Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Welcome to our class
Complete the sentences:
1/ Nam can’t speak English well
Nam wishes
2/ Mai doesn’t pass her Math exam.
Mai wishes
he could speak English better.
she passed her Math exam.
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How do you learn English ?
Do the homework
Please say: What does each person do to learn English?
Do more grammar exercises in grammar books
*The lost shoe.
* How the tiger got his stripes.
Read short stories or newspapers in English
Speak English with friends
Use a dictionary for reading
Check (v) things you do from the list.
Then work with a partner and compare your list.
1. Do the homework.
2. Do more grammar exercises in grammar books.
3. Read short stories or newspapers in English.
4. Write English as much as possible.
5. Learn by heart all the new words and texts .
6. Speak English with friends.
7. Use a dictionary for reading .
8. Practice listening to English tapes or English programs on the radio.
9. Watch English TV programs .
10. Learn to sing English songs .
Paola
Lan
Have you finished your exam ?
Yes , I have
Exercise 1: Fill in the each blank with the correct verb given.
was
learnt
found
spoke
would
came
Lan reported to Paola:
First the examiner asked me what my name was, and where I (1)…………..From. Then she asked me why I (2)…..……. Leaning English, and if I (3)…………any other languages. Then she asked me how I (4)………… English in my country, and she asked me how I (5) …………..use English in the future, What aspect of learning English I (6)………..most difficult.
Examiner ( n ):
Candidate ( n ):
Oral examination ( n ):
Written examination ( n ):
1/NEW WORDS:
aspect (n ) :
2/Structures:
a/ Reported speech with :Yes/ No questions:

Ex : She asked me " Do you live with your parents ? "
=> She asked me if I lived with my parents.
b/ Reported speech with : question words:

Ex:1/ The examiner asked Lan " Where do you live ? ``
? The examiner asked Lan where she lived.
2/ He asked her " Why are you studying English?"
He asked her why she was studying English.
3/ He asked me " How did you learn English in your country?"
?He asked me how I learnt English in my country.
how I had learnt English in my country.
S1 + asked + O + question word + S2 + V(lùi 1 thì)
S1+ asked +O + if/ whether + S2+ V(lùi 1 thì)
(See grammar table (3) pages :94, 95).
1. What is your name?
2. Where do you come from?
3. Where do you live?
4. Do you live with your parents?
5. When did you begin studying English?
6. Why are you learning English?
7. Do you speak any other languages?
8 How did you learn English in your country?
9. How will you use English in the future?
10. What aspect of learning English do you find most difficult?
11. What are you going to learn?
12. What are your hobbies?
13. Look at this picture. Describe it.
14. Read the passage.
*What exactly did the examiner ask Lan?
Check(?) the boxes.
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* Correct exercise 1.
was
came
spoke
learnt
found
Lan reported to Paola:
First the examiner asked me what my name was, and where I (1)……….from. Then she asked me why I (2)…..…Leaning English, and if I (3)…………any other languages. Then she asked me how I (4)………… English in my country, and she asked me how I (5) …………..use English in the future, What aspect of learning English I (6)………..most difficult.
would
Change the following sentences into reported speech.
III. Practice:
1/ “She is from Ha Noi “ Hoa said.
- Hoa said…………………………………
2/ “Do you speak English well ?” She asked
- She asked me ……………………………………………
3/ “What are you reading?” He asked.
- He asked me ………………………………
4/ “Who do you live with ?” Mai asked.
- Mai asked me ……………………………
5/ “I do my homework everyday” Lan said.
- Lan said…………………………………………………
She was from Ha Noi.
if / whether I spoke English Well.
What I was reading.
Who I lived with.
She did her homework everyday.
* Learn the new words & structures by heart.
* Change all the sentences (b/page : 33) in to reported speech.
* Prepare : Unit4 : Speak.
IV. HOMEWORK
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