🇬🇧 🎌 Culture · Everyday conversation, with effort (A2)

🎆 Holidays and festivals

🎯 Describe a holiday or festival and what people do

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

What's your favorite holiday?
Did you go to a festival this year?

🔑 Key phrases

It's held every summer.毎年夏に開かれます。
People wear yukata.みんな浴衣を着ます。
We celebrate by…〜してお祝いします。
It's one of the biggest festivals in Japan.日本最大級のお祭りの一つです。
There are lots of food stalls.屋台がたくさんあります。
It's a time to be with family.家族と過ごす時期です。

📚 Useful words

fireworks — 花火
shrine — 神社
parade — パレード
New Year's — お正月
lantern — ちょうちん
celebrate — 祝う

⚡ Speaking challenges

Explain Obon in 4 sentences.
Describe a festival using the passive ('It's held…').
Compare Christmas in Japan and the US.
Describe the best festival food.

🎭 Role-play

A foreign friend is visiting Japan in summer / at New Year.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Recommend a festival or holiday activity. Explain when, where and what to do.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Ask lots of questions. Share how your country celebrates a similar holiday.

🌀 Twist (halfway through): The friend can only come in February. The student must suggest something else.

🗣️ Discussion questions

How do you spend New Year's?
Is Christmas in Japan different from other countries?
Which festival should every tourist see?

📌 Homework

Write about your favorite holiday: when, what you do, why you like it好きな祝日について書く（いつ・何をする・なぜ好き）