Learning english 9 ( nâng cao)

Good habits in learning English are: + Speaking English with the teachers, other students.. + Trying to learn by heart vocabulary/ structures and make up sentences.+ Reading English book

Learning English (N©ng cao 9)

- Asking for and giving advice

- Talking about preferences

- Asking about and describing learning English

* Listening:

- Listening to the details about methods of English

- Listening information and filling the gaps, choose the most answer

- Simple future tense

- Direct and reported speech

- Giving advice about learning English

- Describing learning English

IV Unit allocation:

Lesson 1: Starter - Reading Lesson 4: Writing/ProjectLesson 2: Speaking Lesson 5: Test

Lesson 3: Listening Lesson 6: Test

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• divide the class into four groups and match.

• Call on some pairs to give answers.

Answer keys: Students compare their answers

B: Reading.

I: Pre – reading:

Let Ss discuss the following sentences

1 Is English important to you? Why or Why not?

2 Do you enjoy learning English? Why or Why not?

3 What do you think are good habits in learning English?

4 What do you think are bad habits in learning English?

* Call on some Ss to give their answers

3 Good habits in learning English are:

+ Speaking English with the teachers, other students

+ Trying to learn by heart vocabulary/ structures and make up sentences.+ Reading English books, magazines, newspapers

+ Listening to the radio, music, tape … In English

4 Bad habits in learning English are:

+ Being shy and don’t believe in communicating with everybody

+ Rarely speaking English to friends

+ Being lazy to learn vocabulary……

II: While – reading:

* Ask Ss to read the passage about learning English of Thanh.

Thanh takes learning English very seriously He is especially on English grammar

He spends many hours at home to studying grammar books and doing exercises In class,

he always has a lot of questions for his teacher about English grammar that is also keen tolearn vocabulary He always has his dictionary next to him in class and looks up some

new words he meets at home, as well as doing his homework and studying his grammarbooks, he spends twenty minutes everyday studying lists of new vocabulary that he haslearned He tries to memorize all the new words and grammar rules He quite enjoysEnglish lessons, but he doesn’t like speaking to other students He thinks they don’t speakEnglish well enough, and he does not like making mistakes So when other students workinpair or groups, he reads one of his grammar books or look through the dictionary Hefeels he is learning more by this way.

Task I: Work inpair and choose the correct answer.

Ask Ss to work in pair and choose the correct answer

1 Thanh takes English seriously

A He works hard at his English B He makes serious mistakes in English

C He enjoys correcting his friends’ mistakes

2 He is keen on English grammar

A He is afraid of English grammar A He is good at English grammar

C He likes to learn English grammar

Answer keys:

Task II: Answer the following questions.

1 How does Thanh learn English grammar and vocabulary?

2 Why doesn’t Thanh want to practice his English with other students?

• Ask Ss to work in groups and finds the answers

• Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class

Answer keys:

1 Thanh spends many hours at home studying grammar books and doing exercisesand spends 20 minutes everyday studying lists of new vocabulary…

2 Because he thinks they don’t speak English well enough

III: Post – reading:

* Ask Ss to discuss how to learn vocabulary and grammar

IV: Home work:

* Let Ss write a passage about learning their vocabulary and grammar

Learning English

Lesson 2: speaking I: Pre – speaking:

• Ask Ss to work inpair

• Make a list of the good habits and attitudes and a list of bad habits andattitudes of each learner

• Why are they good or bad?

• Do you have these habits?

The dialogue:

Nam: So how is your English class going?

Lan: Not bad, but English pronunciation is difficult for me.

Nam: Well, it is always difficult at first You could improve your pronunciation by

listening to tapes

Lan: That’s a good idea But how do you learn new words? I always seem to forget

them

Nam: I learn new words by writing them on pieces of paper and sticking them on

my bedroom wall I look at them every night before I go to sleep

Lan: Maybe I should try something like that.

Nam: And you should keep a vocabulary notebook?

Lan: What could I do with the vocabulary notebook?

Nam: Well, whenever you hear or read a new word, you should write it down.

When you have time you can go through the notebook and study the words as often as youcan

Lan: Should I write only the words?

Nam: No, you should put down some key information about the word whether it’s

a noun or verb, and some (explains) examples with it

Lan: Thank you for your advice I’ll try and do it.

II: While – speaking:

Task I: Listen and practice the dialogue with a partner.

• Ask Ss to listen to the dialogue

• Let Ss read silently

• Call on some pairs Ss to practice the dialogue

Task II: Answer the questions:

* Divide the class into four groups and answer the questions

1 What are Nam and Lan talking about?

2 What does Lan find difficult about English?

3 How can she improve her pronunciation?

4 How does Nam learn new vocabulary?

5 What does Nam advise Lan to do with the vocabulary notebook?

6 What will Lan do?

Answer keys:

1 They are talking about learning English.

2 She finds difficult about practicing English pronunciation

3 She can improve her pronunciation by listening to tapes

4 He writes new vocabulary on pieces of paper and sticks them on his bedroom wall

He looks at them every night before he goes to sleep

5 Nam advices Lan to write a new word down when she hears or reads and when shehas time she can go through the notebook and study the word as often as she can

6 She’ll try and do Nam’s advice

Task III: Discuss how to learn:

1 Improve your English pronunciation

2 Improve your writing skill

3 Read faster

4 Use grammar correctly

5 Speak English well

• Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss how to learn

• Call on some Ss to give their answers

Possible answers:

1 Improve your English pronunciation:

- usually listen to English tapes

- Speaking English to everybody at all time

- Learn new words everyday

- Listen to English music

- Practice English everyday

- Sing English songs

2 Improve your writing skills:

- Read English books, magazines, newspapers…

- Translate the texts, dialogues, stories, books into Vietnamese or English

- Do kinds of exercises of writing (rewrite, complete, sentences building…)

- Learn by heart vocabulary

- Learn by heart structures, model sentences

3 Read faster:

- Practice the dialogue with a partner

- Read many English books, magazines, newspapers…

- Learn by heart vocabulary.

- Notice word’s pronunciation

4 Use grammar correctly:

- Grammartical structures

- Model sentences

- Phrasal verbs

- Kinds of words (adjectives, adverbs, nouns, prepositions…)

- Do many types of exercises: ( word form, rewrite, combine sentences…)

5 Speak English well:

- usually learn by heart vocabulary

- Remember (structures) grammatical structures

- Practice speaking English to everybody at all time

- Being outgoing/ talkative

III: Post – speaking:

• Ask Ss to write and speak how to learn their English

• Call on some Ss to say before the class

IV: Home work:

Learning English

Lesson 3: listening I: Pre – listening:

* Divide the class into eight groups and ask Ss to complete the sentences aboutthemselves

a I have learn English for ……… years since 2002

b At first, I found……… …… The most difficult so I can not spell English correctly

c I learn English words by……… ………

d I try to improve my pronunciation by………

e In an English class, I enjoy ……… English

• Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class

Answer keys:

b Pronunciation d practicing

II: While – Listening:

Mr Baker words for Interlink Education Center He’s doing a survey on howVietnanese students learn English He’s asking Nam some questions:

* Listen to their talk and decide whether the statements are true/false:

1 Nam has learn English for six years

2 At first, only speaking was difficult for him

3 Nam didn’t speak English because he wasn’t confident

4 He only practices English in class

5 Nam learns a lot of English words from songs

6 Nam has practiced his English by answering Mr Baker’s questions

• Divide the class into eight groups and ask Ss to predict statements:

• Call on some Ss to give their answers before the class

The content of the tapes:

Nam: Good morning, Mr Baker

Mr Baker: Good morning, Nam How are you?

Nam: I’m fine, thank you And you?

Mr Baker: Fine, thanks You are in grade 8 How long have you learned English?

Nam: Oh, I started learning English when I was in grade 6

Mr Baker: How did you learn it?

Nam: well, at first I found speaking was very difficult so I wasn’t confident when I

spoke English I only practiced English in class

Mr Baker: Do you like music?

Nam: Yes, yes, I do I specially enjoy listen to MTV on TV so I learn a lot of

English words from songs

Mr Baker: Your English is improved I think you should practice English with

everybody and spend more time to learn it, you’ll be good at English

Nam: I’ll try Thank you

• Play the tape three times and ask Ss to choose T/F

Answer keys:

1 False ( Nam’s learned English for 3 years)

2 T; 3.T; 4 T; 5 T; 6 T

III: Post – Listening:

• Write the questions for the under – lined words in the following answers

1 I’ve learned English for about four years

2 Speaking was the most difficult skill for me

3 Because I was not very confident.

4 I improve my pronunciation by listening to a lot of English songs

5 Yes, I sometimes learn by heart dialogues

• Have Ss say aloud before the class

Answer keys:

1 How long have you learned English?

2 What was the most difficult skill for you? ( Which skill was…… )

3 Why didin’t you speak English?

4 How do you improve your pronunciation?

5 Do you learn by heat dialogues?

IV: Home work:

* Tell each other about Nam’s learning English Begin by:

“ Nam has learned English for three years, at first, he………”

Learning English

Lesson 4: project/writing I: Pre – writing:

* Ask Ss to work inpair and discuss the following questions:

1 How many hours do you spend learning English?

2 How many words are you going to learn everyday?

3 How do you learn grammar? and vocabulary?

• Ask Ss to give their answers and compare with others

Possible answers:

1 I spend………… hours learning English

2 I am going to learn………… words everyday

3 I learn vocabulary by heart, then make up sentences I learn grammar

by working out the rules for myself and then memorizing them

II: While – writing:

Task I: Ask Ss to write how they learn vocabulary.

• Divide the class into 8 groups and write

• Call on Ss to say/ or write on the board

Example: I keep record of new words I come cross Then I make up list I writethe words on the one side of the card and the meaning on the other side I also write atleast one sentence with a word in it I go through the cards whenever I have some sparetime and I study the words until I know them by heart By the end of each week, I put all

cards with words that have something in common together for example different kinds offood, animals, jobs or furniture.

Task II: Use these jumpled sets of suggested words to write a letter You should rearrange them in a good order first, then begin to write:

1 I/ do/ tests/ for attending/ course/ if necessary

2 you/ send/ me/ information/ courses/ an application form?

3 I/ look forward/ hear/ you/ as soon as possible

4 I/ be interested in/ come / Foreign Language Center/ summer

5 I/ learn / English/ 2 years/ and/ wait/ improve/ pronunciation

Dear sir

I saw your advertisement of English classes in Sunflowers magazine………

• Ask Ss to discuss and then write on the board

Answer keys:

Dear sir.

I saw your advertisement of English classes in Sunflowers magazine – 4 – I am veryinterested in coming to your Foreign Language Center in summer – 5 – I have learntEnglish for 2 years and now I want to improve my pronunciation – 2 – Would youplease send me some information about the courses and an application form? – 1 – Iwill do your tests for attending the course if necessary – 3 – I am looking forward tohearing from you as soon as possible

Your faithfully.

III: Post – writing:

• Ask Ss to make up questions and answer themselves

IV: Home work:

* Ask Ss to write a letter to your friends, tell your learning English (From 100words to 150 words)

Learning English

Lesson 5: test I: Choose the most answer:

1 We have many well………teacher here

A qualify B quality C qualified D qualification

2 This blouse costs……… 99.000VND

A approximative B approximately C approximation D approximats

3 If you study at the Brighton Language Center UK, you can live a………oncampus

A dormitory B mobile room C hotel D private room

4 I saw your school’s……….in today’s edition of the Vietnam news

A advertise B advertisement C advertiser D advertising

5 I can complete a……….English test if you want

A speak B spoke C spoken D speaking

6 He ………me whether I liked classical music or not

7 They asked me who the editor of this book ………?

8 She told me her………go to Hanoi the following day

A will have to B would have to C has to D had to

9 If they know your address, they……….you

A meet B will meet C would meet D met

10.This car………if it is cheap

A will buy B will be bought C buys D bought

II: Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks:

courses – around - communication – muchImprove – stay – adults – especially –

learners

Millions of people (1)……… the world want to learn English of them go tothe US and other English speaking countries to study at language school (2)………

in the summer There are thousands of different schools They offer (3)………… for

children teenagers and (4)………

If you go to a language school, you should try to speak English as (5)………as possible Students can (6)……… with a local family This is good opportunity to (7) ……… Your English and to learn a lot of about everyday life You should try to talk to students from other countries This will help you with your English and will also show how important English is for international (8)………

III: Read the text, then answer the questions below it. People who know Salley Ride say she is intelligent and confident She also thinks deeply about things, but she is not always serious She is fun and enjoys humor but she is in a hurry to get on to more important things At high school She became interested in science At university she studied English and Physics After completing her studies at Stanford University, she worked as a researcher In 1977, She was one of the 1,000 women and 7,000 men who applied for the astronaut training program She was 25 She was one of the 35 women who were accepted to start the program in 1978 As part of her training, She learnt to be a jet pilot and a flight engineer She married during her training Her husband, Havley, is also an astronaut They do not plan to have any children yet Questions: 1 How old is Salley Ride now? ………

2 Who did she marry? ………

3.What did she do in 1977? ………

3 Give the fact from the text to prove that Salley Ride is intelligent? ………

………

………

………

IV: Use these jumpled sets of suggested words to write a letter:

1 I/ want / improve/ reading/ writing

2 I would like/ informations/ your institute

3 I/ be interested in/ learn English

4 I/ complete/ spoken English/ test/ necessary

5 Could you please/ informations/ length/ courses/ fees/ beginners

Dear Sir!

I saw your institute’s advertisement on today’s TV program yesterday………

……….…

……….………

……….………

……….………

……….…….…

……….…

I am looking forearm to hearing from you

Sincerely

Answer keys:

I: Choose the most answer:

II: Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks:

1 around 5 much

2 especially 6 stay

3 courses 7 improve

4 adults 8 communication

III: Read the text, then answer the questions below it.

1 She is fifty three years old

2 She is married Havley

3 She applied for the astronaut training program

4 She always thinks deeply about things

IV: Use these jumpled sets of suggested words to write a letter:

1 I am interested in learning English

2 I would like to have some informations about your institute

3 I want to improve my reading and writing

4 Could you please me some informations about the length of the courses and fees forthe beginners

5 I can complete my spoken English test if necessary

The environment

I Content:

- Help Ss to understand the importance of our environment, how to protect theenvironment

- The conditional life around our environment

- Talking about healthy environment

II Skills:

* Speaking:

- Practice speaking about causes make polluted environment

- Ask for explaination of events

- Improving the environment

- Giving advice

* Listening:

- Listening for the details about protecting the environment

- Listening for information and filling in the gaps, choose the most answers

- Writing how to protect the environment

- Writing causes polluteenvironment

- Writing about environment problems and protections

III: Grammar and vocabulary.

* Grammar:

- Passive forms

- Compoud words.

- Adverb clauses of reason: as, because, since

- Conditional sentences

* Vocabulary:

- Words about environment

- Discriable adjectives, nouns

IV: Unit allocation:

Lesson 1: Starter Lesson 7: Writing 1

Lesson 2: Reading1 Lesson 8: Writing 2

Lesson 3: Reading 2 Lesson 9: Language Focus Lesson 4: Listening Lesson 10: Test yourself 1

Lesson 5: Speaking 1 Lesson 11: Test yourself 2

Lesson 6: Speaking 2 Lesson 12: Test

The environment

Lesson 1: Starter

Task I: Find in the box as many words as you can The words go forward and downward Combine them to make words and groups of words describing the environment and environment problems

* Ask Ss to work inpair and find words and

groups of words describing the

environmental problem

* Call on some Ss to say before the class

Answer keys:

Recycle, ozone, dangerous, trees, (go)

Environment, can, water, fresh air,

(hen) (not) animal

Task II:

• Ask Ss to make up sentences using 8 words above

• Call on some Ss to write on the board

Examples: The fresh – air is being polluted

If you don’t protect our environment, we will kill ourselves

We should plant many trees and recycle waste paper to protect our environment

It’s dangerous

Task III: Match words in column A with the definition in column B A B 1 wildlife 2 protecting 3 pollution 4 wasteland 5 environment 6 resources a The process of making someting dirty or impure

b wealth, goods or products people can use

c The air, water and land in which we live

d Birds, animals, fish which are not tamed

e Barren area, derert

f The number of people living in a place

E C O M P P H I M N A

N A A I D H W F H G N

V N U W A K A R E T I

I S T W A O T E N R M

R E C Y C L E S M F A

O Z O N E E R H U T L

N F T G T M N A R K I

M R K H O U E I N T M

E N D A N G E R O U S

N I L O O G T H T R E

T R E E S N M L K G O

7 population

8 problems

g Difficulty which needs attention and thought

h keeping something safe from harm

* Ask Ss to work inpair and answer three questions:

1 How much waste does your family produce everyday?

2 Which waste can you reuse?

3 Which one can you sell for recycling?

II: While – reading:

* Ask Ss to read the passage and do the tasks that follow:

Many places are sinking under the weight of their own wastes, we must learn to useless and to reuse and recycle so that less waste is produced For instance, the more paper

we can use, the more trees have tobe cut down That’s why we should reduce and recyclepaper to save forests

Apart from paper, recyclable wastes include glass, plastic and mentals When you

go shopping, do not buy over – packaged products If you have th buy heavily packagedproducts, do not throw away the packaging, use it for another purpose For examples,paper bags can be used for carrying other things, or for making displays If the packagingcan not be reused, try to sell it for recycling

The more wastes we produce, the more isposal trucks, labor and dump space areneeded All these cost money Besides waste disposal causes all kinds of problems.Burning waste is illegal many products when burned produce dangerous chemicals thatare harmful to life

Making compost is another way to keep the environment clean Some wastes fromschools canteens are gardens can be composted to make natural fertilizer The fertilizercan be easily returned to the soil By composting we can reduce the amount of rubbish inthe landfills