Unit 5. Higher education

Welcome to class 12A9



Look at the table and complete the missing words
SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN VIETNAM
Kindergarten
PRIMARY (ELEMENTARY)
EDUCATION
Lower Secondary
Compulsory education
Upper Secondary
(High School)



Where can students continue their education
after graduating from high school ?



Where can students continue their education
after graduating from high school ?
UNIT 5: HIGHER EDUCATION
Part A: Reading



Name some famous universities or colleges in Vietnam



Name some famous universities or colleges
in the world
formed in 1209
formed in the 11th century.
formed in 1636
formed in 1511
Among the colleges and universities in Vietnam, which one would you like to apply for and why?
HERE ARE SOME IMPRESSIONS OF UNVIVERSITY LIFE OF FRESH STUDENTS (first-year students)
His first impression of university life
His first impression of university life
Đại học Bách Khoa Hà Nội
Hanoi Polytechnic College
I’m Tuan, a first-year student. I feel confident.
I’m Ellen. I feel....???
I’m Brenden. I feel....???
I’m Sarah. I feel....???
Three students talk about their first impression of university life. Read the passages, then do the task follow.
UNIT 5: HIGHER EDUCATION
Part A: Reading
New words and phrases
campus(n)
scare (n)
scary (adj)
blame(v) + for
challenge(v)
challenging(adj)
daunting(adj)
existence (n)
. amazing (adj)
calendar (n)
mate (n)
fight back tears (exp):
feel at home at college (exp):
Eg: You’ll find at home at our hotel
= ground and buildings of a university or college
= causing fear
= say that Sb is responsible for sth bad
= the feeling of fear
= test the ability of sb
= offering problems that test sb’s ability
= discouraging or frightening
= state of being
= surprising
= a table showing days, months of a certain year
= friend
Task 1: Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
1. The new library was built in the centre of the ....................
a. building b. campus c. floor d. field

2. They ...............the rise in oil prices for the big increase in inflation.
a. talked b. said c. blamed d. thought

3. That’s the.................... story I’ve ever heard.
a. scariest b. scary c. scare d. scared

4. Intelligent boys like to study something if it really ................. them.
a. bores b. tires c. suprises d. challenges

5.The new car goes at an .................. speed.
a. amazing b. amazed c. amaze d. amazes

Notes:
Inflation (n) : sự lạm phát
Speed (n): tốc độ
Price (n): giá cả
Increase (n): sự gia tăng = rise
Task 2 :Find out who
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get on with = hòa thuận với
creative (adj)= tính sáng tạo
notes
Task 3: Answer the questions
1.What did Sarah do on the first weekend?
3.What problems did Ellen have with her roommate?
4.What did Brenden think about his first year at college?
2.Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?
5.What does the social calendar of the
colleges provide him?
What did Sarah do on the
first weekend?
She went out with her
new friends
Why did Sarah feel so lonely
at the party?
Because at the party everyone was busy
playing game and no one seemed
to notice her
What problems did Ellen have
with her roommate?
Her roommates left the window
open when it was cold outside.
She went to bed early .
She blamed Ellen for making her sick
What did Brenden think about his
first year at college?
Brenden thought the first year
at college was the best and
most challenging of his life.
What does the social calendar
of the colleges provide him?
It provides him plenty of opportunities
to meet non-engineering students
as well as other engineers and many
of them have become
his best friends.
Work in groups
These are the feelings that Sarah, Ellen and Brenden have in their first year at university?
amazed/ daunted /excited/ lonely /scared / free
He’s Brenden. He feels....???
She’s Sarah. She feels...??
She is Ellen. She feels...???
She is Ellen. She feels daunted, scared, amazed
He’s Brenden. He feels excited
She’s Sarah. She feels lonely, free.
Good bye!