Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 unit 5: Higher education

Aims: To help students to practice:  Guessing words’ meanings in contexts  Reading for details of information about application process for universities in the UK  Reading for gist an

Tiếng Anh 12 – Giáo án Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION

A: READING

A Aims: To help students to practice:

 Guessing words’ meanings in contexts

 Reading for details of information about application process for universities

in the 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:

2.Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.

3.New lesson:

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?

- Get feedback

- Give Ss suggested answers

- 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

- Read the text in silence

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

following sentences, using the right

forms of the words in the box

- Ask Ss to complete the following

sentences, using the right forms of the

words in the box

- Find out new words

- Understand the aim of the text

- Do the tasks that follow

Task1:

- 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

college

f enjoyed the first year at college

- Go around class and help Ss if they

need

- Call on Ss to give their answers

- Study the task carefully

- Choose the right word to fill in the blanks

- Exchange their answers for peer correction

- Tell the class the answers

4 What did Brenden think about his

first year at college?

5 What does the social calendar of the

colleges provide him?

IV Home work: (2 minutes)

- Ask students to read the passage again

- 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

- Do Reading exercise of Unit 5 in workbook andprepare Part B : Speaking at home

- Ask students to do Reading exercise ofUnit 5 in workbook and prepare Part B :Speaking at home

Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION

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 in

Vietnam

B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks

C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.

1.Class organization:

2.Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.

3.New lesson:

I Warm-up: what is my job?

- Show Ss some documents requiring for - One Ss go to the board, chooses a job that he/

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

guess his/her job

- Observe students playing game and stop

when there is a winner

she wants to do in the future and mime a typical activity which it involves

- Answer the questions

1 an application form

2 an identity card

3 a reference letter

4 a birth certificate-The S ask the other :

- What is my job?

- The others watch his/her activity and make yes/no questions to guess the job

Possible questions:

- Are you mending something?

- Are you typing?

- Do you work outside?

- The S answer the questions using only yes or

no The game is over if an S guess the job

III While speaking:

- 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

- The teacher elicits the meaning of these

- Do task 1 individually Put the ticks on those which 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 to the 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 school

scores of the required examination

Possible problems:

- Students may don’t know the meanings ofsome application process

- Work in pairs

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

comment

- Make necessary correction and comments

Task 3:

- Introduce the task to the students ask them

to work in groups of four

- Ask students to make discussion and take

- Read information in their books and practiseasking and answering questions about theapplication process to tertiary study inVietnam

- Ask T if necessary

- Some pairs to stand up and ask & answer; other pairs to listen and comment

Expected pair work:

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 of four

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

- Give T’s own comments

- T goes around to remind students to use

English and suggest some difficult structures

- Discuss and write the process of applying to

a tertiary institution in Vietnam

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.

…

Possible problems:

- Students may speak Vietnamese whilediscussing

IV Post-speaking:

- Ask students to write a paragraph about the

process of applying to a tertiary institution in

Vietnam

V Homework:

- Ask students to write 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 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

Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION

B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks

C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.

1.Class organization:

2.Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.

3.New lesson:

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

- Ask students to repeat loudly the words

- Listen and check pronunciation

- Work in pairs; discuss the problems theymay have when studying in a new school

- Read loudly the words:

- Understand those words

Task 1

- Introduce the task: Listen to the

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

- Listen and give remarks T can play the

- Read the questions quickly

- Listen to the listening script

- Listen again and tick true or false in their books

- Check their answers with their friends

- Answer the questions

- Work in pairs and exchange their answers

- Some students read aloud their answers ;others listen and give comments

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

E.g.

A Would you like to do an undergraduate

course abroad or in your country?

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

S2: Because my English is not good enough and I cannot afford tuition fees and

accommodation for studying overseas

Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION

D: WRITING

A Aims: To help students:

 Practice writing short passage about the problems that Vietnamese students may 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:

2.Checking up: Checking during the new lesson.

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

a) Introduction:

- State the reasons why you are writing, your

interest in tertiary study in England (mention

the name of the programme/the

universities/ )

- 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

- Form groups of four and discuss and takenotes the problems they may face whenstudying abroad

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

front of the class

- Ask Ss to exchange their writings for peer

correction

- Correct mistakes

Suggested answer

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- 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

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

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

information about the admission

requirements, tuitions fees, accommodation

and details of the course? I am ready to

supply any information about myself if

necessary

I look forward to hearing from you soon

Yours faithfully,

Hoang Thanh Nam

IV Post- writing:

- Ask Ss to read the letter again

- Give remarks on the writing

- 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