Unit 4. Special education

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Unit 4: Special education
Lesson B: Speaking
Task 1: The question in the interview below have been left out. Work with a partner and fill in the blanks with the right questions.
Interviewer: (A) .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... ?
Hanh : I went to Long Bien Lower- secondary School in Gia Lam , Hanoi.
Intrviewer: (B) .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... ?
Hanh : My subjects were Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Biology, History, Geography, English, Information Technology and Physical Education.
Intrviewer: (C) .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... ?
Hanh : Well, I went to school in the morning and I often had five class.
Intrviewer: (D) .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .......... ?
Hanh : Well, we had different kinds of tests, you know. Oral tests, fifteen-minute tests, forty-minute tests and the final examination at the end of the semester.
Intrviewer: (E) .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... ?
Hanh : It’s different with every teacher. Some liked to give a lot of homework and others didn’t.
Intrviewer: (F) .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... ?
Hanh : To be honest, I liked my school a lot but if I could change one thing, it would be the breaks between the classes. They were too short.
Intrviewer: (G) .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... ?
Hanh : I liked everything in my school, you know. Well, of course, not the breaks as I’ve said. I liked my teachers, my friends and the different activities at school.
Which lower- secondary school did you go to?
What were your subjects then?
What was your timetable?
Can you tell me about the tests and examinations at your school then?
What about homework?
What part of the school life didn’t you like then?
What did you like best about your school then?
Task 2: Interview your partner, using the questions in Task 1.
Example:

Which lower-secondary school did you go to?
I went to Nguyen Trai Lower-secondary school in Tam Diep Ninh Binh.
What were your subjects then?
My subjects were Literature, English,…….
Task 3: Tell the whole class what you know about your partner.
Lan went to Nguyen Trai Lower-secondary School in Tam Diep, Ninh Binh. She had nine subjects to learn at school. She went to school in the afternoon and often had from 4 to 5 classes each afternoon. She had a lot of homework to do at home and different kinds of tests and examinations to do at school such as oral tests, fifteen-minute tests, forty-five-minute tests and final examination at the end of each semester. She didn’t like the breaks between the classes because they were too short. She liked the teachers and her friends at school much.

wrapping
Summary:
Interview someone about her/his lower school.
Use the information in the interview to make a mini-presentation about her/his school.


Homework:
Interview your mother/ father about her/his upper- secondary school then make a mini-talk about her/him
Game
Sentence Transformation

Work in groups of 4.
Student I says sentence 1.
Student 2 reports sentence 1 and says sentence 2. Student 3 reports sentence 2 and says sentence 3. Student 4 reports sentence 3 and says his sentence 4. Student 1 reports sentence 4.
Example:
Student 1: "I study at Kim Lien High School."
Student 2: She said she studied at Kim Lien High School. "I like English most."
Student 3: He said he liked English most. "I have five classes a week."
Student 4: She said she had five classes a week. "I don`t go to school by bus"
Student 1: He said he didn`t go to school by bus.