Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Good morning !
Warm up:
* Answer the questions:
- Do you like English?
- Do you think English is difficult?
- Do you learn English every day?
- Do you sometimes watch English TV programs?
- Do you like singing English songs?
- Do you read short stories in English?
Thursday, October 21st, 2010.
Unit 4. Learning a foreign language
Period 20
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
*How do you learn English?
I. Getting started.
Listen to music
Learn English on the internet
Do grammar exercises
Read English books
Write English as much as possible
Learn by heart
Learn to sing English songs
Use dictionary for reading
Talk with foreigners
Read English newspapers
Watch English TV programs
* How do you learn English?
Check things you do from the list. Add more things you do or you want to do. Then work with a partner and compare your list.
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.
- Compare the list with a partner.
- Who can tell your list ?
II. Listen and read
*Lan is talking to Paola, a foreign student, about the oral examination that she has just taken.
Thursday, October 21st, 2010.
Period 20
Unit 4. Learning a foreign language
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
I. Getting started.
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.

* Listen to the tape.
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
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.
- aspect of learning English:
- examiner (n):
- candidate (n):
- oral examination (n):
- course (n):
- college (n):
- pass (v):
1.New words
lĩnh vực học tiếng Anh…
giám khảo
thí sinh
thi vấn đáp
cao đẳng (đại học)
vượt qua
khóa học
2. Grammar:
Reported with “WH- question”
ex1. “What is your name?”
=>She asked me what my name was.
ex2. “Where do you come from”
=>She asked me where I came from.
S + asked + Sb + Wh- question + S + V (lựi 1 thỡ)
a) Practice the dialogue with a partner.
b) What exactly did the examiner ask Lan?
Look at the list of questions and check ( )
the boxes.
I. Getting started.
Thursday, October 21st, 2010.
Period 20
Unit 4. Learning a foreign language
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
*How do you learn English?
II. Listen and read
ROYAL ENGLISH COLLEGE
Examination in English as a foreign language
Stage one: Oral examination
( This list must not be shown to th 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.
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
Thursday, October 21st, 2010.
Unit 4. Learning a foreign language
Period 20
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read
*How do you learn English?
I. Getting started.
II. Listen and read
1.New words
2. Grammar:
a) Practice the dialogue with a partner.
b) What exactly did the examiner ask Lan? Look at the list
of questions and check ( ) the boxes.
Do the homework.
Do grammar exercises.
Read short stories or newspapers English.
Write English as much as possible.
Learn by heat all new words and tets.
Speak English with friends.
Use dictionary for reading.
Practice listening to English tapes
or English programs on the radio.
Watch English TV programs.
Learn to sing English songs.
III. Homework:
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do exercises 1,2 page 27 in workbook
- Prepare Unit 4: speak and listen
I. Getting started
*How do you learn English?

II. Listen and read
New words
2. Grammar:
Reported with “WH- questions”
Good bye!
See you again!
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.