Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Teacher : Lê Văn Hưng
Warmly welcome all the teachers
Mỹ Châu secondary school
*How do you learn English?
Check (v) things you do from the list. Add more things you want to do.
1. Do the homework.
2. Do more grammar exercises in grammar book.
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.
I.Vocabulary
Saturday ,November 12th 2011
Period 20
Unit 4 : Learning a foreign language
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
(an) Oral examination:
Cuộc thi vấn đáp
(a) Candidate:
Thí sinh
(an) examiner:
Giám khảo
(a) Written examination:
Cuộc thi viết
(an) aspect:
Khía cạnh,lĩnh vực
* Matching
a. a candidate
b. an examiner
c. an oral examination
d. a written examination
e. an aspect
1. giám khảo
2. C.thi viết
3. C.thi vấn đáp
4. thí sinh
5. khía cạnh,
lĩnh vực
*Lan is talking to Paola, a foreign student,
about the oral examination that she has just taken.
a. Was the oral examination difficult or easy?
b. How many questions did the examiner ask Lan ?
1/ Guess
II.Listening
I.Vocabulary
Saturday ,November 12th 2011
Period 20
Unit 4 : Learning a foreign language
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
2/checking
1. Was the oral examination difficult or easy?
IT was difficult (according to Lan)
2. How many questions did the examiner ask Lan ?
The examiner asked her 7 questions
Saturday, November 12th 2011
Period 20
Unit 4 : Learning a foreign language
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
Now you read the conversation carefully and see what exactly the examiner asked Lan. Look at the list of the questions and check the boxes
Saturday ,November 12th 2011
Period 20
Unit 4 : Learning a foreign language
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
II.Reading

Listen to the tape “ Dialogue”
Paola : Hey, Lan ! Have you finished your exam ?
Lan : Yes…, I have .
Paola : Were the questions difficult ?
Lan : Well, they were quite hard .
Paola : Did you pass?
Lan : I’m not sure . The examiner didn’t tell me .
Paola : What questions did she ask you ?
Lan : Fisrt she asked me what my name was, and where I came from.
Paola : They were easy for you , weren’t they ?
Lan: …Then she asked me why I was learning English , …and if I spoke any other
languages.
Paola : Go on .
Lan : …Then she asked me how I learned English in my country … And she
asked how I would use English in the future.
Paola : What else did she ask you ?
Lan : Oh, Paola ! Let me try to remember !... Ah, she asked me what aspect of
learning English I found most difficult .
Paola : Is that all, Lan ?
Lan : Oh. There were a lot of other questions. She also asked me to read a passage
Paola : What did she say in the end ?
Lan : I’m trying to remember …Oh , yes ! Exactly she said “ If you wanted to
attend the course , you must pass the written examination.
Paola : It’s terrible , Lan . I don’t think I will be able to pass the exams.
Lan : Don’t worry , Paola . Everything will be all right .
Royal English college
Examination in English as a foreign language
Stage one: Oral examination
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.

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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.

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*What exactly did the examiner ask Lan?
Chek (V) the boxes
d / Model sentences
1. Reported with “Yes/ No – question”
ex1. “Do you speak any other languages?”
=> She asked me if/ whether I spoke any other languages.
ex2. “Do you live with your parents?”
=> She asked me if/ whether I lived with my parents
2. Reported with “WH- question”
ex1. “What is your name?”
=> She asked me what my name was.
ex2. “Why are you learning English?”
=> She asked me why I was learning English
S + Asked/ told…+ O (chỉ người) + If/ Whether + V + O
Form:
Form:
S + Asked/ told…+ O (chỉ người) + Wh-word + V + O
1. “Where do you come from?”
=> She asked me where I came from.
2. “Are you a teacher?”
=> She asked me if I was a teacher.
Exercise
3. “Do you like music?”
=> She asked me whether I liked music.
3.Homework
1. Learn by heart vocabulary.
2. Read the dialogue again and report
the questions at page 33.
3. Prepare “Speaking”.
THANK YOU!
Goodbye
See you again!