Unit 5
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
COMMUNICATION
MIGRATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
1. Listen and answer the questions.
1. They are encouraged to maintain their cultural identity.
2. They want to assimilate into the new culture, but they also want to maintain their own culture.
3. The first way: encouraging all family members to speak the mother tongue at home; traveling to the home country regularly.
The second way: attending festivals celebrating the migrants’ culture.
2. Discuss the question with a partner.
When people move to a new place, they can preserve their cultural identity by
-organising and participating in traditional festivals or practices in their community.
-cooking traditional food for the family.
teaching children to speak their native language at home.
CULTURE: Festivals
1. Write the name of the festivals.
-a. Elephant Racing Festival
-b. Forest Worshipping Festival
2. Complete the table.
Dak Lak Province
Ha Giang and Lao Cai Provinces
Annually , in March
The first lunar month
M’Nong and Ede
Nung and Dao
To promote the martial spirit of the
M’Nong and Ede people
-to worship the god of trees and villagers
who sacrificed their lives to protect the village
-to pray for good health, fruitful trees and
favourable climate
-watching elephant race
-eating traditional food and drinking rice wine
-dancing
-watching elephants play soccer
-offering agricultural products
-signing a statement to protect forests and
plant trees
-playing folk games
3. Discuss the question with a partner.