Talking About Festivals

by Merve Güler |

This is a speaking activity for culturally diverse classes. The level of the activity is between A1-A2 (CEFR). However, teachers can adjust the activity considering their students' levels.
Students are required to prepare a short presentation about festivals, celebrations and special events in their country or culture. The activity can be held as a group or whole class activity. The target language is frequency adverbs and quantifiers, yet more complex structures can be used for upper levels.

Resource Type: Activities

Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Adult

Audience Language Proficiency: Intermediate

Objective:

For A1 levels, students will be able to talk about a festival or a special day in their culture for 2 minutes by using frequency adverbs and quantifiers.  
For upper-level groups teachers can adjust the target language or vocabulary. 
The focus of the presentation is talking and learning about various festivals around the world. 

Outcome:

At the end of the activity, students will learn about the other cultures and their traditions. They will know each other well.

Activity Description: This activity is a speaking activity on different festivals, celebrations and special days/events.

In order to engage students and create interest, the teacher shows some pictures and wants students to find some more related to their own cultures. 

The focus is to make students talk about the festivals in their own culture. To do this, the teacher first shows a picture from his/her culture and talks a little bit about it. Then s/he asks the students about theirs. How often/Where do they celebrate it? What do they do on that day or week? etc. 

 

Then the teacher gives 3-5 minutes for the students to prepare to talk about the festival that they choose. After that s/he puts the class in groups. In online class s/he sends them to the breakout rooms and asks them to talk about the festivals in their own culture using the pictures that they have found. At the end of the activity, the teacher asks the groups about the festivals and tries to find out which one is the most interesting for them.

Useful Link:

https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?family=creative&phrase=irish+festival


https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/turkish-festival?family=creative&license=rf&phrase=turkish%20festival&sort=mostpopular


https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/chinese-festival?family=creative&license=rf&phrase=chinese%20festival&sort=mostpopular

Supporting Files:
Talking About Festivals.pdf

TESOL Interest Section: Adult Education, English as a Foreign Language, English for Specific Purposes, Higher Education, Intercultural Communication

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