Com LISTENING 3 VB1 PTNGHIA WEEK 1

How do you think your school is different from schools in other country.. I’d like to talk about students at our school have to wear uniforms5. For example, in the United States what s

Teacher: Pham Thi Nghia

Subject: Listening 3 – vb1

Unit 1

BOOST LISTENING

1.1 Answer these questions and discuss your answers

1 Is your school public or private?

2 When does the school year begin & end?

3 How many days per week do you have classes? Which days?

4 How many students are in your class?

5 How do you get to school?

6 Do you have a dress code or uniform?

7 What do you think about you school?

8 How do you think your school is different from schools in other country?

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1.2 Listen to the lecture and match the two parts of the statements [1], page 9

1 well, as you all know, students do not have to wear uniforms…

2 I’d like to talk about students at our school have to wear uniforms

3 For example, in the United States what students in other parts of the world wear

at school

2.1 Answer the following questions

1 How many grade levels of education are there in our country?

2 What is the age at which students begin each level?

3 Do public schools are different private schools in Vietnam? Explain why?

2.2 Listen to the lecture and takes notes

3.1 Let’s learn some main ideas signal words

3.1.1 What is a main idea?: Main ideas are the biggest and most important ideas, in longer, formal talk, you can find the main ideas by listening for phrases speakers usually use to

introduce them

3.1.2 Some common main idea phrases

The main point is…………

I’d like to talk about…………

The important thing is…………

There are three reasons why…………

And most importantly…………

A major development…………

Now, this is important

Remember that

The important idea is that

The basic concept here is

The crucial point is

This is critical

This is vital

This is significant

This is essential

3.1.3 Circle the correct answers, using your notes to guide you Then listen again to the lecture

to check your answers

1 What are the two main ideas of the lecture?

a school levels in Australia

b different school systems between countries

c different school ages around the world

d elementary school entry age in the United States

2 Which two phrases introduce each of the main ideas?

a The point I want to make today is that

b For example, did you know that

c In Australia kids can start

4 Let’s listen [2], page 27, unit 7 – Basic Tactics for Listening

TOEIC LISTENING

I Part III: Short conversations