11 unit 12 the asian games reading

Trainee teacher: Phan Nguyễn Thùy DươngInstructor: Lê Thị Bích Đào Class: 11 UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES LESSON: READING I.. What sport did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the 1

Trainee teacher: Phan Nguyễn Thùy Dương

Instructor: Lê Thị Bích Đào

Class: 11

UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES LESSON: READING

I Objectives: After the lesson, the students will be able to:

- Understand the passage.

- Scan for specific information.

- Guess the meaning in context.

- Remember some events about Asian games.

II Preparation: Textbook, lesson plan, pictures, CD, extra-boards, …

III Procedures:

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

1 Warm up:

Show pictures on the screen, asks Ss to answer the question:

What is the name of the sports in the pictures?

Soccer, Fencing, Tennis, Karatedo

 Introduce the new lesson :

Raise their hands to answer.

2 Before you read:

 Choose the correct answer:

1 How often are The Asian Games held?

A every year B every 2 years C every 4 years

2 How many countries take part in the 14th Asian Games?

A 37 B 44 C 42

3 What sport did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at

the 14th Asian Games?

A bodybuilding B football C tennis

4 Where was the 15th Asian Games held?

Work in pairs.

Go to the board to write the answer

Suggested answers: 1C 2B

3A 4B 5B

A In New Delhi B In Doha C In Beijing

5z Where will the next Asian Games be held?

- Give handouts

- Have Ss read the questions quickly and find the answer

Introduce some new words and asks Ss to give the

Vietnamese meanings

New words Transcriptions Meanings

Intercultural

(adj)

/ˌɪntərˈkʌltʃərəl/ understanding

between countries solidarity(n) /ˌsɑːlɪˈdærəti/ unity

enthusiasm (n) /ɪnˈθuːziæzəm/uːziæzəm/ a strong

feeling of excitement

facility(n) /fəˈsɪləti/ the ability to

learn or do things easily

aquatic(adj) /əˈkwætɪk/ growing or

living in, on or near water

aspect (n) /ˈæspekt/ a particular

part or feature of something.

Instruct Ss to pronounce the words.

3 While-reading

Play the CD.

Ask some Ss to stand up and read aloud the reading passage

in the textbook

 Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the

passage Fill each blank with a suitable word.

effort appreciated advancing

aquatic enthusiasm facilities

Raise hands to give the Vietnamese meanings and take note.

1 The hotel has special for disabled

athletes.

2 Swimming and water skiing are both

sports.

3 He never lost his _ for training athletes.

4 I will make every _ to arrive on time.

5 Our sports performances have been _

considerably over recent years.

6 Your help was greatly

7.

Ask Ss to guess the parts of speech of the missing words.

Ask some Ss to go to the board and write down their answers.

Correct the answer.

 Task 2: Scan the passage and complete the following

table:

(1)

………

…….

The 1st

Asian Games began in New Delhi, India.

1954 Boxing, shooting and wrestling were added

at (2)………

(3)

………

……

Tennis, volleyball, table tennis and hockey

were added at the 3rd

Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan.

1998 (4) ……… were introduced at the

13th

Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

(5)

………

…

The 14th

Asian Games were held in Busan, Korea.

Divide the class into groups of four and ask them to the task.

Go over the answers with the class.

 Task 3: Answer the questions

Have Ss work in groups of 5 or 6 to ask and answer the

questions

1 What is the purpose of the Asian Games?

2 How many participants took part in the 14th Asian

Games?

3 In which sports events did the Vietnamese athletes

win gold medals at the Busan Games.

Go arround the class to give help

Call Ss to show their answers on the blackboard and ask

other Ss stand up and answer these questions

Correct the answers.

4 Post-reading

Listen and repeat after the teacher.

Read along with the CD individually.

Volunteer to read in front of the class

Work in pairs to complete the task.

Suggested answer:

1 facilities 2 aquatic

3 enthusiasm

4 effort 5 advancing

6 appreciated

Work in groups.

Suggested answer:

(1) 1951 (2) The 2nd Asian Games in Manila, the Philippines (3) 1958

(4) Squash, rugby, fencing and mountain biking (5) 2002

Ss work in groups and write down the answer on a small board.

Suggested answers:

Ask Ss to work in groups and answer the following questions:

Name some sports in which Vietnamese athletes win gold

medals at the Asian Games.

Go around the class to listen and help the groups with

vocabulary

Call some representatives to report their groups ideas

5 Homework:

Learn by heart all the vocabulary.

Prepare for the next lesson: Speaking.

1 The purpose of the Asian Games is to develop

intercultural knowledge and friendship within Asia.

2 9919 participants took part in the 14th Asian Games.

3 They won the gold medals

in bodybuilding, billiards and women’s karatedo at the Busan Games.

Suggested ideas: