O‘zbekiston respublikasi xalq ta’limi vazirligi samarqand viloyati xalq ta’limi xodimlarini qayta tayyorlash va ularning malakasini oshirish hududiy markazi tillarni o‘itish metodikasi kafedrasi

Procedure:

1. 
   Set context – watch a video and pre-teach vocabulary (15 mins)
   

Explain that you're going to play a video which your students will listen not watch. While listening they should write the ideas/sounds that come to their mind that might be related to the video. Possible answer :English, German, war, gun shot, Christmas carol-singing, Silent night, heavy breathing, people introducing themselves, fireworks, people saying Christmas greetings.

Later play the video again, this time allow your student to watch it and answer questions (worksheet Ex.1);

– What kind of historical events does the video refer to?
– Why did soldiers start singing?
– Do you think the first man who lifted his hat did the right thing?
– How did they feel when they parted?
– What's the meaning of this message “ Christmas is for sharing”?
Once you've played the video allow 2-3 mins for students to answer these questions in pairs and later as a whole group. Elicit the answers, which are going to be mainly based on students own opinions. Later add that the advert was created by Sainsbury’s in partnership with The Royal British Legion to commemorate the extraordinary events of Christmas Day, 1914. During First World War, the soldiers on the Western Front did not expect to celebrate Christmas on the battlefield, but even a world war could not destroy the Christmas spirit. The Christmas Truce was an unplanned and unexpected event when the guns fell silent and German and British soldiers crossed trenches to meet in no-man’s land, and exchange seasonal greetings, share gifts – and even play football together. This is real history. It’s elusive, intriguing and inspiring story which we're going to talk about today.
While telling the story of the Christmas Truce explain words such as: battlefield, trenches, elusive