Chinese New YearEnglish For Taiwanese

Prepared By Chuanmin Wu

Preview

• Discuss the questions on p. 8

• Show the video on DVD of the song.

Vocabulary

• Read the vocabulary on p. 10• Go over the meanings and

sentences for vocabulary• Vocabulary exercises on DVD (In-

class practice or homework)

The Text

Read aloud • Have students read the passage. If

students have trouble reading, divide students into groups and take turns to read.

• Individual readingTranslate the text: p.109

• Have students answer the questions for T or F. Answers are on p.119.

• Have students make a list of what we do and why we do it during Chinese New Year. (Those mentioned in the text).

• Give the handout of the table• Answer of the table

Comprehension Questions

Before New Year Day

• Clean house: The junk has been thrown way

• Put up lucky signs on the walls and doors• Put a spring couplet on each side of the

front door outside• Put Fu upside down• The bad luck has gone • Good fortune comes to us

24th of the 12th lunar month

• The Kitchen God and other gods go back to Heaven to report on the affairs of men.

New Year’s Eve

• Have New Year’s Eve dinner• Parents give New Year money in

red envelopes (lucky money)• Stay up past midnight • Light firecrackers• Parents will have a longer life • To welcome the arrival of the New

Year

On New Year’s Day

• Worship ancestors• Visit friends and relatives

On the second day

• Married women return to heir home to visit their parents

On the fourth day

• All gods come back to our world

On the fifth day

• Stores and businesses open

On the fifteenth day

• Celebrate the Lantern Festival

• The table of what we do on Chinese New Year in Taiwan

Conversation

• Practice the conversation on the DVD: Chris visits Joanne

– Watch the video – Read after the speaker– Role play

A question related to the text

• What are other things you must or must not do during the New Year?

　 The table of the answer

A question relatedto the text

• Name some traditional food we eat during Chinese New Year.

　 Answer

Welcome to Taiwan

• Extra English readings for Festivals 　http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002020

Traditional Holidays

• Inter Culture & Arts Association　 http://www.iov.org.tw/eng/taiwan.asp

Song

• Unit 2 Joy to the World p. 183• The Song from Youtube 　

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evywpq32Oa0