unit 5-read(model)

Sarah On the first weekend I went out with my new friends, walking around campus.. It was exciting , thinking how I was at college, meeting people who could become good friends of mine..

• Teacher makes letters with hands & fingers.

Then ask students to guess the word with

those letters

Key word: SCHOOL

What school is this?

GO TO UNIVERSITY or COLLEGE

What will you do after you finish

upper secondary school?

What for?

Unit 5: HIGHER

EDUCATION

LESSON A:READING

• Give the English names of the following

universities in Vietnam.

VINH UNIVERSITY

TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC KHOA HỌC TỰ NHIÊN HÀ NỘI

HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCE

TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC KIẾN TRÚC HÀ NỘI

HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE

HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

HUE UNIVERSITY

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

Sad, exciting, deep, dangerous, sunny, surprising,ugly, lonely, free, happy, hot, old, intelligent, scared, wooden, dispointing

- Which university would you like to go to?

- How do you think about the university life?

-Which of the following adjectives are used to

describe the first impressions at university?

-> First impressions of university life.

• VOCABULARY

Campus (n)[ 'kæmpəs] : khuôn viên (của các trường

đại học, cao đẳng)

mate (n)[meit] : friend (n)

scary (a)['skeəri]: frightened

•Challenge (v) ['t∫ælind ] ʒ : test somebody’s

ability and skills, especially in an interesting

way

• blame ( v ) [bleim]: to say that someone is

responsible for something bad.

•daunting (a) ['d :ntiη] ɔ : something that

makes you feel slightly afraid or worried

about dealing with it.

( thử thách )

(trách, đổ lỗi)

(nản chí)

* Amazing (a) [ə'meiziη] : surprising: làm kinh

ngạc, làm sửng sốt

Vocabulary

• campus (n ) [ 'kæmpəs ] : khuôn viên

• mate (n) [meit ] : friend

• scary (a) ['skeəri]: sợ hãi

• challenge (v) ['t∫ælind ʒ ] : thử thách

• blame (v) [bleim] : khiển trách, đổ lỗi

• daunting (a) ['d :ntiη] ɔ : nản lòng

• amazing (a) [ə'meiziη] : kinh ngạc

Checking: gap- fill ( Task 1 ) Complete the sentences, using the right forms of the words on the left

1 The new library was built in

the centre of the _.

2 They _the rise in oil prices

for the big increase in flation.

3 That’s the story I’ve

TASK 2: Find out WHO:

Sarah (S), Ellen (E) or Brenden (B)

a attended the party on the first weekend at

college

b didn’t get on very well with the roommate.

c was not used to meeting different people

every day at college

d liked having a chance to be creative

e was very excited about going to college

f enjoyed the first year at college

Task 3: Answer the following

questions.Work in pairs.

1 What did Sarah do on the first weekend?

2 Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?

3 What problems did Ellen have with her roommate?

4 What did Brenden think about his first year at college?

5 What does the social calendar of the college provide

him?

Task 3: Answer the questions

Sarah

On the first weekend I went out with my new friends, walking

around campus It was exciting , thinking how I was at college,

meeting people who could become good friends of mine The

most exciting thing was that I didn’t have to explain to my parents

where I was going , who with, or what time I’d be home

On Saturday night, I followed my roommate to a party The people atthe party were busy playing some game, and no one seemed to

notice my existence I suddenly felt so lonely Fighting back tears, I ran Back to my room, thinking I would never feel at home at college

1.What did Sarah do on the first weekend ?

2.Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party ?

 She went out with her friends, walking around the campus

Because when she came to the party , the people at the party

were busy playing some games and no one seemed to notice her existence

My room mate left the window open all the time, even when it was10degrees Celsius out, and went to bed at 10 every night When shegot sick after midterms, she blamed my typing and having a light onwhile she was trying to sleep

At first, college was a little daunting I graduated from a small

school After seeing the same people over and over for many years, itwas amazing, but a little scary, to be in place where it seemed like Inever saw the same person twice

3.What problems did Ellen have with her roommate?

Ellen’s roommate blamed her typing and having a

light on while she was trying to sleep

The first year at college was probably the best and most challenging

year of my life Acadecically, I enjoyed it thoroughly Taking part in the

advanced Engineering project gave me a chance to use my creativity

and knowledge to help society

Socially, I made lots of new friends both through engineering and

living at St John’s College on campus The social calendar of the

colleges provides plenty of opportunities to meet non- engineering

students as well as other engineers,, many of whom have become my

best mates

4.What did Brenden think about his first year at college?

5 What does the social calendar of the colleges provide him?

The first year at college was probably the best and most

challenging year of his life.

The social calender of the colleges provides him with plenty of

opportunities to meet non-engineering students as well as other engineers.

+ free/go out not

have to ask for

parents’permission

- unhappy:

roommate not understand her

- challenging

- lonely: not feel at

home at college - daunting,amazing,& scary: + study in a

big school + different environment

-happy: + have chance

to create & help society + make lots of new friends through working together

SUMMARY:

ROLE PLAY:

An expert of university education, Ms Chau,

comes to visit our class.You can ask the expert

if you have any questions

• Questions for the expert:

1- How do students often to feel when they leave home for their first year study at university?

-> They often feel excited( because they have chance to meet

many people & make lots of new friends) & they may also feel homesick.

2- What problems do students may have when starting a new life at university?

-> They may have problems with roommates.

3- How do students solve those problems?

-> They have to discuss the problems frankly & agree some rules.

4- Why is higher education necessary?

-> Because: + it is the key to open the doors of offices in the world

of work.

+ People feel more confident with a university degree + We can contribute more to our country.

THE END