Презентация к уроку "Подростки и праздники англоязычных стран"

Project Topic: «Teenagers and foreign traditions»

Made by the teacher of english

Shurganova Natalia Sergeevna

Lyceum№15, saratov

Introduction

• Every nation and every country has its own traditions and customs. Traditions make a nation special. Some of them are old-fashioned and many people just have them in their memory, others are still parts of people’s life.

Problem

• There is a lot of misunderstanding between people around the world nowadays. This leads to conflicts and even wars between countries and nations. What can we do to make the world less strained and stressful?

Aim Tasks

• Carry out a survey to find out if Russian teenagers know anything about British traditions;
• Analyze the results of the survey among the students of our lyceum;
• Make a list of the least – known and unknown among teenagers British traditions which will interest them;
• Gather information about the traditions to represent them to students;

• Persuade Russian teenagers to learn more about British traditions to be tolerant people in the modern world.

The survey

• To reach the aim of my project I have decided to suggest the following questions to students of our lyceum from 12 to 14 years old:

• What regular British traditions do you know?
• Do you think it’s useful to learn about British traditions to improve English?
• Will you be interested in learning more about British traditions?

• In the survey about 100 teenagers have taken part. The number of girls and boys has been approximately equal during the survey.

Results of the survey

• According to the survey the most students know only about two traditions: Merry Christmas and Halloween. The least - known British traditions among teenagers are: St. Patrick Day, Bonfire night, May Day, Thanksgiving Day.

The percentage of students who know about Merry Christmas:

The percentage of students who know about Halloween:

The percentage of students who know about Thanksgiving Day:

The percentage of students who know about May Day:

The percentage of students who know about Bonfire night:

The percentage of students who know about St. Patrick Day:

2. According to the survey most teenagers think it’s useful to learn more about British traditions to improve English.

3. According to the survey most teenagers are interested in learning more about British traditions.

According to the results of the survey I would offer the following British traditions for teenagers to learn about:

• St. Patrick’s Day;
• Bonfire night;
• May Day;
• Thanksgiving Day;
• Father’s Day;
• Shrove Tuesday;
• April Fool’s Day.

St. Patrick’s Day:

St Patrick’s Day is a celebration of Irish culture on March 17.

Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. He was born in Roman Britain in the fourth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. He was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Gaelic Ireland. He spent six years there working as a shepherd and that during this time he "found God".

A weekend of celebrations is organized in Nottingham. These include a parade, children's workshops, an arts festival and performances by well-known Irish musicians. There is also a parade, attended by many thousands of people in Birmingham. An Irish festival lasting three days is held in Liverpool.

Bonfire night:

In the UK, Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes is celebrated on November 5th and the night skies are filled with colour. It's a special day in honour of a historic event. The year was 1605 and some English Catholics were angry because the King of England, James the first, was treating them badly. In November 1605 a group of men made a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. An enormous explosion was planned for November 5th. The plan is known as the ‘Gunpowder Plot’ and the leader of the group was called Guy Fawkes. The group decided that Guy Fawkes should light the gunpowder and cause the explosion. But they couldn't do it. The police found the gunpowder before it exploded and they caught all the men involved in the plot. The men were killed. To celebrate his survival, King James ordered the people of England to have a bonfire on the night of November 5th.

May Day

The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. The earliest recorded May Day celebrations took place in pre-Christian times with the Floralia, a festival which honoured the Roman goddess of flowers, Flora. In 1978, the Labour government in the UK introduced the May Day Bank Holiday to the national calendar.

A particularly widespread tradition is that of maypole dancing. Children, particularly girls, dance around a tall pole, from which ribbons are suspended. The aim of the dance is to create a decorative pattern on the pole with the ribbons.

Another traditional form of dancing, Morris dancing, is also associated with the beginning of May. This type of dancing is nearly always carried out exclusively by men who dress in white with bells on various parts of their costumes and carry scarves and long wooden sticks. The dancing is accompanied by loud accordion music.

Thanksgiving Day:

Thanksgiving Day can be traced back to the 1621 celebration at the Plymouth Plantation, where the religious refugees from England known popularly as the Pilgrims invited the local Native Americans to a harvest feast after a particularly successful growing season. The previous year's harvests had failed and in the winter of 1620, half of the pilgrims had starved to death.

Luckily for the rest, members of the local Wampanoag tribe taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn, beans and squash, catch fish, and collect seafood.

On this day, the churches are decorated with products such as home-grown plants, fruits and vegetables to show gratitude to the almighty. The occasion includes turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberries and olives. Children sing hymns and distribute fruits and vegetables to their friends. The celebration is enjoyed by singing songs and by giving away fruits and vegetables. Often the food is distributed among the poor people of the local community. The home-grown products are also used to raise funds for the church, or charity.

Conclusion

• Traditions refer to transferring of beliefs and customs from one generation to another. Every nation becomes special by means of its own traditions and customs. I think it’s very important to give teenagers information about foreign traditions and customs at school either in classes or in after classes activities.

So, I have extracted several reasons why it’s necessary to know and respect traditions of other countries:

• Learning traditions of a certain country is very helpful for learning the language of the country;
• Knowledge of foreign traditions can prevent misunderstanding between native speakers and foreigners;
• Learning foreign traditions you can become a more multilateral and intellectual person;
• Knowledge of foreign traditions will be necessary for your future job and career;