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Festival discussion: Students work in pairs asking and answering the questions
relating to festivals.
Link to textbook: Tieng Anh 7 (New), Unit 9, page 32.
Difficulty level: Medium
Materials needed: None
Time: 10 – 15 mins
Procedure:
1. Tell students that they are going to work in pairs discussing the following
questions. Write the questions on the board and ask them to write them down in
their notebooks.
- How many festivals have you been to?
- Which world festival would you most like to join?
- What festivals does your town hold? Are they good?
- Should street festivals be free?
- Why do people like festivals?
- Do you think other world festivals will start charging?
2. When they have finished, ask them to join another pair to share their
ideas/opinions.
3. Feedback: the teacher does not need to go through all questions, just choose 2 or
3 questions to briefly discuss with the whole class.
Note: The activity is taken from http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1308/130830-
tomato_throwing_festival.html#ixzz3AcNZATwZ

Festival discussion

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    www.teachingenglish.edu.vn Page 1 Festivaldiscussion: Students work in pairs asking and answering the questions relating to festivals. Link to textbook: Tieng Anh 7 (New), Unit 9, page 32. Difficulty level: Medium Materials needed: None Time: 10 – 15 mins Procedure: 1. Tell students that they are going to work in pairs discussing the following questions. Write the questions on the board and ask them to write them down in their notebooks. - How many festivals have you been to? - Which world festival would you most like to join? - What festivals does your town hold? Are they good? - Should street festivals be free? - Why do people like festivals? - Do you think other world festivals will start charging? 2. When they have finished, ask them to join another pair to share their ideas/opinions. 3. Feedback: the teacher does not need to go through all questions, just choose 2 or 3 questions to briefly discuss with the whole class. Note: The activity is taken from http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1308/130830- tomato_throwing_festival.html#ixzz3AcNZATwZ