Time Steps Work arrangement — T gets Ss to make sentences with some important words, e.g.. — Before Ss listen and do the task, T gets them to read through the statements to understand
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arrangement
— T gets Ss to make sentences with some important words,
e.g race, athletic, association, etc
Instruction: You are going to listen about the Boston
Marathon Listen and answer True or False questions Put
a tick (“) in the appropriate box
— Before Ss listen and do the task, T gets them to read
through the statements to understand them and underline
key words For example, the key words in the first
statement are "every year” and "USA", etc
— T plays the tape (or reads the tapescript) once for Ss to
listen and do the task
— Then T gets Ss to find a partner to check their answers
with
— T checks the answers with the whole class If many Ss
cannot answer the questions, T plays the tape one or two
more times and pauses at the answers for them to catch
—T checks if Ss can answer the questions in Task 2
without listening again If they cannot, T plays the tape for
them to listen again but before doing this, T should
encourage Ss to read through all the questions, identify the
information they need to look for in each question (by
finding the key words and the question word, e.g "what,
"where', "when", "how", etc.) and if possible, predict the
Individual work, pair work & whole class
Individual work, pair work & whole class
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— Then T plays the tape again for Ss to listen and answer
the questions While Ss are listening, T should encourage
them to note down the answers T should remind Ss to
write down only the main points in note forms but not full
sentences
— T gets Ss to check their answers with a partner Then T
checks with the whole class T should play the tape again
and pause at difficult points if many Ss cannot complete
the task
Answer:
1 New York
2 In 1972 3.8 4.6164 Tapescript:
Trang: What are you reading, Paul?
Paul: The history of Boston Marathon This is one of
the oldest road races in the United States
Trang: It sounds interesting How often is it held?
Paul: Every year, in the middle of April
Trang: When did the Boston Marathon begin?
Paul: It began in 1897 And the same year Mc John
Dermott won the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon
Trang: Who was John Mc Dermott? Where did he come
from?
Paul: He was the first man who won the first Boston
Marathon in the USA He came from New York
Trang: How long did it take him to reach the finish?
Paul: He was engaged from 15 runners, and he
clocked 2 hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds
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Trang: That was a great man! And what about female
runners, Paul? I mean did women have right to
participate in long distance running?
Paul: Yes But not until 1967 women were formally
accepted to take part in the Boston races And a few years later Kuscsik, the first woman, became
the first official champion as a female runner
Trang: Really? When did she win the race?
Paul: In 1972 At that time there were 8 women
starting the race and all & finished
Trang: How wonderful they were Paul, I'm wondering if
the race is held for only American people
Paul: No In fact, each year more runners from every
part of the world join the Boston Marathon For example, in 1984 there were 6164 runners from
34 different countries running in the marathon
Trang: Can you tell me some more about the rules of the
Boston Marathon?
Paul: Yes, of course According to its rules, the Boston
race is about 26 miles, or 42 kilometres Runners
have to go through 13 towns during the race It
ends in the centre of Boston
Trang: Oh ! It's a quite long distance But it's an
interesting sport for all people
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—T introduces the task: Ss talk about a famous
Vietnamese runner or sportsman / sportswoman that they
like
—T puts Ss in small groups of 3 or 4 Each group will
prepare a short biography of a famous Vietnamese runner
(or sportsman / sportswoman) that they like but they
should not let other groups know who this person is T Group work
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arrangement
might want to appoint a group leader for each group This
person will monitor the discussion, note down friends’
ideas and appoint a representative to present the groups'
work to the class
— T goes around to check and offer help
— After checking that all the groups have finished, T calls
on the representative of each group to talk about their
favourite sportsman / sportswoman, without telling the
class the name of this person Other groups will try to
guess who this person 1s
—T listens and takes note of Ss’ errors T provides
corrective feedback after that
3!
— T summarises the main point of the lesson
— For homework, Ss learn by heart new words and make
EXTRA ACTIVITY
Talking about SEA GAMES 22 VIETNAM
T divides the class into 2 big teams T prints out the medals table (see below) and gives it to Ss in the two teams Then T asks them questions like
"How many medals did Vietnam get?" For each question the first team to answer correctly will get one point After the game has finished, the class counts the points each team has collected to decide who has won
The medal table
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Write a letter to reply to the request of information
3 A hang—man game Group work
(To revise the vocabulary Ss learned in previous lessons)
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— T divides the class into 2 big groups and draws each of
them a gallows on the board
—T explains to Ss that they are going to play a
"Hangman" game which has to do with the the names of
Vietnam's popular TV game / talent shows and contests
The rule is each time T gives a secret word and the groups
will take turn to guess it by telling what letters they think
there are in this word If Ss choose a letter that appears
one or more times in the secret word, the letters and their
positions will be revealed and Ss can keep on guessing the
next letter On the other hand, if Ss guess a letter that is
not in the secret word, then a piece of the man being
hanged will be added to the gallows and they will lose
their turn to the other group Ss will get one point for each
secret word they can guess correctly and get a minus point
for each complete hangman they have got When the game
is over, T will count how many points each group has
collected and the group with more points will win the
game
— T leads the game, using the names of such TV shows as
The Magic Conical Hat (The Wheel of Fortune), One
hundred Arena (One versus One hundred), Vietnam Idol,
Who wants to be the millionaire, The price is right, etc (T
may want to add more to suit his / her classroom) For
each show, T draws the same number of dashes as the
number of letters in its name For example, for the show
"Vietnam Idol", T would need 11 dashes like this:
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contest, what information about the competition / contest
they would like to know and would look for T writes the
answers on the board E.g
When? (the date and time)
Where? (the venue)
Who? (who can participate, who are the hosts / judges,
who to contact, etc.)
How? (how to apply to participate, how the contest
proceeds, how the candidates’ performance is assesses,
etc.)
What? (what is expected of the candidates, what the
award is)
— Then T gets Ss to read the letter in TASK 1
individually T asks Ss to indentify who wrote the letter,
for what purpose, what information she requested and
compare their answers with the ideas on the board
whole class
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— T gets Ss to read the requirements of TASK 2 and work
out with a peer what they need to include in the reply
letter and what kind of language (formal? informal?) they
need to use
— T checks the answers with the class and gives feedback
If necessary, T reminds Ss of the format and language of a
formal letter (e.g it normally includes the sender's
address, it begins with "Dear ," not "Hello / Hi" and 1s
closed with "Yours sincerely / faithfully / truly" or "Best /
kind / warm regards" not "Bye" or "Cheers"
— Now T gets Ss to write their own letters in 10 minutes Individual
work & pair work
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— T then asks Ss to get in pairs, exchange their letters and
correct each other
— T goes around to offer help
A sample letter:
English for the World
106 Tran Hung Dao St., Hoan Kiem Dist
HANOI
October 18, 2007 Dear Thu Trang,
Thank you for your interest in our English Speaking
Competition Here is the information that you request
Date and time: 8:30 p.m, October 25, 2006
Venue: 106 Tran Hung Dao
Number of participants: 25
Entry procedure: Candidates fill an application form to
participate
We encourage you to apply to participate by 4 p.m., October
20 Because this year we limit the number of participants to
only 25, applications submitted late will not be considered
For further information, please contact me on 9838188 or
email me at Englishclub06@yahoo.com
We wish you good luck at the contest and look forward to
seeing you there
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gives final comments afterwards T should draw Ss'
attention to the format of the letter, the organisation of
ideas and language use
3 WRAPPING-UP Whole class
— T summarises the main points of the lesson
— For homework, T asks Ss to revise their letters
according to their peer's suggestions and submit for
marking in the next lesson
—The date and time
—The venue
—The entry procedure
—The contact person
—The contact phone number
Period 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I Objectives
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
— Distinguish the clusters / tr /, / dr /, / tw / and pronounce the words and sentences containing them correctly
— Understand reported speech with gerund and use these structures to solve
communicative tasks
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work &
times and explains how to produce them E.g.: When
producing / tr /, Ss should produce / t / first and then
quickly switch to /r/, and so on
whole class
— T plays the tape (or reads) once for Ss to hear the words
containing these clusters Then T plays the tape (or reads)
again and this time asks Ss to repeat after the tape (or T)
— T asks Ss to read the words in each column out loud in
chorus for a few more times Then T calls on some Ss to
read the words out loud T listens and corrects if Ss
pronounce the target words incorrectly If many Ss do not
pronounce the words correctly, T may want to get them to
repeat after the tape (or himself) again in chorus and then
individually
Practising sentences containing the target sounds
— T asks Ss to work in pairs and take turn to read aloud
the given sentences (p 73, Practise these sentences)
— T goes around to listen and takes notes of the typical
errors
— T calls on some Ss to read the sentences again and
provides corrective feedback
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Trang 11+ Meaning and use: We usually use a gerund structure to
report thanking, apologies, accusations, and so on We
don't use "say" in this structure
E.g.: I apologised the teacher for submitting my
assignment late We thank you for having helped us
generously
Note:
— Some verbs do not need a preposition, e.g stop, deny,
admit, suggest, and so on
—T might want to remind Ss that time and place
references often have to change in reported speech E.g.:
this week that week
the following day
tomorrow the next day
the day after
esterda the previous day
whole class
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the previous week
last ast Wee k the week before
previously
2 weeks previously
2 weeks ago 2 weeks before
the previous Saturday
last Saturday the Saturday before
the following Saturday the next Saturday the Saturday after that Saturday next Saturday
b Practice
Exercise 1:
— T gets Ss to do Exercise 1 individually and then find a
partner to check their answers with
— T checks with the whole class and provides corrective
feedback
Answer:
1 John congratulated us on passing our exam
2 Mary apologised for not phoning me earlier
3 Peter insisted on driving Linda to the station
4 The teacher accused the boy of not paying attention to
what he had said
5 Bob has always dreamed of being rich
6 I warned Ann against staying at the hotel near the
airport
7 Her mother prevented Jane from going out that night
8 Miss White thanked Jack for visiting her
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feedback
Answer:
1 Tom insisted on paying for the meal
2 Mr and Mrs Smith looked forward to meeting their
5 The thief admitted stealing Mrs Brown's car
6 Ann suggested having a party the next Saturday
7 John and his wife were thinking of buying the house
— T puts Ss in pairs and introduces the role play
Student A: Yesterday you ran the red light and crashed
into another vehicle The vehicle owner called the police
When the police came, they interrogated the two about the
accident The other person accused you of running the red
light and breaking the traffic law, but you denied doing so
But some witnesses approached the police and insisted on
seeing you run the red light, so finally you had to admit
your fault The police gave you a ticket and you had to
apologise them and the other person for telling a lie
Now tell you friend about the incident Remember to use
reported speech with gerund (accuse, deny, insist, admit,
apologise, etc.) Pair work
& whole class
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