Unit 4

Procedure: Warmer 5’ Brainstorm - Ask Ss to sit in group and answer the question “What is the school education system in Vietnam?” - Collect Ss’ answers.. Group work Before reading 14

Preparing date: Oct, 5th 08 Teaching date: Oct, 6th 08

Period: 21st

Unit 4: SCHOOL education system

Lesson A – Reading

I Aim: Reading for specific information about school education system in Vietnam.

II Teaching aids: textbook, pictures and poster.

III Procedure:

Warmer

5’

Brainstorm

- Ask Ss to sit in group and answer the question “What is the

school education system in Vietnam?”

- Collect Ss’ answers

- Provide corrective feedback

- Lead to the topic if the lesson: School Education System

Group work

Before

reading

14’

Facts about schools

- Ask students to read the facts and decide whether the statements about school in Vietnam are true or false

-Go around to offer help

-Have Ss compare their answers

- Feedback

* Teaching Vocabulary:

Elicit from Ss some new words

- Compulsory (a): kəm'pʌlsəri (explain) B¾t buéc

- academic (a): /,ækə'demik/ (explain) thuéc sù giang d¹y

-> academic year n¨m häc

- Parallel (a): 'pærəlel (drawing)

- Curriculum (n): [kə'rikjuləm ( example) Ch¬ng tr×nh gi¶ng

d¹y

- fee-paying: (a): (explain) tr¶ häc phÝ

- Primary school:

- Lower secondary school: Pictures

- Upper secondary school;

Individual/ Pair work

Whole class work

* Ask Ss to give the Vietnamese equivalents (if necessary).

* Checking technique: Rub out & remember

- Have Ss read through the passage in silence and guess the meaning of other new words in context

- Go around and provide help if necessary

While

reading

18’

Task 1 Finding words or phrases

- Run through task 1

- Get Ss to find words or phrases in the reading passage which have the same meanings as those in task 1

- Have Ss compare their answers

-Call some students to give the answers

- Call for other Ss’ ideas

- Feedback

Answers:

1 state school 2 primary school

3 secondary school 4 compulsory

5 the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level or the GCE “A Level”

6 Curriculum

7 the General Certificate of Secondary Education

Task 2 Answer the questions

-Ask students to read the questions carefully

- Ask students to read through the passage again

- Have Ss work in pairs to discuss the answers

- Call some students to give the answers

- Ask others students to correct

- Feedback

1 from the age of 5 2 3 terms

3 the state school and the “independent” or “public” school system 4 Yes, they do.

5 There three core subjects (English, Maths and Science)

6 When they finish the secondary school.

Individual/ pair work

Pair/work

Post

reading

7’

* Discussion

- Have Ss compare the school education system in Vietnam with that in the England

Pair work

- Tell Ss to discuss in pairs.

- Move around to help Ss

- Call on some Ss to give their ideas

- T gives feedback

Home

work 1’

- Reread the text more carefully

- Prepare for the next lesson Speaking.

Whole class work

Preparing date: Oct, 6th 08 Teaching date: Oct, 7th 08

Period: 22nd

Unit 4: School education system

Lesson B - Speaking

I Aims: Practice talking about the school education system in Vietnam

II.Teaching aids: textbook and posters.

III Procedure:

Warmer

7’

Jumbled word:

cupomrosyl (a), curirlumcu (n), dacemica (a), pellalra (a), rimypra (n)

- Have Ss recall the new words they’ve learnt in the previous lesson, then write them down

- Call on two Ss to write their answers on the BB

- Feedback.(see the previous lesson)

Team work

Before

speaking

12’

Task 1: Ask and Answer

- Get Ss to study the table (show on a poster if necessary)

- Tell Ss to work in pairs and ask and answer about the school education system in Vietnam

- Model to Ss:

A: When do children in Vietnam go to (primary) school?

B: When they are six (years old).

A: How long does the (primary) education last?

B: 5 (year)s.

- Have Ss practice

- Call on some pairs to act out in front of the class

- Give comments

Pair work

Task 2:

speaking

12’

- Ask Ss to look at the information in the task 1

-Guide Ss to use the information in Task 1 to talk about the school education system in Vietnam

-Give Ss model:

Children in Vietnam go to ………when they are………years old And the ……… lasts………….years.

- Move around to give help

-Call on some Ss to present

- Feedback

Individual work

Post

speaking

12’

Task 3

- Run through the school system in Vietnam and in England to elicit the similarities and differences between them

- Ask Ss to work in groups to talk about the similarities and differences between the school system in Vietnam and in England (focus on the age to start school, curriculum, subjects…)

- Give example:

There are similarities and differences between the school system in Vietnam and in England In Vietnam, the academic year runs from August to May and is divided into 2 terms In England, the academic year runs from September to July and is divided into 3 terms

- Move around to give help

-Call on some Ss present in front of the class.

- Feedback

Group work

Home

Work 2’ Prepare for the next lesson - Listening

Whole class work

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Preparing date: Oct, 12th 08 Teaching date: Oct, 13th 08

Period: 23rd

Unit 4: school education system Lesson C – Listening (Pd: 23 rd )

I Aims : Listening for specific information of a conversation between two students talking

about their study at school

II.Teaching aids: textbook, pictures, cassette, tape and handouts

III Procedure:

Stages

Warmer

5’

Brainstorm

- Have Ss list the subjects they are learning at school

- Collect Ss’ideas - Check with the whole class

Whole class work

Before

listening

10’

1 Questions and answers

- Get Ss to work in pairs, then ask and answer the following questions

+ What subjects are you good at school?

+ Which ones do you enjoy most/ least in your class? Why?

- Encourage Ss to express their ideas freely

- Call on some pairs to act out - Give comments

2 Listen and repeat

-Help Ss to pronounce the words in their book correctly

-Play the tape and then ask Ss to read after the tape in chorus and individually

- T corrects errors if needed

-Check if Ss know the meaning of these words

Pair work

Whole class work

While

listening

18’

Task 1: Put a tick

-Get Ss to read through the questions in the table

- Get Ss to listen to the tape twice, and then put a tick to the question to which the answer is “Yes”

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to compare their answers

- Go around and provide help

- Have Ss listen the third time to check the answers

- Call on some Ss to go to the board and write down their answers

- Feedback and give correct answers

(If Ss make too many mistakes, have them listen to the tape once more.)

Task 2: Answer the questions.

- Ask if s can answer any questions before they listen to the tape again - Play the tape again

Individual / pair work

Individual /

Subject s

Jenny : 1, 3, 5 Gavin : 1, 2, 5

- Have Ss compare their answers with a partner.

- Go around and provide help

(If Ss make too many mistakes, have them listen to the tape once more.)

- Call on some Ss to read their answers

- Feedback and give correct answers

1 When he enjoyed the subjects 2 He found it very difficult.

3 Because they difficult for him to do in a short time.

4 Because he went away to boarding school when he was quite young and he didn’t like that So school days weren’t the days

of his life.

pair work

Post

listening

10’

Discussion

- Get SS to work in groups to discuss the question:

“What should you do to pass your exam?”

- Go around and provide help

- Call on some groups to give their answers

- Feedback

(take extra courses, invest more time in learning, buy some extra- books,…)

Group work

Home

work 2’

- Learn the new words by heart

- Prepare for the next lesson Writing.

Whole class work

UNIT FOUR

Jenny: Look, these are questions about how you got on at school Shall we just go through them?

Gavin: Yes,lets Jenny: OK, so, did you always work very hard?

Gavin: Well I certainly worked pretty hard at the subjects I enjoyed Yes, I did What about you?

Jenny: Yes, I did actually, I think I worked very hard, yeah Now let's come to the next question.

Gavin: Did, yeah, did you always listen carefully to your teachers?

Jenny: No I don't think I did No, I think I was quite disruptive, actually What about you?

Gavin: Well I think I did listen to the teachers certainly when I got to the level where I was doing the subjects

that I enjoyed

Jenny: Yeah, OK the next question is, did you always behave well?

Gavin: I don't think I always behaved well I was, a bit, er, a bit of a tearaway.

Jenny: Um Well, I think I was pretty well-behaved on the whole, so I'd say yes, yeah.

Gavin: Good for you! Did you pass your exams easily?

Jenny: No I can't say I did, no, I, I found them quite a struggle actually.What about you?

Gavin: I didn't pass them that easily, though I worked hard I found it very difficult to answer all

that long questions in a short time.

Jenny: Yeah, yeah, exacdy What about this one, then? Did you always write slowlyand carefully?

Gavin: Quite slowly, essays took a long time to write and I suppose I took a bit or care, yes.

Jenny: Yes, I agree I was also, I was very careful and erm yeah methodical

Jenny: And did you think your school dyas were the best days of your life?

Gavin: Um, no, no I can’t say they were What about you?

Gavi: No, I went away to boarding school when I was quite young and I didn’t like that No,

they weren’t the best days of my life