UNIT 7: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
READING
ARE YOU
SUPERSTITIOUS?
OBJECTIVES
1. Knowledge: learn new vocabularies about superstitions in Vietnamese society, acknowledge the truths about Vietnamese superstitions.
2. Skills: by the end of the lesson, students will be able to guess the meaning of words base on the context, scan for specification, recognize the main idea of each paragraph, present a topic about superstitions.
3. Attitude: Students understand how superstitions affect Vietnamese and think of the good side and negative side of superstitions.
MATERIALS AND TEACHING AIDS
PROCEDURE
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ROTAITION
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1. What are the most important Vietnamese holidays?
Vietnamese New Year/ Lunar New year/ Tet holiday .
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2. Why do Vietnamese people often go to pagoda in Tet holiday?
To pray for family harmony, good health, love,…
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3. What kind of colors are believed to bring luck and misfortune?
Red brings luck and Black brings misfortune
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4. A good traditional Vietnamese is that they always are respect and gratitude for the dead, so what is the dead in Vietnamese culture called?
Ancestors.
BACK
5. Give an example in which the kind of foods you eat can affect the results of your exam
For example: Eat beans (đậu) before taking an exam can help you get a good mark,…
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6. When someone shows excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings. What is it called?
Superstitions
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QUICK-CHATS
1. Do you always choose a favorable time before doing something important?
2. Do you sweep the floor during the first three days of the New Year?
3. Do you believe the first person who comes in your house on the first day of Tet holiday can affect your family and your life?
UNIT 7: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
READING
ARE YOU
SUPERSTITIOUS?
PRE-READING
Superstitious (Adj) : Mê tín

=> Superstition (n) : Sự mê tín
- Altar (n) : Bàn thờ
- Ritual (n): lễ nghi, tập quán
- Prestigious (adj) : có uy tín, có tiếng tăm tốt
- Ancestors (n): Tổ tiên, người đã khuất
* Vocabulary
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Choose one word from the new words and fill in the blanks

I like Giau to visit my house on the first day of Tet. She is very …............. and rich.
Put fruits, flowers and incenses on the …...........
Being afraid of black cat is an old …................... practice.
Each different society may have different …............ in daily acivities.
5. Vietnamese people believe that their …............. have still lived on the altar.
prestigious
altar
superstitious
rituals
ancestors
WHILE-READING
TASK 1: True/False/Not Given
Read the text and then decide if the following sentences are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)
1. Only a few of people choose a favorable date for occasions such as weddings, funerals, or house moving days.
2. There are numerous rituals related to daily activities.
3. During the Vietnamese New Year, many people are dressed in red.
4. People will try to avoid crossing the path of a woman as they start up a business venture.
5. The ancestors’ souls are believed to live on the altar
6. People only lay food on the altar so the ancestors can join them for the meal.
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TASK 2: Read the text and answer the following questions by circling the best option A, B, C or D.
1. What is true about Vietnamese society?
A. Only few people in Vietnam are superstitious.
B. People used to be superstitious in the past, but not now.
C. Superstitious are part of life for the majority of Vietnamese people.
D. All people in Vietnam are superstitious
2. How does the writer explain the origin of Vietnamese superstitious?
A. They are based on scientific research.
B. Vietnam is located in part of the world where many mysteries and legends exist.
C. Superstitions are beliefs about the supernatural.
D. These are government rules that everyone must follow.
3. Which of the following is mentioned as a superstitious belief?
A. People don’t care much about the first person who visits their home on the first day of the New Year.
B. People never choose the person who visits their house on the first day of the New Year
C. People believe that they will bring good fortune to their family if they work hard during the Tet holiday.
D. People believed their first guest on the first day of the new year will affect the family prosperity for the whole year.
TASK 2: Read the text and answer the following questions by circling the best option A, B, C or D.
4. Why do people lay food on the altar?
A. They believed that their ancestors will enjoy the meal with them.
B. The altar can be used as a table to lay food.
C. They put the food there for later use.
D. They don’t know why they put it there.
TASK 2: Read the text and answer the following questions by circling the best option A, B, C or D.
POST-READING
DISCUSSION
Which superstitions should be allowed or banned (not be encouraged) in society?
use this OKMINDMAP to help you
E.g:
- Preparing foods, flowers for our ancestors is a good thing because we should remember them and show them our respect.
- Being afraid of black cat and even killing them should be avoided in our society because the color of a cat cannot affect your life and we need to protect animal.
HOMEWORK
* Revise the lesson: 6 vocabularies, the main ideas of the reading.
* Do the homework: write about your superstitions (100 words).
* Prepare for Unit 7 :(Listening Lesson).