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Introduction

A. R. Farrukh AhamedLecturer (English)Simrail Alim MadrasaSiddirgonj, Narayangonj.

Class- Ten Subject: English 1st Paper

Unit-18, Lesson-03

By the end of the lesson learners will have practiced

1 . speaking skill through talking about 21st February and UNESCO.

2. reading skill through matching information with pictures and filling an extract with words kept in a box.

3. writing skill through writing activities of people on February 21.

4. vocabularies : tribute, adopt, proclaim nation, multilingual

Objectives

Vocabularies

1. Tribute

= Honour

1. We pay honour to the language martyrs.

UNESCO took the decision in a resolution.

= to take in

2. Adopt

The declaration came from the office.

3. Proclamation

= Announcement, declaration

4. Multilingual

He can speak more than two languages.

= Able to speak more than two languages

1. What language do you speak?

2.. Do you speak the same language at home and outside?

3. How many languages do you speak?

4. How do you learn a different language?

Discuss the following questions with your friend-

Mother language is the language that a person learns to speak from his/her mother.

What is meant by mother language?

International Mother Language Day refers to a day symbolising respects to the mother tongue of all people of the world.

UNESCO is the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation.

What is meant by International Mother Language Day?

What is

Who declared International Mother Language Day?

When did UNESCO announce International Mother Language Day? In November, 1999.

Read the following extracts and fill in the blanks with the clues from the box.

proclaimed

globally

martyrs

rightful formUNESCO

The UNESCO has --------------------- 21st February as the International Mother

Language Day to be observed ----------------------- in recognition of the sacrifices of

the ---------------------------------- for establishing the ----------------------------- place

of Bangla. The proclamation came in the ------------------------- of a resolution

unanimously adopted in plenary of the ------------------------- at its headquarters in

Paris in 1999.

Group Task

Why should we celebrate International Mother Language Day?

Home work

What do people usually do on 21st February?

1. Wake up at dawn2. Walk barefoot3. Put on black badges4. Go to the Shahid Minar5. Pay homage6. Offer flowers7. Pray for the salvation of the martyrs

Clues given for making answer…

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