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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Topic: Some experience in teaching students to learn

NGHE AN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LE VIET THUAT HIGH SCHOOL

Vinh, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENT

A INTRODUCTION 1

I Reasons for choosing the research 1

II Aims of the research 2

III The meaning and effect of the new solution 2

IV Scope of the study 2

V Measures carried out 2

B MAIN CONTENT 3

I Theoretical and practical basis 3

1 Definition of collocations 3

2 The importance of collocation 3

3 Problems English learners have with collocations 3

4 Ways to help students make good use of collocations 4

5 Main types of collocations 5

6 An overview of the new 11th English textbook 7

7 Current status of students in learning English vocabulary 7

II THE STUDY 9

1 Materials and Methodology 9

1.1 Participants 9

1.2 The Instruments 9

1.3 Data collection 9

2 Findings of the study 9

III APPLICATION 10

Theme 1: Unit 1: The Generation Gap 11

Theme 2: Unit 2: Relationships 13

Theme 3: Unit 3: Becoming independent 15

Theme 4: Unit 4: Caring for those in need 18

Theme 5: Unit 5: Being part of ASEAN 21

Theme 6: Unit 6: Global Warming 24

Theme 7: Unit 7: Further Education 26

Theme 8: Unit 8: Our World Heritage Sites 30

Theme 9: Unit 9: Cities of the Future 32

Theme 10: Unit 10: Healthy Lifestyle and Longevity 35

IV THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY 39

C CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 39

I Meaning of themes for teaching and learning collocations 39

II Experience - Development 40

III Recommendations 40

IV Conclusion 42

D REFERENCES

E APPENDICES

A INTRODUCTION

I Reasons for choosing the research

In recent years, English has become very popular language around the world There are more than 700 million English users in the world which is a terrible number to prove the importance of English Also, learning English becomes easy with everything around our life We can study with Internet which helps us chat with foreign friends and search information We can also walk the park and exchange with foreign travelers A crucial reason for people to travel to English speaking countries for learning English is that learning from native speakers will enable them

to acquire the level of proficiency required to clear international English tests Subsequently, a good level of English helps people to acquire a resident status in the first world countries For example, students who want to go abroad to study need the IELTS cerfificate with the diferent levels from 5.5 to 7.0 In Viet nam, some universities require students having this IELTS cerfificate will be admitted to directly Learning English not only provides access to information but also open a world of opportunities

In the IELTS Reading test, Vocabulary is an important factor for candidates to

be able to read and understand information in the Reading test In addition to common vocabulary, the ability to understand and use collocations also helps candidates increase the speed and accuracy of information processing when reading text

In the IELTS Speaking and Writing, These are two exams that require candidates to actively show off their vocabulary to get high scores Indeed, Lexical Resource - vocabulary is one of the four criteria for determining the score of the Speaking and Writing test Indeed, in Band 7 of the Lexical Resources criterion in the Speaking test, candidates are required to “uses some less common and idiomatic vocabulary and shows some awareness of style and collocation”, and for the Writing test it is “uses less common lexical items with some awareness of style and collocation”- that is, in addition to using less popular words, candidates must pay attention to collocations and idioms in the context and how to combine words Thus, learning collocations and idioms is essential for candidates taking the speaking and writing exams, especially those aiming to score 7.0 or above in 2 skills

And the English test for the national high school exam is no exception for using collocations The core of the test is the vocabulary issue But not discrete vocabulary, they will be collocations Please assume that if the English test does not have any new words for students, what will the results be? Surely they do not miss the opportunity to get the perfect score, the score that both makes them proud and creates

a huge competitive strength for admission to their dream university Since vocabulary is the central content of the language test, when there are good

vocabulary, comprehension reading becomes easy to understand, grammar lesson is easier to do, and phonetic lesson is also easy to judge

Indeed, after many teaching years at high school and help students to learn

skills, I realized that most of the students cannot express exactly what the

collocations really mean and they find it difficult to have good word choices, Moreover, to write an effective paragraph or essay and to speak a sentence correctly and fluently requires students to have collocations Therefore, to help students master the words learned to practice skills and apply them to the tests is a very

important task that made me worry and decided to implement the topic: “SOME EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING STUDENTS TO LEARN COLLOCATIONS

IN THE NEW 11 th ENGLISH TEXTBOOK” I hope that these experiences

contribute to complement and enrich the teaching methods of colleagues

II Aims of the research

- To help students improve the skills of learning vocabulary through collocations

- To encourage students to confidently cope with this type of problem in order to learn words by heart effectively

- To make students be aware of the importance of vocabulary in English and motivate them practice learning vocabulary

- To use vocabulary to communicate, apply to the tests

III The meaning and effect of the new solution

- Students will remember new words quickly, acquire a lot of vocabulary and know

to use vocabulary accurately in a variety of situations Besides, they can facilitate the four language skills: speaking, reading writing and listening and even the international testing systems

IV Scope of the study

- In this research, I just focus on the 11th grade students at Le Viet Thuat High School, especially students in class 11A1, 11D2

V Measures carried out

- Study common types of collocations

- Survey questionnaire and class observation

- Provide the vocabulary through collocations of units in the new 11th English textbook

- Provide some application exercises containing collocations and guide students how

to cope with

- Read reference books, discuss with other teachers, apply in teaching and getting experience from the teaching in the class

B MAIN CONTENT

I Theoretical and practical basis

1 Definition of collocations

According to the Oxford dictionary, collocation is defined as "a combination

of words in a language that happens very often and more frequently than would happen by chance”

Cambridge Dictionary defines collocation as “a word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning” Thus, collocation is the natural combination of words into phrases according to native habits

Collocations may seem natural to native writers and speakers, but are not obvious to non-native English speakers For instance, the adjective "dark" collocates with "chocolate", but not with “tea”

2 The importance of collocation

The mastery of collocation has a significant effect on learner’s effective use of language:

- Help learners use words more accurately, avoid mistakes in written language as well as in communication

For example: You’ll make (NOT do) fewer mistakes

- Help learners use language in a more natural and flexible way

For example: By using the phrase “make a complain” instead of “create a complain”, the learners not only express their ideas to the listener but also use natural language like native speakers

- Help learners have a richer vocabulary Instead of repeating common words like

“very”, “good”, “nice”, learners can expand their vocabulary by learning specific collocations in each case

For example: Instead of using “very happy”, the speaker can learn more “blissfully happy” collocation to express happy feelings Or instead of “it was very cold and very dark”, they can say “it was bitterly cold and pitch dark”

- Help you have a lot of choices and expressions

- Help your brain to remember and use language in the best way

3 Problems English learners have with collocations

One of the biggest problems with collocation is its arbitrary nature: there is no “rule”

or reason that it’s “in regard to” and not “on regard to”- it just is

- Lack of awareness: students need to have a problem brought to their attention before they even know it is a problem They may be unaware that some words go together better than others, especially as this doesn’t tend to be emphasized in language instruction

- First language transfer is another English Speaking Language problem with collocation - students transfer the appropriate collocation from their first language

“Make” and “do” confusion is common, for example, among students of Latin language backgrounds: e.g., “make my homework” rather than “do my homework.”

- Common errors from students’ writing: Students often find it hard to produce a good writing One of the reasons for that is they cannot find the right word Another lies in the fact that they cannot write in as accurate a way as they expect because they fail to get an adjective or an adverb to collocate with the noun or the verb used

If students only learn these individual words, although learners can remember and understand the meaning of the words, it is difficult to understand the use and combinations of words in sentences when combined with other words Consequently, although the learner can recall the correct vocabulary in the context

in which it is being expressed, wrongly combining one word with other words makes the language unnatural and even inaccurate, and many cases that make it difficult to convey information

4 Ways to help students make good use of collocations

To Learn Collocations effectively, there are no rules The students can apply the vocabulary learning strategies that they find effective to this phrase learning And the most effective way is still to keep it in mind In fact there are a lot of ways

to learn them

- Encourage your learners to read English texts Be sure to include authentic materials into your lessons so that your students are exposed to natural language as much as possible When teaching vocabulary, don’t only focus on meaning, form and pronunciation but also focus on common collocations with the words in question Be sure to draw your students’ attention to the occurrence and usage of collocations in any texts you use in class

- Encourage students to create their own collocation dictionary You can also create cards with common phrases on the walls around the classroom so your students can see them instantly when they are speaking in English

- Learn collocation through book, press, and reproduction You should learn this way; read books and magazines a lot to be able to record collocations by topic And this recording will help you remember very quickly as well as help you have the right vocabulary for yourself

- Learn collocation by mind map: Remembering collocation is quite difficult, one of the best ways to learn collocation can be through mind map

In addition, the students should not remember mechanically, they can follow the steps below

Step 1: Finding collocations: There are two ways in which collocations or can be

Step 2: Recording collocations

When students record a collocation, it is a great idea to do it in a phrase or a sentence showing how it is used Then, highlight the collocation by underlining it or by using

a highlighting pen

For example: I don’t have access to that kind of secret information Jim gave me a very useful piece of advice

Step 3: Learning collocations

Learning collocations is not so different from learning any vocabulary item Teachers should remind students to:

- regularly revise what they want to lean

- practise using what they want to learn in contexts that are meaningful for them personally

- learn collocations in groups to help fix them in students’ memory

Students might together collocations relating to the same topic Or they can group collocations based on the same word, for example:

I must find a way to help him

Can you find your way back to my house?

I learnt the hard way that Jack can’t be trusted

Please tell me if I’m getting in your way

You must give way to traffic from the left

5 Main types of collocations

Teacher teaches students how to know types of collocations There are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc Some of the most common types are:

Types Examples

Type 1:

Adjectives

and nouns

- There’s been heavy rain all day in Ireland

- Jake was my big brother and I admired him

- His dying was not any big surprise

- There’s a high chance I’ll get a high score

- I’m under severe pressure to get the job finished this week

- It’s vitally important to learn collocations

- The baby was fast asleep

- Invading that country was an utterly stupid thing to do

- We entered a richly decorated room

Type 3:

Noun + Noun

E.g: There are a lot of collocations with pattern a(n) of

a pang of nostalgia/ a herd of cattle/elephants/goats

- I experience a surge of anger when I saw what he’d done

- We gave her a round of applause after the speech

- Banks get paid retailers each time a debit card is used

Type 4:

Noun + Verb

Or Verb +

Nouns

E.g: have a party/ take a break /fall pregnant / keep a promise /

get married/ miss an opportunity(a chance)

- A lion roars, they do not shout

- The company launched the product in 2019

- I always try to do my homework in the morning, after making

my bed

- He has been asked to give a presentation about his work

Type 5:

Adverb + verb

- The movie was highly recommended

- The singer has to apologize publicly for his behavior

- The chemical must be thoroughly examined

- She placed the beautiful jar gently on the window ledge

These verb-prepositional phrases also include phrasal verbs:

burst into tears/ run out of money/ swelling with pride

- At first her eyes filled with horror, and then she burst into tears

- Their behavior was enough to drive anybody to crime

6 An overview of the new 11 th English textbook

According to the new 11th English textbook program, there are many changes

in this new text book in comparison with the old text book There are 10 units in all,

in each unit there are 6 sections: Getting started, Language, Reading, Speaking, Listening, Writing, Communication and Culture, Looking back and Project The book contains many urgent and practical topics in today's society and in the future They are about generation gap, relationship, independence, disabilities, ASEAN, health, education, global, warming, heritage site, and so on Each part is also very important for students to understand the topic of the units And in this school year, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, according to the offload program of the Ministry of Education and Training, students only study 4 main parts: Getting started; Language; and 2 skills: Reading and Writing No matter what they learn, all lessons and skills are related to vocabulary and especially many advanced vocabularies with word combinations known as collocations If students only learn single words, they cannot understand the lessons or do the exercises easily Therefore, it is very necessary to direct students to learn collocations so that they can remember vocabulary longer and apply them to exercises and skills

7 Current status of students in learning English vocabulary

Being an English teacher at High School, I realized that the students face different problems and that is when learning vocabulary, they make many mistakes

in learning a single and discrete vocabulary although most of them look up new words and even write phonetics, or word families but that is not enough Because this is the way, which makes the students easy to forget the words quickly They need to grasp their phrases and the context in which they are used in order to truly understand and remember that vocabulary well For most students, if they do not know the meaning of the word, ignore or select at random, or look up the dictionary for each word without rewriting and find some more words related to that main word This way of learning makes it easy for students to forget words if they repeat it next time they do not remember and there are some students who still write it down but not classify into groups such as:

- Natural words such as: do your best, make money, have lunch, chair a meeting, …

- idioms: a small potato, catch somebody red-handed, black-and-white, …

- fixed phrase: to catch a cold, drug addict, in double-quick time, …

- semi-fixed phrase: learn + by heart/ by rote/ by doing / from experience,

And in fact, the English test has many different types of exercises such as reading comprehension, filling in blank words, finding synonyms, finding similar expressions, etc., mostly around students having a firm grasp phrases or not For example, the word-fill quiz is just a trick where the proposer cuts a word or two from the fixed phrase into the answer along with the confusing options If the students know the phrase, they will choose the correct answer, but if they do not know any phrases or idioms, there is a 95% chance of making a mistake

E.g Question 1 Thanks to her father's encouragement, she has made great

in her study

A standard B development C contribution D progress

Question 2: My aunt used to sell vegetables at the local market to _ a living

A earn B do C take D have

Question 3: Mr Brown, a self-made businessman, attributed his success to hard and a bit of luck

A work B task C mission D career

If the students don’t know these collocations, they will surely choose the wrong answer And the answer for question 1 is D, for question 2 is A and A is for question

3

In Writing, students often find it hard to produce a good writing One of the reasons for that is they cannot find the right word Another lies in the fact that they cannot write in as accurate a way as they expect because they fail to get an adjective or an adverb to collocate with the noun or the verb used

Let’s have a look at the following sample writing by a student of 11th English class after finishing the 10th grade about “the benefits of a smartphone”

Nowadays, Smartphone is very popular in our life Thank to smartphone, we have some following benefits:

First of all, Smartphone is used to communication You can use it to do phone calls, send and receive messages in anywhere

Moreover, it is also used for entertainment You can use it to listen to music as well

as play games, service for our entertainment at the same time

Finally, you can stay in touch it very easy to surf the web, use maps to look for places, start a communication with your friends at any moment

Beside some benefits, smartphones also have some harm such as: nerve damage, eyesight worse and so on In conclusion, if you know how to use it right way, you will have many advantages to do many things

In general, the writing is quite easy to understand However, it uses simple words and is strongly advisable to make some changes in terms of collocations, regardless

of others aspects, so that the paragraph will sound more natural, accurate and impressive to readers as examiners

II THE STUDY

1 Materials and Methodology

1.1 Participants

The participants of the research consist of 75 students of 11th classes 11A1 and 11D2 at Le Viet Thuat high school Students of these two classes are considered to have the same level of English In this study, no students were identified by their names, but they had to give their class names All of them have the same time of learning English of six years, and they have already completed the syllabus of 10th

English textbook

1.2 The Instruments

The questionnaire was designed with 9 questions for different kinds of students

(see Appendix 1) At first, students provided information such as age, years of

studying English, and class Then they answered the questions by ticking or circling

or writing the answers if necessary All of them had to express their views on the interest of learning English, vocabulary and collocations

1.3 Data collection

A survey through questionnaire was conducted among the participants with a view to gathering students’ opinions on learning vocabulary and knowing about collocations The participants were asked to answer all of them honestly and frankly All of these answers would be used as important data of the study

After that, the participants were divided into two classes, one was applied to teach vocabulary with collocations (11D2) while the rest was only taught basic vocabulary according to textbooks (11A1) After the two groups had completed their study with different teaching methods, they were asked to do a multiple choice

exercise (see Appendix 2) to get marks The data gained from the questionnaire along

with the results of students’ presentations in class were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the application of collocations

In addition to this, by observing in class through students' lessons, teachers also

partly assessed the results of students' learning

2 Findings of the study

The survey I have administered to the above-mentioned group of students shows that most of students (78%) were very interested in learning English and learning vocabulary because they suppose learning English vocabulary is very

important And most of them realized that the vocabulary in the new 11th English book is quite difficult

However, most students do not understand how collocations in English are when they still encounter them every day And the result was about 40% of students ticked the correct answer with collocations, most of them (60%) chose the wrong answer

In fact if the students understand collocations, they surely think it is very necessary to learn collocations and they know if teachers usually teach in class or not, for this, students can guess

One more significant finding related to students was that most of the students choose to use technology in learning English such as smartphones, computers and Ipads and only a small number of them added E-books to improve their English Vocabulary

And a number of students agreed that they still didn't have enough vocabulary and needed to learn more to improve their English use

From these findings, I would like to share some experience on teaching collocations of units in the new 11th English textbook in order to facilitate students’ process of learning skills effectively

III APPLICATION

During the learning process, students have learned vocabulary through each unit, so I only summarize the collocations so that they can remember it when doing related exercises Some words that have appeared in previous lessons will not be taught again, only given exercises for students to remember or not

*Methods:

- Depending on the number of collocations included in each lesson, I used elective periods, for example “Vocabulary related to Lesson 1,2,3, " to teach and test collocations through the games and exercises If the lesson hasn’t completed, I will use a part of the “Practice Test” period to help students with collocation exercises

- When teaching vocabulary, I applied methods such as: giving an English word and asking students to find a word that can be combined with that word to get a phrase according to each topic of the lesson; or writing the English transcription and then telling students to write down the phrase; providing a picture and asking students to give a phrase - collocation

- I also used games in English such as crossword, noughts and crosses, who wants

to be a millionaire?, fishing game and so on

- Then the teacher provided the following table to students so that the students could use it for a long time in the process of learning English

Below are just some of the collocations that students learned in lessons and skills and listed by categories In fact, there are many methods to test students' memorization of vocabulary learning, but in the limit of this topic, I only applied the method of providing phrases with types of collocations and application exercises And the exercises cannot also test all the collocations given through the lessons

Theme 1: Unit 1: The Generation Gap

+ Teaching vocabulary through collocations

- nuclear family: gia đình hạt nhân

- generation gap: khoảng cách thế hệ

- table manners: cách cư xử trong quy tắc ăn uống

- brand name: tên/nhãn thương hiệu

- soft drink: nước ngọt

- junk food: đồ ăn vặt

- school children: học sinh

- point of view = viewpoint: quan điểm

- lack of communication/understanding: Thiếu giao tiếp / hiểu

- to make decisions: quyết định

- to share/do/split the chores: chia sẻ công việc nhà

- to choose a university/career: chọn trường đại học/nghề nghiệp

- to change one’s mind: thay đổi quyết định

- to have a lot of junk food and soft drinks: Ăn vặt và uống nước

ngọt nhiều

- to make friends: kết bạn

Type 6: Verbs

and adverbs

- to dress badly: ăn mặc xấu

Type 7: - to follow in S.O’s footsteps: theo gót ai/nối nghiệp ai

- to impose Sth on S.O: áp đặt/đè nặng

- to have a great relationship with: có mối quan hệ tốt với

- to break the rules and norms: phá vỡ nội quy và chuẩn mực

- to judge S.O by appearances: đánh giá ai bằng vẻ bề ngoài

- to have conflict with S.O: có xung đột với ai

= get into conflict with S.O + Providing application exercises

Task 1: Choose the best answer

1 This system additional burden on many people

2 Nam’s daddy is rather conservative He always wants Nam to follow in his _

A footsteps B handwritings C minds D headache

3 I’m part of a(n) , you know There are seven people in my family including my grandparents, my uncle, my parents, my little brother and me

C single family D extended /multi-generational family

4 Some teens want the expensive clothes, which can lead to a financial _on their parents

A dependence B reliance C burden D independence

5 We were aware of a real _between us – young and old age We often have disagreement about things

A generation gap B conflict C controversy D opposition

6 My brother sometimes gets into _ with my parents about his clothes styles

A generation gap B conflict C controversy D opposition

7 My grandpa is the most conservative person in my family He never about way of life

A gives his opinion B changes his mind

C expresses his view D keeps in mind

8 Instead of someone by their appearance, you should get to know them better

A swearing B judging C controlling D choosing

9 I don't understand why you like clothes They are too bright and young for your age

A flashy B fashionable C comfortable D tight

10 Some parents care a lot about the appropriate behavior when having a meal with other people That is why they want to teach their children good _from

a very early age

A table manners B behave C attitude D knowledge

Answer:

Task 2: Read the text and fill in the gaps

The (1) _gap refers to the difference in attitudes or behavior between a younger generation and the older one In my opinion, different attitudes towards life, different views about certain problems, and a lack of (2) _can cause a generation gap in most societies

One of the factors is that parents and children generally see things from different perspectives (3) a career is a good example for this Many parents try

to (4) _certain careers they favor on their children, based on their own perceptions However, young people don’t always understand their parents’ points

of (5) Instead, they prefer to be free to (6) _their own decisions on their future career

Answer:

Theme 2: Unit 2: Relationships

+ Teaching vocabulary through collocations

Type 1: Adjectives

and nouns

- romantic relationship: mối quan hệ lãng mạn

- single-sex school: trường 1 giới

- opposite-sex friend: bạn khác giới

- real/true friendship: tình bạn thực sự/chân chính

Type 4:

Noun + Verb

Or Verb + Nouns

- to have an argument (with S.O): cãi nhau với ai

- to have got a date (with S.O): hẹn hò với ai

- to take the initiative: chủ động

- to make jokes: trêu đùa

- to get divorced: ly hôn

- to get married: kết hôn

- to get/be involved in = take part in = participate in =

engage in (an activity/a contest/a competition): tham gia

vào

- to lend an ear(idiom): lắng nghe

- to be in a relationship: đang hẹn hò

- to drop out of school: bỏ học

- to have good relationship with S.O = to be on good terms

with S.O = to get on well with: có mối quan hệ tốt với ai

+ Providing application exercises

Task 1: Match the phrases in column A with their definition in column B

8 have got a date

A to listen to someone with patience and sympathy

B to end your marriage by an official or legal process

C a relationship based on love and emotional attraction

D to have a meeting with a boyfriend or a girlfriend E.to have a friendly or pleasant relationship with someo

ne

F to take an opportunity to act before other people do

G to stop going to classes before finishing one's studies

2 They in a charity campaign for the unemployed during Covid-19

epidemic

3 Their close friendship turned into a

4 Ann and John are but are always having a lot of arguments

5 I feel really excited because I with Laura tomorrow

6 In my class, the girls are with all the boys, except me

7 Many students to set up their own businesses and become employed

self-8 Due to financial conflict over years, they decided to _

Answer:

1 lend an ear - broke up 2 take the initiative

3 romantic relationship 4 in a relationship

7 drop out of school 8 get divorced

Theme 3: Unit 3: Becoming independent

+ Teaching vocabulary through collocations

- time-management skill: kỹ năng quản lý thời gian

- a number of life skills: các kỹ năng sống

- soft skills: kỹ năng mềm

- studying skills: kỹ năng học tập

Type 4:

Noun + Verb

Or Verb + Nouns

- to have a close friend: có bạn thân

- to have a lot of knowledge: có kiến thức

- to meet deadline: làm kịp thời hạn

- to get permission: nhận được sự cho phép

- to have confidence (in ): tự tin/ đặt niềm tin vào

- to prioritize activities/tasks: ưu tiên các hoạt động/nhiệm

vụ

- to make plans: có kế hoạch

- to develop routines: phát triển thói quen

Type 5: Adverb +

verb

- to be strongly motivated: có động lực mạnh mẽ

- to feel stressed/lonely: cảm thấy căng thẳng, cô đơn

Type 6: Verbs and

adverbs/adjectives

- to become/be independent: trở nên tự tin

- to live independently: sống tự lập # live dependently

- to act independently and responsibly: hành động tự lập

- to cope with/deal with loneliness: đối phó với sự cô đơn

- the early bird: người đến sớm

- to be at a loss: lúng túng, bối rối

- to take responsibility for: chịu trách nhiệm

= to be responsible for

+ Providing application exercises

Task 1

Choose the best answer

1 _ independent is being able to take care of yourself, and not having

to rely on anyone else

2 You have to _ responsibility for any situation and overcome these obstacles

3 It was essential for him to be financially of his parents, so he decided to find

a part-time job

A dependent B independent C dependable D undependable

4 I am _motivated to keep following my academic career full of challenges by my sister's determination and perseverance

A strongly B slightly C weakly D heavily

5 You should make a list of things to do and them if you want to work effectively

6 Effective skills help you break each project down into the achievable tasks

A time-keeping B time – consuming

C Time- management D Time-line

7 communication skill plays an important role in career success

A Personal B Individual C Interpersonal D Interactive

8 You must believe in your abilities and have _ in yourself to succeed

A confidence B decisiveness C independence D reliance

9 Attracted by early season discounts and bargains, 500 early _ lined up at

7 a.m yesterday to get into the store

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the

following questions

10 The boy is at a loss when he sees his parents at the door of his classroom

A embarrassed B puzzled C confused D calm

Answer:

Task 2: Complete the passage with the right form of the following words to have right collocations

(1) _ with loneliness is a very important skill of needed (2) _ living skills for teens because every teen has needed it It doesn't matter unless they are going to college, starting a new job and moving into an apartment or getting (3) _ Leaving your childhood home and being on your own for the first time will cause some level of loneliness Teens who know how to recognize loneliness as the temporary feeling it is, use their (4) system and work through their loneliness have learned a valuable (5) skill and they do

just fine

Those who cannot get over their (6) may make wrong (7) about where and how to live or who to live with We should recognize that being alone does not mean being lonely Being comfortable with ourselves is part of having

a healthy attitude Reading, drawing, crafting and listening to music are activities that we can enjoy by ourselves without feeling (8) _

lonely marry dependence life lone

make involve decision copy support

We should get (9) _ in activities with our friends and activities we can help others There are so many ways for us to connect with our family and friends, such as email, letter writing, online social networking, texting and (10) phone calls

Answer:

1 Copying 2 independent 3 married 4 support 5 life

6 lonliness 7 decisions 8 lonely 9 involved 10 making

Theme 4: Unit 4: Caring for those in need

+ Teaching vocabulary through collocations

Type 1: Adjectives and

nouns

- disabled person/people/student(s) = students/people with disabilites # non-disabled

person /people/student(s): người khuyết tật # người

không khuyết tật

- cognitive impairment/disability: sự suy giảm về

nhận thức

- hearing impairment/disability: khiếm thính

- physical/ mobility impairment/disability: suy giảm

thể chất, vận động (tàn tật)

- visual impairment/disability: khiếm khuyết về thị

giác

- hearing loss: tai điếc

- deafening noise: tiếng ồn gây điếc

- learning disability: gặp khó khăn trong học tập

- to achieve success: đạt được thành công

- to have talents and skills: có tài năng và kỹ năng

- to make a cake: làm bánh

- to reduce discrimination: giảm sự phân biệt

- to make a donation: tặng

Type 5: Adverb + verb - to be mentally retarded/ impaired: chậm phát triển

- to say enthusiastically: nói một cách nhiệt tình

- to treat fairly/unfairly: đối xử công bằng/không

công bằng

+ Providing application exercises

Task 1: Look at the symbols and write disabilities

5

People with

Answer:

1 People with visual impairments/disabilities

2 People with cognitive impairments/disabilities

3 People with mobility/physical impairments/disabilities

4 People with hearing impairments/disabilities

5 People with speech impairments/disabilities

Task 2: Choose the best answer

1 Films and television shows often have subtitles displayed in the same language if the speaker has impairment

2 People with _impairments have difficulty climbing stairs

A mobility B cognitive C mental D visual

3 We should get _ in charity work to help people in need

A involved B involve C involvement D involving

4 After the visit to that special school, we friends with some students with reading disabilities

5 We couldn't hear anything because of the noise of the drums the next-door neighbors were playing

6 Students with _ impairments may suffer from difficulties with memory, self-expression, information processing, and other learning disabilities

7 The Youth Union in our school has decided to launch a/an to raise funds for local charities

A activity B announcement C campaign D decision

8 Everyone can help the needy (people in need/those in need) by making a to

A donate B donation C donor D donating

9 Many experts believe that noise is the main cause of approximately half of all cases of loss

A cognitive B hearing C mental D visual

10 He has not developed mentally as much as others at the same age He's

C mentally retarded D mentally restricted

11 Precisely when the first wheeled chairs were invented and used for persons

is unknown

12 Some people believe that disabilities should not prevent people from participating _ in our community’s life

13 You can help a child with a learning _ by identifying his or her primary learning style

A obstacle B condition C disadvantage D disability

14 We need to help many students with disabilities to become independent, integrate

in the community and success at school

15 Age-related changes within the middle ear are documented but appear to cause little significant _ impairment

16 This special school helps students with impairments to learn Braille

A cognitive B hearing C mental D visual

Answer:

11.A 12.A 13.D 14.A 15.C 16.D

Theme 5: Unit 5: Being part of ASEAN

+ Teaching vocabulary through collocations

Type 1: Adjectives

and nouns

- regional peace and stability: hòa bình và ổn định khu vực

- internal # external interference/intervention: sự can thiệp

nội bộ/bên ngoài

- main principle: nguyên tắc cơ bản

- economic growth: sự phát triển

Type 3:

Noun + Noun

- community development: sự phát triển cộng đồng

- family values: giá trị gia đình

- ASEAN charter = the constitution of ASEAN: hiến chương

ASEAN

Type 4:

Noun + Verb

Or Verb + Nouns

- to have a chance to do sth: có cơ hội làm gì

- to maintain stability and peace: duy trì sự ổn định và hòa

- to develop rapidly: phát triển nhanh chóng

- to compete regionally and internationally: cạnh tranh trong

- to come into force: có hiệu lực

- to enter into force: bắt đầu có hiệu lực

+ Providing application exercises

Task 1: Choose the best answer

1 What is another word for the Constitution of ASEAN?

A the Southeast Asian Games B the ASEAN Para Games

C the ASEAN Charter D the ASEAN cooperation

2 The right of every nation is to lead its national existence free from external

A involvement B prevention C interference D interruption

3 The ASEAN charter entered into after ten members signed it

4 They are to respect for the member states' independence and non-interference in their _affairs

5 Bao Thy's father asked her about the main of the ASEAN Charter

A principals B methods C principles D events

6 More contacts between non-disabled and disabled people will change attitudes and reduce in life

A discrimination B discrimination C discriminatory D discriminate

7 At the same time, ASEAN focuses on protecting regional peace and _, and providing opportunities for its member states to discuss differences peacefully

A stability B stable C stabile D stabilize

8 The ASEAN Charter _ into force on 15 December 2008

Answer:

Task 2: Underline the collocations in the following sentences

1 I’m thinking of participating in a competition on ASEAN and the ASEAN Charter

2 ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and it was formed

2 ASEAN aims to promote peace, security and stability in the region

3 ASEAN’s aims and purposes focuses on improving member states' economies and

maintaining regional peace and stability

4 Do you remember a main principle of ASEAN Charter is right to live without external interference’?

Theme 6: Unit 6: Global Warming

+ Teaching vocabulary through collocations

Type 1: Adjectives

and nouns

- global warming: sự nóng lên toàn cầu

- infectious disease: bệnh truyền nhiễm

- heat-related illness: bệnh liên quan nhiệt nóng

- ecological balance: sự cân bằng sinh thái

- environmental threats: sự đe dọa môi trường

- widespread extinction: sự tuyệt chủng trên diện rộng

- catastrophic/disastrous/extreme weather partterns: các

kiểu thời tiết khắc nghiệt

Type 3:

Noun + Noun

- greenhouse gas: khí gây hiệu ứng nhà kính

- climate change: sự biến đổi khí hậu

- carbon footprint: khí thải carbon

- carbon dioxide (CO2): carbon

- carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions: chất/ khí thải carbon

- fossil fuels: nhiên liệu hóa thạch

- average temperature: nhiệt độ trung bình

- species diversity: sự đa dạng loài

- species extinction: sự tuyệt chủng loài

- sea level rising= rising of sea levels: mực nước biển dâng

Type 4:

Noun + Verb

Or Verb + Nouns

- to capture/absorb CO2: hấp thụ CO2

- to upset ecological balance: làm xáo trộn hệ cân bằng sinh thái

Type 6: Verbs and

- to have negative/severe impact on: ảnh hưởng, tác động

= to have the worst impact/influence on

- to have serious consequences: gây hậu quả nghiêm trọng

- to be a great/serious matter of concern for: là 1 vấn đề lớn

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