CHINESE NEW YEAR
INTERMEDIATE level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide specific information listening practice using a text about Chinese New Year in the context of New year's Eve celebrations
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of how people celebrate New year's Eve in Egypt
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To provide process and product writing practice of a simple statments in the context of New year's Eve celebrations in Egypt
Procedure (28-39 minutes)
ask Ss about the Arabic and Egyptian festivals what are the Arabic and Egyptian festivals that we celebrate? How do you celebrate?
Give students hand-outs have questions to discuss about the Chinese New Year(work in pairs) Have you Ever heard about the Chinese New year? Is it different from the New Year In 1st of January? "Read these questions then discuss the answers with your partner" "Are you going to write?" check answers with the whole class Ask student to watch a video about the Chinese New Year and tell me the secret behind that new year "there is a secret behind this festival" "watch this video carefully then tell me" Read these sentences SB p 34 and tick if it is true or false "Are you going to speak ?"
listen to the following track and check your answers Ss correct the statements that are false
Give Ss hand-out to match the word with its definition Ss check their anwsers in pairs
Ss rewrite the statements in Exercise 2 with information about New Year's Eve in Egypt Ss work as one group to discuss the statements
use hand-outs on the board one for do, another for make make categories for each one ask Ss to complete the sentences in exercise 2 SB p 34 check answers with the whole class Ss work in pairs to answer exercise 3 Check answers with the whole class