Are you superstitious? It is interesting to discuss the superstitions of different countries because there are often some similarities as well as many differences. Lets take a look at a couple of available worksheets that address this topic. The first one is for pre-intermediate learners but will most likely be either a guessing game or a review; luckily the answer key is included. This is perfect for talking about some superstitions; if you want to talk about others, simply use this as a guide for creating your own worksheet. The second superstitions worksheet targets upper-intermediate learners and has a number of useful activities as well as a complete lesson plan. It could not be easier to introduce superstitions to your students. These are just two of the 33 free superstitions worksheets in the section that you can use to introduce or practice talking about superstitions.
This topic is perfect right around Halloween but you can choose to incorporate it into your lesson plans whenever it is most convenient and appropriate for you. Make sure that you have created a constructive learning environment in which to discuss this and similar topics because you want to avoid having students share their thoughts and opinions only to be ridiculed by their peers. This will make students hesitant to volunteer personal information in the future.
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Superstition is a credulous belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to folk beliefs deemed irrational. This leads to some superstitions being called "old wives' tales". It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual beings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events. The etymology is from the classical Latin superstitio, literally "a standing over [in amazement]", but other interpretations include an over-scrupulousness in religion or a "hold-over" from older beliefs. The word is attested in the 1st century BC, notably in Livy and Ovid, in the meaning of an unreasonable or excessive belief in fear or magic, especially foreign or fantastical ideas.
A speaking and conversation-based lesson to talk about superstitions around the world. This resource includes picture speculation, vocabulary matching, warm-up and conversation questions ...
This worksheet goes with an entertaining animated YouTube video which explains the origins of some common superstitions It is aimed at pre-intermediate and intermediate learners and has ...
This activity was specifically designed for chap 10 of the Empower Advanced book, but can be used for any upper intermediate or advanced group. After completing the shouting dictation, students ca ...
This video activity was primarily designed for adults at pre-intermediate and above levels. The central theme is reincarnation, but it is not mentioned in the worksheet, so it won't spoil the acti ...
this PPT lesson is suitable to be used for a multicultural class. This one hour reading & speaking lesson introduce superstitions and is supplemented with a short group activity and presentati ...
It's a warm-up or a short listening task for students of all ages based on the BBC 1 min "Horrible Stories Pirate Weather Report". This can be used as an extra-material on topics "Traveling", "Wea ...
This is a boardgame I made just in time for Halloween. This will get your students speaking about different things related to the topic. Feel free to modify the questions or the "will you survive" ...
This is a gap-filling and matching activity. Students complete and match halves of sentences describing some of the British superstitions. Then they can also think about some local ones. The works ...
It's a one-page file with two tasks: 1) match the parts of the sentences to make superstitions and 2) tell about superstitions in your country. You will also find keys to the first exercise. The s ...
Do you know why we cross our fingers for good luck? Do you know why walking under a ladder is bad luck? Get ready to find out! I created this Power Point to go over the history of some things that ...
This power point presentation was initially designed for interactive boards but can be used in many ways (cards, worksheets etc). Everybody is interested in what they can't see or explain. That's ...
This activity was originally created to accompany Unit 10 of Total English Advanced. It's connected with the topic "Luck" and "Superstitions" and it's ideal for advanced groups who need to practic ...
I used this worksheet to introduce the topic 'Dreams' to my intermediate listening class. It is based on a news report about a guy who is a Native American descendant and makes dreamcatchers. The ...
It is a conversation activity. I've used it with pre-intermediate and intermediate students that have some difficulties to speak. First I asked them what they have heard about it and then showed t ...
I used this worksheet with my students at the speaking club today and it was fun, though quite mind-boggling for them. The worksheet was created with the help of the Tiles Creator on this site. I' ...
A quiz to break the ice and introduce our students to the topic of the most common British superstitions. A quiz that can be easily projected through EWB or simply OHP, or just given out to studen ...
This is a sort of warmer, to introduce students to the topic of most common supersitions. Students receive one chunck each (strips of paper can be cut from the worksheet) and have to find out &nbs ...
This is a wordsearch from the book "The great mysteries of our world" by Gina D.B Clemen. It contains 33 challenging words about the dissappearance of "Mary Celeste" which is in chapter 1 of the b ...
This is a more complete version of the previous worksheet. I used one episode of The Big Bang Theory - Season 5 Episode 9 - to talk about fears and phobias. There are questions and a matching acti ...
This is a matching activity to teach or review the first conditional. It introduces some superstitions used in England. Once students understand the meaning of superstition and learn how to use th ...
These slides are designed especially for pre-intermediate and intermediate. However I am quite sure it can be assigned to all levels (see worksheet). It consists of exercises firstly based on the ...
This five-page worksheet is designed especially for pre-intermediate and intermediate. However I am quite sure it can be assigned to all levels. It consists of exercises firstly based on the song ...
This is a Halloween activity, very interesting, you can practice Halloween vocabulary with your students. This a Haunted house, ask the students to draw the house, and connect the words to the ne ...
I've made this worksheet to review the use of the Conditionals 0, 1 and 2. I included a brief explanation on the differences between them and some really simple exercises after each one of them. A ...
The text is from the NY Times Learning Network and I created a vocabulary exercise using 10 words from the text. To introduce the article I used the title, The Roswell Incident, as a hangman sente ...
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