Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Võ Thụy Hạnh
Thường Thới Tiền
secondary school
26/10
brainstorm
Speak English with friends
- Do the homework.
- Do more grammar exercises in grammar books
- Read short stories or newspapers in English .
- Write English as much as possible .
- Learn by heart all the new words and texts
- Speak English with friends .
- Use a dictionary for reading.
- Practice listening to English tapes or English programs on the radio
- Watch English TV programs
- Learn to sing English songs
Attend
Tham dự
(v)
Candidate
(n)
Khía cạnh
Aspect
(n)
Thí sinh
Course
(n)
Khoá học
Oral examination (n)
(n)
Giám khảo
Examiner
I.Vocabulary:
Kỳ thi nói

Monday, october26th,2009
UNit4:LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lesson 1 :Getting started & Listen and Read

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Written examination
Paola and Lan are talking about oral exam
2. Guess the questions the examiner asked Lan
Royal English college
Examination in English as a foreign language
Stage One : Oral Examination
( This list must not be shown to the candidates )
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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 this passage.
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II. Dialogue
1.Listen & Read
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 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 .
2. Guess the questions the examiner asked Lan
Royal English college
Examination in English as a foreign language
Stage One : Oral Examination
( This list must not be shown to the candidates )
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
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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 this passage.
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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 learn English in the future?
10.What aspect of learning English do you find
most difficult?
14.Read this passage

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3. Model sentences
“ Do you speak any other languages?”
She asked me:
She asked me
She asked me:
“What is your name?”
She asked me
what
my name
was
if
I
spoke
any other languages.
II. Dialogue
1. Read
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 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 .

Noughts and Crosses
a. How many questions did the examiner ask Lan?
b. What is your name?
c. Where do
you come from?
F. How did you
learn English
in your country
?
e. Do you
speak any other
languages?
d. Why are you
learning
English ?
g. How will you use
English in the future?
h. What aspect of
learning
English do you
find most difficult?
Read this
passage
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Answer keys of 8 reported
sentences from 8 questions you have checked
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 learn English in the future?
10.What aspect of learning English do you find most difficult?
14.Read this passage
She asked me What my name was.
She asked me where I came from.
She asked me why I was learning English.
She asked me if I spoke any other languages.
She asked me how I learned English in my country.
She asked me how I would use in the future.
She asked me what aspect of learning English I found most difficult.
She asked me to read a passage
Take a role:

Mr Hai: What is your name?
You : My name is Hoa
Mr Hai : Where do you live?
You : I live in Thuong Thoi Tien
Mr Hai: Which grade are you in?
You : I am in grade 9 – class 9A2
Mr Hai: Why are you learning English?
You : for my English subject
Mr Hai: How long have you learned English?
You : For 4 years
Mr Hai: Can you speak other languages?
You : No, I can’t
Unit 4 : Learning a foreign language
Lesson 1: Getting started p32
Listen and read p32 ,33
I. Vocabulary
II. Dialogue
Guess the questions the examiner asked Lan
Listen and check
Model sentences
She asked me what my name was.
She asked me if I spoke any other languages.
III. Home work:
1. Learn by heart vocabulary.
2. Read the dialogue again and report the questions at page 33.
3. Prepare part “Speak”.



1. Learn by heart vocabulary and structures
2. Read the dialogue again and
report the questions at page 33.
3. Prepare part “Speak”.
Good bye
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