- Students will be able to have knowledge of the Asian Games and the international sporting events of the Asian countries.. - Students will be aware of the neces[r]
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READING
I OBJECTIVES :
1 Aims :
- Students will be able to have knowledge of the Asian Games and the international sporting events of the Asian countries
- Students will be aware of the necessity of sports in our life
2 Lexical items :
Words and phrases related to sports , i.e., bodybuilding, tae kwon do, weightlifting, athlete, coach, triathlon
3 Teaching aids : pictures, posters, tape, cassette …
II PROCEDURE :
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ACTIVITIES
* WARM UP : Brainstorming
1 PRE-READING :
- Show some pictures of sports and a poster
of the Web site news
- Ask Ss to discuss them in pairs, tell their
partner if they wish to be at such an event
and give their reasons
- Walk around to help if necessary
- Ask one or two pairs to express their
ideas in front of the class
=> Suggested answers :
S1 : I’d like to be at such an event because
I want to encourage Vietnamese athletes
S2 : I’d like to be at such an event because
I want to watch the closing ceremony It’s
great
2 WHILE-READING :
a)
- Ask Ss to read the text silently in 5
minutes to find the necessary information
to complete the table in task a)
- Hang a poster on the board
- Ask Ss to compare the answers with their
- Play the game
- Look at the pictures and the poster of the Web site news
- Discuss in pairs, tell their partner and give their reasons
- Express their ideas in front of the class
- Read the text silently in 5 minutes
- Do the task individually
- Compare the result with their partners sports
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- Give feedback
Date of opening -December 1,2006
(15th Asian Games) -November 2,2010 (16th Asian Games) Date of closing -December 15,2006
(15th Asian Games)
- November 18,2010 (16th Asian Games) Number of sports -6 (1st Asian Games)
-39(15thAsian Games) New sports chess and triathlon
Number of
countries -11 (1
st Asian Games)
-45(15thAsian Games) Number of
athletes
10,000 (15th Asian Games) Big cities - Doha
(15th Asian Games)
- Guangzhou, China (16th Asian Games) Main stadium
and its capacity
Khalifa Stadium -50,000
Number of
venues
34
Venue of
openingceremony
Khalifa Stadium
Venue of closing
ceremony
Khalifa Stadium
b)
- Show the word map on the board
- Ask Ss to find Qatar on the map
- Explain the position of Qatar in Asia if
necessary
=> Suggested answer :
1 From the Arabian Sea, move toward the
northwest and you can see Qatar
- Ask Ss to discuss in groups of four the
sports in which Vietnam took part in the
Asian Games 2006
- Look at the word map
- Find Qatar and answer Question 1
- Discuss in groups of four
- Name some of the following sports :
1 athletics 14 karate
2 badminton 15 rowing
3 bodybuilding 16 sepak takraw
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- Ask Ss to answer the second question in
the textbook in pairs
=> Suggested answer :
2 Bodybuilding, karate, judo, tae kwon do,
shooting, weightlifting , …
3 POST READING :
c)
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to do Task c
- Ask Ss to give their answers
( Their answers may be different )
=> Suggested answers :
- Venue of opening ceremony
- Big cities
- New sports
* HOMEWORK :
- Memorize the new vocabulary
- Read the text and answer the questions in
the textbook again
- Prepare Listening
* REMARKS :
4 boxing 17 shooting
5 canoe / kayak 18 soccer
6 chess 19 swimming
7 cycling road 20 table tennis
8 cue sports 21 tae kwon do
9 diving 22 tennis
10 fencing 23 volleyball
11 gymnastics, artistic 24 weightlifting
12 golf 25 wushu
13 judo
- Answer the second question in pairs
- Work in pairs and do Task c
- Give their answers