Unit 4. Learning a foreign language

Welcome to class
*WARM- UP: Brainstorming.
How do you learn English ?
Do the home work.
Listen to English songs.
Suggestions:
- Do more grammar exercises.
Read stories, newspaper or magazines.
Listen to the tapes or radio.
Watch the news on TV.
Speak / practice English to friends, English teacher in class or foreigners.
Use a dictionary.
Learn to sing English songs.
Write as much as possible.
Learn by heart new words, a short dialogue.

I.Vocabulary:


We are Vietnamese.
What languages do we speak ?
What is another word for meet or see ?
It is necessary to help you to remember what you’ve learnt at school.
* Matching:
1. Mother tongue
2. Come across
3. Revise
4. Underline
5. Highlight
6. Stick
7. Learners

A. đính , dán vào
B. Gạch chân dưới chữ
C. Làm nổi lên.
D. Những người học.
E. Ôn lại, ôn tập.
F. Bắt gặp, tình cờ gặp.
G. Tiếng mẹ đẻ.

1.T/ F statements prediction:
1. Language learners learn words in way .
2. They make a list of words, their meaning and learn them by heart.
3. They learn the words that they think are important base on the text.
4. They stick words some where at home.
5. Some learner to learn all the words they come across.

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F
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the same
different
tries
do not try
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2. Comprehension questions:
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3
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Lucky numbers.
1.Why do some learners write example sentences with new words?
Because they help them to remember the use of new words.
3.What is necessary in learning words?
Revision
5. How do the learners remember new words better?


Write examples, write each word, its use on a piece of paper then stick, underline or highlight
Lucky number.
6. Do some learners learn all the new words they come across?
No, they learn only important words.
7. Who often helps you with the learning new words at school?
The English teachers.

III. Consolidation: Discussion.
What’s the useful of learning new words in English ?








Suggestions:
- speak English with English teachers, foreigners, friends.
- write letters, essay.
- read books, stories, newspapers.
- listen to English programs, tapes.
- watch the news on TV .
- sing English songs.
travel and talk with people over the world.


IV. Home work:
Write the ways of learning words that you think are the best for you.
Learnt by heart all new words .