"In today’s speaking section, you will practice talking about what will have happened by the end of 21 st century and discuss predictions about life in the future".. Introduce t[r]
Trang 1UNIT 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE
C.SPEAKING
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to:
- talk about life in the future
- express the ideas and make prediction about life in the future
Teaching aids: pictures, poster, textbook.
Estimated time: 45 minutes
5’ I Warmer:
* Expected answers
- You will be able to take spills to stop you getting fat.
- All housework will be done by robots.
- There will be no dentists because there will be a vaccine against tooth
decay.
- There will be a cure for most disease.
- Children won’t go to school- they will be able to study at home using
computer.
- Japan will be very important world power and Japanese will be an
international language.
- People will do all their shopping by computer There will be no more
crime as technology will make it impossible.
- People will live to at least 130.
- People will be a hotel on the moon.
- People can travel to space or to the moon on their holiday.
- ………
Introduces the new lesson
"In today’s speaking section, you will practice talking about what will
have happened by the end of 21 st century and discuss predictions about life
in the future"
Introduce the game Give instruction Check for students’ understanding
Divide class into 2 groups, let them play the game
Check and dicide the winner
12’ II Pre-speaking:
New words :
1- to declare: tuyen bo
2- Jupiter (n): sao moc
3- holiday-maker (n): nguoi di nghi mat
4- cure (n): phuong thuoc
- Elicit the tense used after “By the end of the 21st century, ….”
The Future Perfect Tense
S + Will- have - PP
Task 1: Look at the newspapers cuttings from the future, and say what
will have happened by the end of the 21 st century
1 Chinese astronauts land on the Mars
2 New moon city opened
3 A cure for a common cold found
4 150th birth day party
- T presents or elicits the meaning of these words from the class
(When teaching these words, T helps Ss to pronounce them correctly modeling)
- Elicit some useful expressions:
- Stick 6 word cards on the board
- Invite some students to red aloud their sentences
- Correct mistakes if necessary
in the future
Trang 25 Holiday resort on Jupiter
6 Car on sea water
Answer keys:
1 By the end of the 21st century, Chinese astronauts will have landed on
Mars
2 By the end of the 21st century, a new moon city will have opened on 16th
May, 2008
3 By the end of the 21st century, Scientists will have found a cure for the
common cold
4 By the end of the 21st century, an oldest woman will have held her 150th
birthday party
5 By the end of the 21st century, people will have built holiday resorts on
Jupiter
6 By the end of the 21st century, cars will have run on sea water
18’ III While-speaking:
at least two reasons for each.
Dialogue:
S1: It is said that by the end of the 21st century, Chinese astronauts will
have landed on Mars.
S2: I think it is very unlikely because (of) it is too far from the earth.
ns - Developments of science & technology
- Living standard will be improved
- Cures for fatal diseases will be founded
- Too far
- No water
- Thin atmosphere
- Too costly
- Too cold/hot
- More diseases
- T asks Ss to work in groups and do the task.
- T limits the time.
- T monitors carefully.
- T asks some Ss to speak their talks
- T gives feedback.
8’ IV Post-speaking:
Task 3: Make some more predictions about what life will be like one
hundred years from now.
Example:
People will travel to a planet out of the solar system
- Discuss in groups of four Ss
- Present the modal in front of the class
- T can help weak Ss
- TWC checking for feedback
2’ V Homework: Practice speaking at home and prepare for the next class