PERIOD 41: SPEAKING
Maintaining cultural identity
UNIT 5: CULTURAL IDENTITY
Look at the pictures and name the activities in the pictures
Wearing traditional clothing
Eating traditional food
Celebrating traditional holidays
Preserving native language
Do you think these activities can help people maintain cultural identity?
Task 1. Work with a partner. Match each of the activities with its reasons (a-d). 
New words

- Climatic: /klai´mætik/ (adj)
(Climatic condition)
- Intellectual: /ˌɪntlˈɛktʃuəl/ (adj)
(Intellectual ability)
- Appetite: /ˈæpɪˌtaɪt / (n)
Task 1. Work with a partner. Match each of the activities with its reasons (a-d). 
Task 1. Work with a partner. Match each of the activities with its reasons (a-d). 
Task 2. Use ideas in 1 to fill each of the numbered spaces in the following conversation. Then practice it in groups of three.
A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural identity in the age of globalization?
B: I believe they should (1)…………………………………..
C: That’s true. Language is a vital part of culture and critical to a person’s (2)…………………………...
A: Yes, it enables people to communicate, establish links with family and community members and acquire and value their native culture.
B: I can’t agree more. It is said that people’s first language helps them to (3)………………………………………and (4)……………………………………………..
C. That’s absolutely correct. Do you have anything else to add?
preserve their native language
cultural identity
develop their intellectual abilities
shape their cultural identity
Useful expressions when talking about what you should do to maintain cultural identity.

When giving advice:
I think you should…………………..
I believe you should…………………
2. When agreeing with someone’s ideas:
That’s true.
I can’t agree with you more.
That’s absolutely correct.
That’s exactly what I think.
Task 2. Listen to the recording of the conversation.
A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural identity in the age of globalization?
B: I believe they should (1)………………………...............
C: That’s true. Language is a vital part of culture and critical to a person’s (2)…………………………...
A: Yes, it enables people to communicate, establish links with family and community members and acquire and value their native culture.
B: I can’t agree more. It is said that people’s first language helps them to (3)………………………………………and (4)……………………………………………..
C. That’s absolutely correct. Do you have anything else to add?
preserve their native language
cultural identity
develop their intellectual abilities
shape their cultural identity
Practise reading the conversation in group of three
A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural identity in the age of globalization?
B: I believe they should (1)………………………...............
C: That’s true. Language is a vital part of culture and critical to a person’s (2)…………………………...
A: Yes, it enables people to communicate, establish links with family and community members and acquire and value their native culture.
B: I can’t agree more. It is said that people’s first language helps them to (3)………………………………………and (4)……………………………………………..
C. That’s absolutely correct. Do you have anything else to add?
preserve their native language
cultural identity
develop their intellectual abilities
shape their cultural identity
Task 3. Have a similar conversation discussing what you should do to maintain cultural identity in the age of globalisation, using the following “menu” of activities.
Wearing traditional clothes.
Preserving native language
Celebrating traditional holidays
Conserving heritage sites.
Singing/Listening to folk music.
Eating traditional food
“Menu” of activities
- "My culture is my identity and personality. It gives me spiritual, intellectual and emotional distinction from others, and I am proud of it." - M F Moonzajer
-“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities” - 
Stephen R. Covey.
Review the contents that have been covered in the lesson.
Find some more activities that can help people to maintain cultural identity.
Record your group’s speaking and send to teacher’s email. (nguyenhongmyduc@gmail.com)
Prepare for “Unit 5: Listening”
Homework
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
GOOD BYE !
A: What do you think people should do to maintain cultural identity in the age of globalization?
B: I believe they should………………………………………. ………………………...............................................................
C: That’s true. …………………………………………………
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A:………………………………………………………………………
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B: I can’t agree more. …………………………………………
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C. That’s absolutely correct. Do you have anything else to add?
Handout for taking notes.