A selection of English ESL american culture printables

In this worksheet you will find a quiz   or your pupils to assess their knowledge of the United States of America(histrory geography culture) KEY is included on teh second page

How much do you know about the USA with KEY

I created this worksheet for my students to raise their awareness of the American culture. It is a reading comprehension. First, students have to match the definitons with words. Secondly, they read the text and do the T/F task. Then they practise new words in context. Finally, discuss the questions about what festivals, holidays are in your culture. Happy Thanksgiving Day)) 

Thanksgiving Day 

A comprehensive lesson on April's Fools and the History of April Fool's Day. 



Start your students off with some warm-up questions, complete a vocabulary matching activity, watch a YouTube video full of visual aids to help students better learn and remember vocabulary, answer listening comprehension questions, retell the passage on the history of April Fool's Day using visual aids, teach idioms related to joking and April Fool's Day, practice listening with a gap fill and complete the lesson with some discussion questions. 



This is one of many lessons in the Pocket Passport Culture Course. Get more information by emailing us at: info@pocketpassport.com or visit our website: www.pocketpassport.com



The link to the video is in the lesson, but check this link out for a sneak peek: https://youtu.be/h-IeEV1hlLc

History of April Fool's Day

This is a reading lesson that teaches some of the most common American superstitions. These are some that every boy and girl growing up in America remembers being told by his or her parents.  This is a reading lesson that can be used to illicit some conversation about superstitions in the country you are teaching.

American Superstitions

A fun bite-sized lesson about Planning a Trip. Broken into bite-sized pieces so students can focus on one section at a time. Vocabulary, listening, and comprehension questions. 

This is a full lesson, but if you want the transcripts and answer key, sign up at: www.pocketpassport.com

To access this lesson on Pocket Passport, enter code: WC24





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For a look at the video that this lesson is based on, check this link: https://youtu.be/mRdkbFdvlm4

Planning a Trip to England | Travel

The worksheet is based on the video that explores the origins of Easter traditions and introduces major US Easter symbols. The tasks help to develop students’ listening skills and vocabulary. The assignment contains listening for gist, listening for details, and comprehension questions. The speed of speaking may seem a bit fast for weaker students, but the tasks include text-based prompts that can be used as scaffolds for listening tasks. The students get a chance to explore the traditions common for their culture and find out more about the roots of popular Easter symbols. The tasks can be used for independent studies or distance-learning classes.

Easter Traditions in the USA 

A fun video-based lesson to talk about and learn dining customs and taboos, Japanese culture and talk about cross-cultural differences.

This is a teaser lesson with some sample activities, but still a great resource for listening comprehension. To get the full lesson, sign up at: www.pocketpassport.com



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Watch the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/ohwkcVY86zU

Japanese Culture | Food & Dining Customs & Taboos

Fun Encanto worksheet, can be used from elementary school up to high school, writing and speaking practice.



includes drawing activity and preferences, which puts in practice the student's creativity.

Encanto Worksheet, movie comprehension.

Hey ESL Teachers!



Business English lesson materials are always high in demand, so I decided to publish a free lesson on Fluentize based on a short video about the basics of business etiquette.



I would say this lesson plan is probably most suitable for intermediate (B1) level students who are on the edge of upper intermediate (B2).



In order to view the video, please visit the lesson page on Fluentize via the link below.



https://app.fluentize.com/lesson/business-etiquette-basics



The lesson materials attached in this post include the first half of the lesson — the preview discussion material, the sections for pre-teaching the vocabulary in the video, and a listening comprehension exercise that goes along with the featured video.



You can access all the post-viewing sections when downloading it from Fluentize — including activities on vocabulary context usage, prefixes / parts of speech, rewriting sentences, follow-up conversational material, the quiz & review section, and the teacher's guide.



As you'll see in the lesson plan, the lesson starts off by discussing proper business etiquette. Students then do a short activity in which they transform some words into their correct parts of speech using the prefix. The examples featured in this lesson plan are...



understand ---> misunderstanding

respect ---> disrespected

cooperate ---> uncooperative



After watching the video and completing the first post-viewing section, there is a second post-viewing part that focuses on some grammar using the conjunction although based on the following quote from the video:



"Although workplace culture and expectations can vary between companies, the basics of business etiquette can be used in almost any kind of workplace."



You can follow everything up with additional discussion material based on the following topics...



- Impact of COVID-19 on business etiquette

- Business etiquette in different countries

- Socializing with colleagues

- Social media and colleagues

- Business lunch etiquette

- Video calling etiquette for business



From the creator’s standpoint, my favorite part of the lesson is the section focusing on the parts of speech and prefixes. I find these types of activities for parts of speech and prefixes in the context of word transformation to be so practical for students and really helps them develop their vocabulary skills.



I also realize that many English language teachers are now teaching in an online environment. For those of you who are, I recommend trying out our interactive lesson plan for it (which is the one attached in this post). The interactive lesson is basically a digital version of the lesson materials that comes equipped with interactive fields for your students to write answers within.



I hope you have a great lesson exploring the basics of business etiquette with your students.



Thanks!



-Jake from Fluentize

Business Basics Etiquette - ESL Lesson Plan

Hi everybody. Here is a simple worksheet on the celebrations in the United States. I also made a live worksheet to do beforehand and you can find it here: https://www.liveworksheets.com/sq1292914lr

celebrations in the USA

This is the opening lesson for a series of lessons on job hunting. This lesson aims at letting students think about diversity, have them imagine themselves working in a diverse office, and getting their reactions. You can start by showing a short video. I chose a fun video to show how we should accept differences. 

Diversity and Inclusion at Work

In this worksheet, you'll find three different exercises to practise reading, grammar and writing for a A2 level. It contains a readinf comprehension activiy, some grammar exercises and a free writing activity.

WORSHEET A2 - READING, GRAMMAR AND WRITING

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

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how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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