Students: 14 adult ESL students at an advanced level in the English language. They all have high levels of literacy in their L1 and are learning English for academic purposes. The students are seem to be very interested in the Canadian culture and have been asking many questions about the upcoming holiday, Christmas. Many of the students have been living in Canada for close to one year and have not experienced the “Canadian Christmas”. Context: It is the early month of December and the students have been already reading, writing and hearing about Christmas in Canada. To date, they have already shared their cultural practices during Christmas, if any, and are now interested in the Canadian culture. They are familiar with the concept of Christmas and some key terms, like Santa Clause, Christmas tree, etc.
The length of this class is two hours with one fifteen minute coffee break, after one hour. Objectives: ▸ To practice scanning for information ▸ To recall and use vocabulary previously learned ▸ To learn and use new vocabulary: -Christmas/Evergreen tree -Christmas Decorations (tinsel, ornaments, etc.) -Christmas Carols -Christmas Presents -Church Services -Roasted Turkey -Christmas Stockings -Santa Clause -Christmas Eve ▸ To foster interpersonal relationships through group work ▸ To practice using different descriptive words to illustrate an idea to a peer Materials: ▸ Marx, D.F. (2000).
Christmas. Toronto: Children’s Press. ▸ Chalkboard/Chalk or Dry Erase Board/ Markers. ▸ Describe and Draw game rules (from Bryrne, D. (1979).
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Communication games: a teaching aid. Windsor: NFER Publishing.) ▸ Christmas pictures for Describe and Draw Game from magazines ▸ Magazines with Christmas pictures ▸ 14 pieces of poster paper ▸ Scissors/glue/tape ▸ Tape/CD player with Christmas carols Procedures: (1) Students participate in a discussion of the following questions: (45 min) A. What do you already know about the Canadian Christmas? Have you ever celebrated Christmas in Canada before? What would you like to learn about celebrating Christmas in Canada? B. (The teacher reads the book Christmas by David F. Marx, ensuring that all students can see the illustrations, to improve comprehension) What words come out of the book that you are unfamiliar with? (The teacher makes a list on board of unknown words).
Following completion of the book, the class approaches the unknown word list on the board.
The teacher explains the words using pictures from the book as well as relating the words to other things that they already know. C. What are some interesting things that you have learned about the multicultural Canadian Christmas? (2) Students will participate in the “Describe and Draw” game. (See attached rules and pictures).
(15 min.) A. (The teacher explains rules to the game, and then walks two volunteers through a couple of rounds until students feel comfortable).
Students are grouped randomly in pairs and are encouraged to use the new vocabulary that they have just acquired to execute the game correctly. B. Students play “Describe and Draw”. ***************************15 minute break************************************* (3) Students write about what they have learned about the Canadian Christmas in a page or less using vocabulary that they have learned in this class. They may want to discuss their own culture celebrations in this piece as well.
( 15 min.) A. Students are then asked to underline all the new vocabulary that they have used in their writing. (The teacher takes notes on the successes noticed and challenges that were overcome during this task.) B. Review the successes that were accomplished during this task and outline some areas of improvement. Give students an opportunity to share their writing with a small group or partner. (4) Draw pictures that represent the vocabulary that the students have learned about Christmas in Canada.(30 min.) A. Once students have drawn a few pictures of things that relate to Christmas, they can begin to place them on the poster paper, with the centre of the paper being their Canadian Christmas writing piece. (The teacher can now play Christmas carols while the students are actively participating in the activity.) B.
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Students are also encouraged to cut out pictures from magazines and any sources available to collage the pictures together. (5) Review all terms learned in class and discuss any questions that the students still may have about celebrating Christmas in Canada. (5 min.) Homework Assignment: Locate one Christmas carol and bring it to next class. It can be either just the lyrics or a tape/CD of the actual song..
