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Unit 8 country life and city life Lesson 1 Getting started & Listen and read
A The objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to identify country life and city life They’ll use the language to talk about the differences between life in the city and country life and the changes in the country
b content: Vocabulary: words to talk about country/ city life: traffic jams, entertainments,
noisy, quiet, peaceful, simple, polluted, etc
Grammar: Present progressive tense to talk about changing situations
C Materials: Poster, pictures, CD player, disk,
Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: Students have never experienced city life before
D Procedure
I Warmer
Substitution boxes
Make a list of the differences between the
countryside and the city
Students work on their own first, then they
share and compare in pairs or small groups
of three
Teacher gets feedback
Ask students to make example sentences
with the words/ phrases
I Getting started
City Country
Noisy Dirty Polluted Traffic jams Tall buildings Entertainments Kinds of goods Modern
Busy Life in the city is always busy
People are always
in a hurry There are many traffic jams during rush hours
Fresh air Quiet Beautiful view Friendly, helpful Fresh food Cheap
Most things are cheap in the country
II Checking the old lesson
III New lesson
Presentation
Pre-teach
Eliciting
Modeling, choral & individual repetition
Written record, VN meaning, pronunciation
Checking: make example sentences
The city has so much more to offer
Many remote areas are getting electricity
Presentation dialogue
Set the scene: Na has just been to the
countryside Hoa is asking her about the
country life
Listen and find out what the country life is
like
Get students to listen to the dialogue twice
Answer the pre-question
Ask students to listen and repeat the
dialogue in chorus
Students practice the dialogue in pairs
Model sentences:
II Listen and read
Vocabulary
- remote areas:
- entertainment (n):
- accessible (adj):
- offer (v):
- medical facility:
- change (n,v):
1 Practice the dialogue with a partner
The village of Kim Lien:
- a beautiful place
- quiet, peaceful
- life is simple
- people are friendly
- clean air
- things are changing
- etc
Model sentences:
- Things are changing in the country
Trang 2Things are changing in the country
Many remote areas are getting electricity
Concept check:
Meaning, form, use: to show changes
Practice
Comprehension questions
Ask students to read the dialogue again and
answer the questions
Students work on their own first
Ask some pairs to practice asking and
answering the questions aloud
Do some correction
Further practice
Beyond the line questions
Ask students to work in groups of three to
discuss and answer the questions:
Do you prefer the city or the country? Why?
Each student has to prepare 3-5 sentences to
answer the why-question
Teacher goes round and monitors, gives
prompts if necessary
- Many remote areas are getting electricity
- Life in the provinces are definitely changing for the better
2 Answer the questions:
a She has been to the country/ the village of Kim Lien
b She was there for the weekend/ for one day
c She thinks it’s quiet and peaceful
d She means there are no stores, no movie theaters, no parks, … to go
e Many remote areas are … People can now have … Medical facilities are more easily …
I prefer the country to the city The air is clean, most things are cheap, life is simple, people are friendly and helpful
etc
IV Consolidation Words to describe country/ city life
Present progressive tense to show changes Comparatives
Practice the dialogue again and answer the questions
Practice talking about the differences between the countryside and the city Prepare new lesson: talk about the changes