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282 Raising cultural consciousness
What?
When?
How?
American New Year
January 1
(a) Make New Year resolutions
(b) In the morning, watch parade(s) on TV
(c) In the afternoon, watch football game(s) (d) In the evening, family and friends meet for
a meal, and/or go out to party
Chinese New Year
On the day of the first moon of the lunar calendar
(a) Family and friends gather
(b) Pay respects to ancestors
(c) Pay debts and resolve differences
(d) Lion dance to ward off evil spirits
(e) Lei see (red envelopes with money) given
for luck
Japanese New Year
Both January 1 and Lunar New Year
(a) Ring bells at temples 108 times to exorcise 108 passions or evil spirits
(b) Family and friends gather for breakfast and eat mochi (rice cakes)
(c) Children are given otoshi-dama (“new year treasure”) in the form of money
Korean New Year
Both January 1 and Lunar New Year
(a) Jishin Balpgi ritual accompanied by gongs and drums to ward off evil spirits
(b) Pay respects to elders by kneeling and bowing
(c) Children are given lucky money
(d) Family and friends gather for breakfast
with rice-cake soup
Vietnamese New Year
Lunar New Year
(a) Le true, a ceremony with firecrackers (b) Pay debts and resolve differences (c) Families plant a tree, called cay neu,
wrapped in red paper for good luck (d) Fortunes are exchanged
Any other?
(add as appropriate)
(add as appropriate)
Figure 12.1
12.1.9 Monitor how the activity develops in the classroom. Try to get informal feedback from your learners about the effectiveness of this microstrategy. Consider what you need to do to improve it in order to make it work better the next time.