Unit 5. Cultural identity. Lesson 7. Communication and culture

Unit 5 : Com& Cul
Welcome to our Phu Yen high school !
Warm-up
What are the names of the cultural festivals?
Mid-Autumn Festival
Gong Festival
Do Son buffalo – fighting festival
UNIT 5: CULTURAL IDENTITY
COMMUNICATION & CULTURE
I.Communication
1. Activity 1
Listen to a talk by Ben Wilson, a sociologist and psychologist, about preserving migrants’ cultural identity. Answer the questions.
What are migrants encouraged to do in a multicultural society?
2. What do migrants want to do when they settle down in a new culture?
3. Tick the options you hear to summarize the two ways for migrants to pass down their culture to the next generation.
a. encouraging all family members to speak the mother tongue at home; travelling to the home country regularly.
b. cooking the traditional food for the family.
c. attending festivals celebrating the migrants’ culture.
* New words
migrate (v):
-> migrant (n):
Immigrant (n):
to settle down :
to pass down :
mother tongue :
first-hand ( adv):
di cư, di trú
người di cư
người nhập cư
ổn định
truyền
tiếng mẹ đẻ
trực tiếp, ngay
. Communication: Listen and answer the questions:
1. What are migrants encouraged to do in a multicultural society?
2. What do migrants want to do when they settle down in a new culture?
3. Tick the options you hear to summarize the two ways for migrants to pass down their culture to the next generation.
a. encouraging all family members to speak the mother tongue at home; travelling to the home country regularly.
b. cooking the traditional food for the family.
c. attending festivals celebrating the migrants’ culture.
* Answers.
1. They are encouraged to maintain their own cultural identity.
2. They want to assimilate into the new culture, but they also want to maintain their own culture.
3. a & c
+ The first way: encouraging all family members to speak the mother tongue at home; travelling to the home country regularly.
+ The second way: attending festivals celebrating the migrants’ culture.
2. Activity 2 : Discuss the question with a partner.
What should people do to preserve their cultural identity when they move to a new place?
When people move to a new place, they can preserve their cultural identity by :
+ organizing and participating in traditional festivals in their community.
+ cooking traditional food for the family.
+ teaching children to speak their native language at home.
II. Culture
1. Activity 1
Read the text about celebrations of some ethnic groups in Viet Nam. Write the names of the festival under the pictures.
a. Elephant Racing Festival
b. Forest Worshipping Festival
* New words
Highlight (v):
Strengthen (v):
Promote (v) = enhance (v):
Martial spirit :
Flock (v):
Worship(v):
To offer agricultural products :
Blind man’s bluff :
Shuttlecock throwing :
Tug of war :
Làm nổi bật
Tăng cường, củng cố
Nâng cao, thúc đẩy
Tinh thần thượng võ
Lũ lượt kéo đến
Thờ cúng, tôn kính
Dâng nông sản
( Trò chơi ) bịt mắt bắt dê
ném còn
Kéo co
2. Activity 2: Read the text again and complete the table.
Dak Lak Province
Ha Giang and Lao Cai Provinces
Annually , in March
The first lunar month
M’Nong and Ede
Nung and Dao
to promote the martial spirit of the M’Nong and Ede people
- to worship the god of trees and villagers who sacrificed their lives to protect the village
- to pray for good health, fruitful trees and favourable climate
- watching elephant race
- eating traditional food and drinking rice wine
- dancing
- watching elephants play soccer
- offering agricultural products
- signing a statement to protect forests and plant trees
- playing folk games
3. Activity 3: Discuss the question with a partner.
Have you ever attended any ethnic cultural festivals in Viet Nam ?
If yes, tell your partner where, when, how and why the festival was celebrated.
b. If no, do you want to attend any?
Why or why not?
Homework
+ Learn new words and make sentences with them.
+ Read and translate the text ( Culture) into Vietnamese.
+ Write a cultural festival you know
( about 180-200 words )
+ Prepare Unit 5: Looking back and project.
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