...featuring traditional customs, cultural events or features of daily life that differ from our own all help to broaden the learners' experience.
Set the context of the chosen clip in the target language and provide a list of customs that feature, together with a matching list of descriptions. Invite the group to work out which description corresponds to each custom.
Watch the clip, asking the learners to identify the customs as they see them.
View the film again, but this time with no sound. As they view, ask the group to describe what they are seeing and make a quick list of their suggestions on the board.
Invite them to propose more adjectives that describe what they saw and add them to the list.
To use the vocabulary gleaned from the viewings, ask the learners to write a postcard to a native-speaker friend, describing what they saw as if they'd been there.
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