Unit 12. Water sports

Lesson Presentation
Group: 6
Unit 12- English 12, book 2
(pilot version)
Lesson to be presented:


Before you listen

1. Who’s she?


Mary Henrietta Kingsley
born in 1862
an English writer and explorer
Showing picture
2. What might an
explorer do?
What an explorer might do:
mapping the area
exploring rivers,rainforests, animals
collecting information about the customs, language, religion there
talking with local people
enjoying local food




1. Participating in local festivals
2. collecting samples & info about the artifacts found in the place
Useful Words & Expressions
get on with
anthropology  anthropologist
attitude (n): Thái độ
Although my grandparents are old, they always get on well with each other.
Anthropologist does research on anthropology.
Pre-listening
Brief introduction about Kingsley
Ss guess the answers on part b (p.139)
Part b)
When did Mary Kingsley explore Africa?
What did he do for the British Museum?
What did she study in West Africa?
What did she write in her books?
How did she get on well with African villagers?
What was the influence...?

While-listening
Ss do part b (p.139)
Tape played twice:
+ first listening for the task
+ second listening to self-check
(3-min interval)
Ss compare and show the answers
Listen the last time to confirm

Part c (p.140)
Brief introduction about Ederle.
Ss do part c (p.140)
Tape played twice:
+ first listening for the task
+ second listening to self-check
(3-min interval)
Compare and show the answers
Listen the last time to do the dictogloss (group work)

POST-LISTENING
Name two famous Vietnamese female athletes.
Gertrude Ederle

 a famous American swimmer, became the first woman to swim across the English Channel
born in New York City in 1907
twenty-nine national and world records
"People said women couldn`t
swim the Channel but
I proved they could“
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
an English writer and explorer
born in Cambridge, England, on October 13, 1862
In 1893, Kingsley went to West Africa.
The first European to visit remote parts of Gabon and the French Congo
climbed the southeast face of Mt. Cameroon, the tallest mountain in West Africa (14,435 ft/4400 m).
died of typhoid (enteric) fever on June 3, and buried at sea.