Unit 2: Cultural diversity Lesson: Reading I.. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson the students will be able to have some basic background information about the difference between Am
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Lesson: Reading
I Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson the students will be able to have some basic
background information about the difference between American and Asian thoughts on love and marriage such as physical attractiveness, confiding,
partnership of equals, trust built on love
- Improve their reading skill by explaining the meaning of words and answering questions
II Method: mainly communicative
III Teaching aids: Textbook, cassette &tape
IV Procedure:
1 Class organization:
2 Check-up: Check Ss’ homework
3 New lesson:
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reading
While
reading
A B
2 Traditional music B Dam cuoi 3.LongTradit dres
s
nguyen dan
4 Marriage D Nhac co
truyen
5 Mid- autumn fest E Tinh yeu 6.Lunar Tet holiday F tet trung
thu
- Ask Ss to read the passages one before
- Read again
- Explain students some new words in the text
- Help Ss to pronounce
- Ask students to read again
- Correct their mistakes
1/ Task 1:
- Give handouts: Matching A with B
A 1.Precede 2 Determine 3.Confide 4.Sacrifice
5 Obliged
B
a happen or exist before
b tell someone about something
- Read the passage
- Ask teacher if having new words
- Read the passages
- Read the text by self
- Do the task
1-a , 2-d , 3- b ,
4-e ,5-c
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Date of preparation: 6/9/2014
Unit 2: Cultural diversity
Lesson: Reading
I Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson the students will be able to have some basic
background information about the difference between American and Asian thoughts on love and marriage such as physical attractiveness, confiding,
partnership of equals, trust built on love
- Improve their reading skill by explaining the meaning of words and answering questions
II Method: mainly communicative
III Teaching aids: Textbook, cassette &tape
IV Procedure:
1 Class organization:
2 Check-up: Check Ss’ homework
3 New lesson:
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reading
After
reading
2/ TASK 2
- Ask students to read the questions
carefully
- Ask students to read through the
passage again
- Divide the class into pairs to do
- Call some students to give the answers
- Ask others students to correct
- Give the true answers
- Ask student to work in pairs to talk
about the differences between American
and Asian culture
+ Traditional.
- Family usually has three generations
living together
- The elder tell the younger what to do
- The children are dependent on their
parents
marriage?
• Yes / No
+ Do you agree with this opinion?
+ Do you think that there are places in which people still think that this opinion is true? + Where do you live, in Western countries or Asian countries?
- Read the passage
- Ask teacher if having new words
- Work in pairs to answer the questions
1.They are trust on building love , Physical attractiveness , Confiding, Partnership of equals
2 The Americans were much more concerned than the Indian and Chinese with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or husband
3 The Indian students are agree that a woman has to sacrifice more in a marriage than a man
4 Because he loves her not because he has to
5 The main finding of the
is supposed love
to marriage follow
it not precede
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Date of preparation:6/9/2014
Unit 2: Cultural diversity
Lesson: Speaking
I Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson the students will be able to compare and contrast the culture of the Western country and an Eastern one
- Express their point of view on cultural matters related to family life by using structures showing agreement and disagreement such as I think / I don't agree
II Method: mainly communicative
III Teaching aids: Textbook, lesson planning and handouts
IV Procedure:
1 Class organization:
2 Check-up: Check Ss’ homework
3 New lesson:
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speaking
While
speaking
your family?
4 So how many generations live in your home?
5 Is it good?
- Calling some Ss to answer these questions orally
1- Task 1: Express your point of view
- Ask Ss to open the book on page
22
- Ask Ss to read the sentences in the box in Task 1 on page 22
- T can explain some special expressions if necessary
- Read aloud and instructs Ss how
to use these expressions
Some special expressions
I think / feel / believe… I don’t agree……
In my opinion …… It’s not true……
For me…
That’s true / wrong /…
- Ask Ss to express their point of view on the following ideas, using the words or expressions in the box
● In Vietnam, there are three or four more generation may live in a home
● A happy marriage should be based on love
● In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage not precede it
● In some countries, a man and a
- Open the book and look at the sentences in the box on page 22
- Listen to the teacher and write down the new
expression in their notebooks
- Read after the teacher
- Choose some of these ideas and then use the expressions
in the box to express their points of view
- Work in pairs
S1 I think it is not convenient for a family of three or four generations to live together in a home The distance of ages may cause disagreement among the member
S2 I think it's a good idea to have three or four
generations living under one roof They can help each other a lot
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- Write a short passage about the differences and similarities in celebrating a wedding ceremony in Vietnam and American
- Prepare for listening lesson of unit 2
Date of preparation /08/2011
Period 11: Unit 2: Cultural diversity Lesson: Writing
I Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson the students will be able to get an insight into one of the Vietnamese cultural identities: conical leaf hat and improve their writing skills through making an account of a cultural feature of Vietnam basing on a given outline
II Method: mainly communicative
III Teaching aids: Textbook, lesson planning
IV Procedure:
1 Class organization:
2 Check-up: Check Ss’ writing
3 New lesson:
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writing
While
writing
-Asks Ss to look at the pictures and asks: What’s this?
-Asks Ss some questions:
1 Where in Vietnam do people often wear leaf hat?
2 Who wear it?
3 What form is it?
leads to the new lesson →
Describing the conical leaf hat.
* Gives Ss some new words:
+ leaf (n) : lá cây + rim (n): vành
+ ribs (n : g©n (lá cây ) + strap (n) d©y(da , lôa Reads once time and then asks Ss to repeat again
- Ask Ss to copy it down into their notebooks
TASK 1
- Now T asks Ss to open the book on page 25, look at Task
1 T explains :You are going to write about the conical leaf hat or “nãn l¸”, a symbol of Vietnamese culture Look at the picture below , write Vietnamese equivalents for the English words
- T suggests useful expressions
Useful expression
To be made from:
- T gives some suggested
Expected answers:
1 Vietnam, Hue city
2 girls, women
3 Conical form
Listen and repeat again Copy
- Ss look at the picture on page
25, work in pairs and finish Task 1
The answer :
1 leaf 2 ribs 3 rim
4 strap
- Ss answer the question
3 It’s made from a special kind of bamboo and young soft palm leaves.
4 It has a conical form.
5 The diameter is about 45 or
50 centimeters and it is about
25 or 30 centimeters high.
6 Either 16 or 18 ribs are shaped into a conical form which is then covered with palm leaves The leaves are sewn into rims.
Sample writing :
The conical leaf hat is one of the typical features of the
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- Write a short paragraph to introduces about the wedding ceremonies in Vietnam
- Prepare for the language focus lesson