Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Friday, November 28th , 2014
Period 22
UNIT 4: LEARNING A foreign language
LESSON 3: listen
Warm up: Slap the board

bank letter
understand skill
job/work university
I. Vocabulary:
national ( adj )
quốc gia, nhà nước
international ( adj )
quốc tế
excellent ( adj )
xuất sắc
terrible ( adj )
tồi tệ, kinh khủng
improve ( v )
cải thiện, trau dồi
Checking Vocabulary:
national ( adj )
quốc gia, nhà nước
international ( adj )
quốc tế
excellent ( adj )
xuất sắc
terrible ( adj )
tồi tệ
improve ( v )
cải thiện, trau dồi
Nga
Kate
What are they talking about?
They are talking about Nga’s studying English.
a. Nga’s studying English for her work.
b. She learned English at school and university.
c. She works for a national bank in Ha Noi.
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.
II. Listen:
Prediction “True” or “False”
b. She learned English at school and university.
c. She works for a national bank in Ha Noi.
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 Ha Noi.
 Her listening is terrible.
1/. Listen to their conversation. Write “T” or “F” in the boxes and correct the false sentences.
2/. Listen to the dialogue again and choose the best answer:

1). Nga is studying English in…………..
A. New York. B. London. C. Ha Noi.
2). Nga wants to improve her writing skill because she has to…….
A. write letters in English. B. read English books.
C. travel around the world.
3). …..…… is Nga’s biggest problem in learning English.
A. Speaking B. Writing C. Listening
4). Nga thinks English is………
A. difficult. B. interesting and useful. C. terrible.
B. London
A. write letters in English
C. Listening
B. interesting and useful
Exercise : Fill in each blank with the most suitable word.



“ Nga is studying English in London. She works for …..........................(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.”
an international
improve
listening
understand
English
improve listening understand English an international
1/. Why do you learn English?

2/. What is the most difficult skill in English?

Reasons for learning English:
- Need it for the job.
- To understand favorite English songs..
- To talk to people from all over the world
- It’s interesting and useful
- Listening

Skills in English:
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing
- It’s a compulsory subject at school.
Homework:
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Practice listening at home.
- Prepare new lesson part “Unit 4: Read”