Aims: To help students to practice: - Talking about application process to tertiary study in Vietnam - Asking and answering about time of application process to tertiary study inVietnam.
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A: READING
A Aims: To help students to practice:
- Guessing words’ meanings in contexts
- Reading for details of information about application process for universities inthe UK
- Reading for gist and answer comprehension question
B Aids: textbooks, pictures, board, chalks.
C Methods: Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
1 Class organization:
Class Teaching date Attendence Absentee(s)
2 Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.
3 New lesson:
Trang 2Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
I Warm-up:
- Ask Ss some questions:
1 What are you going to do after you
finish high school?
2 Which university would you like to
attend?
3 Where will you live if you study at a
university far from your house?
- Get feedback
- Lead Ss to the new lesson: higher
education
II Before you read:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs, ask and
answer the following questions:
1 How do you say in English the names
of these universities?
2 What university would you like to
apply for and why?
- Work in pairs, discuss and answer the questions
- Stand up and tell the class the answers
- Understand the aim of the lesson: Unit 5: highereducation
- Work in pairs, ask and answer the questions
1 Hue University
2 Hanoi University of Architecture
3 Hanoi University of Natural Science
4 I would like to apply for Hanoi University ofNatural Science
Trang 3- Get feedback.
- Give Ss suggested answers
III While you read:
- Ask students to look through the
passage and read in silence
- Help students read the passage
- Explain pronunciation and meaning of
new words which appear in the passage
Vocabulary
applicant (n): người xin học
application from (n): đơn xin học
- Introduce the task: Complete the
- Read the text in silence
- Find out new words
- Understand the aim of the text
- Do the tasks that follow
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forms of the words in the box
- Ask Ss to complete the following
sentences, using the right forms of the
words in the box
- Go around class and help Ss if they
need
- Call on Ss to give their answers
- Correct mistakes
Task 2:
- Introduce the task: Find out who:
a attended a party on the first weekend
at college
b didn't get on very well with the
roommate
c was not used to meeting different
people every day at college
d liked having a chance to be creative
e was very excited about going to
Task1:
- Study the task carefully
- Choose the right word to fill in the blanks
- Exchange their answers for peer correction
- Tell the class the answers
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- Go around class and help Ss if they
4 What did Brenden think about his
first year at college?
5 What does the social calendar of the
colleges provide him?
- Guide Ss to answer
4 c was not used to meeting differentpeople every day at college
Brenden: 5- d liked having a chance to be creative.
6- f enjoyed the first year at college
- Understand the task
- Read the text again, answer the questions on thetext
1 She went out with her new friends, walkingaround the campus
2 Because at the party everyone was busyplaying some games and no one seemed tonoticed her
3 Her roommate left the window open when itwas cold outside She went to bed early Sheblamed Ellen for making her sick
4 Brenden thought the first year at college wasthe best and most challenging of his life
5 It provides him plenty of opportunities tomeet non-engineering students as well asother engineers and many of them havebecome his best friends
Trang 6- Go round the class to help Ss if
necessary
- Call on some Ss to give their answers
- Correct mistakes
IV Home work: (2 minutes)
- Ask students to read the passage again
- Ask students to do Reading exercise of
Unit 5 in workbook and prepare Part B :
Speaking at home
- Do Reading exercise of Unit 5 in workbook andprepare Part B : Speaking at home
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B: SPEAKING
A Aims: To help students to practice:
- Talking about application process to tertiary study in Vietnam
- Asking and answering about time of application process to tertiary study inVietnam
B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks
C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
1 Class organization:
Class Teaching date Attendence Absentee(s)
2 Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.
3 New lesson:
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I Warm-up: what is my job?
- Show Ss some documents requiring for
tertiary institutions and ask them what
they are
- Call on some Ss to answer
II Pre-speaking
- Call on an S to go to the board and ask
him/her to choose a job that he/she wants to
do in the future and mime a typical activity
which it involes
- Ask the whole class to look at their friend’s
activity then ask him/her yes/no question to
- One Ss go to the board, chooses a job thathe/she wants to do in the future and mime atypical activity which it involves
- Answer the questions
- Are you mending something?
- Are you typing?
- Do you work outside?
- The S answer the questions using only yes or
Trang 9guess his/her job
- Observe students playing game and stop
when there is a winner
no The game is over if an S guess the job
III While speaking:
Task 1
- Call an Ss to read aloud the request of the
task
- Ask the whole class to do task 1
- Ask students to exchange their answers with
their friends
- Call some students to read aloud their
answers to the class
- Give corrections and remarks
- One S reads aloud the request of the task
- Do task 1 individually Put the ticks on thosewhich are obligatory for whom to be admitted
to a university in Vietnam
- Exchange their answers with their friends
- Some students to read aloud their answers tothe class; others listen and comment
Expected answers:
an application form
an identify card
a copy of the originals of school certificate
a birth certificate
a copy of records of your performance ay
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application process for students to guess
Task 2
- Ask students to work in pairs ,reading thee
information in their books, asking and
answering the question about the application
process to tertiary study in Vietnam
- Walk around to observe students talking
and help them if necessary
- Call some pairs to stand up and ask &
answer Ask other pairs to listen and
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- Introduce the task to the students ask them
to work in groups of four
- Ask students to make discussion and take
note
- Go around and help them if necessary
- Call some groups to handle their notes
among the groups and check
- Call on some groups to stand up and make
discussion in front of the class Ask other
groups listen and give comments
S1: When do you fill in and send the application form?
S2: In March S1: When do you take the GCSE examination? S2: in May.
…
- Listen to the instruction and form groups offour
- Discuss and write the process of applying to
a tertiary institution in Vietnam
Trang 12- Give T’s own comments
- T goes around to remind students to use
English and suggest some difficult structures
Expected group work:
S1: I think the first process of applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam is to fill in and send the application form.
S2: Yes, then we must take the GCSE examination
S3: Only when we pass the GCSE examination, can we take the entrance exam.
It often takes place in July.
- Ask students to write a paragraph about the
process of applying to a tertiary institution in
Vietnam
- Work in groups Discuss the process ofapplying to a tertiary institution inVietnam
Answer: In order to be admitted to a
university in Vietnam, all students have to following the process of applying During March, they have to fill in the application form and send it to the university they choose in
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- Ask students to write about the process of
applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam
March After passing the GCSE examination held in May, all students are able to sit for the entrance examination in July Successful candidates will be sent a letter of acceptance from the university All students have to do now is to prepare all required papers to be officially accepted of that university.
- Take note their home work
- Do homework
- Prepare part C listening
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B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks
C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
1 Class organization:
Class Teaching date Attendence Absentee(s)
2 Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.
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I Warm-up:
- Give Ss a question to discuss: “Talk about the
problems you may have when studying in a
new school.”
Interview
- Imagine that in each pair, one of you is a
Vietnamese student studying in a foreign
country; the other ask her/him problems facing
students when studying in a foreign country
II Pre-listening:
- Ask students to look at the part: Before
listening
- Read loudly the words:
Proportion; majority; tutorial; international;
available; appointment; Agricultural; rural;
thoroughly
- Walk round, listen and help students
- Students form pairs and listen to T’sinstructions
- Work in pairs, asking and answering theproblems facing students when studying in aforeign country
- Work in pairs; discuss the problems theymay have when studying in a new school
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- Listen and check pronunciation
III While-listening:
Task 1
conversation between John and David and
circle the best option (A, B, C or D) to
complete the following sentences
- Ask students to read the questions quickly
- Guide students the requests of the task
- Read the conversation twice
- Call some students to give their answers
- Read the conversation the third time for Ss to
correct
Key: 1-C; 2-A; 3-C; 4-A; 5-B
Task 2:
- Ask all students to spend 2 mins to read the
questions and options in the task
- Play the record once again and ask students to
- Practise reading the words in chorus andindividually
- Read loudly the words:
- Understand those words
- Read the questions quickly
- Listen to the listening script
- Listen again and tick true or false in theirbooks
- Check their answers with their friends
- Answer the questions
1-C; 2-A; 3-C; 4-A; 5-B
- Read the questions and options in the task
in 2 mins
Trang 17- Listen and give remarks T can play the
record again if students cannot give correct
answers
IV After-listening:
- Ask Ss to work in pairs Ask and answer the
question:
"Would you prefer to do an undergraduate
course abroad or in your country?” Explain
your choice
- Guide Ss to do
- Call some Ss to practice asking and
answering the question
Eg.
A Would you like to do an undergraduate
- Listen to the record again and choose thebest option
- Work in pairs and exchange their answers
- Some students read aloud their answers ;others listen and give comments
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B I would like to do an undergraduate course
in my country
A Why?
B Because my English is not very good and I
cannot afford tuition fees and accommodation
for studying oversea
accommodation for studying overseas.
- Prepare the section C (The Writing part ofUnit 5)
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D: WRITING
A Aims: To help students:
- Practice writing short passage about the problems that Vietnamese studentsmay encounter when studying abroad
- Using main ideas from discussion to write a passage
B Aids: Textbooks, board, chalks
C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
1 Class organization:
Class Teaching date Attendence Absentee(s)
2 Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.
3 New lesson:
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I Warm-up:
- Ask students some questions about how to
write a letter of request
- Do you want to study abroad? Why or why
- Teacher introduces the task: You want to
apply for an undergraduate programme in a
university in England Write a letter of
request (about 150 words) to UCAS to ask
for the information about the admission
requirements to the university, using
information in the Reading and Speaking
section on page 52 & 56 You may follow
the outline below:
- Guide Ss to write outlines
- Listen to the T’s question
- Some students answer T’s question Studentscan exchange their opinions with their friends
Possible answers :
- Yes, I want to study abroad because the
learning environment there is better than inVietnam
- No I don’t want to study abroad because thecost of studying and living there is much higher
in Vietnam
- Study the task carefully
- Work in pairs to give outlines
- One S read aloud the request of task 1
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- State the reasons why you are writing, your
interest in tertiary study in England (mention
universities/ )
b) Request:
- State what information you would like
them to provide: tuition fee, accommodation,
exams,
d) Further information:
- Say you would be happy to supply further
information about yourself such as your
English proficiency and record of secondary
education study,
c) Conclusion:
- End with a polite closing
- Walk round the class to give Ss assistance
III While-writing:
- Ask Ss to write
- Call on some Ss to read out their writing in
- Form groups of four and discuss and takenotes the problems they may face whenstudying abroad
- Some groups make discussion in front of theclass; others listen and give comments
S2: The second problem is learning styles attertiary level We are not familiar withindependent learning and modern studyfacilities
- Use main ideas in the outline to write a letter
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- Ask Ss to exchange their writings for peer
correction
- Correct mistakes
Suggested answer.
475/57 Le thanh Ton St District 1
Ho Chi Minh City
March 15th, 2008
Dear sir/madam,
I’ve read a lot about tertiary study in the UK
and very impressed by the reputation of
many famous universities there Now I am in
the last year of the high school and will
finish secondary education in 3 months I am
very much interested in an undergraduate
course in economics in Bermingham
University Could you please send me some
requirements, tuitions fees, accommodation
and details of the course? I am ready to
supply any information about myself if
of request (about 150 words) to UCAS to askfor the information about the admissionrequirements to the university
- Exchange their writings for peer correction
- Correct mistakes
- One S read aloud the request of task 2
- Do task 2: write a passage about the problemsthat Vietnamese students may encounter whenstudying abroad basing on the idea in task 1
- 1 or 2 students write his/her passage directly
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Yours faithfully,
Hoang Thanh Nam
IV Post- writing:
- Ask Ss to read the letter again
- Give remarks on the writing
V Homework:
- Rewrite the letter at home
- Prepare the section D (The Language
focus part of Unit 4)
- Give corrections or comments to the writings
on the board
- Read the letter again
- Correct mistakes
- Rewrite the letter at home
- Prepare the section D
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B Aids: Textbooks, board, chalks
C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
1 Class organization:
Class Teaching date Attendence Absentee(s)