English 12 UNI 5 SPEAKING

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WELCOME TO OUR CLASS

Watch a video clip and answer the question

What happened after the girl had had a cosmetic surgery?

(phẫu thuật thẩm mỹ)

The girl wanted to look like an American girl, so she had a cosmetic surgery But after that her girlfriend and boyfriend didn’t love her anymore because she had lost her traditional Vietnamese beauty.

 So maintaining our identity, especially our traditional cultural

identity is very important To help you know how to maintain our cultural identity, let start the new lesson.

LESSON 4: SPEAKING

Maintaining cultural identity

Look at the pictures and name the activities in the pictures

Wearing traditional clothing

Eating traditional food

Celebrating traditional holidays

Preserving native language

Do you think these activities can help people maintain cultural identity?

Task 1 Work with a partner Match each of the

activities with its reasons (a-d). 

Activities Reasons

1 preserving native language a represents national identities;

reflects climatic conditions

2 wearing traditional

clothing

b gives big appetites and adequate nutrition; strengthens cultural ties

3 celebrating traditional

holidays

c develops intellectual abilities; shapes cultural identity

4 eating traditional food d offers a sense of being rooted

in native culture; brings people together

Task 1 Work with a partner Match each of the

activities with its reasons (a-d). 

Activities Reasons

1 preserving native language a represents national identities;

reflects climatic conditions

2 wearing traditional

clothing

b gives big appetites and adequate nutrition; strengthens cultural ties

3 celebrating traditional

holidays

c develops intellectual abilities; shapes cultural identity

4 eating traditional food d offers a sense of being rooted

in native culture; brings people together

Task 1 Work with a partner Match each of the

activities with its reasons (a-d). 

Activities Reasons

1 preserving native language a represents national identities;

reflects climatic conditions

2 wearing traditional

clothing

b gives big appetites and adequate nutrition; strengthens cultural ties

3 celebrating traditional

holidays

c develops intellectual abilities; shapes cultural identity

4 eating traditional food d offers a sense of being rooted

in native culture; brings people together

Task 2. Use ideas in 1 to fill each of the numbered spaces in the following conversation Then practice it in groups of three.

A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural

identity in the age of globalization?

B: I believe they should (1)……… C: That’s true Language is a vital part of culture and critical

to a person’s (2)………

A: Yes, it enables people to communicate, establish links with

family and community members and acquire and value their native culture

B: I can’t agree more It is said that people’s first language

helps them to (3)………and (4)

Useful expressions when talking about what you should do to maintain cultural identity.

1.When giving advice:

-I think you should………

-I believe you should………

2 When agreeing with someone’s ideas:

-That’s true.

-I can’t agree with you more.

-That’s absolutely correct.

-That’s exactly what I think.

Task 2   Listen to the recording of the conversation.

A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural

identity in the age of globalization?

B: I believe they should (1)……… C: That’s true Language is a vital part of culture and critical

to a person’s (2)………

A: Yes, it enables people to communicate, establish links with

family and community members and acquire and value their native culture

B: I can’t agree more It is said that people’s first language

helps them to (3)………and (4)

Practise reading the conversation in group of three

A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural

identity in the age of globalization?

B: I believe they should (1)……… C: That’s true Language is a vital part of culture and critical

to a person’s (2)………

A: Yes, it enables people to communicate, establish links with

family and community members and acquire and value their native culture

B: I can’t agree more It is said that people’s first language

helps them to (3)………and (4)

Task 3. Have a similar conversation discussing what you should do to maintain cultural identity in the age of

globalisation, using the following “menu” of activities.

- "My culture is my identity and personality It gives

me spiritual, intellectual and emotional distinction from others, and I am proud of it." - M F Moonzajer

-“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities” - 

Stephen R Covey.

 Review the contents that have been covered in the lesson.

can help people to maintain

cultural identity.

and send to teacher’s email

(nguyenhongmyduc@gmail.com)

A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural

identity in the age of globalization?

B: I believe they should………

………

C: That’s true ………

………

A:………

………

B: I can’t agree more ………

………

C That’s absolutely correct Do you have anything else to

add?

Handout for taking notes.