Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Good morning !
Warm up: * Answer the questions:
1. Do you like English?
2. Do you find English difficult?
3. Do you learn English every day?
* Check study card K-W-L
- What did you know about this lesson ?
- What do you want to know in this lesson ?
Thursday, October 21st, 2010.
*How do you learn English?
Unit 4. Learning a foreign language
Period 20
Getting started + listen and read (page 32-33)
I. Getting started
Do you sometimes watch English TV programs ?
Do you like singing English songs ?
Do you read short stories in English ?
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.
Work in pair
- 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.
1.New words
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.
a. Practice the dialogue with a partner.
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 : lÜnh vùc học tiếng Anh…
- examiner (n): gi¸m kh¶o
- candidate (n) : thí sinh
- Oral examination (n) thi vÊn ®¸p
- written examination (n) thi viÕt
- Course (n) khóa học
- College (n) Cao đẳng ( đại học)
- Be able to … sẽ
- Stage one môn thi 1( nghĩa trong bài)
1.New words
a. Reported with “Yes/ No – question”
ex. “Do you like English?”, said Lan
=>Lan asked me if/ whether I liked English.

* S + asked + Sb + if / whether + S + V ( lùi 1 thì)

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.
b. Reported with “WH- question”
2. Grammar :(review) Reported questions:
S + asked + Sb + Wh- question + S + V (lựi 1 thỡ)
b. What exactly did the examiner ask Lan?
Look at the list of questions and check (v ) the boxes.
Royal English college
Examination in English as a foreign language
Stage one: Oral examination

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?
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.
*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 learnt English.
4. She asked me if I spoke any other language.
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 the passage.
III. Homework:
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Do exercises 1,2 page 27 in workbook
- Prepare : speak and study card K-W-L
I. Getting started
*How do you learn English?

II. Listen and read
New words
2.Review :reported questions
Good bye!
See you again!