Unit 2_Cultural Diversity (Speaking)

POST-SPEAKINGCONTEXT: We are going to have a debate “ Should children have mobile phones?”... This week’s debate is : “ Should children have mobile phones?” Think of at least three reaso

Review

1 They _ everything before they took their exams.

2 After we our motorbike, we will go to his house

A had reviewed B reviewed C have reviewed D review

A will repair B repaired C have repaired D will have repaired3.A: “ When are you going to ask your boss for a raise?”

B: “I to her twice her already! I don’t think she

wants to give me one.”

A have talked B have been talking C was talking D had talked

4 He speaks English very fluently He for several years

A studied B had studied C has studied D studies

Designed & Presented: VOPHAM THIEN THY M A.

Unit 2 Cultural Diversity

A WARM - UPLook at the picture and answer the questions:

In Vietnam , do people often kiss in public? Why? Or Why not?

Ex: A: In my opinion, smoking should not be allowed in public places B: I completely agree with you because it is very harmful to our health.

Giving your opinion Agreement Disagreement

I think/ believe/ feel… I agree with you… I don’t agree with you

In my opinion… That’s true / Absolutely Really? Actually I think

that…

For me…… I couldn’t agree any

As far as I know…… That’s just what I

C Task 1: Express your point of view upon the sentences given in Task 1 ( p.22), using expressions above:

1 In Vietnam three or four generations may live in a home

2 A happy marriage should be based on love

3 In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage not precede it

4 In some countries, a man and a woman hold

hands and kiss each other in public.

TASK 2: Read the typical features of the American

culture in pairs, discuss and find out the

corresponding features of the Vietnamese culture:

It is said that………

Model:

A: Hi, Tam It is said that in America, two generations live

in a home Is that the same in Vietnam?

B: Not completely because we still find three or four

generations living together in the same house especially

in the countryside or places in the big cities where

accommodation is very difficult to find

Old –aged parents live in nursing home

It is not polite to ask questions about age, marriage and income.

D POST-SPEAKING

CONTEXT: We are going to have a debate

“ Should children have mobile phones?”

“ Group-work:

• A group contains 4 members playing the

roles of Teacher, Teenager, Parent, and

Presenter

•Each member in this group will be given a

role-card You work in your group and do the tasks written on your cards

Teenager: Your name is Christ West , and you are

15 years old You are going to appear on the TV program Q & A This week’s debate is : “ Should children have mobile phones?”

Think of at least three reasons why all children should have mobile phones?

Ex: Children can tell their parents if they are late, miss a bus, etc….

Parent : Your name is Sam Richards and you are the mother or father of three children,

aged 8,11 and 15 You are going to appear on the TV program Q & A

Think of at least three reasons why children under

16 shouldn’t have mobile phones,

For example: Radiation from mobile phones is bad for children’s health…

Teacher: Your name is Max Taylor, and you are an English Teacher at a local

school…

Decide what you can say about these ideas:

Reasons why children should have mobile phones:

Example: Children without mobile phones don't have many friends…

Reasons why children shouldn’t have mobile phones

Example: problems in class ( mobile phones ringing, texting each other….)

Presenter: You are the presenter of the Tv program Q &

A On this week’s program there is a parent ( Sam

Richards ), a teenager ( Christ west , aged 15) and a

teacher ( Max Taylor )

1 Prepare a short introduction to the debate Welcome the

audience, say who the guests are and what the debate

is about.

•Why children want mobile phones.

•The age children should be given a mobile phones.

•Health problems, cost of having a mobile phone….

•Your own ideas….

2 Write questions to ask the guests about children

and mobile phones Use these topics:

B.4 THE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES

Form : have +been + V- ing ( present participle)

Meaning :The perfect continuous tenses give the idea that is in

progress immediately before, up to, until another time or event The

tenses are used to express the duration of the first event.

PRESENT

PERFECT

CONTINUOUS

(a) I have been studying

for two hours Event in progress; studying When? Before now, up to now

How long ?for two hours

PAST PERFECT

CONTINUOUS (b) I had been studying for two hours before my

friend came

Event in progress : studying.

When? Before another event in

(c) I will have been

studying for two hours by

the time you arrive

Event in progress : studying.

When? Before another event in

the future.

How long? For two hours.

8 At this time last week, we _ in Hawaii.

9 I in the sea when I was a student

A had picnicked B picnicked C were picnicking D was picnicking

A used to swim B often swum C had swum D would swam

10 Linda has lost her passport again It is the third time this _ _

A have happened B happened C is happening D has happened

11 Susan is not at work now She to

Canada

EXERCISES

16 Mary is an excellent tennis player She tennis since she was ten.

17 I did not meet John at the party When I came, he _ away”

A had been playing B has played C played D plays

18 We in Nha Trang city at this time next week

A will picnic B picnic C are picnicking D will be picnicking

19 He _ with his father when he was a little boy

20 “Why are you so late?” – “I _ for 30 minutes.”

A am waiting B had waited C waited D have been waiting

Put the verbs in the correct form

A.Last night I (go)1 to a party When I (get) 2.

there, the room was full of people Some of them (dance) 3

, and others (talk)4 One young woman

(stand) 5. _ by herself I (never/ meet) 6. _her,

so I (introduce)7 myself to her

B Next month I have a week’s vacation I ( plan)8 _ to take a trip First I (go)9 _ to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit

my brother After I (leave)10 Madison, I (go)11 _

to Chicago to see a friend who (study)12. at the university there She (live) 13. in Chicago for three years, so she

(know)14 her way around the city She (promise)15

to take me to many interesting places I (never/ be)

16. in Chicago, so I (look) 17. _forward to

going there

2 Never put the following verbs in the continuous

tenses:

Ex:

3 Never use “WILL” after “WHEN, AFTER, BEFORE, AS

SOON AS, UNTIL” in the Clauses of time.

want, like, love , hate…

Know, understand, believe, forget, remember……

Look, smell, taste, sound……

want, like, love , hate…

Know, understand, believe, forget, remember……

Look, smell, taste, sound……

Ex: I’ll take you up the mountain when we see again next year

( NOT: … When we will see)

C INCOMPLETE TEXTS

Luis,

I don’t think we should buy the photocopier that Marta

recommended I went to the computer shop last night to test

it out It doesn’t copy (1) _as our old Samuri’s L1 copier It also costs almost (2) other copiers

that have many more features The thing I loved about our old copier was the small size The product that I was most

expressed with was Samuri ‘s new L2 model It’s just as (3) _ as our old one It will take up only as much room

as our old copier, if not less And, it’s a good price Let me

know if you want me to order one.

1 A quick B quickly C as quickly D as quickly as

2 A more B much C much as D as much as

3 A compact B slow C expensive D. modern