Music festivals lesson with listening and vocabulary activities
Pre-Intermediate level
Description
In this lesson, students will practice reading, listening, speaking and vocabulary. They will read an advertisement about a music festival with different musicians in Australia. They will do prediction before the gist listening task for a record about two people planning to attend the same festival. After some vocabulary exercise, they will follow this up with talking about their music festival experiences or intentions within their groups.
Procedure
Lead-in [1-3 minutes] • To set the context of the lesson and engage students
T will ask "Do you know any music festival from Turkey or from any other country?" and give an example of "Fanta Music Festival in Turkey". T-S task feedback [elicit a few ideas]
Focus on Vocabulary [5-7 minutes] • to teach more types of music and pronunciation practice
T hands out the sheet about Bonville music festival. Ss will fill in the blanks individually and check the answers in pairs. After eliciting the answers in WCFB, T will check the meaning and drill the pronunciation a bit.
Pre-Listening and Vocabulary [15-20 minutes] • Engage the Ss for the listening
T will hand out the reading texts. They will talk about the festival and the meanings of the words: "to perform, performer, performance". T will ask students to imagine that they are going to this festival and choose the most interesting musician they may want to see after reading the text. Elicit the opinions in WCFB and talk about. Ss in 5-6 people groups will find as many alternative phrases as possible for: -sounds of planet -in the sunshine -originate from -unique -leading musicians -take in Elicit and discuss the answers if they are correct or not on WB in WCFB.
Pre-Listening [2-3 minutes] • To engage students for the listening part
Stick the pictures of Cameron and John to the WB. Make students predict about these two person in order to set the context of the listening
Gist Listening [4-5 minutes] • To make listening exercise
T will write the questions on the board and play the record once. Ss will check their answers in pairs. T will elicit the answers quickly.
Detailed Listening [5-7 minutes] • For the comprehension of the text and record
T will hand out 4 questions and play the record a second time [depending on Ss]. Ss will check their answers in pairs. T will elicit the answers in WCFB and ask students how they have found the answers.
20 Questions | Spelling | Dictation
READING:
The United Nations has given a special award to a festival in South Korea. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] decided to add South Korea's Lotus Lantern Festival to its list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The festival was one of 25 things the UN decided to add to its heritage list this year. Some things that UNESCO adds to its heritage list are tangible - this means we can touch them. Examples are the Pyramids in Egypt or Machu Picchu in Peru. If something is intangible, we generally cannot touch it. Events like South Korea's Lotus Lantern Festival or a dance or a method for weaving baskets are examples of intangible heritage.
South Korea's Lotus Lantern Festival is a springtime event that is held to celebrate Buddha's birthday on April the 8th. It symbolizes lighting up the world to make things fair for everyone. The festival dates back two millennia. Historians say there was an ancient kingdom in 57BC where royals visited a temple to see lotus lanterns. Today, it is one of South Korea's biggest festivals. People make lanterns with paper and bamboo. They decorate temples with these. Many villages, towns and cities hold parades in which the lanterns are carried through the streets. A spokesperson said: "We will try to make the festival a cultural heritage that can be loved by people around the world regardless of their religion."
Multiple Choice Quiz Answers:
1] The Diwali festival lasts for five days.
2] The statement is false. The monsoons begin after Diwali has ended.
3] The statement is false. The best time to visit temples during Diwali is early in the day. They get packed later on.
4] Diwali is the Hindu equivalent of Christmas.
5] Neighbours often call on each other with plates of delicious holiday treats during the festival.
6] People in India decorate their homes with garlands of fragrant jasmine during Diwali.
7] Diwali takes place in late fall [autumn]
8] Indian people let off fireworks and decorate their doorways with coloured sand patterns [rangolis] at Diwali.
ESL resources
festivals
Jigsaw reading on six festivals
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