OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - Scan for specific information about the Thanh Ba post office - Talk about the services of the post office.. Pre-reading:
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Period: 58 Pre.date: 28/12/2019
Week: 01 Tea.date: 07/01/2020
Unit: 9 THE POST OFFICE
Lesson 1: READING
I OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Scan for specific information about the Thanh Ba post office
- Talk about the services of the post office
1 Knowledge:
- Lexical items: words / phrases about Thanh Ba post office
2 Skills: Main skill: Reading
Sub-skills: Speaking, Listening
3 Attitude:
- Students should know about Thanh Ba post office
- Students should actively take part in activities and tasks in class
4 Competences:
- General competences: communication, cooperation and self-study
- Specific competences:
Guessing the words’ meaning in context
Reading for gists and for specific information
Answering questions about the reading passage
Interpreting
II TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, paperboard, pictures,…
III. PROCEDURE:
1 Warm-up: Kim’s game: RECOGNITION (6 minutes)
(to get Ss involved in the lesson)
- T asks Ss to listen to the following statements and try to
guess what it is
-Ss listen and answer
- T gives feedback and Ss some more questions
- T gives feedback and introduces the new lesson “In
today’s reading, we’ll get to know about Thanh Ba post
office.”
1 It is a written or printed message that you send
to s.b letter
2 Something is covered in brown paper and sent
to s.b parcel
3 It is a copy of a letter that you can send by telephone line, using a special machine fax
1 Where can you do these things?
the post office
2 List some more services of the post office that you know Money transfer, phone call
2 Pre-reading: RECOGNITION (7 minutes)
(to provide Ss with some new words and help them with
their pronunciation)
- T asks Ss some questions:
- Ss listen and answer
- T elicits meaning, giving explanation or giving synonyms
to teach these words
+ How far is it from your home to the nearest post office? It is about ……kilometers
+ How often do you go to the post office? What for?
once/ twice a week + What services do you think the post office offers?
To post letters/ To make a phone call/ To buy phone cards,…mail, phone call
New words and phrases
1 equip (v) [explanation]
Supply with what is needed in a company or in an office, etc.
equipment (n)
2 surface mail (n) [explanation] letters, packages,
etc that go by road, rail or sea, not by air.
3 express (adj.) [synonym] very fast:
4 competitive (adj.): có sức cạnh tranh, phải chăng
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- T uses repetition drills for new words
- Ss repeat the words and phrases in chorus
5 notify (v) [translation] : thong báo, cho biết
6 recipient (n) [situation] người nhận
Situation: My friend sent me a letter She was the
sender, I received the letter, I was the …… (recipient)
receive (v)
7 facsimile (n) [translation] : bản sao, chép, bản fax
8 subscribe (v) (to newspapers or magazines…) [explanation]
Explanation: arrange to receive (newspapers/
magazines) regularly.
3 While-reading: (25 minutes)
(to get Ss to scan for specific information of the reading
passage)
Task 1 : UNDERSTANDING
- T asks Ss to read the text individually, try to guess the
meaning of the words (spacious, courteous, speedy, and
original) from the context, and then find the word that has
the opposite meaning
- T gets them compare their answers with their partners
- T calls some Ss to speak out their answers
Task 2: LOW APPLICATION
- T gets Ss to read through the questions and makes sure that
Ss understand the questions clearly
- T asks Ss to read the passage again to find the information
to answer the questions
- T has Ss ask and answer the questions in pairs
- T goes around to check and offer help
- T calls some pairs to practice asking and answering in
front of the class
- T calls some Ss to write their answers on the board
- T gives feedback and corrects answers
Task 3: LOW APPLICATION
- T gets Ss to read through the statements and underline the
key words
- T makes sure that Ss understand the statements clearly
- T asks Ss to read the passage and find the evidence to
support the statements
- T goes around to check and offer help
- T calls some Ss to present their answers in front of the
class
Task 1 : Finding the word that has the opposite
meaning to the italicized word.
*Suggested answers:
1 C 2 B 3 D 4 C
Task 2: Answering the questions:
* Suggested answers:
1 It is equipped with advanced technology
2 Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money Transfer, Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution
3 They are air mail, surface mail and the EMS mail
4 It is used for notifying the recipient of the time and place to receive the call
5 You will have to subscribe to your favourite newspapers and magazines
- Ss work individually, then compare their answers
in pairs
Task 3: Finding evidence:
*Suggested answers:
1 The post office opens daily from 7 a.m to 9 p.m
2 We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under
15 kg
3 We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible time
4 The money will be sent to your relatives in less than 24 hours
4 Post-reading: HIGH APPLICATION (5 minutes)
(to get Ss to take part in a small discussion)
- T asks Ss to work in groups to discuss the following
questions
- Ss work in groups
- T goes around and help Ss if necessary
- T calls on some representatives of the groups to answer in
front of the class
- Ss speak in front of the class
1 Which service provided by Thanh Ba post office
do you think is the most important and why?
2 What services do you think Thanh Ba post office should have in the future?
5 Homework: (2 minutes)
- T assigns homework
- Ss write down
- Learn the new words by heart
- Prepare Speaking for the next lesson.
Self-evaluation:
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Period: 59 Pre.date: 28/12/2019
Week: 01 Tea.date: /01/2020
Unit: 9 THE POST OFFICE
Lesson 2: SPEAKING
I OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Ask for and give information about the services provided by the post office
- Talk about the services provided by the post office
1 Knowledge
- Lexical items: + Words / phrases about the services provided by the post office.
+ Expressions used to talk a process of registering a service provided by the post office
2 Skills: - Main skill: Speaking
- Sub-skills: Listening, Reading, Writing
3 Attitude:
- The students should know how to make questions and requests and talk about different services provided by the post office
4 Competences:
- General competences: communication, cooperation and self-study
- Specific competences:
Asking for and giving information about types of competitions
Talking about a competition or contest
II TEACHING AIDS: sub-board, handouts, pictures, textbook.
III PROCEDURE:
Teacher and students’ activities Contents
1 Warm-up: Game: Listing (5 minutes)
(to get Ss involved in the lesson)
- T divides class into 2 groups and asks each group to
complete the following network in the shortest time
- Ss work in groups to complete the network
- T gives feedback and introduces the new lesson: “Today, we
learn to talk about the services provided by the post office”
* Suggested answer
1 mail 2 money transfer 3 fax
4 press delivery ……
2 Pre-speaking: (7 minutes)
Activity 1: Vocabulary and useful language
(to get Ss to know the meaning of some new words and to
provide Ss with some useful language)
- T shows the picture and ask Ss to guess how the clerk and
the customer greet to each other
- Ss look at the picture and answer
Task 1: RECOGNITION AND UNDERSTANDING
A man is at the post office and he’s taking a postal service
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue quickly and answer the
following questions
- Ss listen to the teacher
- T goes around the class and listens to their answers
- T corrects Ss’mistakes
- T gives feedback
- T calls a good St to read aloud the dialogue with the teacher
- T tells Ss to practice speaking the dialogue in pairs
- Ss practice speaking in pairs
- T calls on some pairs to act out the dialogue in front of the
class
- T introduces some useful expressions:
The woman: Excuse me!
The clerk: Yes? Can I help you, Madam?
Task 1: Practise speaking the dialogue
1 What service is the man taking? (fax transmission )
2 What does he want to fax? (a document )
3 What’s his fax number? (04.7223898)
4 How much is this service? ( 5,000 dongs )
Services of the post office
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-T asks Ss to say the main content of the dialogue.
- Ss tell the main content
- - T checks the answers with the whole class
Do you know that ……?
It’s the time when ……
It’s on ……
-install (v) = cài đặt -installation (n)= sự cài đặt
-registration (n)= sự đăng kí -fee (n)= phí thuê bao -clerk (n)= nhân viên -rular network (n) = mạng lưới nông thôn
-demand (n)= sự yêu cầu (v) yêu cầu
3 While-speaking: (20 minutes)
Task 2: LOW APPLICATION
- T sets the scene: Make a conversation from the suggestions
The conversation takes place at the post office between a
clerk(A) and a custom(B), who wants to have a telephone line
installed at home
-T asks Ss to work in pairs to make a conversation After they
finish T calls on some pair to practice before class
- Ss work in pair
- Ss present the dialogue
- T listens and correct their mistakes
A: Good morning Can I help you?
B: Yes, I would like to have a telephone line installed at home?
A: Ok, where do you live?
B: I live in Ngoc Ha Street When can you install it? A: We can install it one week afer you register B: Can you come on Friday?
A: Yes, that’s fine Have you got a telephone yet?
B: Yes, I have a telephone already How much is the installation fee and monthly fee?
A: The installation fee is 600 thousand Dong and the monthly fee is 27 thousand Dong Could you please fill this form?
4 Post-speaking: (10 minutes)
(to get Ss to make their own dialogue)
Task 3: : HIGH APPLICATION
- T asks Ss to work in pairs and make a similar dialogue using
one of the two situations given in their books
- Ss do as T asks
- T goes around the class and gives help if necessary
- T calls on some pairs and asks Ss to act out the dialogue
- Ss make a dialogue and practice speaking
- T corrects ss’mistakes
5 Homework: (3 minutes)
- T assigns homework
- Ss write down
- Practice speaking the dialogues with their friends
- Write a short paragraph about the festival they like best
- Prepare Listening for the next lesson.
Self-evaluation:
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Period: 60 Pre.date: 28/12/2020
Week: 01 Tea.date: /01/2020
Unit: 9 THE POST OFFICE
I OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Listen to a conversation about the development of Vietnam's telephone system for details
- Know something about the development of Vietnam’s telephone system for details
1 Knowledge
- Lexical items: words / phrases: rural, network, communal growth, capacity, digit subscriber, reduction, fee,
expansion…
2 Skills: - Main sill: Listening
- Sub-skills: Speaking,Reading
3 Attitude: Students should learn about the development of Vietnam’s telephone system for details
4 Competences:
- General competences: communication, cooperation and self-study
- Specific competences:
Multiple choice
Comprehension questions
II TEACHING AIDS : cassette player, sub-board, handouts, flash cards, textbook, pictures.
III PROCEDURE:
1 Lead- in: (5 minutes)
(to get Ss involved in the lesson)
- T hangs on some pictures about some modern technology on
the board and asks Ss to speak out their names
- T asks for the answers and gives feedback
- T asks Ss some questions
- Ss listen and answer
- T introduces the lesson: “Today, we will know more about
the development of telecommunication in Vietnam”
1 Which is the quickest, a phone call, a fax, an e-mail or a letter?
2 Does any member of your family have a cell phone?
3 What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of cell phones?
2 Pre-listening: RECOGNITION (10 minutes)
(to provide Ss with some new words and check Ss’
understanding of the words)
Pre-teach vocabulary
- T pre-teaches some new words and phrases and then helps Ss
pronounce the words given in textbook
- Ss write down and pronounce the words and phrases
- T asks Ss to conduct repetition drill for new words and
phrases
Vocabulary :
-commune (n) = xã -rural network (n)= mạng lưới nông thôn -communal growth (n)=sự phát triển cộng đồng -capacity (n)=khả năng, năng lực
-digit subscriber (n)=số lượng đăng kí
3 While-listening: (20 minutes)
(to get Ss to listen for specific information)
Task 1: UNDERSTANDING
- T asks Ss to read the statements or questions in task 1 to
Task 1: Multiple Choice
*
Suggested answers:
1 B 2 D 3 C 4 D 5 C
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understand them
- Ss read through the statements and guess
- T explains some key words and practice to read them
- T plays the tape once for Ss to get information
- Ss listen to the tape
-T plays it again and asks Ss to answer
- T lets Ss listen again and pause at the answers for them to
catch
- Ss discuss with their friends to find out the answers
- T checks with the class and gives feedback
Task 2: LOW APPLICATION
- T gets Ss to read through the questions
- T makes sure that Ss understand the questions clearly
- T plays the tape twice
- T plays the tape again and tells Ss to answer these questions
independently
- T guides Ss to compare their answers in pairs
- T calls on some Ss to write the answers on the board
- T lets Ss listen again to check the answers
Task 2 : Answer the questions.
* Suggested answers:
1 China has the best growth in telephone number
2 In the early 1990s, there were only 140.000 telephones
in VN
3 In the 1996, the fixed telephone numbers were changed from 6 to 7 digits in HN and HCM City as well as 5 to 6 digits in other provinces
4 In 2001
5 There are 6.014 communal post offices in VN
4 Post-listening: HIGH APPLICATION (7 minutes)
(to get Ss to learn about some famous runners in Vietnam)
- T asks Ss work in groups
- T plays the tape again and asks Ss to discuss and write down
on paper then present before the class
- Ss work in groups to listen to the tape again, discuss and
summarize the main ideas of the passage
- T gives offer help if necessary
- T gives comment and check
- T calls on a representative to talk in front of the class
- T makes correction and gives mark
After you listen: Discussion
Discuss and summarize the main ideas of the passage
5 Homework: (3 minutes)
- T assigns homework
- Ss write down
- Write a short paragraph to summarize the main ideas of the listening
- Prepare Writing for the next lesson.
Tapescript: U9-11
Over the past few years, Viet Nam has quickly developed its telephone system.
Viet Nam ranks second only to China for growth in the number of telephone subscribers It is among the thirty countries
in the world that has more than two million telephone subscribers.
In the early 1990s, there were only 140,000 telephones across Viet Nam At present, we have more than six million subscribers.
In 1996, Viet Nam began upgrading its fixed telephone networks and changing numbers from six to seven digits in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City as well as five to six digits in other provinces.
Five years later, the mobile phone system was upgraded to meet the growth in customer demand Since 2000, Viet Nam has reduced the price of several services, especially in the monthly fees for fixed and mobile phones.
In the future, more attention will be paid to the rural areas At present, 93 percent of communes across Viet Nam have telephone services A net work of 6,014 communal post offices have been set up across the country
Self-evaluation:
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Period: 61 Pre.date: 28/12/2020
Week: 02 Tea.date: /01/2020
Unit: 9 THE POST OFFICE
Lesson: WRITING
I OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a letter to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction
1 Knowledge:
- Lexical items: Words / phrases used in a formal letter to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction
2 Skills: - Main skill: Writing
- Sub-skills: Reading, Speaking, Listening
3 Attitude:
- Students should know how to write a letter to express satisfaction/ dissatisfaction
- Ss should actively join activities and tasks in class
4 Competences:
- General competences: communication, teamwork, self-esteem and self-study.
- Specific competences:
Writing a letter of satisfaction/ dissatisfaction
II TEACHING AIDS: pictures, colored chalks, workbooks, handouts, sub-boards
III PROCEDURE:
1 Warm-up: (5 minutes)
(to get Ss involved in the lesson)
- T asks Ss to read the following adjectives and underline
those can make people / things satisfied
- Ss work in groups to list all the words
-T goes around the class and help if necessary
- T checks their answers and declares the winner (The
winner is the group with the most correct festivals)
- T asks Ss some questions:
- Ss listen and answer the questions
- T gives feedback and introduces the new lesson
Polite, rude, cold , helpful, spacious, cramped, large, small, good, bad, reasonable, expensive, cheap, arrogant, punctual, reliable
Suggested answers :
Polite , helpful , spacious , large Good, reasonable, cheap, punctual, reliable
1 Do you often go to the post office?
2 What do you go to the post office for?
3 Could you tell me some services at the post office?
4 Are all of them good?
5 Do you think about the attitude of the staff?
6 How does the quality of the equipment?
2 Pre-writing: (10 minutes)
(to get Ss to analyze the format of the letter of
satisfaction /dissatisfaction and work out the format of the
letter of satisfaction or dissatisfaction)
Task 1:
- T sets the scene and give out the topic for the discussion
- T acts as an instructor and write shortly Ss' ideas on the
board
- Ss work in groups of 4 to complete the table
T: tell me some services at Thanh Ba post office?
Ss: mail and parcel services, phone call, press distribution etc
T: Now, imagine you have been using some of these services Tell me what you are satisfied with and what you are dissatisfied with
Satisfied Dissatisfied The opening hours? (close too early) The security condition? (no one looks after
the motorbikes) The attitude of the staff? (polite
though ) The prices?
The punctuality of delivery
of letter and newspapers?
The position of the post office?
The quality of the
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- T asks Ss to remember and retell the form of a
satisfactory or dissatisfactory letter
equipment
The description includes 5 points:
The letter may have the following points:
* Dear Mr director
* State the reason for writing ( I am writing about the quality of the services your post office offers)
* Say whether you are satisfied or dissatisfied with these services, or both
* List out some evidences to support your idea
* (Firstly secondly thirdly finally )
* You suggestion *End the letter politely (sincerely yours, yours faithfully, etc.)
3 While-writing: (20 minutes)
(to get Ss to practise writing the letter)
Task 2: LOW APPLICATION
- T asks Ss to write the letter on a sheet of paper
- Ss write in groups
- T goes around the class and gives help when needed
- After Ss finish their letters, T asks Ss to exchange their
letters
- T can help Ss to correct if necessary
Task 2: write a letter
4 Post-writing: Correction : HIGH APPLICATION (8
minutes)
( to get Ss to correct the mistakes and reinforce the
content of a letter of reply)
- T chooses one or two letters and reads it/them to the
class
- Then T elicits corrective feedback from the class and
gives final comments afterwards T should draw Ss’
attention to the format of the letter, the organization of
ideas and language use
- Ss correct mistakes with the teacher
Example writing :
Dear Mr Director,
I am writing about the quality of the services of your post office
However, there is still something that I am dissatisfied with
Firstly, the post office is closed too early Sometimes I need to make an emergent phone call after 9 and this service is not available
Secondly, the prices for sending oversea mails are far too expensive compared with other post office in the district Finally, there is no one to look after the motorbikes of the customers outside
I would suggest that the post office should open until 10 p.m and that there should be someone to keep an eye on the motorbikes of customers I'm looking forward to hearing from you
Yours sincerely Nguyen Thanh Nhan
5 Homework: (2 minutes)
- T assigns homework
- Ss write down
- rewrite the paragraph on notebook
- Prepare Language Focus for the next lesson.
Self-evaluation:
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Period: 62 + 63 Pre.date: 28/12/2020
Unit: 9 THE POST OFFICE
I OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Pronounce the sounds /sp/- /st / and /sk/ correctly
- better at using defining and non-defining relative clause
1 Knowledge:
- Pronunciation: Sounds /sp/- /st / and /sk/
- Grammar: defining and non-defining relative clause
2 Skill: Integrated 4 skills
3 Attitude: Students should be more confident in pronouncing the sounds /sp/- /st / and /sk/ exactly and better at using defining and non-defining relative clause
4 Competences:
- General competences: communication, cooperation and self-study
- Specific competences:
Pronouncing the sounds /sp/- /st / and /sk/ exactly
using defining and non-defining relative clause
II TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, paperboard, handouts, pictures.
III PROCEDURE:
1 Lead-in: (5 minutes)
(to get Ss involved in the lesson)
- T gives Ss some pictures (of: spoon, scanner, stamp, statue,
dish, and sparrow) and asks Ss to say the name of the things in
the pictures
- Ss look and answer
- T asks Ss to read aloud the words
- T introduces the sounds /sp/, /st /, and /sk/
A PRONUNCIATION: /sp/- /st / and /sk/
2 Presentation: RECOGNITION (5 minutes)
(to get Ss identify the sounds and how to produce the sounds
correctly)
- T demonstrates the sounds /sp/, /st /, and /sk/ by
pronouncing them clearly and slowly
- T helps Ss know how to pronounce the sounds
3 Practice: RECOGNITION (7 minutes)
(to get Ss identify the sounds and produce the sounds in
isolated words and in the utterances correctly)
- T plays the tape and asks students to repeat
- Ss listen and repeat
- T calls on Ss to repeat the sounds clearly in front of the class
- Ss read the sounds
- T asks Ss to work in pairs to practise reading the words
- Ss work in pairs
- T asks students to work in pairs to practise reading the
sentences
- Ss read the sentences
- T goes around to give help
- T calls on some students to answer
- T gives comments
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4 Production: RECOGNITION (7 minutes)
(to get Ss recognize the words through the game)
- T asks Ss to play a game named “Electric Shock”
+ reads aloud a word containing one of the above sound, then
calls any Ss This St read a word containing the sound and
calls another pp and so on until there are some Ss who can not
find the words containing these sounds
- Ss play the game
1 Lead-in: RECOGNITION (5 minutes)
(to set the lesson context and engage students)
- T divides the class into two groups and ask Ss to close their
books
- T reads the questions and asks Ss to give the answers Each
of the quickest and correct answer gets one point The group
having more points wins the game
- Ss listen to the teacher
- T gives feedback and introduces the new lesson
2 Presentation: UNDERSTANDING (25 minutes)
(to provide Ss with some knowledge of relative clause)
- T write down some sentences, and then asks Ss to say again
the usage of relative pronouns
- Ss answer
- T gives feedback
- T asks Ss to analyze the examples and find out the
differences between defining and non – defining relative
clause
- Ss pay attention and answer
- T gives feedback
- Ss take notes
3 Practice: LOW APPLICATION (23 minutes)
(to get Ss to change direct speech into reported speech and to
rewrite the dialogue in reported speech with gerund)
Exercise 1 :
-T asks Ss to do exercise1 individually and then compare their
answers with another student
- T asks for the answers
- T corrects and gives feedback
Exercise 2: complete the sentences with who, whom or
whose
- T asks Ss to work individually to complete the sentences
using who, whom, whose
- T calls some Ss to say loudly their answers
- T listens and gives feedback
B GRAMMAR Game: Who is the quickest?
1 What do you call a person who designs buildings?
2 What do you call a person who flies a plane?
3 What do you call a thing which opens a lock?
4 What do you call a thing which opens a bottle?Ss play the game
Relative pronouns:
Noun/ Pronoun (person) + who (S, O) Noun/ Pronoun (person) + whom (O) Noun/ Pronoun (object) + which (S, O) Noun/ Pronoun (person/ object) + that (S, O) Noun + whose (possessive) + Noun
Defining relative clause:
- after indefinite nouns
- used to specify the noun (antecedent) necessary, can’t be omitted
- can omit the relative pronoun if it functions as
an O
E.g The school (WHICH) you see over there
was built over 100 years
Non-defining relative clause:
- after definite nouns (proper names, this/ that/ his/ her/ their… + N)
- used to add extra information about a noun unnecessary, can be omitted
- can not omit the relative pronoun
- that shouldn’t be used
- it is between 2 commas E.g.: We are moving to Manchester, which is in the north-west
Suggested answers :
1 an architect
2 a pilot
3 a key
4 bottle- opener
Suggested answers :
1 A burglar is someone who breaks into the house to steal things
2 A customer is someone who buys something from the shop
3 A shoplifter is some one who steals from the shop