Unit 2 Urbanisation Lesson 1 Getting started

Urbanisation occurs because people move from rural areas countryside to urban areas towns and cities.. This usually occurs when a country is still developing...[r]

Unit 2:

URBANISATION

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

- Urbanisation is the increase in the

proportion of people living in towns and cities

- What causes urbanisation?

Urbanisation occurs because people

move from rural areas (countryside) to urban areas (towns and cities)

This usually occurs when a country is still developing

ACTIVITY 1: Lan and Nam are discussing the plan

for their presentation on urbanisation Listen and read

Vocabulary:

• urbanization (n) = urbanisation (n)

• definition (n)

• provoke (v)

• visual (n)

• overload (v)

ACTIVITY 2 Answer the questions.

1 They are discussing the outline, structure and content of their presentation on urbanization

2 Next Friday

3 They will have no more than 15 minutes for their presentation and five minutes for Q&A session

4 It will include the definition of urbanization, its causes, and its main advantages and disadvantages It will also refer to urbanization in Vietnam, the USA and the UK

5 No, because that would make their presentation too long and overload listeners with lot of information

ACTIVITY 2 Answer the questions.

ACTIVITY 3: Match the words to form

the compound adjectives.

• five-minute

• thought-provoking

ACTIVITY 4 Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the verbs in

the box.

1 be

2 focus

3 talk

4 talk

S + advised that It’s important that It’s really necessary that

+ S + Inf V

Homework

* Do exercise 1 and 2 again and prepare reading of Unit 2.

1 Prepare new part: Language

2 Review the part: Getting started