Unit 2: Listening (10NC)

Aim Listening for gist and specific information about life and career of Alexandre Yersin II.. Objectives By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - Be updated with background infor

PERIOD 3&4 (Listening)

I Aim

Listening for gist and specific information about life and career of Alexandre Yersin

II Objectives

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:

- Be updated with background information about a famous doctor – Alexandre Yersin

- Improve listening skill through true or False and Multiple Choice exercises

III Materials

Textbook, cassette,

Pictures about Alexandre Yersin

IV Anticipated problems

Ss may have difficulty in listening to a long talk

V Procedure

10’

WARM-UP Group Discussion

Ask Ss to work in groups and look at the pictures

Tell Ss to ask and answer the following questions:

What cities do you think are shown in the pictures?

Group work

Why do you think so?

Who discovered the city in picture a?

Who founded the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang?

Gather ideas and lead in the Listening

Provide necessary background information before having Ss listen to the tape

20’

PRE-LISTENING Vocabulary pre-teach

Baccalaureate (n): the degree of bachelor of arts, science (bằng cử nhân)

Citizenship (n): the right of being a citizen of a country (quyền công dân)

Thereafter (adv): after that (sau đó)

Wanderlust (n): desire to travel, wander (niềm say mê, ham thích đi du lịch)

Ranch (n): cattle-raising farm (trại chăn nuôi)

Immunology (n): science that study the immune system (môn nghiên cứu miễn dịch

học)

Quinquina (n): cây kì na

Abandoned (a): empty, deserted (bỏ hoang)

Checking technique

Ordering vocabulary

Write all the new word on the board Make sentences which contain the new words

randomly

Read the sentences aloud

Ask Ss to write down the words they hear in order 1, 2, 3,

Whole class

20’

WHILE-LISTENING Set the scene

As you know, Alexandre Yersin was a world – famous physician and bacteriologist

In today lesson, you will listen to a talk about his life and contributions to

<st1:country-region w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region> First, listen to the

tape and decide whether the statements are true or false Check (ü) the appropriate

boxes then correct the false statements.

Ask Ss to read the statements about Alexandre Yersin carefully and encourage them to

have a guess before listening to the tape

Play the tape more than once if necessary

Call on some Ss to explain their answer in front of the class

Make necessary corrections

Give correct answer:

w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region>.)

2. T

3 F (His home is in Nha Trang.)

3 T

Task 2 – Gap-filling

Play the tape again Ask Ss to listen to the tape and answer the question:

What happened to Yersin in the following years?

1888

1891

1940

1943

Ask Ss to compare their answers with a friend

Call on some Ss to read their answers in front of the class

Pause the tape appropriately to check Ss’ answers

Give correct answers

Tape script

ALEXANDRE YERSIN

A

Alexandre Yersin was born in 1863 in Swetzerland In 1882, he received a

baccalaureate degree in literature, and in 1888, after having graduated from a

medical school in Paris, he formally change his citizenship to French He joined Dr

Louis Pasteur’s team at about the same time Thereafter, he became famous through

many of the pioneering work done by Pasteur’s team His wanderlust brought him to

<st1:country-region w:st="on">Viet Nam</st1:country-region> In July 1891, his

expedition to the highlands of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Viet

Nam</st1:country-region> brought to the discovery of Da Lat, and later many water

sources in this region Al though Yersin loved Da Lat, his home was located in Nha

trang, where he built the Pasteur Institute.

B

He also had a ranch in Nha Trang He raised horses to do his research in

immunology He also contributed to the Vietnamese rubber industry, as he was

responsible for introducing the Brazilian rubber tree to <st1:country-region

w:st="on">Viet Nam</st1:country-region>, where quinine is produced.

Dr Yersin was loved by the people in Nha Trang for his humanity and care he gave

to the people He bought and old abandoned house and painted it while It doubled

as both his living quarters and his laboratory The locals lovingly called his home

Lau Ong <st1:country-region w:st="on">Nam</st1:country-region> or Thap Nga.

In 1940, he returned to <st1:country-region

w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> for the last time In 1941, he returned to his home in Nha Trang where he

died in January 3, 1943, at the age of 80 He was buried in Nha Trang.

Individual work

Time Steps arrangement Work

15’

POST-LISTENING Group Discussion

Ask Ss To Work In Groups And Talk About Yersin’s Contribution To Viet Nam

Encourage to use the in formation in the tape

Gather ideas and give suggested answer:

Yersin’s contributions:

o Discover Da Lat and many water sources in this region.

o Raise horses to do research in immunology

o Contribute to the Vietnamese rubber industry by introducing the Brazilian rubber tree to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Viet Nam</st1:country-region>

o Set up the first quinquina plantation in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Viet Nam</st1:country-region>

o

Group work

5’

WRAPPING

Summarize the main points Assign homework

Whole class

PERIOD 5 (Speaking)

I Aim

Talking about people’s backgrounds

II Objectives

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about people’s backgrounds by using given

prompts and answering questions

III Materials

Text book, whiteboard markers,

IV Anticipated problems

Ss may have difficulty in collecting information about people’s backgrounds

V Procedure

arrangement

7’

WARM-UP Multiple Choice

Ask Ss to work in groups and choose the word that best describes

Louis Pasteur

1 a chemist b teacher c farmer d driver

2 a <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>

b <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> c

<st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> d

<st1:country-region w:st="on">Laos</st1:country-region>

Group word

3 a rabies b measles c flu d headache

4 a Ha Noi b Vung Tau c Can Tho d Nha Trang

Call on some Ss different groups to explain their answers in front of

the class Ask them to say the link between the words and Pasteur’s

life

1 a 2 c 3 a 4.d 5’

PRE-PEAKING

Explain necessary vocabulary for discussion:

Doctorate (n): the degree, status, or title of one who holds a doctor

degree (học vị tiến sĩ)

Institution (n) : cơ quan, tổ chức

Cathedral (n): large, important church (nhà thờ lớn)

Ask Ss to make sentences with the above words

Make certain that Ss understand the meanings of these words

Whole class

20’

WHILE-SPEAKING

Ask Ss to work in pairs S1 makes questions about Louis Pasteur; S 2

reads the information in the box and uses them to give full answers to s

1,s questions

Call on some pairs to conduct the conversation in front of the class

Ask for comments from other pairs

Gather ideas and make corrections

Give suggested answers:

When and where was he born?

What did he do?

What did he develop?

What qualification / degree did he get?

What did he found in 1888?

When did he die?

Note: Encourage Ss to use their own background knowledge in the

conversation The information in the box is only suggestion

Pair work

10’

POST-SPEAKING

Keep Ss working in pairs: Ask and answer about their favorite person’s

background Use the suggested questions in the book

Give Ss 5 to 10 minutes to prepare before doing the task

Encourage Ss to ask and answer about their idols such as pop stars

(Britney Spear, ), movie stars (Tom Cruise, )

Call on some Ss to give a short talk about their favorite person’s

background

Make necessary comments and corrections

3’

WRAPPING

Summarize the main points

Assign homework.