New Year Celebrations Around the World
ESL Lesson PlansNew Year Celebrations Around the World

New Year Celebrations Around the World

This engaging ESL lesson plan focuses on New Year celebrations around the world, targeting reading and speaking skills for B1-B2 level students. In a group setting, learners will scan texts to locate information and participate in discussions about their favorite traditions. The lesson includes various tasks, such as ranking customs, discussing personal experiences, and answering comprehension questions, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of global New Year practices.

Skills

  • Students can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfill a specific task.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Look at the list of common New Year's traditions. In small groups, discuss and rank the traditions in order of importance in your culture.

1
Making resolutions
2
Watching fireworks
3
Eating specific foods
4
Toasting with champagne
5
Kissing a loved one at midnight
2

In pairs, discuss the following questions.

3

Read these facts. Which one surprised you the most and why?

4

Read the text. In pairs, discuss what you learned about different New Year celebrations around the world.

5

Choose the correct option according to the text.

6

Match the different New Year celebrations to the ways they are celebrated. Which celebration sounds appealing to you?

7

Discuss the question in pairs. Share the answers with the group.

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