32 Unit 2: Cultural Diversity Speaking Objectives: _ By the end of the lesson, student are able to express compliments. _ By the end of the lesson, student are able to respond to compliments. Skills: _ Speaking: making and responding to compliments Teaching aids: _ Handouts Stage Procedure Aims 1. Warm- up Game: ‘Yes/ No Contest’ - Divide SS into two groups, A and B. - Tell each groups to choose 2 representatives as contestants. - To riase interest, to engage SS, and to lead 33 2_ Pre- reading 3_ While- reading 4_Post- reading - In turn, the contestans will go to the front of the class and answer the questions made by the other group. They must say ‘yes’ or ‘no’, nor nod or shake their heads when they answer, but just give a phrase in agreement or disagreement. This is the example: S 1 : Are you a student? S 2 : I am S 1 : Do you like pop music? S 2 : Very much./ Not very much. /I don’t think so. - Tell SS if they give a ‘nod’ or ‘shake’ or say ‘ yes’, or ‘no’, they lose the game. - The contestant who can answer 10 questions without breaking the rules wins the game. - Ask SS if it is easy to answer questions without saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’, or without nodding or shaking their heads. - Transition: It’s not easy at all because it’s part of our culture. But we can also learn about other cultures. The cultural aspect we’ll learn and practise today is compliments. How to make and prespond to a compliment. - Write on the board: Unit 2 Cultural Diversity-Speaking 1. Giving models (Task a, p.27) - Put SS into pairs and ask them to act out the axchanges. - Call on some close and open pairs to act out the axchanges. - Ask SS which ones are more common in Vietnamese cultures and which are common or acceptable in Western cultures. - Tell that polite in most Western cultures to say ‘thank-you’ in response to a compliment. 2. Introducing Useful Language - Elicit from SS the expressions that may be use to give compliments and those used to respond to compliments. - Introduce to SS the common structures used to express compliments and some common example. in to the lesson -To introduce the target language in context - To provide language imput for speaking activities later 34 - Suggest some common expressions used to respond to compliments. Activity 1: Life-like Situations (Task b, p.28) - Arrange SS to work in pairs. - Ask SS to read the situations provided. -Tell SS to play the roles and act out the conversations, giving and responding to comliments. - Call on pair to act out their exchanges. - Invite the class to give opinions and comments. - Give feedback and comments. Activity 2: Persionalization - Tell SS to look around the classroom, and make compliments on their classmates, what they have or what they have done. - Tell SS to respond to their classmates’ compliments. - Write down some prompts on the board and tell SS they can give compliments on these things: o Clothes: shirt, trousers, coat, scarf, … -To provide some freer practice -To provide a meaningful activity where SS talk about themselves Useful Expressions Compliment: How +adjective( S+ be) ! How beautiful( your dress is)! What noun(S+be)! What a nice hat( it is)! Your parents must Be proud of your …! Amazin! You’ve made an excellent …! Congratulations! You did … so well! You’ve done a good job! Responses to compliments Thank you. I’m glad you like it. It’s nice of you to say so. Your compliment is encouraging. 35 o Hair style, hairpins, shose, … o Scores, test results, project, … - Give a model: T: How nice your shose are! S: Thank you. - Call for volunteers to act out their exchanges. - Invite SS to give comments on their friends’ work. - Give feedback and comments: compliments or encouragement on what SS have done. Language review - Ask SS to revise the language used to express and to respond to compliments. -Sth to do at home . the lesson -To introduce the target language in context - To provide language imput for speaking activities later 34 - Suggest some common expressions used. Speaking: making and responding to compliments Teaching aids: _ Handouts Stage Procedure Aims 1. Warm- up Game: ‘Yes/ No Contest’ - Divide SS into two groups,