Welcome to our English lesson
12A15
Preserving cultural identity
What do you
know about
the Japanese’s culture?
● Language
● National flower
● Traditional costumes, food…
etc


Language: Japanese
Traditional costume: Kimono
Traditional foods: kamen, sushi…
Traditional game: Kendama, Takoage…
National flower: Cherry blossom
❶ Cultural identity
Bản sắc văn hóa
❷ Traditional costumes
Trang phục truyền thống
❸ Belief
Tín ngưỡng
❹ Cultural practices
Phong tục văn hóa
❺ Maintain
Duy trì
1. cultural identity (n): bản sắc văn hóa
2. traditional costumes (n): trang phục truyền thống
3. belief (n): tín ngưởng
4. cultural practice (n): phong tục VH
5. maintain (v): Duy trì
 NEW WORDS
2. Complete the diagram
language
food
clothing
beliefs
Cultural practices
Task 3. Answer the questions
1. According to Yumi, why do people need to protect their cultural identity?
2. How do Yumi’s family maintain their
culture?
3. Where is home for Yumi?
4. Give example of expressions of cultural identity in your community.
According to Yumi,
why do people need to protect their cultural identity?
3. Answer the questions
She thinks people
can do that through
the language they speak,
the food they eat and
certain style of clothing.
How do Yumi’s family
maintain their culture?
They wear kimonos on special occasions
and celebrate festival
they eat sashini and udon noodles.
They speak Japannese at home.
Where is home for Yumi?
She doesn’t know whether
Vietnam or Japan is her home.
Her parents come from Japan,
but she was born and
grew up in Vietnam.
Give example of expressions
of cultural identity
in your community.
Language
Vietnamese
e
Food
Square and
round sticky cake
Pho (Phở)
Clothing
Ao dai (Áo dài)
Ao ba ba (Áo bà ba)
Belief
Ancestor workship
Cultural practices
Hung King’s Festival
Quan ho Singing
4. Find the verb or adjective that goes
with each of the following nouns or noun
phrases. If necessary, use a dictionary
to check the meaning.
Protect
Traditional
Cultural
Understand
Maintain
5. Read the conversation again and write the
correct tenses of the verbs in brackets.

1. My parent (live)__________________ for twenty years.
2. I (be) ________ to Kyoto four or five times to visit my grandparents.
have been living here
‘ve been
1. Do you think it is essential to preserve our cultural identity?
2. How do we preserve it?
3. Why do we preserve it?
 Discussion
- Do exercises again at home.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
 Homework