LESSON DESCRIPTION

In this ESL lesson plan for adults and teens, students watch an educational video and do a listening exercise on the history, traditions, and some facts about “Chinese New Year”, which is also known as “Lunar New Year”. It includes discussion questions and other speaking activities about Chinese culture, celebrations, and Lunar New Year. Students also learn some important vocabulary terms and phrases from the video. The post-viewing section includes follow up discussion, choosing verb forms, and vocabulary context usage. The grammar activity features the usage of the conjunction “ever since” in combination with past simple and present perfect. There is an additional traditions & symblism task and a quiz & review section included.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Get all the history and facts about Chinese New Year.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• SPEAKING: Chinese / Lunar New Year, Chinese Culture
• VIEWING: Numbers, Short Answers, Images
• VOCABULARY: Images, Fact Matching, Context Usage, Phrases
• GRAMMAR: Ever since … + past simple + present perfect, Verb Patterns
• ADDITIONAL: Traditions & Symbolism Task, Quiz & Review

LESSON TOPICS

Chinese / Lunar New Year