Unit 4: Week: 12, Period: 23, Lesson: Date: 31/10/2008 LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTEN – LANGUAGE FOCUS I AIMS: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to develop their listening skill for details to identify the correct information, and students will be able to use modal verbs with if II LANGUAGE CONTENTS: Grammar : - The simple present tense - The present progressive tense - The present perfect tense - If clause Vocabulary : III TEACHING AIDS: - Posters, pictures, textbook IV PROCEDURES: CONTENTS TECHNIQUES I – Class order: (1’) Greeting II – Check up: (7’) - The dialouge Greeting - Teacher asks students to play the roles of Paula and Lan + Students practice III – New lesson: (37’) Warm up: (5’) Answer the questions: 1) What are you studying? 2) Why are you learning English? 3) What aspect of learning English you find most difficult? 4) How you improve your English? - Teacher asks students to answer the questions about learning English + Students answer the questions about themselves + Individual Pre _ Listening: (12’) - Teacher introduces the topic of the Pre _ teach vocabulary lesson - university (n): trường đại học - Pre teach vocabulary - national bank: ngân hàng quốc gia + Students listen and repeat - international bank: ngân hàng quốc tế + Whole class - R O R - excellent (a): xuất sắc - Teacher asks students to read the - terrible (a): ghê gớm, kinh khủng sentences in the text book - to improve (v): trau dồi Students read the sentences in the text + Students read the sentences in the text book individually book - Teacher asks students to listen to the While _ Listening: (12’) - Nga is talking to Kate about her studying tape English Listen to their conversation Check 44 () the boxes and correct the false sentences + Students listen and the exercise: T \ F (P 35) sentences a) T b) T c) F She works for an international bank in Ha Noi d) T e) F Her listening is terrible f) T Answer the questions about the conversation: 1) Is Nga studying English in London? 2) Why is she studying English there? 3) What does Nga do? 4) Did she learn English at university? 5) What does she want to improve? + Individual > pairs Post _ Listening: (8’) Students discuss three questions - What aspects of learning English don’t you like? Why not? - Are you good at listening \ speaking ? which skill(s) are you good at? - What can you to improve your listening \ speaking? - Teacher asks students to discuss these questions * Transcript: Nga : Yes, of course I’ve forgotten a lot of it I want to improve my writing skills You know … sometimes I have to write letters in English Kate : What about listening, Nga ? Nga : It’s terrible This is my biggest Host : Kate, Can I introduce you to Nga ? She’s studying English here in London Kate : Hello, pleased to meet you Nga : Pleased to meet you, too Kate : Where are you from, Nga ? Nga : I’m from Vietnam Kate : Why are you studying English here ? Nga : I need it for my job Kate : Really ? So, what you ? Nga : I work for a bank, an international bank in Hanoi Kate : Oh, I see Did you learn English at school ? Nga : Yes, and at University, too But I’ve forget er … forget … Kate : forgotten 45 - Feedback - Teacher corrects the mistakes and gives the correct answers - Teacher asks some questions about the conversation + Students listen and answer the questions + Individual + Students answer the questions + Individual + Pairs - Feedback problem People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them Kate : Do you like studying English ? Nga : Oh, yes, it’s an interesting language and it’s very useful; and I can talk to people from all over the world … and I can understand the words of my favorite songs, too Kate : Well, that’s very good Good luck to you, Nga * Language focus Revision of modal verbs must: phải have to: phải should: nên ought: nên may: có lẽ might: có lẽ Form: modal + infinitive (without to) Revision of conditional sentences type 1: If clause Simple present tense - Teacher reminds the use of modal verbs + Students listen and repeat + Whole class Individual Main clause Will + infinitive - Teacher reminds the conditional sentences type 1) Complete the sentences Use the modal + Students listen and repeat + Whole class Individual verbs in brackets and the information in the box: (P 38) - Teacher asks students to the exercise on c) you should a lot of exercise d) he might miss the train e) you ought to stay in bed f) You must your homework page 38 + Students work in pairs + Students go to the board and complete the conditional sentences + Individual - Feedback - Teacher corrects the mistakes and gives the correct answers + Students practice the dialogues in pairs Homework: (2’) - Study the lesson carefully - Write the answers in your exercise books - Prepare lesson Read - Teacher guides students what to at home 46 ... box: (P 38 ) - Teacher asks students to the exercise on c) you should a lot of exercise d) he might miss the train e) you ought to stay in bed f) You must your homework page 38 + Students... about the conversation: 1) Is Nga studying English in London? 2) Why is she studying English there? 3) What does Nga do? 4) Did she learn English at university? 5) What does she want to improve? +...() the boxes and correct the false sentences + Students listen and the exercise: T F (P 35 ) sentences a) T b) T c) F She works for an international bank in Ha Noi d) T e) F Her listening