week 12- listening

7/31/2019 Week 12- Listening

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LISTENING WEEK 12

FESTIVALS

Presenter: Ta Thi Mai Huong



OBJECTIVES AND MATERIALS

• Objectives:

- Provide students essential vocabularyabout festivals;

- Help Ss improve their listening & speakingskills;

- 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 forthe IELTS tests;

- Listening Focus;

- Listening task (designed by teacher -resource from the Internet)



OVERVIEW OF THE LESSONPLAN 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 theoccasions showed.

- Write on the board the names of theoccasions.

- Faster group is the winner.• Make prediction about the topic of the

lesson.



ANSWER FOR WARM –UP ACTITITY

• Picture 1: Christmas Day

• Picture 2: Festivals Hue

• Picture 3: Flower Festivals

• Picture 4: Firework Festivals

• Picture 5: Mid-Autumn Festval

• Picture 6: 1000 years Thang Long – Ha Noi

• TOPIC: FESTIVALS



LISTENING TASK 1

NEW YEAR’S EVE



TASK 1:PRE-LISTENING (5’)

• Think about your last New Year’s 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 aboutChinese New Year’s Eve

• Mark True (T) or False (F) on thestatements

• 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 tofrighten 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 Pekingduck (T).

5. People usually spend New Year's Eve with their

friends (F) family 6. On New Year's Eve people stay in and watchtelevision (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 Year’s

Eve, compare it with the Chineseone.

• Report in front of the class.



LISTENING TASK 2

SPECIALOCCASIONS




• Work in pairs

• Put the following occasions in the orderof time:

–Valentine’s Day - Halloween

–New Year’s Eve - May Day

–Chinese New Year - Father’s Day

–Christmas Day - Easter

–Mother’s Day - April’s fool day –Vietnamese Independence day

• Correct Ss’ answers



ANSWERS

–Vietnamese New Year:Late January or early February

–Valentine’s Day: February 14

–Mother’s Day: March 8nd

–Easter: between March 22and April 25

– April Fool’s Day: April 1

–May Day: May 1

–VienameseIndependence day:September 2

–Father’s Day:September 9

–Halloween: October 31

– American New Year’sEve: December 31

–Christmas Day:December 25




• Listen to people talking about datesthat are important for them.

• Fill in the missing dates and missinginformation in the table.

• Discuss with a partner about the

answers



MONTH DATE WHY IT’S IMPORTANT/OTHER INFORMATION

January Passed …………………- very………………before!

February Never …………a card but always…………..lots!

March

April

May Younger sister’s birthday. Always…. her and sing…

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

Junly

August

September Independence Day. Country became independent in…

October ……………………………Glen coming from New Zealand.

November

December Parent’s ……………….wedding anniversary-having a

big……………….

ANSWERS



ANSWERSMONTH WHY IT’S IMPORTANT/OTHER INFORMATION

January 11 Passed driving test - very nervous before!

February 14 Never sent a card but always received lots!

March

April

May Younger sister’s birthday. Always phones her andsings Happy Birthday

June 2 Festa in Rabat-her town- a big party in the street

Junly

August

September 21 Independence Day. Country became independent in1964

October 23 Old friend - Glen coming from New Zealand.

November

December 1 Parent’s twenty – fifth wedding anniversary-having a

big party





• Take turn to interview your partner

to find his/her important dates.



LISTENING TASK 3

SPECIALOCCASIONS




• Work in pairs

• Talk about the best time they’ve had ona 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




A. Listen to 6 people talking about their special

days. Do they like or dislike the day?

1. Valentine’s Day Likes Doesn’t like

2. April Fool’s Day

3. Christmas

4. Halloween

5. Christmas

6. New Year’s Eve



Listen again, circle the best answer:

1. a. She didn’t 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 didn’t 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



ANSWERSA.

1. Valentine’s Day Likes Doesn’t like

2. April Fool’s Day X

3. Christmas X

4. Halloween X

5. Christmas X

6. New Year’s Eve X

B. 1.b 2.a 3.c

4.a 5.c 6.c





• Ask him/her which day he/she

like/doesn’t like and why? • Choose to present in front of the

class either about your important

days or the day you don’t like.



LISTENING TASK 4

HISTORY OFA FESTIVAL



TASK 4: PRE-LISTENING (5’)

• Look at the pictures. In which festival doyou 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?

S S G ( ’)




• Watch the video decide whether the statements

are True (T) or False (T):

1. The Celtic word “Samhain” meaned the summer’send.

2. The Celts believed that on the night before Samhain

the boundary between the living and the dead weredistorted.3. “Druid” was used to call the Celtic farmers.4. Halloween is the short word for All – Hollow’s Eve5. 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 OFHALLOWEEN

TASK 4 WHILE LISTENING

http://www.history.com/videos/haunted-history-of-halloween






TASK 4: WHILE - LISTENING

• Listen again, correct the falsestatements

• Take note of other information.

• Compare answer with a partner.

• Check the answer



ANSWERS

1. The Celtic word “Samhain” meaned the summer’send. (T)

2. The Celts believed that on the night beforeSamhain the boundary between the living and thedead were distorted. (T)

3. “Druid” was used to call the Celtic farmers. (F)4. Halloween is the short word for All – Hollow’s 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 inCanada. (T)

TASK 4: POST LISTENING



TASK 4: POST-LISTENING(HOMEWORK) (3’)

• At home, creat groupwork: talkabout the history of Halloween ontheir own words.

• Think of other festivals’ history youknow. Tell your friends about it.

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