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Week 12 - Listening

This document provides an overview of a listening lesson plan about festivals. It includes 4 listening tasks to teach students about different festivals such as Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Halloween and their histories. Each task involves a pre-listening, while-listening and post-listening stage. The tasks include listening to conversations and filling in tables to check comprehension. Students are asked to discuss the festivals in pairs and present to the class. The goal is to improve the students' listening and speaking skills around festivals and special occasions.

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Week 12 - Listening

This document provides an overview of a listening lesson plan about festivals. It includes 4 listening tasks to teach students about different festivals such as Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Halloween and their histories. Each task involves a pre-listening, while-listening and post-listening stage. The tasks include listening to conversations and filling in tables to check comprehension. Students are asked to discuss the festivals in pairs and present to the class. The goal is to improve the students' listening and speaking skills around festivals and special occasions.

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LISTENING WEEK 12

FESTIVALS

Presenter: Ta Thi Mai Huong

OBJECTIVES AND MATERIALS


Objectives: - Provide students essential vocabulary about festivals; - Help Ss improve their listening & speaking skills; - Help Ss understand & be able to use different ways to talk about future plans; - Practise sentence stress and intonation.

OBJECTIVES AND MATERIALS


Materials: - New Inside Out Intermediate; - Listening and Speaking Strategies for the IELTS tests; - Listening Focus; - Listening task (designed by teacher resource from the Internet)

OVERVIEW OF THE LESSON PLAN FOR LISTENING


General Warm up Activity Number of Listening Tasks: 4 Stages in each task:
Pre listening While Listening Post Listening

Consolidation and Homework

LISTENING
(Week 12)

WARM-UP ACTIVITY (5)


Divide the class into 2 groups Get Ss to play a game: - Look at the given information on the slides, discuss to find the name of the occasions showed. - Write on the board the names of the occasions. - Faster group is the winner. Make prediction about the topic of the lesson.

ANSWER FOR WARM UP ACTITITY


Picture Picture Picture Picture Picture Picture 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: Christmas Day Festivals Hue Flower Festivals Firework Festivals Mid-Autumn Festval 1000 years Thang Long Ha Noi

TOPIC: FESTIVALS

LISTENING TASK 1

NEW YEARS EVE

TASK 1:PRE-LISTENING (5)


Think about your last New Years Eve Work in pairs, answer the questions:
- Where were you? - Who were you with? - What did you do?

TASK 1: WHILE LISTENING (10)


Listen to people talking about Chinese New Years Eve Mark True (T) or False (F) on the statements Correct the wrong sentences.

MARK TRUE (T) OF FALSE (F):


1. New Year takes place in early January. 2. Just before New Year, people clean their houses to sweep away bad luck. 3. Some people also put up red decorations to frighten away bad luck. 4. The traditional New Year's Eve dinner is Peking duck. 5. People usually spend New Year's Eve with their friends. 6. On New Year's Eve people stay in and watch television. 7. At midnight on New Year's Eve people set off fireworks and firecrackers.

CORRECT THE WRONG SENTENCES

ANSWERS
1. New Year takes place in early January. (F) late January 2. Just before New Year, people clean their houses to sweep away bad luck.(T) 3. Some people also put up red decorations to frighten away bad luck (F) to welcome good luck 4. The traditional New Year's Eve dinner is Peking duck (T). 5. People usually spend New Year's Eve with their friends (F) family 6. On New Year's Eve people stay in and watch television (T) 7. At midnight on New Year's Eve people set off fireworks and firecrackers (T)

TASK 1: POST LISTENING (7)


Work with a partner. Talk about Vietnamese New Years Eve, compare it with the Chinese one. Report in front of the class.

LISTENING TASK 2

SPECIAL OCCASIONS

TASK 2:PRE-LISTENING (5)


Work in pairs Put the following occasions in the order of time:
Valentines Day - Halloween New Years Eve - May Day Chinese New Year - Fathers Day Christmas Day - Easter Mothers Day - Aprils fool day Vietnamese Independence day

Correct Ss answers

ANSWERS
Vietnamese New Year: Late January or early February Valentines Day: February 14 Mothers Day: March 8nd Easter: between March 22 and April 25 April Fools Day: April 1 May Day: May 1 Vienamese Independence day: September 2 Fathers Day: September 9 Halloween: October 31 American New Years Eve: December 31 Christmas Day: December 25

TASK 2: WHILE LISTENING (18) Listen to people talking about dates that are important for them. Fill in the missing dates and missing information in the table. Discuss with a partner about the answers

MONTH
January February March April May

DATE

WHY ITS IMPORTANT/OTHER INFORMATION


Passed - verybefore! Never a card but always..lots!

Younger sisters birthday. Always. her and sing

June
Junly August September October November December

Festa in Rabat-her town- a big in the street

Independence Day. Country became independent in Glen coming from New Zealand.

Parents .wedding anniversary-having a big.

ANSWERS
MONTH January February March April May June 2 Younger sisters birthday. Always phones her and sings Happy Birthday Festa in Rabat-her town- a big party in the street 11 14 WHY ITS IMPORTANT/OTHER INFORMATION Passed driving test - very nervous before! Never sent a card but always received lots!

Junly
August September October November December 1 Parents twenty fifth wedding anniversary-having a big party 21 23 Independence Day. Country became independent in 1964 Old friend - Glen coming from New Zealand.

TASK 2: POST LISTENING (5)


Work with a partner. Take turn to interview your partner to find his/her important dates.

LISTENING TASK 3

SPECIAL OCCASIONS

TASK 3:PRE-LISTENING (5)


Work in pairs Talk about the best time theyve had on a holiday or special day by answering the questions:
What holiday it was? How old were you? Did you get a present? What did you eat?

Give as much details as possible

TASK 3: WHILE LISTENING (10)


A. Listen to 6 people talking about their special
days. Do they like or dislike the day? 1. Valentines Day Likes Doesnt like

2. April Fools Day


3. Christmas 4. Halloween 5. Christmas 6. New Years Eve

Listen again, circle the best answer:


1. a. She didnt get any valentines. b. She got a real valentine. c. She broke up with her boyfriend. 2. a. His co-worker played a trick on him b. He had a wonderful time. c. he plays tricks on all his friends.

3. a. He didnt by any presents. b. He received an expensive gift. c. He gave money to charity

4. a. Her kids went to party b. Her kids went to strangers house c. Her kids studied for a test. 5. a. He spent Christmas alone. b. He had a party with his friend. c. He had a big family dinner 6. a. She went to a great party. b. She went dancing. c. The neighbors had a noisy party

ANSWERS
A.
1. Valentines Day 2. April Fools Day Likes X Doesnt like

3. Christmas
4. Halloween 5. Christmas 6. New Years Eve X

X
X

B. 1.b 4.a

2.a 5.c

3.c 6.c

TASK 2: POST LISTENING (7)


Work with a partner. Ask him/her which day he/she like/doesnt like and why? Choose to present in front of the class either about your important days or the day you dont like.

LISTENING TASK 4

HISTORY OF A FESTIVAL

TASK 4: PRE-LISTENING (5)


Look at the pictures. In which festival do you most likely to find them?

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS


Have you ever taken part in such festival? Do you like it? What do you know about its origin?

TASK 4: WHILE LISTENING (15)


Watch the video decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (T):

1. The Celtic word Samhain meaned the summers end. 2. The Celts believed that on the night before Samhain the boundary between the living and the dead were distorted. 3. Druid was used to call the Celtic farmers. 4. Halloween is the short word for All Hollows Eve 5. Halloween was immediately celebrated in other culture when it first came. 6. People know exactly the origin of trick or treat custom. 7. Halloween is one of the most profitable holidays in Canada.

HAUNTED HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN

TASK 4: WHILE - LISTENING


Listen again, correct the false statements Take note of other information.

Compare answer with a partner. Check the answer

ANSWERS
1. The Celtic word Samhain meaned the summers end. (T) 2. The Celts believed that on the night before Samhain the boundary between the living and the dead were distorted. (T) 3. Druid was used to call the Celtic farmers. (F) 4. Halloween is the short word for All Hollows Eve. (T) 5. Halloween was immediately celebrated in other culture when it first came. (F) 6. People know exactly the origin of trick or treat custom. (F) 7. Halloween is one of the most profitable holidays in Canada. (T)

TASK 4: POST-LISTENING (HOMEWORK) (3)


At home, creat groupwork: talk about the history of Halloween on their own words. Think of other festivals history you know. Tell your friends about it.

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