Holidays and Traditions in Great Britain

The aim of the lesson:

to develop the language, social and cultural competence of students.

The objectives: 

- to develop students’ linguistic abilities;

- to develop knowledge in speaking skills;

- to check the use of the lexical material (through the knowledge of the country’s history, culture.);

- to bring up interest to the topic of the lesson;

- to expand an outlook.

Procedure of the lesson.

1. Organization stage.

T.:Good-morning, my dear friends! I’m glad to see you! The topic of our lesson today is “Holidays and Traditions in Great Britain”.

Т.: So, every country and nation has their own traditions and customs. It's very important to know traditions and customs of different people, especially if we want to know their language.

We can't say: "we know English", if we do not know English traditions. Besides, they are very important in the life of English people. They are proud of their traditions and keep them up carefully.

That's why we are going to know more about British holidays today. As we know there are several holidays in the year. And today we'll talk about only late-autumn, winter and early-spring holidays in Britain and traditions connected with them.

T: And, now, the first game. Look at the blackboard, please, and find the right date for every holiday:

January, 1 Easter

April – May New Year

February, 14 Thanksgiving Day

December, 25 St. Valentine's Day

November, 26 Halloween

October, 31 Christmas

S1: We celebrate New Year on the 1st of January.

S2: Easter is celebrated in April or May.

S3: etc

Т.: Thank you. Very good! I'm sure that you know many poems by heart. You are welcome.

S1: "Five little pumpkins."

Т.: Well, children, guess, please, what holiday is it?

S1: It is Halloween.

Т.: Yes, you are right. Who can tell us about this holiday?

S2: I can. Halloween. We celebrate this holiday on the 31st of October. It is very funny and interesting holiday. People wear funny costumes and masks. They do funny pumpkins and like telling strange and horrible stories.

Т.: Thank you. By the way, how do people celebrate it in our country? Is there holiday in our country?

S3: Yes, we have such holiday nowadays.

Т.: How do we do it?

S4: We also put on funny costumes and masks and make funny pumpkins. – 1 min

Т.: Thank you. Great! What holiday is it?

S1: It is Thanksgiving Day.

Т.: Yes it is. And who can describe it?

S3: I can. It's a great holiday, indeed! We celebrate it on the 26th of November. On that day, family members gather at the house of an older relative, even if they live far away.

All give thanks for everything good they have. Charitable organizations offer traditional meal to the homeless. The traditional thanksgiving meal consists of roast turkey, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.

T: Yes, it's quite true. Thank you. So, let's speak about winter holidays. But, firstly, let's sing the song and guess what holiday is it? (TCО – пܶрܶосܶлуܶшܶиܶвܶаܶнܶиܶе пܶесܶнܶи и вܶосܶпܶрܶоܶиܶзܶвܶеܶдܶеܶнܶиܶе учܶаܶщܶиܶмܶисܶя пܶоܶд муܶзܶыܶку) 1 min

Ss: "We wish you a merry X-mas

"We wish you a merry Christmas

Good tidings to you

We wish you a merry Christmas

Wherever you are

We wish you a merry Christmas

Good tidings for Christmas

And a happy New Year.

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Lesson 1

The theme of the lesson: “ Holidays and Traditions in Great Britain ”.

The aim of the lesson: to develop the language , social and cultural competence of students.

The objectives:

-to develop students’ linguistic abilities

-to develop knowledge in speaking skills

-to check the use of the lexical material (through the knowledge of the country’s history, culture.)

- to bring up interest to the topic of the lesson

-to expand an outlook

Equipment: Smart Board, cards.

Procedure of the lesson

1. Organization stage.

T.:Good-morning, my dear friends! I’m glad to see you! The topic of our lesson today is“Holidays and Traditions in Great Britain”.

Т.: So, every country and nation has their own traditions and customs. It's very important to know traditions and customs of different people, especially if we want to know their language. We can't say: " we know English", if we do not know English traditions. Besides, they are very important in the life of English people. They are proud of their traditions and keep them up carefully. That's why we are going to know more about British holidays today. As we know there are several holidays in the year. And today we'll talk about only late-autumn, winter and early-spring holidays in Britain and traditions connected with them.  

T:And, now, the first game. Look at the blackboard, please, and find the right date for every holiday:

January, 1        Easter

April – May        New Year

February, 14        Thanksgiving Day

December, 25        St. Valentine's Day

November,26        Halloween

October,31        Christmas

S1: We celebrate New Year on the 1st of January.

S2: Easter is celebrated in April or May.

S3:etc

Т.: Thank you. Very good! I'm sure that you know many poems by heart. You are welcome.

S1: "Five little pumpkins."

Т.: Well, children, guess, please, what holiday is it?

S1: It is Halloween.

 Т.: Yes, you are right. Who can tell us about this holiday?

S2: I can. Halloween. We celebrate this holiday on the 31st of October. It is very funny and interesting holiday. People wear funny costumes and masks. They do funny pumpkins and like telling strange and horrible stories.

Т.: Thank you. By the way, how do people celebrate it in our country? Is there holiday in our country?

S3: Yes, we have such holiday nowadays.

Т.: How do we do it?

S4: We also put on funny costumes and masks and make funny pumpkins.  – 1 min

Т.: Thank you. Great! What holiday is it?

S1: It is Thanksgiving Day.

Т.: Yes it is. And who can describe it?

S3: I can. It's a great holiday, indeed! We celebrate it on the 26th of November. On that day, family members gather at the house of an older relative, even if they live far away. All give thanks for everything good they have. Charitable organizations offer traditional meal to the homeless. The traditional thanksgiving meal consists of roast turkey, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.

T: Yes, it's quite true. Thank you. So, let's speak about winter holidays. But, firstly, let's sing the song and guess what holiday is it? (TCО – пܶрܶосܶлуܶшܶиܶвܶаܶнܶиܶе пܶесܶнܶи и вܶосܶпܶрܶоܶиܶзܶвܶеܶдܶеܶнܶиܶе учܶаܶщܶиܶмܶисܶя пܶоܶд муܶзܶыܶку)     1 min

Ss: "We wish you a merry X-mas    

"We wish you a merry Christmas        

Good tidings to you

We wish you a merry Christmas        

Wherever you are

We wish you a merry Christmas       

 Good tidings for Christmas

And a happy New Year.

And a happy New Year.

Т.: When do people sing this song?

S: On X-mas.

Т.: Yes, you are right. Who tells us about X-mas in Britain?

S4: I do. For most British families this is the most important festival of the year. There are a lot of traditions connected with Xmas, but the most important on is the giving of present. On X-mas Day the families will sit to a big turkey dinner followed by Christmas pudding.

On the Sunday before Xmas many churches hold a service. Every family has its own X-mas fir-tree. The 26th of December is also a public holiday, called Boxing Day. People visit their friends and relatives, giving them presents.  

Т.: Good! Is it a religious holiday?

S4: Yes, it is.

Т.: Do we celebrate it in our country?

S4: Yes, we do.

Т.: When?

S4: On the 7th of January.

Т.: Is it so important for us as for British people?

S5: No, it is not. We began to celebrate it only some years ago. I hope it will be more popular.

T. But now, let's watch TV. (ܶвܶиܶдܶеܶоܶрܶоܶлܶиܶк с рܶесуܶрсܶа TED talk “How Christmas lights helped guerrillas put down their guns”).

1. Pre-viewing

T: What do you think about the title of the film? What do you think the speaker is going to say?

a) First Listen

b) Focus on Lexis, Grammar or Functional Language

T: 1.Note down any words or phrases you don’t understand and then either watch again or read the transcript to try to guess the meaning from context. Then discuss your unknown words and expressions with other students to see if anyone can help you.

2.How did the speaker use sequencing language? What phrases did he use to try and prove his point? How many times was the Past Simple used and why?

1.T: Are you touched by this video? Why?

What do you think the girl who had looked for her boy-friend felt?

Why do you think Jose Miguel Sokoloff organized such an action?

2. Debate

a)T:Discuss the following topics:

• Giving vs receiving gifts: what gives us greater joy

• What is the so-called “Christmas spirit” nowadays?

• Do you think Christmas plays a big role in our life?

b)T: Retell the story from Jose Miguel Sokoloff/ Santa/one of the guerrillas.

Practice your  past tenses.

4.Role play.

One student imagine he is Jose Miguel Sokoloff at a press conference. One journalist accuses him of being cynical and trying to use peoples stories, photos and exaggerating the importance of Christmas in putting down guerrillas’ guns. Jose needs to give a heartfelt response emphasizing the meaning of Christmas.

3.Sum up:

T:We have worked a lot today. So let’s summarize and tell what new things have we learnt at this lesson?

4. Assessment and assignment:

T:Your marks for your activity during the lesson are …The lesson is over.Good-bye.