OF PART 2



| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening Arabic Text Uncovered in Viking Burial Chamber

10 Mistakes | Help

Listen / Read the news story below circle the 10 words that are mistakes!


1

A stunning discovery by researchers at a university in Sweden has opened up

questions about the influence of Islam on Viking culture. A team from the University

of Uppsala in the west of Sweden discovered Arabic script on the funeral clothes of

9th and 10th Century Viking graves. After careful examination of the stuff, made from

fine silk, the word ‘Allah’ was found to be embroidered into the burial cloth.

2

The amazing breakthrough was made by Dr Annika Larsson, who is a water

archaeologist at Uppsala University. After re-examining burial costumes from the

Viking graves which had been kept in storage for more than a century, she realised

the cloth originated in Central Asia, Persia or China. What was even more

interesting and thus dull, was that the tiny Arabic script had never been found

anywhere in Scandinavia before.

3

Only after Dr Larsson realised that she was not looking at traditional Viking patterns

did she start to learn other ancient languages. “I couldn’t quite make sense of them, but

then I remembered where I had seen similar designs – in Spain and on Moorish Islamic

textiles” said Dr Larsson. After comparing these Moorish designs with the Viking

patterns she then realised that the writing was in fact Arabic Kufic typing.

4 Kufic is the oldest calligraphic from of Arabic and was developed in the Iraqi town

of Kufah in the 7th Century. Yet previously it was believed that silk trainers found in

Scandinavia were just the result of Viking raids. Dr Larsson believes that it is

possible the Viking burial ceremony could even be influenced by Islamic customs.

“Presumably Viking Age burial customs were influenced by Islam and the idea of an internal

life in Paradise after death” concluded Dr Larson.

5 Even though contact between Viking and Islamic cultures has been established

through previous archaeological research, what makes this discovery so scary is

that it is the first time the word “Allah” or ‘God’ has been discovered written in

Arabic in Scandinavia. This opens up this impossible question – How much of the

Viking World was shaped by the Islamic customs, culture and faith?

[350 Words]

Wrong Word | 10 Mistakes

1: To 6: To 2: To 7: To 3: To 8: To 4: To 9: To 5: To 10: To

END OF PART 3



| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story?

Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer.

If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

Q1 What is the name of the researcher?

Q2 What kind of Arabic script was used in the burial chamber?

Q3 What centuries were the Viking burial chambers from?

Q4 What material were the garments made from?

Q5 What word was found woven into the garments?

Q6 Which regions did the Islamic cloth originate in?

E1 What is the name of the university?

E2 How many people are in the news story?

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story?

Read the answers below and write the correct question.

There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1 7th Century ______________________________________________?

A2 Kufah ______________________________________________?

A3 God ______________________________________________?

A4 Textile. ______________________________________________?

A5 Moors ______________________________________________?

END OF PART 4



| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I Old Norse Words Used in Modern English

‘The English language has some interesting words and phrases that use to

explain a health or medical situation.

Examples:

Ransack = To search a house without care

Kindle = To begin to burn, as combustible matter or flame.

Can you match the ‘phrase’’ with the correct meaning?

Old Norse Words Meanings & Examples 1 Ransack A A blue colouring matter.

2 Berserk B To wrangle, dispute, cavil or bargain.

3 Hell C To irritate, annoy or Exasperate.

4 Litmus D To search a house without care.

5 Muck E Decomposing or decaying / corrupt

6 Rotten F Cunning or wily

7 Mire G Limited, meagre or not large.

8 Haggle H Ground that is wet, slimy or swampy.

9 Kindle I A clumsy, stupid person; lout.

10 Sly J Filth, dirt or slime.

11 Scant K To go into a crazed frenzy

12 Oaf L To treat with disdain or contempt.

13 Snub M To begin to burn, as combustible matter or flame.

14 Irk N The underworld.

7 to Chinwag This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | Arabic Text Uncovered in Viking Burial Chamber

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1 What did you think when you read this week’s ENW topic box?

2 What do you know about Vikings? Why?

3 What historical period are you most interested in? Why?

4 Which is the most important historical period in your country’s history? Why?

5 What do you know about Islamic culture?

6 Which historical period would you most like to visit? Give reasons why?

EX FREE QUESTION!



Writing This Week

Choose one historical period that you would most like to spend one week living in.

Which period would you choose and why would you like to live there for one week.

Where would you go? What would you do? Why did you choose this period?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

END OF PART 5

And Finally | U/V/W/X/Y/Z | A4 Did You Know…?

The End



Visual | TV Links

YouTube | (USA) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMkpwWIZdaQ [04:14]

Viking Islamic Burial

YouTube | (USA) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyDimJbEwc [02:00] Islamic Relics Found in Viking Burial Chamber

YouTube | (USA)

3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmblQLt2xKs [05:12]

Brief History of the Vikings

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

C – Greenland A / B / D – all have Norse Flags

Warm Up 3 | Norse Flags

1 – D 2 – E 3 – F 4 – J 5 – K 6 – H

7 – L 8 – I 9 – B 10 – G 11 – C 12 – A

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – A 2 – B 3 – C 4 – B 5 – A 6 – B

E1 – C E2 – A E3 – B

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences

After comparing these Moorish designs with the Viking patterns she then realised that the

writing was in fact Arabic Kufic script.

A2 True or False

1 –F 2 – F 3 – T 4 – T 5 – T

Synonyms

1 – E 2 – G 3 – F 4 – D 5 – H

6 – I 7 – C 8 – B 9 – J 10 – A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMkpwWIZdaQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cyDimJbEwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmblQLt2xKs



Answers | Part 3 Listening


1

A stunning discovery by researchers at a university in Sweden has opened up questions about

the influence of Islam on Viking culture. A team from the University of Uppsala in the west of

Sweden discovered Arabic script on the funeral clothes of 9th and 10th Century Viking graves.

After careful examination of the fragments, made from fine silk, the word ‘Allah’ was found to

be embroidered into the burial cloth.

2

The amazing breakthrough was made by Dr Annika Larsson, who is a textile archaeologist at

Uppsala University. After re-examining burial costumes from the Viking graves which had been

kept in storage for more than a century, she realised the cloth originated in Central Asia, Persia

or China. What was even more interesting and thus perplexing, was that the tiny Arabic script

had never been found anywhere in Scandinavia before.

3

Only after Dr Larsson realised that she was not looking at traditional Viking patterns did she

start to investigate other ancient languages. “I couldn’t quite make sense of them, but then I

remembered where I had seen similar designs – in Spain and on Moorish Islamic textiles” said Dr

Larsson. After comparing these Moorish designs with the Viking patterns she then realised that

the writing was in fact Arabic Kufic script.

4 Kufic is the oldest calligraphic from of Arabic and was developed in the Iraqi town of Kufah in

the 7th Century. Yet previously it was believed that silk garments found in Scandinavia were just

the result of Viking raids. Dr Larsson believes that it is possible the Viking burial ceremony

could even be influenced by Islamic customs. “Presumably Viking Age burial customs were

influenced by Islam and the idea of an eternal life in Paradise after death” concluded Dr Larson.

5 Even though contact between Viking and Islamic cultures has been established through

previous archaeological research, what makes this discovery so fascinating is that it is the first

time the word “Allah” or ‘God’ has been discovered written in Arabic in Scandinavia. This opens

up this intriguing question – How much of the Viking World was shaped by Islamic customs,

culture and faith?

[350 Words]

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

A3 Q & A

1 – Dr Annika Larsson 5 – Allah

2 – Kufic 6 – Central Asia / Persia / China

3 – 9th & 10th Century E1 – University of Uppsala

4 – Silk E2 – One (1)

A & Q | Example Questions

A1 – What century did Kufic Arabic writing begin?

A2 – Which town in Iraq did Kufic writing begin?

A3 – How does Allah translate into English?

A4 – What type of archeologist is Dr Larsson?

A5 – Who controlled Spain for four centuries!



English Extra

1 – D 4 – A 7 – H 10 – F 13 – L

2 – K 5 – J 8 – B 11 – G 14 – C

3 – N 6 – E 9 – M 12 – I

And Finally X & Z

A4 – U / V / W / X / Y / Z

Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW Images



Episode 312

MAIN PHOTO Still:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/141933825736650087/

LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Cross_flag

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_Nordic_countries

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41567391

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4972808/Arabic-text-Allah-uncovered-

Viking-burial-clothing.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/viking-funeral-clothes-arabic-sweden-spd/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/world/europe/vikings-allah-sweden.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4989382/Viking-textile-no-Arabic-slams-

expert.html

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/141933825736650087/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Cross_flag

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_Nordic_countries

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41567391

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4972808/Arabic-text-Allah-uncovered-Viking-burial-clothing.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4972808/Arabic-text-Allah-uncovered-Viking-burial-clothing.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/viking-funeral-clothes-arabic-sweden-spd/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/world/europe/vikings-allah-sweden.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4989382/Viking-textile-no-Arabic-slams-expert.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4989382/Viking-textile-no-Arabic-slams-expert.html

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