UNIT 5 : OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 6: Skills 2

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

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OUR
CUSTOMS
AND
ETHNIC
GROUPS
OF VIET NAM
TRADITIONS
LESSON
CLOSER
LESSON3:6:ASKILLS
2 LOOK 2

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HOBBIES

LISTENING

WRITING

WARM-UP

LUNAR NEW YEAR / TET

WARM-UP

FULL MOON FESTIVAL / MID-AUTUMN

WARM-UP

HUNG KING TEMPLE FESTIVAL

WARM-UP

BUDDHA'S

WARM-UP

GIONG FESTIVAL

WARM-UP

OK OM BOK

LISTENING

1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and answer the following questions.

1. What can you see in the photos?
2. In which part of Viet Nam might the festival occur?

LISTENING

2

Listen to part of the programme “Charming Viet Nam”. Fill in each blank with no
more than TWO words.

Purposes
Time
Offerings
Activities

Ok Om Bok Festival
- to thank the Moon God
- to mark the (1) ______ of the Khmer year
end
mid-October (lunar calendar)
(2) ___________ and fruits
young
- singing
andrice
dancing
- games and traditional (3) ______________
- Ngo Boat (4) ______
fashion shows

Race

LISTENING

3 Listen again and tick T (True) or F (False).
T
1. Ok Om Bok is the Moon Worshipping Festival.
2. On the night of the festival, the elders talk about their
wishes.
3. There are lantern contests at the festival.
4. Tourists should wear informal clothes when attending
the worshipping ceremony.

F

WRITING

4

Work in groups. Read the following pieces of advice for tourists at the
Ok Om Bok Festival. Put them in the correct column.

a. dress up for the Moon God
offerring ceremony
a. dress up for the Moon God
offerring ceremony
a. dress up for the Moon God
offerring ceremony
a. dress up for the Moon God
offerring ceremony

Dos

Don'ts

a

f

b
d
a. dress up for the Moon God
offerring ceremony
a. dress up for the Moon God
offerring ceremony

e
c

WRITING

4

Work in groups. Read the following pieces of advice for tourists at the
Ok Om Bok Festival. Put them in the correct column.

Dos

Don'ts

a

f
c
e

b
d

WRITING

5

Tom sent you an email. Read part of his email below.

“… Guess what! My dad is taking me with him to Soc Trang
Province. We will be there during the Ok Om Bok Festival. What
are some dos and don'ts at this festival? ...”
Write an email (80 - 100
words) to advise Tom
about participating in the
Ok Om Bok Festival.

Dear Tom,
Glad to hear you are coming to Soc Trang. You can't miss the Ok Om Bok
Festival. Here are a few things for you to remember when joining the festival.
First, you should wear polite clothes when attending the Moon God offering
ceremony.Always show respect to monks and elderly people. Remember to
keep quiet when the monks and the elders are talking.
Besides, there are many animal statues in the temple ground. Don't climb on
them. The young rice represents the hope for luck in the new year. Don't
refuse when the elders give you some.Send me an email if you need more
information.

CONSOLIDATION

1

Wrap-up

In this lesson, we have learnt to:
 listen about a festival;
 write an email to give advice on
participating in a traditional festival.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
Rewrite the passage on the notebook.
Prepare for Lesson 7 – Looking back & project.

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