Module 6 The World’s Cultural Heritage

(2) ask ss to go on with the text to answer the following question:
what does intangible cultural heritage consist of?
suggested answer:
oral heritage, living human treasures, endangered languages, traditional music of the world.
(3) ask ss to read carefully and think out some examples of intangible cultural heritage, and then fill in the following form.
               intangible cultural heritage
consistence examples
oral heritage                
living human treasures               
endangered languages                 
traditional music of the world                
suggested answers:
               intangible cultural heritage
consistence examples
oral heritage kunqu opera (昆曲, 中國)
the oruro carnival (歐如偌狂歡節, 玻利維亞)
royal ancestral rite and ritual music in jongmyo shrine (宮廷宗廟祭禮樂, 韓國)
living human treasures three older new mexicans
endangered languages southern tujia (spoken in the mountainous area of central south china),
the gelo language (in southern china)
traditional music of the world kunqu opera, noh (能樂, jap.)
3. writing
(1) ask ss to choose one of the examples above to discuss it and write the main points down following the notes in activity 2.
(2) ask ss to write a short essay about an intangible cultural heritage.
(3) ask ss to exchange their essays with their partners and then ask some ss to read their essays to the whole class and comment them.
(4) instruct ss how to write an essay about intangible cultural heritage—the chinese festivals. give ss the following presentation.
中國的傳統節日淵源流長，至今為海內外炎黃子孫所奉行。春節(the spring festival)、元宵節(the lantern festival)、端午節(the dragon boat festival)、中秋節(the mid-autumn festival) 等等，不同的節日有不同的特征。我們在寫書面表達時常常從以下幾方面入手：
◆節日的名稱和日期。如：
① the spring festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month…
    ② the dragon boat festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
    ③ the 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the chinese lantern festival.