ARGUMENT

Students learn words in a variety of ways. Success in learning

often depends on the number of senses which are used in the
learning process. English Culture and Civilization is a course
designed to involve a learning type that activates all our
senses. The large use of songs and games involve the five
traditional senses: the songs - the hearing, while the games the hearing, taste, smell, touch and sight.
It is well known that learning and memorizing words is not an
easy task, especially for young learners. Songs and games are
ideal in helping them to look at word acquisition as a desirable
activity.
Children seem to learn new word very quickly, but they will
forget quickly, so it is very important to give them lots of
practice of vocabulary to help them remember. Since mere
practicing can be extremely boring and tiring to young learners,
we should be creative, wrap practicing in games, role plays and
in singing songs, activities that seem to be just fun and play,
but, in fact, involve real learning.
The English Culture and Civilization course focuses on teaching,
improving and putting vocabulary into practice. It comes with a
collection of songs and games that are meant to add a patch of
color to the lessons. There is nothing that engages children
more than teaching English through play. A bored class will take
in less than half of what a teacher says and retain none of it. An
attentive, involved and interested class, on the other hand,
learning through fun English games and songs, will retain most
of what they are being taught during the lesson.
Even though, it seems time demanding and extra work to
prepare the lessons which involve songs and games (because
of the aid, extra materials) if we have in mind the outcome of
these classes - happy learners, whose knowledge gets richer
with every English class - it is worth every effort.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES
1. to develop the ability to receive the oral message

2. to develop the ability to speak

3. to develop the ability to receive the written messages
4. to develop the ability to write
5. to develop some cultural representations and the interest for
the English language, for the Anglo - Saxon civilization and
music
MAIN OBJECTIVES, SPECIFIC ABILITIES AND EXAMPLES OF
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. to develop the ability to receive the oral message
1.1. to recognize sounds that are specific to the English
language - identification exercises
1.2. to react verbally/nonverbally to a heard message answering to commands, questions; simple dialogues, role
plays
1.3. to understand simple sentences - answering control
questions; true/false exercises
2. to develop the ability to speak
2.1. to pronounce words using the specific English accent
and intonation - pronunciation exercises
2.2. to repeat simple sentences or fragments of the
sentence - repetitive drills, singing songs
2.3. to utter simple sentences related to everyday life
situations - simple dialogues, role plays
3. to develop the ability to receive the written message
3.1. to read aloud a short text - reading exercises in
pairs/groups
3.2. to get the general meaning of a read text - true/false
exercises; multiple choice exercises
4. to develop the ability to write
4.1. to write words, short sentences - games (crosswords,
word search), copying exercises
5. to develop some cultural representations and the interest for
the English language, for the Anglo - Saxon civilization and
music
5.1. to manifest curiosity about specific customs and
traditions of the Anglo - Saxon culture and civilization - learning

specific songs (Christmas carols, nursery rhymes)

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS
a. to
b. to
c. to
d. to
e. to
f. to
g. to
h. to

greet people
introduce oneself and introduce others
identify elements from the familiar universe
ask for and give information
locate people and objects
thank for and reply to thanks
express likes and dislikes
express abilities

VALUES AND ATTITUDES

a. open attitude towars others
b. respect for and acceptance of others
c. healthy competitiveness

ASSISTENT METHODS
a. singing songs
b. simple, easy role plays
c. mini - project activities
d. portfolio