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=Warm- up= In this part of the class, it is expected to develop an awareness among learners about the subject of the class. This is also useful to make students to use their background knowledge/schemata about the subject. What is a special day and holiday Special days or holiday: a) a day fixed by law or custom on [|which] ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person. b) a religious feast day; [|holy day], especially any of several usually commemorative [|holy days] observed in religions such as Islam, Christianity and Judaism.

What kind of special days / holidays do you celebrate in your country? What do you do on these days? Why do you celebrate them?
 * Work with a partner: **

=Exercise 1 (Pre-Listening**)**=


 * Work with a partner. Look at the pictures A – F in the poster below designed by glogster. Try to guess which special days / holidays are represented here.**

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=LISTENING=

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 * A: Think that you attend an international festival at your university. You are going to listen five short speeches about special days and holidays around the world. Listen and match the speeches 1-5 with the pictures A- F above and write the name of the special day / holiday into the column A There is one extra picture which is not presented.**


 * B: Now you will listen the speeches again. Write three activities on column B that are carried out during the special days / holidays in column A, and the time of those special days/holidays in column C**
 * **Speech** || **Picture** || **A) Name of the special days /holiday** || **B) Activities** || **C) Time date** ||
 * **1** ||  ||   || **a.**
 * b.**
 * c.** ||  ||
 * **2** ||  ||   || **a.**
 * b.**
 * c.** ||  ||
 * **3** ||  ||   || **a.**
 * b.**
 * c.** ||  ||
 * **4** ||  ||   || **a.**
 * b.**
 * c** ||  ||
 * **5** ||  ||   || **a.**
 * b.**
 * c.** ||  ||