Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

WELCOME TO MY CLASS


Good morning Everybody

How do you learn English
Do the homework.
Do more grammar exercises in grammar books.
Read short stories in English.
Write English as much as possible.
Learn by heart all the newwords and texts.
Speak English with friends.
Use a dictionary for reading.
Listen to English tapes or English programs on the radio.
Watch English TV programs on TV.
Learn to sing English songs.
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Unit 4
LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Getting started,
listen and read +Lf4
Lesson 1
Vocabulary
UNIT: 4 LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson 1
Getting started + Listen and read
- (to) attend
= tham dự
- a candidate
= thí sinh
-an oral examination
= kỳ thi vấn đáp
- an examiner
= giám khảo
-an aspect =
Khía cạnh, lĩnh vực
UNIT4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson 1: Getting started-Listen and Read.

What questions did the examiner ask Lan?
This is Poala
This is Lan
ROYAL ENGLISH COLLEGE
Examination in English as a foreign language
Stage one: Oral examination
( This list must not be shown to the candidates.)
What is your name?
Where do you come from?
Where do you live?
Do you live with your parents?
When did you begin studying English?
Why are you learning English?
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.
READ
READ
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?
Unit 4. Learning a foreign language
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 : First 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.
read
LISTEN AND READ
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 the passage.
Paola : What did she say in the end ?
Lan : I’m trying to remember… Oh, yes !
Exactly, she said " If you want to attend
the course, you must pass the written
examination. Good luck ! "
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.
read
UNIT4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson 1: Getting started-Listen and Read.

She asked me what my name was.
She asked me if/whether I spoke any others
languages

UNIT4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson 1: Getting started-Listen and Read.

The reported speech of questions:
S + asked + O + if/whether S + V2/ed
S + asked + O + Wh- question + S + V2/ed
- The reported speech of yes/no questions:
- The reported speech of wh- questions:
Usage:
We use these structures to report questions
a/ “How old are you?”

c/ “What is the name of your school?”

 She asked me what the name of my school was.
d/ “Do you go to school by bicycle?.”
 She asked me if I went to school by bicycle
e/ “Which grade are you in?”
 She asked me which grade I was in.
f/ “Can you use a computer?”
 She asked me if I could use a computer.
g/ “Why do you want this job?”
 She asked me why I wanted that job.
h/ “When does your school vacation start”
 She asked me when my school vacation started.
b/ “Is your school near here?”
 She asked me how old I was
 She asked me if my school was near there
1. What is your name?
2. Where do you come from?
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?
14. Read this passage.

*Imagine you are Lan: Change the questions which the examiner asked you.
1. She asked me what my name was.
2. She asked me where I came from.
3.She asked me why I was learning English.
4. She asked me if I spoke any other
languages.
5. She asked me how I learnt English in
my country
6. She asked me how I would use
English in the future.
7. She asked me what aspect of
learning English I found most
difficult.
8. She asked me to read that passage.
* Choose the best option.
He said to me , “you can take my book”- He told me ………
a. you could take his book b. I could take his book
c. I could take my book d. I can take his book.
2. The boss said, “ you will have a day off”- The boss said ……
a. He /she would have a day off b. you would have a day off
c. He /she will have a day off d. I would have a day off
3. If you want to learn English well, you ……..a lot of grammar exercises in grammar books
a. Do b. will do c. have to do d. had to do
4. If she ……enough money, she would buy what she wants
a. Has b. have c. would have d. had
Homework
- Redo the exercises in workbook.
- Prepare unit : Speak
Celinne Dion – And so this is Xmax
THANK YOU
Goodbye!
FOR YOUR ATTENTION !