PRONUNCIATION - Pronouncing the two sounds separately - Pronouncing words containing the sounds / sp / / st / / sk / Speak Stanley ask Speech stand disk Speed stop dusk Pay attention Cri[r]
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Preparatory date: 10/1
Period: 55
UNIT 9 : THE POST OFFFICE
Section A: Reading
Period 55:
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- develop such reading micro – skills as scanning for specific ideas and skimming for general information
- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic
II Materials
Textbook., handouts
III Procedure
Student’s activities
1 WARM – UP : Magic hat
Where do you go to send a letter?
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2 BEFORE YOU READ
Discussing the picture and saying
1 How far is it from your home to the nearest post
office?
2 How often do you go to the post office? What for?
3 What services do you think the post office offers?
Suggested answers:
1 It is 1 km from my house to the nearest post office
2 I sometimes go to the post office to send letters for
my cousin who is living abroad.
3 I think the post office offers many services such as:
Express Mail Service, Express Money transfer, Mail
and Parcel Service
Pre-teaching vocabulary
New words:
- well trained ( a)
- express Mail service ( n)
- express Money Transfer ( n)
- press distribution (n)
-Messenger Call Service ( n)
- facsimile (n)
- subscribe (v)
- notify (v)
Check ROR
- T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 100 and asks them some questions:
Group work Pair work & whole class
Answer the questions
- Asks the students to read the
new words in page 193( unit 9)
Read the new words
- If there is some time left, T may ask some Ss to make sentences with the above words to check their understanding
Do the task
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TASK 1
Instruction: Circle the letter (A,B,C or D) before the
word that has the opposite meaning to the italicised
word
Answers:
1C 2B 3 D
4 C
TASK 2
Instruction: Read the text again and then answer the
following questions.
Ss to say whether they agree or disagree
- T gives feedback and suggested answers:
1 Thanh Ba Post Office is equipped with
dvanced technology and has a spacious and pleasant
front office.
2 Mail and Parcel Service, Express Money ransfer,
Phone Calls and Faxes, Press Distribution.
3 They are air mail, surface mail, and the express
Mail Service(EMS)
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.
TASK 3
Instruction: Find the evidence in the text to support
these statements.
1 The post office opens daily from 7 am to 9 pm
2 We offer a very competitive rate for parcels under
15 kg.
3 We also have the Express Email Service and your
EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest possible
time.
4 We offer a speedy and secure service of
transferring money in less than 24 hours.
4 AFTER YOU READ
Instruction: Work in groups to answer the following
questions:
6 Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post
Office do you think is the most important
and why?
7 What service do you think Thanh Ba Post
Office should have in the future?
5 HOMEWORK
- T summarises the main points of the lesson
- T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words
and do the extra activity as homework
- The T instructs Ss to read through the sentences
- T asks Ss to work individually and exchange their answers with other Ss
- T asks Ss for their answers and gives the correct
Check with the key
Work individually then in pairs
Read the text to get information
T asks Ss how to do this task If they do not remember,
-T may instruct them to use some strategies to do the task:
- T asks Ss to work in pairs to do the task, then discuss their answers with the whole class
T call on some Ss to give their answers and asks other
Answer questions by oral Answer questions by oral &
written
Work in pairs Copy and do at home
- T asks Ss to read the part carefully to find the answer
- T gives the correct answers:
- When all pairs have finished, T asks every two pairs to share ideas
- T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class
- T gives feedback
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Preparatory date: 10/1
Period: 56
UNIT 9 : THE POST OFFFICE
Section B: Speaking
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- make a dialogue for each situation
- make a conversation at the post office
II Materials
Textbook, pictures, handouts
III Procedure
Student’s activities and
Teacher’s activities
Content
- Pair work
-Read the dialogue
-Answer the question
-Check
- make the dialogue
- speak out
- T asks Ss to works in
pairs
- T calls some Ss to read
the dialogue
- T encourages Ss to
speak and asks them to
explain their choices
T asks them to look at the
suggestions in page 104
- T can give Ss new words
if there are
- T make sure that Ss
understand how to do the task
- T calls on a pair of Ss, let
them speak their work
I WARM – UP
II Pre – speaking Pre teach:
- document ( n)
- rate ( n)
- to install ( v)
- registration ( n)
- fee ( n)
- greeting card ( n )
- deliver ( v) ( check slap the board )
* Task 1
Instruction: work in pairs to read the dialogue then
answer the question:
What service is the customer using in the dialogue?
Suggested answers:
- The service the customer is using is the fax service.
III While- speaking
3 Task 2
Instruction: Make a conversation from the
suggestions
Suggested answers:
A: Good morning, can I help you?
B: Yes, I want to have a telephone line installed at
home A: OK Where do you live?
B: I live at 67 Ngoc Ha Street When can you install
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- check
Practise the dialogue &
make similar dialogues
Work in pair
A: We can install it one week after you have registered.
B: Can you come on Friday?
A: Yes That is fine Do you have a telephone yet? B: Yeah, I have a telephone already How much is the installation fee and monthly fee?
A: The installation fee is 1.4 million dong and the monthly fee is 27 thousand dong Can you fill in this form?
4 Task 3
<1>
A: Good morning, can I help you?
B: I would like to subscribe to Lao Dong daily newspaper
A: Yes How long would you like to subscribe to it? B: For a year, please.
A: Where would you like to get the newspaper?
B: At home, please I live at 67 Ngoc Ha Street.
A: OK 67 Ngoc Ha Street B: Oh, can I get the newspaper every morning before 6.30?
A: Before 6.30? Well, it might be a little bit too early How about before 7.30?
B: OK That’s fine Thank you.
A: Right Can you just fill in this form?
IV While- speaking :<2>
A: Good morning What can I do for you?
B: Yes I would like to send a greetings card and some flowers to my friend on his birthday.
A: Right You can use our Flower Telegram Service It’s fast and very convinent When is your friend’s birthday?
B: It’s May, 16 th A: What kind of flowers would you like to send?
B: Roses A bunch of red roses, please.
A: Would you like the card and the flowers to be delivered on May, 16 th or a day before?
B: On May, 16 th It’s best to deliver it in the morning A: OK I’ll make a note for that Can you just fill in this form? And don’t forget to write the address clearly.
V HOMEWORK
- T summarises the main points of the lesson
- T asks Ss to make other dialogue
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Preparatory date: 10/1
Period: 57
UNIT 9 : THE POST OFFFICE
Section C: Listening
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
Develop such listening micro – skills as intensive listening for specific information and talking notes while listening
II Materials
Textbook, cassette tapes, handouts
III Procedure
Ss' activities and
Teacher’s activities
Content
- T puts the
vocabulary items on
the board in any order
- T calls on some Ss
to form 2 teams, and
one person from the
team runs to the board,
as a representative
Play the game
Discuss and answer the
questions
Read the words
T plays the tape once
1 WARM – UP game – Slap the board
T gives a Vietnamese translation for one of the word gets the board The first team to hit the correct word gets the point The representative change, ready for the next word…
- After 3 minutes, the team with more points will be the winner
2 BEFORE YOU LISTEN Discussing the questions
- T asks Ss to read through the questions and choices on page 105 and makes sure Ss understand all them
- T asks Ss to discuss the question in pairs
- T calls on some Ss to report on their partner’s answers
Vocabulary Pre-teaching
T helps Ss to pronounce the words given in the book T may read aloud first or play the tape and ask Ss to repeat in chorus and individually
- T elicits / Pre-teaches some of these words and those taken from the listening passage:
+ commune + rural network + communal growth + capacity + digit subscriber
- T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and give corrective feedback
- T sets the scene: Now you are going to listen to a
passage about the development of Vietnam’s telephone system over the past few years.
3 WHILE YOU LISTEN TASK 1
Instruction: Listen and choose the best answer A,B,C or D
for the following statements and questions.
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answers and writes
them on the board
- T plays the tape the
second time for Ss to
check their answers
Listen carefully to
choose the best
answers
- T plays the tape
again for Ss to do
the task
- T gets Ss to work in
the pairs and check
their answers
- T calls on some Ss
to give the answers
and elicits feedback
from other Ss
Check
Listen again to get the
information to answer
the questions
Check
Work in group to
summarise the passage
Do the work
- T asks Ss to work in groups of 4 to compare their answers
- T checks Ss’ answers by calling on some Ss If many Ss cannot complete the sentences, T plays the tape one or two more times
- T gives the correct answers:
1 B 2 D 3 C 4 D 5 C
TASK 2
Instruction: You are going to listen to the tape again and
answer the questions.
- T may ask them to try to answer the questions with the things they remember from the previous times of
listening
Suggested answers:
1 China has the highest growth in the number of telephone subscribers.
2 In the early 1990s, there were only 140,000 telephones in Vietnam.
3 In 1996, the fixed telephone numbers were changed from six to seven digits in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh city as well
as five to six digits in other provinces.
4 In 2001
5 There are 6,014 communal post offices in Viet Nam.
4 AFTER YOU LISTEN
- T gets Ss to work in groups to summarise the main ideas
of the listening passage, Ss can use the suggestions in page 106
- T goes around to offer help and collect Ss’ mistakes
- T calls on some Ss to present their summary
- T elicits feedback from the class and gives final comments
5 HOMEWORK
- T summarises the main points of the lesson
- T asks Ss to learn by heart all new words and do the extra exercise as homework
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Preparatory date: 17/1
Period: 58
UNIT 9 : THE POST OFFFICE
Section D: Writing
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
Write a letter to express satisfaction ( or dissatisfaction)
II Materials
Textbook, handouts
III Procedure
Sts' activities and
Teacher’s activities
Content
To remind Ss of some
rules of writing formal
letters in English
Play game
T asks Ss to read the
information that has
given in page 107 and
discuss the purpose(s)
of the letter in pairs.
Check
T asks Ss to do TASK
1 individually When
they finish, Ss
exchange their answer
with another student.
1 WARM – UP Quiz – A formal letter
Quiz
1 You write your address in……… of the letter
2 The address of the receiver should be written on………., starting below our address
3 You can write………on the right or the left on the line after the address you are writing to
4 When the letter starts Dear Sir / Madam, you end it
with……
5 When the letter starts Dear Dr Smith, you end it
with………
6 It is not a good idea to use……… such as I’m on
can’t
Answers:
1 the top left – hand corner 2 the left
3 the date 4 Yours sincerely,
5 Yours sincerely, 6 contractions
2 Pre – writing :
1/.Suggested questions
1 What time does Thanh Ba post office open and close?
2 What is Thanh Ba post office equipped with?
3 What services are offered at Thanh Ba post office?
4 What are the attitudes of the staff?
Key
1 Thanh Ba post office opens at 7a.m and closes at 9p.m
2 It is equipped with advanced technology and a spacious, pretty place for transaction
3.They are Mail and Parcel Services , EMS , Express Money
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answers out loud.
- T elicits corrective
feedback from other Ss
and gives the correct
answers when
necessary.
Read the ideas &do
exercise
T asks Ss to exchange
their writing with
another student for peer
correction.
- T goes around and
collects mistakes and
errors.
- T collects some
writings for quick
feedback.
- T explains the
situation
- Asking Ss to
discuss about the
services of Thanh
Ba Post Office
- Asking Ss to be
able to give more
their own ideas
- Going around the
class to help if
necessary
Press Distribution
4 The staff are always thoughtful and courteous to the customers
TASK 1
The opening hours of the post office :
It is too early when closing at 9 p.m It would be much better if the post office opened until 11p.m so that customers can have more access to the services
The quality of the equipment:
Thanh Ba Post office is a well-equipped and reliable address for the postal and telecommunication needs
The security conditions of the post office : The parking area of Thanh Ba Post office is not a good and security place / Although the parking area is large, it has no security guards
The attitudes of the staff : The staff is always helpful and polite to the customers / The attitude of the staff sometimes seems a bit cold and not very helpful
3 While- writing Task 2
- Before Ss write the letter, T asks them to read the instruction carefully
- T gets Ss to write the letter in 15 minutes
- T goes around to observe and offer help
4 Post- writing
T writes Ss’ typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correction T provides correction only when Ss are not able to correct the errors
- Finally, T provides general comments on the letter
5 HOMEWORK
- T summarises the main points of the lesson
- For homework, T asks Ss to improve their writing, talking into consideration their friend’s and T’s suggestion and correction and do the extra exercise
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Week: 21
Preparatory date: 18/1
Period: 59
UNIT 9 : THE POST OFFFICE Section D- LANGUAGE FOCUS
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Distinguish the sounds / sp /, / sk/ and / st /
- Pronounce the words and sentences containing these sounds correctly
- Grammar: 1 Defining relative clauses (revision)
2 Non-defining relative clauses (revision)
II Materials
Textbook, handouts
III Procedure
Whole class and individually
T models the sounds
-T asks Ss to practise the
dialogue in pars
- Calling some Ss to read the
dialogue
Pay attention
T gives examples
and Ss to read them and then
distinguish the differences
between defining
relative clauses and
non-defining relative clauses
-T explains
-T reminds not to forget the
comma before non defining
relative clause
Make some other examples
I PRONUNCIATION
- Pronouncing the two sounds separately
- Pronouncing words containing the sounds / sp / / st / / sk /
Speak Stanley ask Speech stand disk Speed stop dusk Crisp best skill Spacious text school Practise reading aloud this dialogue : ( Textbook : page 108 )
- Practising sentences containing the target sounds
II GRAMMAR
1 Defining relative clauses
- defining relative clauses give essential information about person or thing (if we leave a clause, the reader can not understand what exactly we are talking
about)
eg: The picture that hangs next to Lisa’s portrait is
the one I like best.
2 Non-defining relative clauses
- give added information about person or thing ( if we leave a clause, the reader can still understand what we
are talking about) Ex1: The man who lives next door
is an engineer
Ex2: The book which my father bought yesterday is
very interesting
Ex3: Tom, who lives next door is an engineer.
Ex4: Swimming, which is a good sport, makes
people strong
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Check
Do the homework
Exercise 1
1 A burglar is someone who breaks into a house
to steal things.
2 A customer is someone who buys something
from a shop.
3 A shoplifter is someone who steals from a shop.
4 A coward is someone who is not brave.
5 A tenant is someone who pays rent to live in a
house or flat.
Exercise 2
1 who 2 whose 3 whom/ who
4 whose 5 whom/ who Exercise 3
1.The man who answered the phone told me you were away.
2.The waitress who served us was very impolite and impatient.
3.The building which was destroyed in the fire has now been rebuilt.
4 The people who were arrested have now been released
5 the bus which goes to the airport runs every half an hour
IV PRODUCTION Exercise 4
1 Peter, who has never been abroad, is studying French and German
2 You ‘ve all met Michael Wood, who is visiting us for a couple of days.
3 We are moving to Manchester, which is in the north-west
4 I’ll be staying with Adrian, whose brother is one of
my closest friends
5 Jonh Bridge, who has just gone to live in Canada,
is one of my oldest friends.
V.HOMEWORK
Summarises the main points of the lesson
Make 5 sentences using relative clauses “who”,
“which”, “whose” as homework