Describing cultural differences word formation practice
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Using affixes to make different parts of speech practice through the topic of differences in different cultures.
Lesson Plan Content:
Describing cultural differences word formation practice
Use as many words below as you can to describe different countries, regions, cultures, etc, and see if your partner agrees.
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admire/ admiration/ admirable ancestors/ ancestral… applaud/ applause/ clap your hands/ put your hands together (for…) beauty/ beautiful… – ugly…/ ugliness belief (in…)/ believer/ unbeliever celebrate/ celebration/ celebrant ceremony/ ceremonial… charity/ charitable culture/ cultural differences/ cultural sensitivity/ cultural…/ cultured/ uncultured (traditional/ summer/ formal/ smart/ casual) clothes/ clothing/ clothed (in…)/ unclothed community/ communal… cosmopolitan/ cosmopolitanism (maypole/ folk/ Morris/…) dance/ dancer/ dancing danger/ dangerous… – safety/ safe… diverse…/ diversity donate/ donation/ donor/ donated duty/ dutiful embarrassing/ embarrassed/ embarrassment ethics/ ethical…/ unethical… fame/ famous people/ famous…/ infamous…/ infamy fast/ fasting festivals/ festivities/ festive… (local/ traditional/ pre-Christian/ chief/…) god/ goddess (of…) gratitude/ grateful for/ ungrateful/ thanks history/ historical… holy/ holiness/ unholiness (to/ a) host/ hostess/ play host to/ hospitable/ unhospitable/ hospitality |
(sense of) humour/ humorous/ humourless invite/ invitation/ uninvited… (bad/ good) luck/ (un)lucky (charm/ food/ omen/…) manners/ ill-mannered (war/…) memorial/ memorialise… mourn/ mourning/ mourner music/ musical/ unmusical myth/ (semi-)mythical… nation/ national/ international/ nationalistic…/ patriotic… open-mindedness perform/ performer/ performance (a play, a nativity play, variety, a talent show, etc) polite/ politeness/ impolite/ impoliteness (un)popular/ (un)popularity (among…) pray/ prayer (to…/ for…) privacy (close/ distant) relations/ relatives religion/ religious/ irreligious pay respects/ respect/ respectful/ disrespectful rest/ relax/ relaxation romance/ romantic (meal/…)/ unromantic seasons/ seasonal… shame/ shameful/ ashamed/ shameless (folk/ traditional/ classical/ religious) song/ singer superstition/ superstitious support/ supporter/ supportive traditions/ traditional… (invite/ receive) visitors/ visits |
Share one cultural difference you agreed on and see what other groups think about that.
Ask about anything above that you don’t understand, couldn’t use, etc, working together to use it to describe cultural differences each time.
Word formation presentation
Without looking above, write as least one other form of each word below (e.g. the noun if it is a verb, or the opposite if it is an adjective). Many forms not above are also possible.
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admire ancestors applaud beauty ugly believe celebrant ceremony charity culture clothed communal cosmopolitan dance danger safe diversity donate dutiful embarrassment ethical famous fast festive god gratitude history holiness host hospitality |
humour invite luck ill-mannered memory mourner musical semi-mythical national patria open-minded performer impolite unpopular pray private relate religious respectful relax romantic season shame sing superstitious supportive tradition visitor |
Compare your ideas with those above. Many other forms are possible, so please check if you wrote something different.
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