Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

WELCOME TO CLASS 9A
Created by: Nguyễn Thị Hồng Hạnh
School year: 2009-2010
Phu Lam secondary school
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UNIT 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Period 25 : WRITE ( p.37 )
I. Vocabulary:
1. (to) request :
đòi hỏi, yêu cầu
5. a detail :
chi tiết
2. (to) look forward to :
mong, chờ
4. a record of study :
học bạ
7. an edition
: l?n xuất bản, b?n in
3. ( to) supply
: cung cấp
6. a fee
: l? phí
1) Read this letter:
25 Le Duan St, District 1 Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
April 17th , 2003
Dear Sir,
I saw your school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
I am interested in learning Vietnamese and I would like some information about your school.
I speak a little Vietnamese, but I want to learn to read and write it. Could you please send details of the courses and fees? I can complete a spoken Vietnamese test if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully,
John Robinson
II. Form of a letter of inquiry
25 Le Duan St, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
April 17th , 2003 Dear sir,
I saw your school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
I am interested in learning Vietnamese and I would like some information about your school.
I speak a little Vietnamese, but I want to learn to read and write it. Could you please send details of the courses and fees? I can complete a spoken Vietnamese test if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, John Robinson
1) Read this letter:
1. Where did Robinson see the school’s advertisement?
2. What language does he want to learn?
3. What aspect of Vietnamese does he want to improve?
4. What does Robinson want to know?
He saw the school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
He wants to learn Vietnamese.
He wants to learn to read and write Vietnamese.
He wants to know some details of the courses and fees.
+Answer the questions:
25 Le Duan St, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
April 17th , 2003 Dear Sir,
I saw your school’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
I am interested in learning Vietnamese and I would like some information about your school.
I speak a little Vietnamese, but I want to learn to read and write it. Could you please send details of the courses and fees? I can complete a spoken Vietnamese test if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, John Robinson
2. Matching:
Introduction
Request
Further information
Conclusion
How many parts are there in a request letter?
There are four
What are they?
They are
D
A
B
C
III. Writing:
Read the advertisements in 5.READ again. Choose one of the schools you want to attend to improve your English. Write a letter of inquiry to the institution requesting for more information about the courses and fees. Follow the outline below.
Outline
Introduction: Say how you come to know about the Institution
(advertisement on newspaper/ watch on TV)
express your interest ( want to know more information)
Request: State how good your English is ; exactly what kind of
information you want.
Further information: Say you are ready to supply more information about
your English/ study ( record of study) if necessary.
Conclusion: End with a polite closing.

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* Some structures
- I would like + N/ to V…..
- Look forward to + V- ing ……..
- Yours faithfully
- Could you please + V…..?
25 Le Duan St, District 1 Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
April 17th , 2003
Dear ,
I saw your school’s advertisement
.
I am interested in learning and I would like some information about your school.
I speak a little , but I want to learn to it. Could you please send ? I can if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Sir
the Viet Nam News
Vietnamese
read and write
details of the courses and fees
complete a spoken Vietnamese test
Vietnamese
John Robinson
in today’s edition of
* Correction:
Suggested letter
123 Ngo Gia Tu St, Bac Ninh city, Viet Nam
November 24th , 2009
To: Manager of Institute.
108 Trang Thi Street.
Dear sir,
I saw your Institute’s advertisement in today’s edition of the Viet Nam News.
I am interested in learning English and I would like some more information about your Institute.
I can speak a little English, but I read it very slowly and my writing is bad. So I want to improve my reading and writing. Could you please send details of the courses and fees for beginner? I can supply my record of English study if necessary.
I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, Nguyen van Ba
UNIT 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
LESSON 4 : WRITE
Vocabulary
Form of a letter of inquiry.
Writing
IV. Homework:
Write the letter into your notebook.
Be ready for language focus.
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