- Ask students to look through the passage andread in silence - Help students read the passage - Explain pronunciation and meaning of new words which appear in the passage Vocabulary a
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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 in the UK
Reading for gist and answer comprehension question
B Aids: textbooks, pictures, board, chalks.
C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
I Warm-up:
- Ask Ss to answer 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
III While you read :
- Work in pairs, discuss and answer the questions
- Stand up and tell the class the answers
- Understand the aim of the lesson: Unit 5: higher education
- 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 of Natural Science
- Read the text in silence
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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
blame (v): đổ lỗi
daunt (v): làm nản long
mate (n): bạn bè
scary (v): sợ hãi
undergraduate course: khóa học đại học
Task 1 :
- 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
- 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
- Find out new words
- Understand the aim of the text
- Do the tasks that follow
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
1 campus
2 blamed
3 scariest
4 challenges
5 amazing
- Look at the task, read the text again to give the answers
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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
- Correct mistakes
Task 3:
- Introduce the task: Answer the following
questions
1 What did Sarah do on the first weekend?
2 Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?
3 What problems did Ellen have with her
roommate?
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
- Go around the class to help Ss if necessary
- Call on some Ss to give their answers
- Correct mistakes
IV Consolidation and Home work:
- 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
Sarah: 1- a attended a party on the first weekend at college.
2- e was very excited about going to college
Ellen: 3- b didn't get on very well with the roommate.
4 c was not used to meeting different people 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 the text
1 She went out with her new friends, walking around the campus
2 Because at the party everyone was busy playing some games and no one seemed to noticed her
3 Her roommate left the window open when it was cold outside She went to bed early She blamed Ellen for making her sick
4 Brenden thought the first year at college was the best and most challenging of his life
5 It provides him plenty of opportunities to meet non-engineering students as well as other engineers and many of them have become his best friends
- Do Reading exercise of Unit 5 in workbook and prepare Part B : Speaking at home
Unit 5: HIGHER EDUCATION
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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.
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 guess his/her job
- Observe students playing game and stop when there
is a winner
- Ss go to the board, choose a job that he / 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:
Trang 5- 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 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
- 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 of some application process
- Work in pairs
- Read information in their books and practise asking and answering questions about the application process
to tertiary study in Vietnam
- Ask T if necessary
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- 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 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
- Some pairs to stand up and ask and 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
- Discuss and write the process of applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam
- Ask T if necessary
- Handle their notes among the groups and check
- Some groups in turn stand up and make their discussion in front of the class; other groups listen and give comments
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.
…
Trang 7- T goes around to remind students to use English
and suggest some difficult structures
Possible problems:
- Students may speak Vietnamese while discussing
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 of applying to
a tertiary institution in Vietnam
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
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C: LISTENING
A Aims: Students should know about the problems they may have when studying in a new
school
Develop the ability to get details from listening text to do true/false and multiple choice exercises
Get detailed information on some problems students may have when studying in a foreign country
B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks
C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
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 around, listen and help students
- Ask students to repeat loudly the words
- Students form pairs and listen to T’s instructions
- Work in pairs, asking and answering the problems facing students when studying in a foreign country
- Work in pairs; discuss the problems they may have when studying in a new school
Possible questions:
S1: What problem you have to face when studying in America?
S2: There are many problems such as: food, accommodation, living cost…
- Listen to T and guess the meanings of these words
- Practise reading the words in chorus and individually
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III While - listening:
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 do the
task
- Ask students to work in pairs to exchange their
answers
- Ask some students to read aloud their answers
- 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
- Read loudly the words:
- Understand those words
- 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
1-C; 2-A; 3-C; 4-A; 5-B
- Read the questions and options in the task in 2 mins
- Listen to the record again and choose the best option
- Work in pairs and exchange their answers
- Some students read aloud their answers ; others listen and give comments
Expected answers:
- Work in pairs Ask and answer the question:
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- 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
overseas
V Homework:
- Assign homework
- Prepare the section C (The Writing part of Unit 5)
"Would you prefer to do an undergraduate course abroad or in your country?”
- Stand up and speak out
E.g.
S1: Would you like to do an undergraduate course
in Vietnam or abroad?
S2: I’d like to do an undergraduate course in Vietnam
S1: Why so?
S2: Because my English is not good enough and I cannot afford tuition fees and accommodation for studying overseas
- Prepare the section C (The Writing part of Unit 5)
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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.
I Warm-up:
- Ask students some questions about how to write a
letter of request
- Do you want to study abroad? Why or why not?
- Call some students to answer then give remarks
- Give feedback and lead Ss to new lesson
II Pre-writing:
- 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 and 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 / )
- Listen to the T’s question
- Some students answer T’s question Students can exchange their opinions with their friends
Possible answers : -Yes, I want to study abroad because the learning
environment there is better than in Vietnam
- No I don’t want to study abroad because the cost 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 take notes the problems they may face when studying abroad