LESSON: Module 1 Lesson 8

Skills

Dealing with culture shock

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CLASS: 11

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Learning objectives that this lesson is contributing to

11.1.3 - respect differing points of view

11.1.4 - evaluate and respond constructively to feedback from others

11.1.8 - develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion

11.4.6 - recognize the attitude, opinion or tone of the writer in extended texts on a range of more complex and abstract general and curricular topics

11.4.8 - select and evaluate paper and digital reference resources to check meaning and extend understanding

11.2.1 - understand the main points in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a growing range of unfamiliar topics 11.4.1 - understand complex and abstract main points in extended texts on a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar general and curricular topics

11.4.2 - understand specific information and detail in extended texts on a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar general and curricular topics

11.1.10 - use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

11.3.2 - ask and respond with appropriate syntax and vocabulary to open-ended higher-order thinking questions on a range of general and curricular topics, including some unfamiliar topics

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

use some target vocabulary successfully in opinion tasks and show some gist understanding of the appropriate situation

Most learners will be able to:

use most target vocabulary successfully inn opinion tasks and show some gist understanding of the appropriate situation

Some learners will be able to:

use most target vocabulary successfully in opinion tasks, read effectively for gis and identify all specific information

ICT skills

Using videos& pictures, working with URLs

Assessment criteria

Learners have met the learning objective if they can: speak about the problems and suggest the solutions to some of the problems in the pictures

Previous learning

Adjectives

Planned timings

Teacher’s activities

Pupil’s activities

Marks

Resources

Beginning the lesson

Warming-up

Team work

10 min.

Organization moment :

1.Greeting.

T give them different shapes and ask them to divide into 3groups.

I-circle

II -square

III–triangle

In differentiation part t «Flexible pace learning» method was used to give students a choice in order to make them interested in learning process.

“The wish flower” method helps to start the lesson with good wishes to each other.

The aim: To develop Ss speaking skills and create friendly atmosphere

Efficiency: By wishing each other they feel better and feel the support of others.

At the organization moment T tries to award active Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”

Envelop with shapes

25 min

Ex. 1 p. 14 To present the concept of culture shock and personalise the topic

• Ask Ss to read the definition and discuss it in pairs. • Ask various Ss to tell the class about a time when they have experienced culture shock.

Suggested Answer Key

I experienced culture shock when I travelled to Seoul in South Korea.At first,everything seemed completely different compared to the small town where I grew up. There were loads of huge, modern skyscrapers and the streets were really crowded with people.The food was unlike anything I’d ever tasted before,and in some restaurants,I even had to take my shoes off and sit on mats on the floor! It took a bit of adjusting, but after about a week I began to really enjoy myself. Once I’d settled in, I realised that it was these types of differences that made the experience so exciting.

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done! Brilliant! Good job! I like it!

Whiteboard

Pupils Book

Poster.

Ex. 2 p. 14 To present words/phrases that relate to the concept of culture shock

• Explain the task and give Ss time to complete it. • Ask Ss what they think the words/phrases mean and how they relate to the concept of culture shock. • Play the recording and ask Ss to listen to and read the text to check their answers.

Answer Key

transition (n):a change from a situation/state to another homesick (adj): sad and longing for home assimilate (v): to adapt and fit in with a culture that is initially unfamiliar to you to feel at home (idiom): to feel comfortable and relaxed in familiar surroundings miscommunication (n): difficulty understanding others or being understood by them diversity (n): variety

Suggested Answer Key

Moving from one country to another is a transition that takes some time to get used to. You might feel homesick when you first move to a different country. When you live in a foreign country you should try to assimilate with the local culture as much as possible. It might take up to six months of living abroad before you begin to feel at home. Miscommunication is often a big problem if you live in a country and you don’t speak the language. If you’re from a small village and you move to a big city, you will probably notice a lot more diversity in terms of people,cultures,customs,food,etc.

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done! Brilliant! Good job! I like it!

Whiteboard

Pupils Book

Poster.

Ex. 3 p. 14 To read for specific information (T/F statements)

• Ask Ss to read statements 1-8 and then give them time to read the text carefully and choose the correct answers. • Check Ss’ answers around the class. 1.3

Answer Key

1 T 2 F (I’m from Nur-Sultan, so I’m used to super tall skyscrapers and shiny, modern buildings. Edinburgh is nothing like that.) 3 T 4 F (No two people sounded the same, so often I couldn’t understand what the locals were saying.) 5 F (everyone on the street seemed to be in such a hurry) 6 F (A couple of months in, the novelty started to wear off. I was terribly homesick.) 7 F (I know the place like the back of my hand.) 8 T

• Refer Ss to the Check these words box and explain/elicit the meanings of the words, or ask Ss to use their dictionaries and look them up.

Suggested Answer Key

response (n): reaction wide-eyed (adj): surprised, amazed or naive giggle (v): to laugh novelty (n): the quality of being new wear off (phr v): to weaken or reduce pace of life (phr):the speed at which things generally happen in a certain culture or place fade (v): to lose strength like the back of my hand (idiom): to know sth or somewhere extremely well reverse culture shock (phr): the challenges experienced by some people when they return to their home country after spending a long time abroad.

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done! Brilliant! Good job! I like it!

Whiteboard

Pupils Book

Poster.

Ask various Ss to tell the class.

Answer Key

A: I think this quotation means that it’s good to challenge yourself and try new things. When you do something new and unfamiliar, you have to think about it much more than if you just continue to follow the same routine every day.

B: It also means that when you travel to a different country, you have to actively engage with your surroundings to find your way around the new place and communicate with other people in other languages. You also try new foods and experience different customs and cultures. This opens your mind to different ways of life and makes you a more tolerant and accepting person.

A: When you expose yourself to unfamiliar situations, you are more likely to find yourself in some amusing conditions that you wouldn’t experience at home, for example, funny misunderstandings due to language barriers, or getting lost.

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done! Brilliant! Good job! I like it!

Whiteboard

Pupils Book

Poster.

Ending the lesson

Reflection

Individual work:

10 min.

Traffic light method is used to find out was the lesson clear or not. Use the stickers.

Ss use their stickers to show their knowledge according to the lesson

Green- I understood

Yellow-I have some questions

Red-I need a help.

Aim: To know how many Ss got the theme.

Efficiency:

Ss can use colors to show how much do they remember.

Differentiation:«Conclusion» method is used to finish the lesson.

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done! Brilliant! Good job! I like it!

Whiteboard

Pupils Book

Poster.