Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Quang phu Cau secondery school
Teacher : MRS Bui Thi Hue
Warmly welcome all the teachers to our class today
Friday ,November 6th 2010
Unit 4 :Learning a foreign language
Period 20:Lesson 1-Getting started +Listen and read
Period 20
Lesson 1: Getting started
– Listen and read
I.Getting started
How to learn English?
How to learn English?
Learn English on the internet
Do grammar exercises
Write English as much as possible
Read English books
Listen to music
Learn to sing English songs
Read English newspapers
Watch English TV programs
Use dictionary for reading
Talk with foreigners
Learn by heart
*How do you learn English?
Check 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.

II.Listen and read
1.Vocabulary

Friday ,November 6th 2009
Unit 4 :Learning a foreign language
Period 20 : Lesson 1 getting started +Listen and read
Candidate

Thí sinh



An examiner
Giám khảo
An Oral examination
Thi vấn đáp




A Written exammination

Thi viết
An aspect
Khía cạnh,lĩnh vực
* Matching
a candidate
an examiner
an oral examination
a Written examination
an aspect
giám khảo
thi viết
thi vấn đáp
thí sinh
khía cạnh ,lĩnh vực
*Lan is talking to Paola, a foreign student,
about the oral examination that she has just taken.
1. Was the oral examination difficult or easy?
2. How many questions did the examiner ask Lan ?
a/ Guess
II.Listen and read
1.Vocabulary
2.Read
Friday, November 6th 2009
Unit 4 :Learning a foreign language
Period 20 : Lesson 1 getting started +Listen and read
II.Listen and read
2.Read
b/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
Friday, November 6th 2009
Unit 4 :Learning a foreign language
Period 20 : Lesson 1 getting started +Listen and read
II.Listen and read
2.Read
Now you listen the conversation again and see what exactly the examiner asked Lan .Look at the list of the questions and chect the boxes
Friday, November 6th 2009
Unit 4 :Learning a foreign language
Period 20 : Lesson 1 getting started +Listen and read

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.
c.Check the box Page 33

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c.Check the box Page 33


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?
d / Model sentences
1. Reported with “Yes/ No – question”
ex. “Do you speak any other languages?”
=> She asked me if/whether I spoke any other languages.
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
ex3 :How did you learn English in your country ?
=> She asked me how I learned English in my country
1 2 3
4 5 6
LUCKY NUMBERS
Where do you come from?

She asked me where I came from.
Read this passage
She asked me to read a passage
Lucky Number
How will you use English in the future ?

She asked me how I would use English in the future.
Lucky Number
What aspect of learning English you find the most difficult ?
She asked me what aspect of learning English I found the most difficult
3.Homework
1. Learn by heart vocabulary.
2. Read the dialogue again and report
the questions at page 33.
3. Prepare part “Speak”.
THANK YOU!
Goodbye
See you again!