Kintsugi: Beauty in Imperfection
Actualizado: 29 ago
Topics: General English - imperfection - failure - beauty
Level: B1 and above
Skills: Reading and Speaking
Link to original article: "How the philosophy behind the Japanese art form of kintsugi can help us navigate failure".
Aims:
To make some predictions about an image
To learn and talk about Kintsugi, a Japanese art
To read about Kintsugi
To retell main ideas of a text
To express opinion and reaction towards the topic
To reflect on one's attitude towards perfectionism
To come up with some ideas to implement Kintsugi philosophy
Use of language & lexis:
To use different tenses to talk about past and present experiences
To learn / review vocabulary related to success, failure, beauty
To learn / review vocabulary related to perfectionism/imperfectionism
To learn / review contextualized chunks related to breaking and fixing objects
Lesson extension for higher levels on Lana del Rey's Rolling Stones UK interview:
Link to interview: Lana Del Rey on Kintsugi, lessons she's learnt, and the minutia of everyday life
Link to Kintsugi song: Lana Del Rey - Kintsugi (Audio)
Link to Kintsugi lyrics: Kintsugi
Photo by Riho Kitagawa on Unsplash
Kintsugi Finding Beauty in Imperfection - Ss worksheet
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Kintsugi Finding Beauty in Imperfection - Ts notes
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Lana del Rey on Kintsugi (B2-C1) - Ss worksheet
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