🗣️ Celebrating Traditions in Romanian: Who and What?
In Romanian lessons at the A2 level, learners begin to explore more than just vocabulary—they engage with Romanian culture through its most beloved traditions. Among the early topics that reappear in our curriculum is the distinction between Cine (Who?) and Ce (What?)—not only from a grammatical perspective, but also in the context of real-life communication. This structure becomes essential when discussing who celebrates specific holidays and what each holiday signifies.
For instance:
Cine sărbătorește Crăciunul? – Românii.
Ce sărbătorim pe 1 decembrie în România? – Ziua Națională a României.
Understanding the appropriate use of these interrogative pronouns supports not only syntax accuracy but also encourages learners to express curiosity in a culturally aware manner. These questions are practiced in pair work, dialogues, and interactive activities that simulate daily conversations and classroom discussions.
🌍 Exploring Celebrations Around the World
The lessons also introduce global celebrations such as Diwali, Nowruz, Eid, Valentine’s Day, and more. This multicultural approach helps learners compare and contrast traditions from Romania with those from other countries, strengthening intercultural competence. Students are encouraged to answer questions like:
Ce se sărbătorește de Paște?
Cine sărbătorește Mărțișorul?
This not only reinforces vocabulary related to holidays, people, and events but also helps learners build sentences using present tense verbs and basic noun-verb agreement in context.
🧑🏫 Observation-Based Grammar and Sentence Expansion
An important communicative goal is expressing quantity and identity using structures like:
La curs este un student.
La curs sunt trei studente.
This progression from singular to plural, and from simple to compound structures, helps learners refine their grammar. These expressions serve as a foundation for describing who is present, who participates in an event, and how many people are involved—skills essential for classroom interaction and real-life social scenarios.
✍️ Practice Through Context: From Abstract Grammar to Real-Life Language
In our methodology, grammar is never presented in isolation. Exercises related to Cine and Ce are connected to festive scenarios, such as Romanian National Day or Easter, which are both familiar and emotionally engaging. Through tasks like matching, gap-filling, sentence creation, and dialogue writing, learners make the grammar meaningful and usable.
The emphasis is on building functional fluency—the ability to communicate appropriately in Romanian, not just translate or memorize rules.
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