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Festivities and celebrations in english speaking countries copia

Sandra Valdiande
Sandra Valdiande

This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching students about national festivals and celebrations in other cultures. The objectives are to increase cultural awareness, develop research and presentation skills, and strengthen collaboration abilities. Students will research festivals from various countries in small groups, then create a PowerPoint presentation to teach their assigned festival to the class. They will discuss which presentation they found most interesting and write a short essay about their choice. The goal is for students to learn about different cultural traditions through interactive group work and presentations.

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Las lenguas Extranjeras en el Curr鱈culum de Secundaria Sandra Valdiande Casta単eda LEVEL: B1 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFORMATION: Variety of National festivals and celebrations and the ways of celebrating them: Rituals and customs of celebration Places Symbols of festivals Origins of celebration OBJECTIVES: To enable students to behave appropriately in a certain social situation. To involve emotions in the learning experience. To increase students awareness of different cultures. To develop the liberality towards non native cultures. To strengthen students Internet, research and organization skills. To teach students the skills of independent work habits. To teach students to work effectively with others TASK/FUNCTIONS: To improve vocabulary related to the topic. (the vocabulary depends on the chosen festival) To develop speaking skills: 件 Description ( telling the details) Identification ( talking about ones likes and dislikes) Language- in action (doing things and talking) To increase the ability to perform communicative functions: Agreement Disagreement To provide socio-cultural information (see above) To increase the ability to answer the questions To develop writing skills METHODOLOGY: Pre-activities: Warm-up activity
Las lenguas Extranjeras en el Curr鱈culum de Secundaria Sandra Valdiande Casta単eda Brainstorming Procedural activities: Work group Internet research Project work Written opinion SESSION 1 This session takes place in the computer room since the students are going to use the computers for doing some research. 1-Warm-up. Discussion about festivities. Do you like to celebrate them? Which is your favourite one and why? (5min) 2-Brainstorming. Which festivities and celebrations do you know in the English speaking countries? (5min) 3-Work group. In groups of three, you are going to search information about the given festival in the links below. (30min) Group 1: India-Holi Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc8UkigwpCw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi http://www.holifestival.org/ Group 2: South Africa-Heritage Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3DdJAPD1k http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Day_(South_Africa) http://www.capetownmagazine.com/public-holiday-heritage-day Group 3: Australia-Australias Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1a0RVz2xdY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day http://www.australiaday.org.au/australia-day/history/beginnings/
Las lenguas Extranjeras en el Curr鱈culum de Secundaria Sandra Valdiande Casta単eda Group 4: Jamaica-International Reggae Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMwCB8WDKQA http://www.national-awareness-days.com/international-reggae-day.html Group 5: Kenya-International Camel Derby and Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gcj7OD5BLA http://www.natural-track.com/the-international-camel-derby.html https://www.facebook.com/events/111364728964299/ Group 6: Barbados-Oistins Fish Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAjCGBoX6BY http://www.barbados.org/off.htm#.UvNu9Pl5Ne8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oistins_Fish_Festival Group 7: New Zealand-Kawhia Kai Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEUSbhzakA http://www.kawhiakaifestival.co.nz/kai-festival-history.html http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/events/food_maori-kai- festivals.cfm 4-After collecting all the information, you have to prepare a short presentation of your festivity for the rest of your classmates using a power point. (15 min at the computer room and the rest at home) SESSION 2 This session begins with the presentations of each celebration. (7x5=35 minutes) 5-After the presentation you will have five minutes to discuss with your group which of the presentations you like the most and why. 6-Homeworks. You must write an individual composition of which presentation you like the most and why as you have just done with your group mates.

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Festivities and celebrations in english speaking countries copia

  • 1. Las lenguas Extranjeras en el Curr鱈culum de Secundaria Sandra Valdiande Casta単eda LEVEL: B1 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFORMATION: Variety of National festivals and celebrations and the ways of celebrating them: Rituals and customs of celebration Places Symbols of festivals Origins of celebration OBJECTIVES: To enable students to behave appropriately in a certain social situation. To involve emotions in the learning experience. To increase students awareness of different cultures. To develop the liberality towards non native cultures. To strengthen students Internet, research and organization skills. To teach students the skills of independent work habits. To teach students to work effectively with others TASK/FUNCTIONS: To improve vocabulary related to the topic. (the vocabulary depends on the chosen festival) To develop speaking skills: 件 Description ( telling the details) Identification ( talking about ones likes and dislikes) Language- in action (doing things and talking) To increase the ability to perform communicative functions: Agreement Disagreement To provide socio-cultural information (see above) To increase the ability to answer the questions To develop writing skills METHODOLOGY: Pre-activities: Warm-up activity
  • 2. Las lenguas Extranjeras en el Curr鱈culum de Secundaria Sandra Valdiande Casta単eda Brainstorming Procedural activities: Work group Internet research Project work Written opinion SESSION 1 This session takes place in the computer room since the students are going to use the computers for doing some research. 1-Warm-up. Discussion about festivities. Do you like to celebrate them? Which is your favourite one and why? (5min) 2-Brainstorming. Which festivities and celebrations do you know in the English speaking countries? (5min) 3-Work group. In groups of three, you are going to search information about the given festival in the links below. (30min) Group 1: India-Holi Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc8UkigwpCw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi http://www.holifestival.org/ Group 2: South Africa-Heritage Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3DdJAPD1k http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Day_(South_Africa) http://www.capetownmagazine.com/public-holiday-heritage-day Group 3: Australia-Australias Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1a0RVz2xdY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Day http://www.australiaday.org.au/australia-day/history/beginnings/
  • 3. Las lenguas Extranjeras en el Curr鱈culum de Secundaria Sandra Valdiande Casta単eda Group 4: Jamaica-International Reggae Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMwCB8WDKQA http://www.national-awareness-days.com/international-reggae-day.html Group 5: Kenya-International Camel Derby and Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gcj7OD5BLA http://www.natural-track.com/the-international-camel-derby.html https://www.facebook.com/events/111364728964299/ Group 6: Barbados-Oistins Fish Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAjCGBoX6BY http://www.barbados.org/off.htm#.UvNu9Pl5Ne8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oistins_Fish_Festival Group 7: New Zealand-Kawhia Kai Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dEUSbhzakA http://www.kawhiakaifestival.co.nz/kai-festival-history.html http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/events/food_maori-kai- festivals.cfm 4-After collecting all the information, you have to prepare a short presentation of your festivity for the rest of your classmates using a power point. (15 min at the computer room and the rest at home) SESSION 2 This session begins with the presentations of each celebration. (7x5=35 minutes) 5-After the presentation you will have five minutes to discuss with your group which of the presentations you like the most and why. 6-Homeworks. You must write an individual composition of which presentation you like the most and why as you have just done with your group mates.