Learning about Halloween
- Dual Dialects
- Oct 16
- 1 min read
Halloween is a fun and exciting holiday!!! ESL students new culture, vocabulary, and creativity in one lesson. Teachers can start by explaining simple traditions like dressing up in costumes, carving pumpkins, and saying “Trick or Treat!” Students love learning new themed words such as ghost, pumpkin, candy, witch, and costume, and teachers can reinforce them through matching games and flashcards. Storytelling is also a great activity! Reading short Halloween-themed stories with pictures helps students practice listening comprehension while learning about American traditions.
Hands-on activities make the lesson even more memorable. ESL students can create paper masks, draw their favorite costume, or role-play trick-or-treating. Teachers can also compare Halloween to holidays from the students’ home cultures, such as Día de los Muertos or Día de las Brujas, helping them make meaningful cultural connections. By mixing speaking, listening, reading, and crafting, Halloween becomes more than just a holiday, it becomes a language-learning experience full of joy and confidence-building.
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