UNIT 5 :ILLITERACY { LESSON 1: READING I .Aims : By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know about the activities of a campaign for illiteracy eradication. Lexical items: campaign, illiteracy eradication, ethnic minority, expand, effective II. Teaching methods: Integrated, mainly communicative III. Teaching aids: Textbook, pictures, chalk . IV. Time: 45’ V. Procedure: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities WARM – UP(5’) Matching Deliver hand-outs Ask ss to match the adjectives from column A with the right word they modify in column B. A B effective illiterate mountainous successful honourable campaign way people job region Give feedback and lead in the lesson Illiteracy Today, you’ll learn something about education in Vietnam. Matching -Books closed -Work in pairs A B effective illiterate mountainous successful honourable campaign way people job region PRE- READING (10’) 1.Pre-teach vocabulary: Teach voc. by eliciting from ss, explaining a campaign: chiến dòch (translation) ethnic minority (n): dân tộc thiểu số (explanation) (to) decrease : (antonym) illiteracy(n) ≠ literacy(n): (antonym) nạn mù chư õ≠ biết chữ illiterate (adj) eradicate(v): xóa bỏ (translation) eradication(n) expand(v): mở rộng (explanation) Check ss’memory *Rub out and remember 2.Going through the pictures: Give the questions Run through Guess the new words - Read - Copy Repeat in chorus then in individual Open their books Look at the picture on page 56 Answer the questions Week: 9 Period: 25 Teacher’s activities Students’ activities *Questions: a. Who comes to attend this class? b. Where are they? c. What are they doing? d. Is this class held in the day time/night time? Why? e. What will life be like to those who don’t know how to read and write? f. Why do we need to organize this kind of class? WHILE-READING (20’ ) *Task 1 (p 58) Matching:5’ Stick the poster on the board Find the Vietnamese equivalent to the following expressions: 1. Universalisation of Primary Education:-------------- 2. The Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion:-------- 3. illiteracy eradication:------------ 4. farming techniques:------------ 5. family planning:---------------- a. Hội khuyến học Việt Nam b. Kỹ thuật canh tác c. Kế hoạch hóa gia đình d. Xóa mù chữ e. phổ cập giáo dục tiểu học Keys:1e,2a,3d,4b,5c - Correct if necessary . - Read the expressions 7’ *Task 2 (p 58) Ask sts to read through the text in silence Which of the choices A,B,C, or D most adequately sums up the whole passage? A. The programme of “ Universalisation of Primacy Education” in Vietnam B. Illiteracy rates in Vietnam C. Ethnic minority students’ education programme D. The fight against illiteracy Key: D Give feed back 8’ *Task 3 (p 58) Answer the questions Get sts to read the text again then to answer the questions a. illiterate people b. in mountainous regions c. learning to read d. night time because they are busy working in the day time e. terrible, poor, miserable f. to help them have a better life/ to eradicate illiteracy. *Task 1 (p 58) Matching Work in pairs - Feedback _ Repeat *Task 2 (p 58) Open their books - Read and choose the best answer individually then compare with their friends *Task 3 (p 58) Read the text again Answer the questions in pairs Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Present and model question 1 Keys: 1. 94% of the population( line 4,paragraph 1) 2. The campaign for illiteracy eradication ( lines 1-2,paragraph 2) 3. 1400 -600 students in 2000( line 3,paragraph 2) and 800 students in 2001( line 5-6,paragraph 2) 4. They voluntarily spent their vacations teaching ethnic minority illiterate people to read and write( line3- 4,paragraph 3) 5. Illiteracy will soon be eradicated( line 5-6,paragraph 4) Feedback: POST-READING (7’) Discussion Ask and answer the questions (page 58) 1.Are there any illiterate people in your neighborhood? 2. What should we do to help the illiterate people read and write? 3. What do you think about literacy in the modern world? Remind ss of some structures that can be used for giving suggestions. e.g. “Perhaps we could .”, “We might want to .”, “How about .”, etc. HOMEWORK (3’) Write the answers of the questions in your notebooks. Prepare the next period- speaking SELF EVALUATION: Discussion Work in groups Suggested answer: Many people in disadvantaged areas do not have a chance to go to school. To help them participate in the society, along with other things, we need to teach them how to read and write. We could do this by: -Opening schools/ upgrading schools in these areas -Sending teachers/ volunteer teachers there -Buying books for students -Give financial rewards to families that send their children to school -Training local people to be teachers who will help their own people