Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 2: Cultural diversity - Part B: Speaking

d luck . 
- In China, All the brides find it bad luck to look into a mirror on the Wedding Day. 
- In France, a fox brings you good luck. 
- In Vietnam, People find it’s good luck when it starts to rain on the Wedding Day because the couple will be rich . 
 What I want to know : 
 What creature brings American good luck? And bad luck? 
 Is it good or bad luck when someone sneeze once in your country? (in Vietnam, in The USA, in France etc) 
* What I learned : 
 I have learned some typical cultural features from these countries. 
 I have learned the cultural diversity among countries in the world 
TASK 2 
Practising useful expressions 
In pairs, students make some situations, using useful expressions given above. 
BEFORE YOU SPEAK 
WHILE YOU SPEAK 
Task 1: 
Presentation Criteria 
Develop a class viewpoint presentation about the 
following ideas, using useful expressions given 
above. (Group work) 
 In Vietnam, three or even four generations may live in a home. 
 A happy marriage should be based on love. 
 In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it. 
 In some countries, a man and a woman may hold hands and kiss each other in public. 
WHILE YOU SPEAK 
Activity 2 
DISCUSSION (Pairwork) 
Task 2: Below are some typical features of American culture. Work in pairs, discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese Culture . 
 In America 
In Vietnam 
1) Two generations (parents and children) live in a home. 
2) Old-aged parents live in nursing homes. 
3) It is not polite to ask questions about age, marriage and income. 
4) Americans can greet anyone in the family first. 
5) Groceries are bought once a week. 
6) Christmas and New Year holidays are the most important. 
7) Children sleep in their own bedrooms. 
In AmericaTwo generations live in a home 
Four generations live in a Vietnames home 
1. 
In America, Old-aged parents live in nursing homes 
 In Vietnam, Elders live and are taken care by their children 
2. 
Asking about age, marriage and salary 
In America 
In Vietnam 
3. 
In America 
In Vietnam 
Everyone can be first 
Greet the head of the family or an older person first, then the young ones 
4. 
The most important holiday in American and Vietnam 
Christmas & New Year holiday 
Tet holiday 
6. 
Vietnamese young children often sleep with their parents. 
Children sleep in their own bedrooms in America 
7. 
Task 2: Below are some typical features of American culture. Work in pairs, discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese Culture. 
 In America 
In Vietnam 
1) Two generations (parents and children) live in a home. 
2) Old-aged parents live in nursing homes. 
3) It is not polite to ask questions about age, marriage and income. 
4) Americans can greet anyone in the family first. 
5) Groceries are bought once a week. 
6) Christmas and New Year holidays are the most important. 
7) Children sleep in their own bedrooms. 
1) Three or sometimes four generations live under the same roof. 
2) Elders live with children and are taken care by their son, daughters-in-law or daughters. 
3) Asking about age, marriage and salary are acceptable. 
4) A Vietnamese greets the head of the family or an older person first, then the young ones. 
5) The Vietnamese celebrate dead days. They prepare the meals and often invite their relatives and friends to get together and talk about good respect of the dead person. 
6) TET is the most important. 
7) Young children often sleep with their parents. 
WHILE YOU SPEAK 
TASK 3 
Comparisons  (Group work) Talk about the similarities and differences between Vietnamese and American Cultures, using the features discussed in Activity 2 
Comparisons 
American Culture 
Vietnamese Culture 
Differences 
Differences 
Similarities 
Suggested ideas: 
American Culture 
Vietnamese Culture 
1) Most of the Americans are individualists. 
2) People always ask if it’s OK when the