Unit 8: Celebrations Speaking

• Aims:Students learn to talk about the holidays • Lexical items:words or phrases related to the celebration • Teaching aids:computer , pictures... • Warm-up: • LOOK AT THESE PICTURE

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

PART C: SPEAKING

• Aims:Students learn to talk about the

holidays

• Lexical items:words or phrases related

to the celebration

• Teaching aids:computer , pictures

• Warm-up:

• LOOK AT THESE PICTURES AND ANSWER

THESE QUESTIONS

What’re they?

Lucky money

Do you like receiving lucky money ?

When do you usually receive lucky

money ?

At Tet

Have students answer these

questions

• Do you dress up like this boy?

• What do you usually do at Tet?

PRE-SPEAKING

• Have students pay attention to the

structure and some words :

» It’s the time when

» What do you usually do ?

» :Do you know that ………?

» Special food  use picture

» Dress up -> use picture

» Play traditional games-> use picture

• TASK 1: Mai is talking with Anna, her new English friend, about Tet holiday in Vietnam Work in pairs Practice reading the dialogue.

Students work in pair

• Mai: Do you know that Tet holiday is next month?

• Anna: What is Tet?

• Mai: It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate

the beginning of spring It’s also the start of the lunar new year.

• Anna: When is it exactly?

• Mai: Well, this year it’s on the 9th of February.

• Anna: What do you usually do at Tet?

• Mai: Well, we eat a lot of special foods, we dress up

and visit friends and relatives, and we also play

some traditional games.

• Anna: Oh, that sounds really interesting.

TASK 2:

Below are some popular holidays and celebrations in Vietnam and in the world Work in pairs Match the holidays with its main purpose and activities

Holiday/

Celebration

Its main purposes Its activities

1

Thanksgiving(t

hird Thursdayin

November)

a.People express their love to each other.

A.They give chocolates, flowers or gifts to the people they love

2 Valentine’s

Day

(14th February)

b People celebrate the largest full

moon in the year

B Children wear masks, parade in the street, have parties with

special cakes and lots of fruits, etc.

3 Mid-Autumn

Festival

(15th day of the

8th

c People celebrate the harvest.

C Family members get together They prepare a large meal with roast

• Have students work in pair :ask and

answer about holiday / celebration, its purpose ,and its activities after

matching the holiday with its main

purpose and activities e.g.

– When’s Thanksgiving ?

– What do people celebrate it for ?

– What do people usually do on that day?

answer about VietnameseTeachers’ Day using the dialogue in Task 1 as the model

needed :show respect to our teachers ,

traditional ,send flowers to ,gather at the schoolyards , visit our old teachers at

their home ,sing songs , wish our best

wishes , be grateful to our teachers

Homework

• Have students write a report about what they talk above

The end

• Thank you for your attention