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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Watch and listen Watch and understand a video about customs in
Dagestan

Reading skills Read for detail

Academic writing skills Structure an essay

Writing task Write three descriptive paragraphs

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CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS UNIT 2

YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Work with a partner. Discuss the questions below.

1 Which celebration is shown in the photograph?
2 What customs and traditions do visitors to your country need

to know?
3 What traditional celebrations do you have in your country?

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WATCH AND LISTEN

USING VISUALS TO PREPARING TO WATCH
PREDICT CONTENT
1 Work with a partner. Look at the photographs and try to answer the
questions below.

1 Where do you think the photographs were taken?
2 Is it a rural area or an urban area?
3 Is it a traditional region or a modern region?
4 What industry do you think is in the area?
5 Do you think people live in nuclear families that include just the

parents and children, or extended families that include children, parents
and grandparents?

2 Watch the video and check your answers. Now choose the best
description of the topic of the video.

a Industry b Weddings c Culture d Family life

UNDERSTANDING WHILE WATCHING
MAIN IDEAS
3 Watch the video and number the ideas (a–h) in the order that you
hear them. Not all the ideas are mentioned.

a holidays
b languages
c history
d family networks
e traditional industry
f marriage
g migration
h law

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4 Watch again and correct the factual mistakes in the sentences below. UNDERSTANDING
DETAIL
1 Dagestan is smaller than Scotland.
LISTENING FOR
2 Dagestan is in Russia. KEY INFORMATION

3 Thirty-five languages are spoken in the region. MAKING
INFERENCES
4 Carpet-making is done by machine.

5 Younger people are local leaders.

6 The population of Dagestan is declining.

7 Dagestanis want to be buried in the capital city.

5 Which words and phrases (a–i) are mentioned in relation to
carpet-making in Dagestan?

a traditional f thread
b modern designs g vegetables
c local h galleries
d cotton i museums
e wool

6 Work with a partner. Answer the questions below.

1 Why are Dagestani carpets so popular?
2 Why do many Dagestanis live outside the country?

DISCUSSION

7 Work with a partner. Discuss the questions below about your country.

1 What are some traditional industries?
2 Do young people stay in the country or do they move away?

Why do they make this choice?
3 Discuss family life.
a What is family life like there?
b Are extended families or nuclear families more popular?
c What do young people like to do?

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