-Write down on the board: Unit 6 Population Trend in China Teaching Vocabulary - Ask SS to complete the sentences in Task b, page.78 and check the meanings of the phrases given.. = carry
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Outcomes - By the end of the lesson, the student are able to scan reading for specific information
- By the end of the lesson, the student are able to complete a summary
Type of lesson
- Skill-based (reading)
Key Vocabulary - density - immigrant - populous - approximately
- implement - account for
Key structures - China ‘s population growth rate has decreased in past year.
- Its population is approximately 1.3 billion, which is almost 22% of the word Population
Anticipated problems
- Some students seem not willing to speak and share ideas
Material - Textbook - Handouts
- Chalk and board - Pictures
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Timing
1.
Warm-up &
lead-in
(10-15’)
2.Pre-Readin
g
(8 – 10’)
Game: Quizzes and Riddles
- Divide the class into two groups
- Read the question and ask the group to give answers
- With one correct answers, the group scores one point The group with
more point wins the game
- Have SS start the game
- Keep a running total of points for each group on the board
- Declare the winner
Here are the questions for the quiz:
1 What is the big country situated to north of Vietnam?
2 What is the capital city in Latin America which has the same name
as its country?
3 Magic numbers: Ask SS to pick a certain number between 2 and
9 Tell them to multiply that number by 9 Next, ask them to add the two digits of the result Ask them to subtract 2.5 from this number and give the result a unit of ‘billion’ What is the final result?
4 It’s a compound adjective, formed by the opposite of ‘under’ and a word that means ‘having too many together at a place’
Expected: 1 China 2 Mexico City 3 6.5 billion 4.overcrowded
-Ask SS if the words and numbers in the quiz remind them of anything If
so, what it is (Expected: population)
(In case SS can’t get it Ask them what is special about the number 6.5
billion; what is special about China in the world; what is special about
Mexico City in comparison with most other cities in the world; or what the
adjective ‘overcrowded’ refers to.)
Transition: - Yes, and that’s the topic of unit 6 Now look at the picture
on page 77 what message can you ‘read’ from it?
Expected: There are too many people and our natural resources are not
enough for all ( or something similar.)
-Write down on the board: Unit 6 Population Trend in China
Teaching Vocabulary
- Ask SS to complete the sentences in Task b, page.78 and check the
meanings of the phrases given
- Elicit meaning of other words or give explanations yourself
Approximately ( adv.) = almost exactly ( xấp xỉ)
density (n.) = quality of being crowded together in great numbers(tình
trạng đông đúc; mật độ dân cư)
dense (a.) = dày đặc; đông đúc
implement (v.) = carry out; put into effect (thực hiện)
- To create Interest, energise
SS and challenge them with some general knowledge
- To engage
SS, and introduce the topic
- To provide
SS with some language
to help them understan d
Group
T-class
T-class
T-class
T-class
- Handout
-Chalk & board
-Textbook
- Chalk & board
- Chalk & board
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3.
While-
reading
(15-18’)
(9 – 10’)
(10-12’)
4 Post-
reading
(15–17’)
account for (v.) = take up; be the explanation of sth
( giải thích cho…; chiếm…)
immigrant (n.) =person who has come to live
Permanently in a foreign country ( người nhập cư)
populous (a.) person having a large population
(đông đúc dân cư)
record speed (n.) highest speed ( tốc độ kỷ lục)
- Read the words one by one and ask SS to repeat
Checking Vocabulary: Slap the board
- Write the words just learned randomly on the board
- Divide the class into two group, A and B
- Ask 5 student from each group to stand tin a line in the front
- Read the explanations or Vietnamese equivalents of the words and ask
the student from the lines to run and slap on the correct word
- The student who slaps first on the correct word earns their group one
point The group with more points will win the game
Activity 1: True – False Statements (Task a, p.80)
- Ask SS to read the text and the statements about the population in
China and decide if the statements are true or false
- Tell SS to compare answers with a partner
- Call on SS read the sentences aloud and say their choices Ask SS to
Give explanations for false sentences
- Check with the whole class
Activity 2: Which charts or graphs? (Task b, p.80 - 81)
- Tell SS to read the charts and graphs about the population trend in
China and choose the one that illustrates accurate facts in each case
- Ask SS to work with a partner and compare answers
- Go over the answers with the class
Activity 3: Completing the summary
- Put SS into pairs and give out handouts of a gapped summary of the
text about China’s population trend
This is the summary for the handout:
- Tell SS to read and complete the summary with the suitable information
Tell SS they can refer to the text if necessary
- Go over the answers with the class
Expected answers: 1 populous 2 22% 3 density 4 birth
control 5 fell / decreased / declined 6 35 7 population
growth rate
8 90% 9 rapid increase 10 growth
- To help enrich SS knowledge
of vocab
- To practice pronuncia-tion
- To review what just learned
- To develop scanning skill
- To have
SS practise reading graphs
- For SS to practise summaries -ing the text and get main idea
- To allow
SS to
T-class
Groups T-class
Indivi-duals Pairs SS-SS T-class Indivi-duals Pairs T-class
T-class
Groups
- Chalk & board
- Chalk & board
-Textbook
-Textbook
-Handouts -Textbook
-Textbook
China, the most (1) ………… country in the world, accounts for
nearly (2) ……… of the world population The population
(3)……… is extremely high in Shanghai which reaches over
Two thousand people per square kilometer
Thanks to the implementation of (4)……… programmes, the
population growth rate in China (5)……… Considerably from
25.83% to 0.58% in (6)……… Years (1970 -2005)
However, the (7) ……… in Shenzhen is in the increase
Shenzhen has a population of 7 million, (8)……… of which
Are immigrants from all over the country The city’s (9)………
in population partly contributes to its rapid (10)………
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Home-
work
(1’)
Discussion
- Arrange SS to work in small groups
- Ask them to do part 2 Task a, p.78, putting the phrases in the correct
columns of possible causes and consequences
- Then ask SS to tick ( ) the causes and consequences that are true
for Vietnam
- Check with the class
- Then tell the groups to discuss the topic on what should be included in
the population education programme in Vietnamese high schools
- Go around to monitor and give help if necessary
- Call on SS to report about their group’ discussion
- Give feedback and comments
Sentence Building
- Tell SS to make meaningful sentences about China from the cues
given
1 populous country / world/ be / China/ account / almost 22%/ world
population
2 Although / China’s population / still increase / population growth rate/
decrease greatly / past years
Expected answer:
1 The most populous country in the world is China, which accounts for
almost 22% of the world population
2 Although China’s population is still increasing, its population growth
rate has decreased greatly in the past year
express themselves and share ideas -Speaking
as an integrated skill
- To provide
SS with Some structure practise based on what they have learned
T-class
SS-SS T-class
Indivi-duals
- Chalk & board