Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Period 23
Unit 4: LEARNING A foreign language
Lesson 3: listen
Skills in learning
English
Speaking
Reading
Listening
Writing
How many skills do we have in learning English?
Which is the most difficult skill?
Which skill do you need to improve?
a. Nga’s studying English for her work.
b. She learned English at school and university.
c. She works for a national bank in Hanoi.
d. She needs to improve her writing.
e. Her listening is excellent.
f. She hopes she can talk to people from all over the world, and understand her favorite English songs.
Listen to their conversation. Write “T” or “F” in the boxes and correct the false sentences.
Prediction “True” or “False”
b. She learned English at school and university.
c. She works for a national bank in Hanoi.
d. She needs to improve her writing.
e. Her listening is excellent.
f. She hopes she can talk to people from all over the world, and understand her favorite English songs.
a. Nga’s studying English for her work.
T
F
F
T
T
T
 She works for an international bank in Hanoi.
 Her listening is terrible.
Listen to their conversation. Write “T” or “F” in the boxes and correct the false sentences.
Answer the questions.
1. Who is studying English in London?
2. Did Nga learn English at school and university?
3. Why does Nga want to improve her writing skill?
4. Is her listening excellent?
5. Does she like studying English? Why?
Exercise : Fill in each blank with the most suitable word.
“ Nga is studying English in London. She works for an.........................(1) bank in Ha Noi. She wants to...................(2) her writing skill. Sometimes she has to write letters in English. Her ....................(3) is not good. People talk very quickly so she can’t.........................(4) them. She likes studying English and she hopes to talk to people from all over the world and understand her favorite ...................(5) songs.”
international
improve
listening
understand
English
Use the internet
Watch English programs
on TV.
Speak English with
friends and foreigners.
Listen to the radio/ tape….
Learn by heart words
and phrases......
Listen to English songs….
These are some ways of improving your listening skill. Give the meaning of these pictures.
Homework:

- Practice listening at home.
- Write a paragraph: “How to improve your listening skill?”
- Prepare new lesson part “Unit 4: Read”
Lyzics
Host: Kate, can I introduce you to Nga? She is studying English here in London.
Kate: Hello, pleased to meet you.
Nga: Please to meet you, too.
Kate: Where are you from, Nga?
Nga: I am from VietNam.
Kate: Why are you studying English here ?
Nga: I need it for my job.
Kate: Really? So what do you do?
Nga: I work for a bank, an international bank in Ha Noi.
Kate: Oh, I see. Did you learn English at school ?
Nga: Yes, and at university, too. But I have forget er …forget….
Kate: Forgotten.
Nga: Yes, of cause. I have forgotten a lot of it. I want to improve my writing skills. You know… sometimes I have to write letters in English.
Kate: What about listening Nga?
Nga: It is terrible. This is my biggest problem. People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them.
Kate: Do you like studying English?
Nga: Oh yes. It is an interesting language and it is very useful; and I can talk to people from all over the world… and I can’t understand the words of my favorite songs, too.
Kate: Well. That is very good. Good luck to you, Nga.