LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

LESSON
4: 1:COMMUNICATION
LESSON
GETTING STARTED
Wishing Cards

WARM-UP

EVERYDAY
ENGLISH

• Task 1: Listen and read the New Year's
wish.
• Task 2: Practice saying New Year's
wishes.
• Task 3: Quiz
• Task 4: Match the countries with the
activities.
• Task 5: Discussion.

NEW YEAR PRACTICES
IN THE WORLD

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

Wishing Cards

WARM-UP

HOW TO
PLAY

WARM-UP

- Create personalized New Year wishing cards for
someone special in your life in 6 minutes.
- They can include both written messages and
drawings in your cards.

WARM-UP

LET'S DO IT!

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Listen and read the New Year's wish.

Wishing
you
joy
Wishing you/I wish you
&
laughter
…
from
+ Noun/Noun phrase
January to December!

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Practise saying New Year's wishes to your friends.

- happy days from January to December
- a year full of fun

- a life full of happy moments

- happiness and cheers

- success in your studies

Wishing you/I wish you + ........................

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD

3

Match the sentences with the pictures. Then
match them with the countries

1. They go to Times Square to
watch the New Year's Eve
Ball drop.

a

b

c

d

2.They bathe in an ice hole.
3. They eat mochi rice cakes.
4. They throw water on other
people.

1. They go to Times Square
to watch the New Year's
Eve Ball drop.
2. They bathe in an ice hole.

3. They eat mochi rice
cakes.
4. They throw water on other
people.

ab
Thailand
The USA
cb
Russia
Japan
ac
Japan
The
USA
d
Thailand
Russia

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD

Share with the class any interesting New Year's
practices from other countries/ parts of the world.

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD
In Japan, temples ring their bells 108 times at midnight on

4

December
31. By
doing so,
believecountries
the bad things
of
Read how
people
inpeople
different
celebrate

their
Year.
Then match the countries with the
the
past New
year will
leave.
activities.
In Spain, people try to put 12 grapes in their mouth at
midnight for good luck.
In Switzerland, they drop ice cream on the floor to celebrate
the New Year.
In Romania, they throw coins into a river for good luck..
In Thailand, they throw water on other people to wash away
bad luck.

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD
Countries

Activities

1. Japan

b. put
ring12
bells
108 times
a.
grapes
in the mouth

2. Spain

b.
ring12
bells
108 times
a. put
grapes
in the mouth

3. Switzerland

e. throw
drop ice
cream
the floor
c.
coins
intoon
a river

4. Romania

c. throw
a riverpeople
d.
throw coins
waterinto
on other

5. Thailand

e.
cream
the people
floor
d. drop
throwice
water
onon
other

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD
In Japan, temples ring their bells 108 times at midnight on
December
31.groups.
By doing Each
so, people
believe
the bad things
of
Work in
student
chooses
one activity
thefrom
past year
will leave.
4. Take
turns to say them aloud. The group
says people
which try
country
hegrapes
/ she is
talking
about.
In Spain,
to put 12
in their
mouth
at

5

midnight
for
good
luck.
-

Look at passages in Exercise 4.

In Switzerland, they drop ice cream on the floor to celebrate

- Underline
the
New Year. all the activities

In
they
throw
coins
into
a
river
for
good
luck.
- Romania,
Memorize the key words

In Thailand, they throw water on other people to wash away
bad luck.

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD

- One minute to pick the activity you are most interested
from Exercise 4 and memorize it.
- Describe the activities you have chosen to the group.
- The group/ The class gives the name of the country.

NEW YEAR PRACTICES IN THE WORLD

Example:

They throw water on other
people.
- It's in Thailand.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Introduce New Year's wishes
 Introduce students to some New Year's practices in other
countries

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercise in workbook
- Choose a New Year celebration in the world and find out
the information about it.

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