UNIT 4- SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Which school subjects/ you think/ the most difficult/?/ English - Individually read the passage to find out the words or phrases Correct answers: 1.. Aims: By the end of the lesson, the

A Aims: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:

- Understand some more about the English education system

- Use vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson through exercises

B Teaching aids: Pictures, posters, handouts and real objects

C Teaching method: Communicative approach

I WARM-UP:

Network ( Words related to school)

Ask Ss to find as many words related to schooling as

possible

II PRE-READING:

* Discussion

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to decide whether the

statements given are T or F

- Call some Ss to give their answers

- Correct and give feedback

*Vocabulary:

- academic (adj)

Eg: the academic year = the school year

- parallel (adj)

- category (n)

- fee- paying (adj)

- Work individually

- Expected words : + terms

+ grades + curriculum + subjects + examinations + pre – school + secondary school + high school

- Work in pair

- correct answers:

1 T

2 F

3 T

4 F

5 T

- Listen, practice and take notes schooling

- curriculum (n)

 curricula (plural)

- core (n) = central or most important part

* Lead-in:

2, WHILE-READING:

Ask Ss to read the text and do the tasks

Task1 Find words or phrases meaning

- Ask Ss to read the passage again to find out the words

or phrases

- Have Ss compare their answers with partners

- Call some Ss to write the words or phrases on the board

to check

- Correct and give feedback

Task 2 Answer the questions

- Check if Ss can answer the comprehension Qs without

reading the text again If Ss cannot, get them to read the

Qs carefully and underline the key words to do the task

- Get Ss to check theirs answers with their friends

- Call some Ss to read theirs answers and explain their

choices

- Comment and gives feedbacks

3, POST-READING: Pairwork.

- Show the cues on the board and ask Ss, in pairs, to make

a complete conversation

A B

1 May/ ask/ questions/? Yes

2 You/ have difficulty/

studying /?/ Yes

3 Which school subjects/ you

think/ the most difficult/?/ ( English)

- Individually read the passage to find out the words or phrases

Correct answers:

1 state schools

2 primary education

3 secondary education

4 compulsory

5 The General Certificate of Secondary Education

6 curriculum (n)

- Read the passage and answer the questions

1 From the age of 5

2 3 terms

3 The state school and the “ independent” or “public” school systems

4 Yes, they do

5 There are 3 core subjects ( English, Maths, Science)

6 They can take an examination called the General Certificate of Secondary Education

- Work in pairs

Model:

A: - May I ask you some questions ? B: -Yes, of course What do you want to know ?

A:Do you have any difficulties studying ? B: Yes, What about you ?

A: I find it difficult to study social subjects Which subjects do you think the most difficult ?

B: - Oh, English of course

Kinds of school in Vietnam

4.What/ you/ do / improve /it/ ?/ practice every

day/take part

in English club/

ask teacher/

friends to help

5 your English

be better/ now Thanks

- Modal with a good student if necessary

- Ask Ss to work in pairs

- Go around for help

- Call some pairs to present in front of the class

- Give comments

III Consolidation & Homework.

- Review main points of the lesson.

- Ask Ss to learn vocabulary

- Prepare section B

A: - What do you do to improve it?

B: - I practice English every day, speak

as regularly as possible I also take part in the English club in our school If I have any problems , I ask my teacher and friends to help They are always willing

to help me

A: - I think your English is better now B: - Thanks

- Learn vocabulary

- Prepare section B

A Aims: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

- Talk about the school education system in Vietnam

- Talk about the similarities and differences between the school system in Vietnam and in

England

B Methods: Communicative approach

C Teaching aids : Textbook, posters….

I Warm – up:

Network

- Ask Ss to find the kinds of school in Vietnam

- Work individually

Expected answers

1 nursery,

1 2

6 3

5 4

-Ask Ss to put these names in the right order from low to

high

- “What do you know about the school education

systems in Vietnam?”

- Introduce the new lesson

2 kindergarten,

3 primary school,

4 secondary school, 5.college,

6 university

II PRE-READING:

-Ask Ss to study the table in task 1 then find out the new words

-Help Ss with the vocabulary and pronunciation

* GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education

- Elicit some useful expressions:

+ When do children in Vietnam go to lower school ?

+ How old are children when they first go to school?

+ How long is the primary school?

+ Do all children have go to nursery?

- Read the model conservation then call on some students to read

aloud it

2 While – speaking

Task 2 Talk about the school education system

- Ask Ss to work in groups -Goes around the class and give help if

necessary

- Call on some pairs practice in front of the class

- Correct Ss’ mistakes and Give feed back

1 In Vietnam, children can go to the nursery when they are only 3

or 4 years old

2 After nursery, they go to kindergarten and stay there until they

are 5

3 At the age of 6they move to primary school All primary schools

in Vietnam are coed – male and female students together in the

same class room It take them 7 years to finish high school

Children leave high school at the age of 17

4 They prepare for their higher study at colleges or universities

Task 3: Talk about the similarities and differences between the

- Work in pairs

Answers

- When do children in Vietnam go to lower secondary education?

When they are 6

- How long does the lower secondary education last? Four years

- Is pre –school compulsory in VN?

No, it’s optional

- From which grade to which grade does the upper education last ?

- From 10 to 12

- Listen

- Group works

- Work in groups

school systems in Vietnam and England.

- Ask Ss to work in groups and compare

- Call on some Ss to present their answers

- Give comments and feedback

Differences:

- Start primary school at the

age of 6 and finish at 10

-School is compulsory until

the age of 14

- Subjects studied

- Start primary school at 5 and finish at 10

- School is compulsory until the age of 16

III Consolidation & Homework:

- Ask Ss to prepare for part C

suggested answers:

Similarities:

-Both countries have to follow the national curriculum set by the government

-After secondary schools, Ss all have

to take the national examination known as GCSE

- Do the exercises again

- Prepare for part C

Unit 4: school education system

A Aims: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

- Get information from conversation Jenny and Gavin about their studying at school

- Improve their listening skills

- understand the ways of making apologies

B Methods: T - T; S - S

pairwork, individual work, whole class Communicative approach

C Teaching aids : Textbook, posters….

I WARM-UP (5'):

Finding words

- Ask Ss to work in groups of 4, writing down things that they

do in school days

- Call some Ss to write on the board

- Correct and gives comments

- Work in groups.

Expected words:

- doing exercises

- learning lessons

- taking tests, exams

- wearing uniform

- obeying school rules

- making friends

Lead-in: school days

II PRELISTENING (10').

A Pair works

- Ask Ss to work in pairs: ask and answer the questions in

textbook

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

- Give comments

B Vocabulary

- Teach new vocabulary:

1.tearaway(n) :impetuous and irresponsible person

= người nông nổi / vô trách nhiệm

Eg: Her son is a bit of a tearaway

2- disrupt (v)= gây hỗn độn, gây hỗn loạn, gây rối/ mất trật tự

- disruptive (adj) /dis'rʌptiv/ = unquiet

= quậy phá, nghịch ngợm

Eg: A few disruptive student can easily ruin a class

3 methodical (adj) / mi'θɔdikəl/

4 well-behaved >< ill-behaved/ badly-behaved

- Ask Ss to listen to the T’s pronunciation and repeat

2, WHILE-LISTENING (17'):

*Task 1: Put a tick (√ ) to the question

- Ask students to read through the questions to understand

them

- Play the tape once and ask Ss to listen to get the answers

then compare the answer with a partner

- Call some Ss to give the answers

- Play the tape again, have students to listen and check the

answers

- Check and give feedback

*Task 2: Answering

- Ask Ss to read carefully the five questions first, then let them

- doing research

- Pair works (The answers may vary.)

- Listen and take notes

- Practise reading new words

- Read through the questions

- Work individually to do the task

- Compare the answers

- Individual work: Listen to the tape

- Compare the answers with a friend

- Listen again to check the answers

- Take notes of the right answers

Questions Jenny Gavin

4

6

- Try to answer without listening

try to answer before listening again to do the task.

- Play the tape once for Ss to get the right answers

- Call on some Ss to give their answers on the board

- Play the tape once more for Ss to listen to check the answers

- Correct and give feedback

1 When he enjoyed the subjects

2 He found it very difficult

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

4 Because he went away to boarding school when he was quite

young and he didn’t like that So schools weren’t the best days

of his life

3 POST-LISTENING (10'): Talk about the results

- Ask Ss to work in pairs

- Go around and offer help if necessary

- Call some Ss to present in front of the class

- Correct and give comments

III CONSOLIDATION AND HOMEWORKK.

- Write about your school days at secondary school

again

- Listen and check

- Listen and take notes of the right answers

Expected answers:

I didn’t do well my last exams I was content with my math, physics, and chemistry result but my history result wasn’t very good I misunderstood the questions , so I barely passed it

I think I have to spend more time in studying history to get a higher grade in the coming exam

Unit 4: school education system

A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

- Write a short paragraph about the education system in Vietnam using the language they have learnt

- Improve their writing skills

- Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach

B Methods : T-T; S - S; individual work; group work and whole class.

C Teaching aids : Pictures, textbooks, handouts.

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

I Warm – up

Network

- Ask Ss in groups of 4 to find as many words

related to Education system in Vietnam as

possible

- Call some Ss to write on the board

- Check with the whole class

-> Describing the formal school education

system in Vietnam

II PRE-WRITING( 12'):

* Elicit structures:

+ Tenses : Simple present

+ suggested structures :

1 The academic year runs from to

2 A school year consists of terms

3 Children start grade 1 when they

4 duration of the academic year

5 a national examination for GSCE

6 university / college entrance examination

* Outline :

- Ask Ss to work in group to write the outline

using the information in Speaking Task to give

ideas for their writing

- Call a student to write on the board

- Correct and give feedback

III WHILE-WRITING:

- Work in groups of 4.

- Give answers

- Listen, correct and take notes

Suggested words :

- nursery

- kindergarten

- pre – school

- primary school

- secondary school

- high school

- training center

- vocational training center trường dạy nghề

- technical college

- secretary college

- community college

- university

- Work in groups

Outline :

1 Introduction : - 2 levels of education in Vietnam : primary and secondary education

* Primary school : - at the age of 6

* secondary school : - at the age of 11 , 4 years in lower secondary , 3 years in higher secondary

; finish secondary at 17 2.Main part :

* Duration of the academic year :- 35 weeks ( 9 months)

- 2 terms : 1st term : from September to late December; 2nd term : starts in the early January ends in May

National examination for GCSE : in June for all high school students

* university / college entrance examination : held in July

- Write about education system in Vietnam.

Education system in Vietnam

Write a paragraph on the formal school

education in Vietnam

- Ask Ss indivividual to use the outline to write

about education system in Vietnam

- Go around to collect typical mistakes

III, POST-WRITING ( correction )

- When all Ss have finished, call some to write

theirs on the board to check

- Correct Ss' typical mistakes and give feedback

for the whole class

- Collect student’s papers, give comment and

correct some serious mistakes

IV CONSOLIDATION & HOMEWORK:(5')

- Ask Ss to rewrite in the notebooks

- Prepare part E

Sample writing :

There are two levels of education in Vietnam: Primary and secondary education

Children in Vietnam go to primary school at the age

of six and move to secondary school when they are

11 Then they spend four years in lower secondary and 3 years in upper secondary They usually finish secondary school at the age of 17

Schooling is compulsory for Vietnamese children until they finish lower secondary It takes 9 years for the children to finish compulsory education The duration of the academic year is 35 weeks or 9 months It runs from September to May and is divided into two terms The first term is from the beginning of September to late December and the second term starts in early January and ends in May

A national examination for GCSE is usually held in June for all students who finish high school And then those who pass the GCSE exam are able to sit for the university or college entrance examination in July

Probably, students will take only an examination for finishing high school and for university or college

- Rewrite in the notebooks

- Prepare part D

A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to :

- Pronounce correctly the main stress in three – syllable words

- Use the passive voice appropriately

B Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.

C Teaching aids : Pictures, textbooks, handouts

I Warm – up.

Jumble words.

- Ask Ss to rearrange the letter to make right words

1 YHOTSIR

2 CHIREMSTY

3 SITPOLIC

4 NGOCUPMIT

- Correct and gives feedback

-> What’s common about them?

-> Stress in three – syllable words

II Presentation.

A Pronunciation

* Listen and repeat

- Read the model some words and ask Ss to repeat

- Get some Ss to pronounce these words

- Correct pronunciation (if any)

- Ask Ss to put these words in the correct column.

Add some more words, engineer, lemonade,

entertain, employee, Vietnamese, cigarette

- Correct and gives feedback

Remarks : Words ending in - ade, - ain,- ee, - eer,

- ese, - ette has the main stress on these syllable

( 3rd syllable )

* * Practice reading the sentences

- Play the tape, Asks Ss to read after the tapes

- Call some Ss to read and correct mistakes

B Grammar

* Lead – in :Asking questions

- What is the table made of ?

- What are the windows made of ?

- Do you know who make these things ?

-> our lesson is the passive voice

- Work individually

- Rearrange the letter to make right words

Excepted answers : HISTORY

CHEMISTRY POLITICS COMPUTING

- They are all three – syllable words

- Read the words aloud

Poster:

Stress on

1 st Stress on 2 nd Stress on 3 rd

algebra carefully politics physical chemistry academic primary cinema

statistics computing September compulsory

engineer lemonade entertain employee Vietnamese cigarette

Reading aloud the sentences

- Listen and repeat

- Read

- It is made of wood