What's new about the New Year? by Daniela Murgulet https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a Moldovan New Year Customs and Traditions. The lesson is developed as part of the course "English for Gastronomy". Target group of students: 1st and 2nd year students from the vocational schools from the Republic of Moldova specializing in gastronomy. en-us 2018-03-02 07:05:59 UTC 2021-12-29 23:04:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Brainstorming DanielaMurgulet2020 https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237294756 What do you associate New Year with?

Write down any words that come into your mind.]]> 2018-03-02 07:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237294756 2. People associate New Year with: DanielaMurgulet2020 https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237294856 2018-03-02 07:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237294856 3. Find someone who... DanielaMurgulet2020 https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237295334 Step 1
Pick up 3 things people associate New Year with (Use the data from the 2nd exercise).

For example
1 Answer: cake
2 Answer: travel
3 Answer: president's speech

Step 2
Make up 3-5 questions (in English) related to these things (associations) and get ready for a small survey.

For example:
Q1 Do you usually eat cake on New Year's Eve?
Q2 Do you ususlaly buy or or do you bake a cake for the New Year?
Q3 Have you ever travelled on New Year?
Q4 Do you usually listen to the president's speech?

Step 3. Let's talk!
Move around the classroom and interview 3 persons to find out if people associate New Year with these things or not and why.

Step 4. Share the information with us!
Please share the information you have found out while talking to your classmates. (The participants may use padlet or report directly to the participants).


]]> 2018-03-02 07:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237295334 4. Let's watch and compare! DanielaMurgulet2020 https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237303321
Watch this video about the Moldovan customs and traditions associated with New Year.

NB. the film is in Romanian

While watching 
Make a list of questions you want to ask about these customs.


]]> 2018-03-02 07:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/237303321 Working in small groups to create a VEN diagram DanielaMurgulet2020 https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/316856639 Make a VEN diagram about  American and Moldovan customs and traditions associated with New Year.

The students present the information. 

After that, the teacher poits out that Moldovan people associate New Year with the following things and may write down the following words as being associated with New Year: hen, ox, horse, ploughing the land, sowing the land, crops, good harvest, pastry, fruits, sweets, good wishes.]]> 2018-12-29 22:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/316856639 All the resources for this lesson have been developed by D. Murgulet. DanielaMurgulet2020 https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/316857186 2018-12-29 22:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/316857186 Discuss the questions: DanielaMurgulet2020 https://padlet.com/DanielaMurgulet2020/j87yl4ft638a/wish/316857339 What kind of instruments do children use when visiting people on New Year's Eve?
What do children say?
What do teenagers usually wear when they visit people on New Year's Eve?
What do you know about the tradition of selling a hen?
What do children do the next day?



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