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Chuẩn kiến thức kĩ năng lớp 8 THCS

Themes / Topics
Attainment targets
Language focus *

1. Personal information
- Friends
- House and home



Speaking
Students will be able to:
- Introduce people and respond to introductions
- Describe people`s appearance
- Make arrangements
- Talk about intentions
- Ask for and give reasons
- Talk about past events

Listening
Students will be able to:
Listen to a monologue or a dialogue within 80-100 words for general or specific information

Reading
Students will be able to:
Read a dialogue or a passage of 110-140 words for general or specific information

Writing
Students will be able to:
- Write about oneself or others of 60-80 words using word cues or suggested words
- Write a description of 60-80 words of a room in the house using word cues or pictures


Grammar:
- Tenses: present simple, past simple
- Infinitive
- Modal verbs: must, have to, ought to
- Reflexive pronouns: yourself, myself, themselves
- Adverbs of place: here, there, upstairs, downstairs, …
- Prepositions of time: after, before, until, as soon as
- Adjective + too / enough + to - infinitive
- Let’s
- Why, Because

Vocabulary:
- Words describing house and home: rug, armchair,
couch, oven, sink, cooker, …
- Names of telecommunication devices: fax machine,
mobile phone, …
- Words describing appearance: thin, tall, short, …


2. Education
- School life and study habits
Speaking
- Ask for and respond to favors
- Give advice and instructions
- Express obligation
- Offer and respond to assistance
- Talk about study habits
- Talk about future plans
Listening
Listen to a monologue or a dialogue within 80-100 words for general or specific information
Reading
Read a dialogue or a passage of 110-140 words for general or specific information
Writing
- Write an informal letter of 60-80 words to a friend using word cues
- Write a paragraph of 60-80 words telling about a future plan using suggested guidelines or
questions
Grammar:
- Present simple with future meaning
- Reported speech: commands, requests and advice
- Gerunds
- Modal verbs: may, can, could, should
- Adverbs of manner: well, fast, badly, hard, …
- Prepositions of time: after, before
- Tell / ask somebody to do sth
- Be about to
- Used to
- Certainly. / Of course.
Vocabulary:
- Words to talk about study habits: examination, revise, …
- Words to talk about school life: care, take part in, perform, - Words to talk about future plans: play soccer, go camping,

3. Community
- Shopping
- Neighborhood
- Country life and city life
 Speaking
- Ask for information and assistance
- Talk about price, quantity and size
- Talk about differences / similarities
- Talk about future events and changes
Listening
Listen to a monologue or a dialogue within 80-100 words for general or specific information
Reading
Read a dialogue or a passage of 110-140 words for general or specific information
Writing
- Write a letter to a friend of 60-80 words about the neighborhood, using suggested guidelines or words
- Write a community notice of 60-80 words using suggested questions
Grammar:
- Tenses: present perfect (with for and since), present
progressive (to talk about the future / to show
changes), future simple
- Adverbs: already, yet
- Comparisons: (not) as…as; (not) the same as;
different from
- Verbs to show changes: get, become, …
- Comparison of adjectives
Vocabulary:
- Words to talk about neighborhood: grocery store, stadium, drugstore, …
- Words describing country / city life: traffic jam, beautiful, quiet, clean, noisy, polluted, …


4. Health
- First aid
- Healthy environment
Speaking
- Make suggestions
- Make and respond to formal requests, offers and
promises
- Give and respond to instructions
- Express personal feelings
Listening
Listen to a monologue or a dialogue within 80-100 words for general or specific information
Reading
Read a dialogue or a passage within 110-140 words for general or specific information
Writing
- Write a thank-you note of 60-80 words using suggested questions or word cues
- Write a set of instructions of 60-80 words using suggested questions and pictures or word cues
Grammar:
- Future simple
- Passive forms : present and future
- Modal: will to make offers, requests, promises