Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Period 22
UNIT 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson 3: Listen
* Answer the questions:
Which high school do you choose to attend next year ?
Why do you choose that school ?
Warm up:
Let`s play game "Information transmitting"
Team 1 Team 2
(4 people) (4 people)

(Mỗi đội đứng thành 1 hàng dọc, người thứ nhất sẽ
nhận thông tin truyền cho người thứ hai. Người thứ hai có nhiệm vụ tiếp tục truyền cho người thứ ba và thực hiện tiếp cho đến người cuối cùng. Người cuối cùng sẽ phản hồi thông tin mà họ nhận được. Nếu thông tin đó trùng với thông tin ban đầu thì đội đó sẽ chiến thắng)
Wednesday, October 31th, 2012
1. Vocabulary:

+ excellent (adj):
xuất sắc
+ national bank (n):
+ an international bank (n):
+ (to) improve:
cải thiện, trau dồi
ngân hàng nhà nước
ngân hàng quốc tế
+ terrible (adj):
tồi tệ, kinh khủng
+ useful (adj):
hữu ích

1. useful (adj):

2. (to) improve:

3. national bank (n):

4. excellent (adj):

d. hữu ích
c. cố gắng, trau dồi
b. ngân hàng quốc gia
a. tốt, giỏi
* Matching:
NGA
KATE
Please guess! What is Nga talking to Kate about ?
+ Nga is talking to Kate about her 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 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
2. True/False Statements Prediction:
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
Nga is talking to Kate about studying English. Listen to their conversation. Check (T/F) the boxes and correct the false sentences.
LISTEN 0
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
4. True/False. Corrects:
T
T
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
T
F
T
F
T
an international bank
terrible
5. Answer the questions:
a, Where is Nga studying English ?
b, Why does she want to improve her writing skill?
c, What is her biggest problem in learning English?
d, Does she like studying English ?
e, Why does she like studying English ?
f, Why does Nga think English is useful ?

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Congratulations !

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Answer:
She is studying English in London.

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Question a:

Where is Nga studying English?

Question b: Why does she want to improve her writing skill ?
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Answer :
Because she sometimes has to write letters in English.
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Congratulations !

Question c: What is her biggest problem in learning English ?
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Answer: People talk very quickly and she can’t understand.
Question d:
Does she like studying English ?
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Answer: Yes, she does


Question e:
Why does she like studying English?
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Answer: Because English is an interesting language and it’s useful.

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Congratulations !

Questions f:
Why does Nga think English is useful ?

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Answer:
Because she can talk to people from all over the world and understand the words of her favorite songs


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Congratulations !

Host: Kate, can I introduce you to Nga? She’s studying ________ (1)__here in London.
Kate: Hello, pleased to meet you
Nga: Pleased to meet you, too.
Kate: Where are you from, Nga
Nga: I’m from Viet Nam
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 ___________(2)__ bank in Ha Noi
Kate: Oh, I see. Did you learn English at school?
Nga: Yes, and at university, too. But I’ve … er ... forget ...
Kate: Forgotten
Nga: Yes, of course. I’ ve 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’s terrible. This ____(3)__ my biggest problem. People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them.
Kate: Do you like studying English?
Nga: Oh yes. It ‘ s ____(4)__ interesting _________ (5)__and it’s very useful; and I can talk to people from all over the world ... and I can understand the words of my favorite songs, too.
Kate: Well. That ‘ s very good. Good luck to you, Nga.
English
international
is
an
language
English
international
is
an
language
English
international
is
an
language
Exercise 1:
Listen again and complete
the missing words
6. Practice:
Host: Kate, can I introduce you to Nga? She’s studying ________ (1)__here in London.
Kate: Hello, pleased to meet you
Nga: Pleased to meet you, too.
Kate: Where are you from, Nga
Nga: I’m from Viet Nam
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 ___________(2)__ bank in Ha Noi
Kate: Oh, I see. Did you learn English at school?
Nga: Yes, and at university, too. But I’ve … er ... forget ...
Kate: Forgotten
Nga: Yes, of course. I’ ve 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’s terrible. This ____(3)__ my biggest problem. People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them.
Kate: Do you like studying English?
Nga: Oh yes. It ‘ s ____(4)__ interesting _________ (5)__and it’s very useful; and I can talk to people from all over the world ... and I can understand the words of my favorite songs, too.
Kate: Well. That ‘ s very good. Good luck to you, Nga.
English
international
is
an
language
English
international
is
an
language
Exercise 2:
Put the words in the order to make a sentence
Host: Kate, can I introduce you to Nga? She’s studying ________ here in London.
Kate: Hello, pleased to meet you
Nga: Pleased to meet you, too.
Kate: Where are you from, Nga
Nga: I’m from Viet Nam
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 _____________ bank in Ha Noi
Kate: Oh, I see. Did you learn English at school?
Nga: Yes, and at university, too. But I’ve … er ... forget ...
Kate: Forgotten
Nga: Yes, of course. I’ ve 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’s terrible. This ___ my biggest problem. People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them.
Kate: Do you like studying English?
Nga: Oh yes. It ‘ s ____ interesting _________ and it’s very useful; and I can talk to people from all over the world ... and I can understand the words of my favorite songs, too.
Kate: Well. That ‘ s very good. Good luck to you, Nga.
English
international
is
an
language
an
English
international
is
an
language
Exercise 2:
Put the words in the order to make a sentence.
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer a, b, c or d:
1. Nga is studying English in ........
Australia b. England c. the USA d. Vietnam
2. She works for a ......
a. bank b. shop c. university d. school
3. Her biggest problem is ...........
a. writing b. listening c. reading d. speaking
4. She needs to improve her ..........
a. writing b. listening c. Both a and b d. reading
5. She likes studying English because ..............
a. it’s interesting and useful
b. she wants to talk to people from all over the world.
c. she wants to understand the words of her favorite songs
d. All the above
b
a
b
c
d
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LISTENING ?
7. Homework:
Practice speaking at home
Write a paragraph about “How to improve your listening skill?”
Prepare new lesson part “Read”
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