Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Unit 4: Learning a foreign language

Aim of the lesson : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to persuade friends to attend the school they like, and reply to their friends’ persuasion and revise structures : W

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9

Unit 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ

(Period 20)

A Aim of the lesson :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read the dialouge about the questions in an oral exam and get more practice with reported speech

• Teaching aids Extraboard, pictures

• Anticipated problems:

B

Content:

1 Warm−up

- Greetings

- Brainstorm

watching English programs on T.V using a cassette recorder

reading fairy tales in English speaking English with foreigners

2 Vocabulary.

− aspect (n) (trans) lĩnh vực / kĩ năng, mặt, khía cạnh

− examiner(n) (expl) giám khảo, người chấm thi

− candidate(n) (ant) ≠ examiner) thí sinh, người dự thi = examinee

The ways to improve English

− oral examination (n) (sit) cuộc thi vấn đáp, kì thi nói

− written examination (n) (sit) kì thi viết, cuộc thi viết

− stage one: (trans) môn thi 1

* Checking: R- O- R/ Matching

3 Pre-reading.

- T asks: - Have you ever had an oral exmination in English?

- If yes, What did the teacher ask you?

- Were the questions in an oral exam difficult or easy ?

* Pre−questions:

* How many questions did the examiner ask Lan?

- Using about 10 questions (P.33) to request Ss to guess

1 What is your name?

2 Where do you come from?

3 When did you begin studying English?

4 Why are you learning English?

5 Do you speak any other language?

6 How did you learn English in your country?

7 How will you use English in the future?

8 What aspect of learning English do you find most difficult?

9 What ways do you improve your English?

10 What are your hobbies? ect

- Ss look at the list of questions in the poster which have in the text book P.33

- Lan is talking to Paola about the oral examination she has had

4 While-reading.

- 1st reading: Listening to the tape (Pointing every word)

- 2nd reading: Reading the dialogue and then give the pre-questions answers

Now you read the conversation again and see what exactly the examiner asked Lan - Give the correct answer keys

* Key: 1, 2, 4 , 5 , 6, 7, 8,

5 Post-reading.

* Oral speaking

- S1 is examiner and S2 is the examinee in an oral examination S2 uses the personal information to answer the examiner’s questions

* Review structure: Reported speech

- Get Ss to find out the indirect speech in a dialogue from the direct speech in the poster :

-Eg: 1 What is your name? -> She asked me what my name was

a Wh – questions:

S + asked + O + Wh – S + Ved

b Yes / No questions:

S + asked +O + if / whether + S + Ved

6 Homework.

− Read and translate the text

- Answer the questions (2.b – P.33) again.

− Workbook: Do exercises 2-3 (P.28-29)

− Prepare new vocabulary in “ 3 Speak”

Unit 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lesson 2: SPEAKING

(Period 21)

A Aim of the lesson :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to persuade friends to attend the school they like, and reply to their friends’ persuasion and revise structures : Why don’t we ? We should , Let’s

• Teaching aids: Extraboard

• Anticipated problems:

B

Content:

1 Warm up.

- Greetings

* Shark attack C O U R S E (6 letters) or Retell the way to learn English.

2 Vocabulary.

- scholarship(n) (a payment of money to a clever student) học bổng

− persuade (v) (expl) thuyết phục

− dormitory (n) (sit / trans) ký túc xá, nhà ở tập thể sinh viên

− on campus (n)(a ground of a university) trong khuôn viên (các trường ĐH)

− reputation (n) (syn) = fame, honor danh tiếng

− native speaker (n) (example) người bản xứ

− experience (v) (western culture ) trải qua, kinh qua (văn hoá phương tây)

* Checking: What and Where

I Pre-speaking:

Now you in group of three, play the role of Thu,Tam and Kim and persuade your partner to attend the school you would like to study Use the expressions in the box as prompts

Expessions to persuade: Expression to reply:

− Why don’t we…? − I disagree because…

− If we go to…, we can… − I don’t understand

− We should…

− Let’s…

− What do you think about …?

- Students in groups of three read the information about the three centers of English

in UK, USA and Australia (P34)

II While− speaking:

− A goup of 3 students – Do in group work

− Each student in each group plays the role of Thu, Tam or Kim to persuade two rest to attend the English language summer course abroad they like, and the two rest reply the persuasion

* Example exchange:

Tam: I think we should go to the Seattle School of English in the USA You can

stay with Vietnamese friends

Kim: I disagree because we can’t practice speaking English with native speakers Thu: Why don’t we go to the Brighton Language Center in the United Kinhdom?

If we go there, we can live in a dormitory on campus

Tam: But the course is too expensive It costs US $2.000

Kim: What do you think about the Brisbane Institute of English in Australia?

Thu: I think it’s quite close to Vietnam

Tam: And we can enjoy the beautiful scenery there

Kim: If we go there, we can stay with an Australia family to discover their culture

and practice English as well

Thu: Peple say that they have a good way of teaching English and the course is

acceptable It cost US $1200

Tam: Let’s go to Australia to attend that course

Kim: I absolutely agree with you How about you, Thu?

Thu: Of course Me, too

III Post– speaking:

* Demonstration:

- Teacher asks 2 or 3 groups to (demonstrate their conversation) converse in front

of the class

- They may not follow the example in the textbook

* Correction:

- Teacher corrects the students’ mistakes if necessary

- Teacher adds some more information/ or asks the rest student to add some more information if necessary

IV Homework:

- Make another conversations between Thu, Tam and Kim

- Prepare for Listening (4 LISTEN)

- Workbook:Ex 7 (P.33)

Unit 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lesson 3: LISTENING

(Period 22)

A Aim of the lesson :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to listen for information and identify the correct information about Nga’s studying English

• Teaching aids: Tape, board

• Anticipated problems:

B

Content:

1 Warm−up.

* Information transmitting

- Two groups of 8 volunterrs (each group of 4)

- They whisper the sentence to their teammate (turn by turn) and the last student has to write the sentence onto the board

- Which group finishing writing first will win the game

** Suggested sentences.

1 I want to improve my writing/ listening skill

2 English is an interesting language and it’s very useful

2 Vocabulary.

- Writing/listening skill (n) (trans) kỹ năng viết/nghe

- (to) improve (expl/trans) trau dồi, cải thiện

- excellent (adj) (sit ) xuất sắc

- terrible (adj) (antonym) kinh khủng, tồi tệ

* Checking: R- O- R

I Pre- listening:

1 T/F statement prediction.

a Nga’s studying English for her work

b She learned English at school and university

c She works for a national bank in Ha Noi.

d She needs to improve her writing

e Her listening is excellent

f She hopes she can talk to people from all over the world, and understand her favorite English songs

- Ss guess some information about Nga’s studying English, the statements are T/F

II.While- listening:

- Ss listen to a conversation between Nga and Kate and check their predict

- Ss listen again and then give the answer key True: a,b,d,f False: c,e

* Correct: c She works for an international bank in Ha Noi

e Her listening is terrible

(This is her biggest problem People talk very quickly and she can’t understand them)

III Post- listening:

- Discuss these questions : What aspects of learning English do/don’t you like? Why? Why not? Which skill(s) are you good at? What can you do to improve your listening English? How much time do you spend on your listening? When

- Writing about Nga’s studying English (use information from the listening)

*Suggested writing:

Nga works for an international in Hanoi She is studying English for her job She learnt English at school and at university She needs to improve her writing because she has forgotten a lot of it and her listening is terrible People speak very quickly, she can’t understand them So she had to go to England to attend an English course And now, she is studying with Kate’s family in London to study English She hopes she can talk to people from all over the world, and understand her favorite English songs

- Review reported speech with state ments: S + said (that)

IV Homework:

- Complete writing about Nga’s studying English Workbook: Ex.1 (P.27)

- Prepare new vocabulary in “Read” (P.36)

**Tape transcript.

Host: Kate, can I introduce you to Nga? She’s studying English here in LD Kate: Hello, pleased to meet you

Nga: Pleased to meet you, too

Kate: Where are you from?

Nga: I’m from Viet Nam

Kate: Why are you studying English here?

Nga: I need it for my job

Kate: Really? So what do you do?

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?

Nga: Yes, of course I’ve forgotten a lot of it I want to improve my writing skill

You know… sometime I have to write letters in English

Kate: What’s about listening Nga?

Nga: It’s terrible.This is my biggest 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 beautiful, 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

Unit 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lesson 3: READING

(Period: 23)

A Aim of the lesson :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to scan for (details)

information about the English classes from the advertisements

• Teaching aids: Poster, tape

• Anticipated problems:

B

Content:

1 Warm−up

- Brainstorm

Learning vocabulary by heart

doing English

exercises

Listening to the radio

2 Vocabulary.

- level (n) (trans) trình độ, cấp, vị trí, mức

- tuition (n) (syn) = teaching cao cấp sự dạy học, giảng dạy/ học phí

- institute (n) (trans) viện, học viện

- beginner (adj) (sit/trans) sơ cấp, bắt đầu

- advanced (adj) (sit /trans) cao cấp

- intermediate (adj) (sit /trans) trung cấp, trung bình

* Checking: Matching

How do you learn English?

I Pre- reading:

- T/F statement prediction or filling the form (P.36) with a poster

a.Mr.Lam needs to learn French

b.Mr Lam needs the intermediate level class

c.He wants to learn English in the morning

d.He wants the course to begin late November

II While- readning:

-1st reading: Ss listening to the tape

- 2nd reading: Ss read individually and check True / False statements

* Key: T: b ; F: a,c,d

a F: French → English

c F: in the evening → early evening

d F: late November → late October or early November

* Filling the form: (5.a – P.36) (with key)

School Class time Language level Time to start

Academy of

language

Morning, Afternoon, Evening

November

Foreign language

council

Morning and Evening

Beginner/Intermediat e

November 3

New English

Institute

Afternoon, Evening, Weekend

* Interviewer (pairwork)

*Suggested questions and answers:

S1: What class time is Mr.Lam looking for?

S2: In the early morning

S1: Which level is he?

S2: Intermediate level.

S1: When does he want to start the course?

S2: Late October / Early November

S1: With the above information, which language school is a suitable one for Mr Lam?

S2: Foreign language Council is the most suitable school for Mr Lam because

it meets all the requirements set out

III Post- reading:

*Speaking

- Students read the notes made by Mr Lam to know his requirements for an English course Then read the advertisements again and choose a suitable language school for him,Give reasons for their own choice (5.b-P.36)

*Suggestion: I think foreign language council is suitable for him There are

both morning and evening classes with both beginner and intermediate levels And the classes start early November−on 3rd November

* Review reported speech with Wh- questions:

S + asked + O + Wh- + S + Ved

IV Homework:

- Write about your English(How is your E now? When did you start learning it? Where? Are you intending/planning to improve your E? How? Where?When?…)

- Workbook: Exercise 2 (P.28)

- Prepare new vocabulary in “Write” P.37

** places available in….classes: còn chỗ trong các lớp

- foreign language council (n) (trans) hội đồng ngoại ngữ

- academy of language (n) (trans) học viện ngôn ngữ

- well−qualifield (adj): (trans) có trình độ cao, có tay nghề vững

vàng

Unit 4: LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lesson 3: WRITING

(Period: 24)

A Aim of the lesson :

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know how to write a formal letter and practice writing a letter to request for more information about an English course you intend to attend

• Teaching aids: extra board

• Anticipated problems:

B

Content:

1 Warm up.

* Chatting :

Have you ever witten letters to your friends or relatives?

Are those letters formal or informal?

Do you have to write your address at the top of those letters?

How about formal letters?

Do we have to write our address there?

2 Vocabulary.

- Revision

I Pre- writing:

- Eliciting parts of a formal letter

- Ss repeat a formal letter formart (bố cục một bức thư nghi thức)

Your address ………

Your City, state and zip code ………

Today’s date ………

……… Full name of the person receiving the letter

……… The person’s street address

……… The person’s city, state, and zip code

Dear sir, /Madam,………… The person’s shortned name (Mr.X,Ms.Y)

………

I am looking forward to hearing from you

Sincerely,/ Yours faithfully,

Your signature.

II While- writing:

- Ss read the advertisements in 5 READ again, choose one of the schools they want to attend to improve their English.Write a letter of inquiry to the institution requesting for more information about the courses and fees Their writing should closely follows the outline in the book and it should appropriately consist of 4 main parts

- Suppose that you want to attend an English Summer course You need the following information:

- When does the course start?/Can you tell me when the course starts ?

- How long does the course last?/Can you tell me how long the course lasts?

- How much is the course? / I’d like to know how much the course is?

- How many hours a week is it?/Can you tell me how many hours a week it is?

- How many students are there in a class?/ ’d like to know how many Ss …?

-> We have pleasure in giving you… chúng tôi vui mừng gửi cho ông/bà

- I would like some information about …tôi muốn biết một vài thông tin về

- Could you please send me details … Xin ngài vui lòng gửi cho tôi chi tiết

- We are writing in response to the tôi viết để đáp lại …

- We should be obliged if you kindly send us…… chúng tôi rất cảm ơn nếu quý ngài gửi cho chúng tôi…