Possible answers: tiger, monkey, rabbit, snake, horse, goat, rooster, dog, dragon,pig, cow and
mouse. Elicit all the words and write them on the board.
Ask the pupils: „Why are these 12 animals together?‟ Elicit all the ideas. Help, if it is difficult
for them to guess. Explain that they gave names to every New Year.
Activity 2b Listen and repeat. 5 min Objectives: to introduce the new words: emperor, rat, ox, boar; to revise the animal vocabulary Ask the pupils to listen to the DVD and repeat the words. Play the DVD twice.Explain the
meaning of the new words. Now, return to the list of the animals and ask the pupils to call it with
the new animals.
Note: It‟s better to follow this order:rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey,
rooster, dog and boar.