Topic of the Text : American showing politeness and pop culture

Subject
Technique

: Reading
: Active Learning

1.Specifying the objectives of the lesson.

2. Warming up (Brainstorming)
a.

Teacher gives his students an idea about the importance

about American people, like the popular culture of any

society or politeness.
b. Teacher elicits some cultural American
cultural

items

include

film,

examples of pop

television

programs

and

commercials, video games, internet memes, brand names

and symbols, sports, etc.
c. Politeness in American examples if met friends cheeks and
hugs.
3. Teacher introduces some in the culture of American people
examples

opera, literary works,

just high culture, whereas

pop culture to the general public.

4. While reading activities
a. Top-down approach
In pairs /groups, read the title of the text and write three
cultural aspects you expect to find. Teacher writes major
ideas on the board.
b. Showing video to students
c. Bottom-up approach
Teacher asks his students to skim the text and to compare
the ideas stated in the text with the ideas they find.
5. Teacher asks his students to read the text in details to answer
the comprehension and inferential questions relating to the
cultural aspects written in the text.

6. Teacher asks his students to do specific activity relating to

cultural aspects of the text based on advanced thinking skills
and critical thinking such as evaluation, synthesis, analysis,
criticizing, etc. He may ask students to compare the foreign
cultural aspects stated in the text with their native cultural
aspects and try to bridge the gap.
7. Post-reading activities
Teacher asks students to write a paragraph on extended
related discussion of a cross-cultural aspects.

Media

: Laptop, White board, felt-tip marker

Appendix

Material

: Watching Video for showing politeness

American of Pop Culture

Definition of American Pop Culture American pop culture is
the vernacular or popular culture of the American people.
Examples American pop culture derives from a multitude of
sources, particularly commercial mass media. Examples of pop
cultural items include film, television programs and commercials,
video games, Internet memes, brand names and symbols, sports,
slang words and catch phrases, clothing fads and even food.
Characters American pop culture differs from other forms of
culture in several significant ways. While high culture -- such as
fine art, opera or literary works -- is meant for an elite audience,
pop culture is easily accessible to the general public. Effect
American pop culture the American Pop Culture examples
Social glue, multiple evaluations,

challenging topics and trends.

Influence of American pop culture such as food, music,

television, expert insight, and ethnic influence.
Worksheet :
1.
2.

What are expression politeness in video?

How many expression politeness in video

and

explain?
3.
Explain about pop culture with yourself language?
4.
What interested from American, your opinion?
5.
What the understand from Topic pop culture, your
opinion?