UNIT 5- HIGHER EDUCATION

A Aims: To help students to practice:  Guessing words' meanings in contexts  Reading for details of information about application process for universities in the UK  Reading for gist and answer comprehension questions  Using vocab and structures about a letter of request and expresss their hope to study in England B Aids: textbooks, pictres, board, chalks C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach T-T; T-Ss; S - S Teacher’s activities I Warm-up: - Give Ss some questions: What are you going to after you finish high school? Which university would you like to attend? Where will you live if you study at a university far from your house? - Ask Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer - Call some pairs to act out in front of the class - Get feedback - Lead Ss to the new lesson: higher education II PRE-READING: * Questions: - Ask Ss to work in pairs, ask and answer the following questions: Name the universities What university would you like to apply for and why? - Get feedback - Give Ss suggested answers Names of universities/ colleges Students’ activities - Work in pairs, discuss and answer the questions - Some pairs act out in front of the class The answers may vary - Listen and take notes Hue University Hanoi University of Architecture Hanoi University of Natural Science Polytechnical college : Bach khoa School of Law: Luat Agricultural College / Academy of Agricultural Sciences Military Academy / Military College State University The National University in Ha noi/HCM City Teachers' College Consolidated University Civil Engineering College: DH Xay dung Medical Un : DH Y Duoc Academy of Sciences Banking Acadamy Academy of Arts : HV nghe thuat Institute of Technology Artillary Institute Institute of forein languages Institute of OCEANOGRAPHY Institute of Science and Technology I would like to apply for Hanoi University of Natural Science Introduce new vocabulary - Explain pronunciation and meaning of new words which appear in the passage • applicant (n): người xin học • application from (n): đơn xin học • blame (v): đổ lỗi • daunt (v): làm nản long • mate (n): bạn bè • scary (v): sợ hãi • undergraduate course: khóa học đại học III WHILE-READING: - Ask students to look through the passage and read in silence - Help students read the passage Task : - Introduce the task: Complete the following sentences, using the right forms of the words in the box - Ask Ss to complete the following sentences, using the right forms of the words in the box - Go around class and help Ss if they need - Call on Ss to give their answers - Correct mistakes Task 2: - Introduce the task: Find out who: a attended a party on the first weekend at college b didn't get on very well with the roommate c was not used to meeting different people every day at college d liked having a chance to be creative e was very excited about going to college f enjoyed the first year at college - Go around and help Ss if they need - Call on Ss to give their answers - Correct mistakes - Read the text in silence Find out new words Understand the aim of the text Do the tasks that follow Study the task carefully Choose the right word to fill in the blanks Exchange their answers for peer correction Tell the class the answers campus blamed scariest challenges amazing Look at the task, read the text again to give the answers Sarah: 1- a attended a party on the first weekend at college 2- e was very excited about going to college Ellen: 3- b didn't get on very well with the roommate c was not used to meeting different people every day at college Brenden: 5- d liked having a chance to be creative - Give the right answers 6- f enjoyed the first year at college Task 3: - Introduce the task: Answer the following questions What did Sarah on the first weekend? Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party? What problems did Ellen have with her roommate? What did Brenden think about his first year at college? What does the social calendar of the colleges provide him? - Guide Ss to answer - Go round the class to help Ss if necessary - Call on some Ss to give their answers - Correct mistakes Understand the task Read the text again, answer the questions on the text She went out with her new friends, walking around the campus Because at the party everyone was busy playing some games and no one seemed to noticed her Her roommate left the window open when it was cold outside She went to bed early She blamed Ellen for making her sick Brenden thought the first year at college was the best and most challenging of his life It provides him plenty of opportunities to meet non-engineering students as well as other engineers and many of them have become his best friends IV COSOLIDATION AND HOMEWORK:(2') - Ask students to read the passage again - Ask students to Reading exercise of Unit in workbook and prepare Part B ( Speaking) at home - Do Reading exercise of Unit in workbook and prepare Part B : Speaking at home A Aims: To help students to practice:  Talking about application process to tertiary study in Vietnam  Asking and answering about time of application process to tertiary study in Vietnam B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach Teacher’s activities I WARM-UP: what is my job? - Show Ss some documents requiring for tertiary institutions and ask them what they are - Call on some Ss to answer students’ activities - One Ss go to the board, chooses a job that he/she wants to in the future and mime a typical activity which it involves - Answer the questions an application form an identity card a reference letter a birth certificate -The S ask the other : What is my job? - The others watch his/her activities and make yes/no questions to guess the job Possible questions: - Are you mending something? - Are you typing? - Do you work outside? - The S answer the questions using only yes or no The game is over if an S guess the job II PRE-SPEAKING: - Call on an S to go to the board and ask him/her to choose a job that he/she wants to in the future and mime a typical activity which it involes - Ask the whole class to look at their friend’s activity then ask him/her yes/no question to guess his/her job - Observe students playing game and stop when there is a winner III WHILE-SPEAKING: Task - Call an Ss to read aloud the request of the task - Ask the whole class to task - Ask students to exchange the answers with their friends' - Call some students to read aloud their answers to the class to check - Give corrections and remarks - The teacher elicits the meaning of these application process for students to guess Task Possible problems: - Students may don’t know the meanings of some application process - One S reads aloud the request of the task - Do task individually Put the ticks on those which are obligatory for whom to be admitted to a university in Vietnam - Exchange their answers with their friends - Some students to read aloud their answers to the class; others listen and comment Expected answers: an application form an identify card a copy of the originals of school certificate a birth certificate a copy of records of your performance at school scores of the required entrance examination - Ask students to work in pairs, reading the information in their books, asking and answering the question about the application process to tertiary study in Vietnam - Walk around to observe students talking and help them if necessary - Call some pairs to stand up and ask & answer Ask other pairs to listen and comment - Make necessary correction and comments Task 3: - Introduce the task to the students ask them to work in groups of four - Ask students to make discussion and take note - Go around and help them if necessary - Call some groups to handle their notes among the groups and check - Work in pairs - Read information in their books and practise asking and answering questions about the application process to tertiary study in Vietnam - Ask T if necessary - Some pairs to stand up and ask & answer; other pairs listen and comment Expected pair work: S1: When you fill in and send the application form? S2: In March S1: When you take the GCSE examination? S2: in May … - Listen to the instruction and form groups of four - Discuss and write the process of applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam - Ask T if necessary - Handle their notes among the groups and check - Call on some groups to stand up and make Some groups in turn stand up and make their discussion in front of the class Ask other groups discussion in front of the class; other groups listen listen and give comments and give comments Expected group work: S1: I think the first process of applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam is to fill in and - Give T’s own comments send the application form S2: Yes, then we must take the GCSE examination S3: Only when we pass the GCSE examination, can we take the entrance exam It often takes place in July - T goes around to remind students to use … English and suggest some difficult structures IV Post-speaking: - Ask students to write a paragraph about the process of applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam Possible problems: - Students may speak Vietnamese while discussing - Work in groups Discuss the process of applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam Answer: In order to be admitted to a university in Vietnam, all students have to following the process of applying During March, they have to fill in the application form and send it to the university they choose in March After passing the GCSE examination held in May, all students are able to sit for the entrance examination in July Successful candidates will be sent a letter of acceptance from the university All students have to now is to prepare all required papers to be officially accepted of that university V CONSOLIDATION AND HOMAWORK: - Summarize the main points of the lesson - Ask students to write about the process of applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam - Take note their home work - Do homework Prepare part C listening A Aims: Students should know about the problems they may have when studying in a new school  Develop the ability to get details from listening text to true/false and multiple choice exercises  Get detailed information on some problems students may have when studying in a foreign country B Aids: Textbooks, pictures, board, chalks C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach T - T; T- Ss; S - S Teacher’s activities I WARM-UP: -Give Ss a question to discuss: “Talk about the problems you may have when studying in a new school.” Interview - Imagine that in each pair, one of you is a Vietnamese student studying in a foreign country; the other ask her/him problems facing students when studying in a foreign country II PRE-SPEAKING: - Ask students to look at the part: Before listening - Read loudly the words: proportion; majority; tutorial; international; available; appointment; agricultural; rural; thoroughly - Walk round, listen and help students - Ask students to repeat loudly the words - Listen and check pronunciation - Explain the use of some words: + tutorial (n) = university teacher who guides the studies of a student + thoroughly (adv) = completely I'm thoroughly fed up with you + rural (adj) = of the countryside I am living in a rural area + agricultural (adj) = of agriculture We buy and sell agricultural products Students’ activities -Work in pairs, asking and answering about the problems facing students when studying in a foreign country - Work in pairs; discuss the problems they may have when studying in a new school Possible questions: S1: What problem you have to face when studying in America? S2: There are many problems such as: food, accommodation, living cost… - Listen to T and guess the meanings of these words - Practise reading the words in chorus and individually - Read loudly the words: - Understand those words III WHILE-LISTENING: Task - Guide students the requests of the task.: Listen to the conversation between John and David and circle the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following sentences - Ask students to read the questions quickly - Read the questions quickly - Play the tape once - Listen to the listening script - Call some students to give their answers - Ask Ss to check the answers with their friend - Play the tape once more for Ss to listen and check the answers - Correct the answers with the whole class - Give answers on the board - Check their answers with their friends - Listen again and check the answers - Listen and take notes Key: 1-C; 2-A; 3-C; 4-A; 5-B IV After-listening: - Ask Ss to work in pairs Ask and answer the question: "Would you prefer to an undergraduate course abroad or in your country?” Explain your choice - Guide Ss to - Call some Ss to practice asking and answering the question E.g A Would you like to an undergraduate course abroad or in your country? B I would like to an undergraduate course in my country A Why? B Because my English is not very good and I cannot afford tuition fees and accommodation for studying oversea V CONSOLIDATION AND HOMEWORK: - Summarize the main points of the lesson - Assign homework - Prepare the section C (The Writing part of Unit 5) - Work in pairs Ask and answer the question: "Would you prefer to an undergraduate course abroad or in your country?” - Stand up and speak out E.g S1: Would you like to an undergraduate course in Vietnam or abroad? S2: I’d like to an undergraduate course in Vietnam S1: Why so? S2: Because my English is not good enough and I cannot afford tuition fees and accommodation for studying overseas - Prepare the section C (The Writing part of Unit 5) A Aims: To help students:  Practice writing short passage about the problems that Vietnamese students may encounter when studying abroad  Using main ideas from discussion to write a passage B Aids: Textbooks, board, chalks C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach T- T; T - S ; S - S Teacher’s activities I WARM-UP: - Ask students some questions about how to write a letter of request - Do you want to study abroad? Why or why not? - Call some students to answer then give remarks - Give feedback and lead Ss to new lesson II PRE-WRITING: - Teacher introduces the task: You want to apply for an undergraduate programme in a university in England Write a letter of request (about 150 words) to UCAS to ask for the information about the admission requirements to the university, using information in the Reading and Speaking section on page 52 & 56 You may follow the outline below: - Guide Ss to write outlines a) Introduction: - State the reasons why you are writing, your interest in tertiary study in England (mention the name of the programme/the universities/ ) b) Request: - State what information you would like them to provide: tuition fee, accommodation, exams, d) Further information: - Say you would be happy to supply further information about yourself such as your English proficiency and record of secondary education Students’ activities - Listen to the T’s question - Some students answer T’s question Students can exchange their opinions with their friends Possible answers : -Yes, I want to study abroad because the learning environment there is better than in Vietnam - No I don’t want to study abroad because the cost of studying and living there is much higher in Vietnam - Study the task carefully - Work in pairs to give outlines - One S read aloud the request of task - Form groups of four and discuss and take notes the problems they may face when studying abroad - Some groups make discussion in front of the class; others listen and give comments Possible discussion: S1: I think English language is the first problem we will face while studying abroad We learn English in our country but we don’t have chance to speak English with native people study, c) Conclusion: - End with a polite closing - Walk round the class to give Ss assistance III While-writing: - Ask Ss to write - Call on some Ss to read out their writing in front of the class - Ask Ss to exchange their writings for peer correction - Correct mistakes Suggested answer 475/57 Le Ton St District Ho Chi Minh City March 15th, 2008 Dear sir/madam, I’ve read a lot about tertiary study in the UK and very impressed by the reputation of many famous universities there Now I am in the last year of the high school and will finish secondary education in months I am very much interested in an undergraduate course in economics in Bermingham University Could you please send me some information about the admission requirements, tuitions fees, accommodation and details of the course? I am ready to supply any information about myself if necessary I look forward to hearing from you soon Yours faithfully, Hoang Thanh Nam IV Post- writing: - Ask Ss to read the letter again - Give remarks on the writing V Homework: - Rewrite the letter at home - Prepare the section D (The Language focus S2: The second problem is learning styles at tertiary level We are not familiar with independent learning and modern study facilities - Use main ideas in the outline to write a letter of request (about 150 words) to UCAS to ask for the information about the admission requirements to the university - Exchange their writings for peer correction - Correct mistakes - One S read aloud the request of task - Do task 2: write a passage about the problems that Vietnamese students may encounter when studying abroad basing on the idea in task - or students write his/her passage directly on the board - Ask if necessary - Pay attention to such linking words as first, second, etc - Look at the board and correct their friend’s writings - Give corrections or comments to the writings on the board - Read the letter again - Correct mistakes part of Unit 4) - Rewrite the letter at home - Prepare the section D A Aims:  Pronunciation: Students practise pronouncing stress of more than three-syllable words  Grammar: Students study the structure as well as the usage of conditional sentences  Vocabulary: Students learn to use words relating to the topic application process to tertiary study and some abbreviations of some main high school exams B Aids: Textbooks, board, chalks C Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach T - T; T - S ; S - S Teacher’s activities I Warm-up: - Write some more than three-syllable words on the board, and then pronounce those words aloud - Pay attention to its stress - Ask Ss to read after o Economics o Psychology o Philosophy o Engineering o Sociology o Mathematics o Geographical o Archeology - How we pronounce these words? - Read again these words and lead to the lesson: Today, we learn how to pronounce more than three-syllable words II Pronunciation Students’ activities - Listen to teacher - Read aloud, paying attention to its stress - Understand the aim of the new lesson - Listen and repeat from 2-3 times - Some of them stand and read words aloud - Practise in groups - Some groups compare with their results and read the words in sentences aloud - The answers can be various * Practise reading words: - Give Ss some rules of word stress in more than three-syllable words - Help students how to pronounce those words correctly by reading first as model Then ask Ss to read in chorus and individually - Call some to read aloud to check and correct if necessary * Practise reading the sentences given: - Ask Ss to read the sentences individually - Call some to read out to check pronunciation and intonation III Grammar: a) Review: conditional sentences With the whole class, review the structures ans uses of the conditional sentences b Practice: * Exercise 1: - Introduce the task: Complete the sentences using conditional sentence type I - Guide Ss to - Ask Ss to complete the sentences using conditional sentence type I - Correct mistakes - Listen and practice reading * Exercise 2: - Introduce the task: Express these situations using conditional sentence type II - Guide Ss to - Ask Ss to express these situations using conditional sentence type II - Correct mistakes Questions: She doesn't have a car She doesn't go out in the evening - Understand the task - Do the exercise - Correct mistakes - Practice reading the sentences in chorus aloud - Understand the task Answers If you fail the GCSE examination, you will not be allowed to take the entrance examination to the university You won't be able to get into the exanimation room if you are 10 minutes late If you don't send the application form on time, you will not be able / allowed to take the entrance exam If you don't have a reference letter, you won't be able / allowed to submit your application form Unless you show your identity card you won't be able / allowed to get into the examination room Answers If she had a car, she would go out in the evening If Sarah liked school, she would study Sarah doesn't study hard She hates school I can't the test It is too difficult Peter doesn't read a lot He can't find the time I can't translate this I don't speak Korean They don't travel far a lot They are afraid of flying hard I would/ could the test if it was/were not too difficult Peter would read a lot if he found the time/had more time If I spoke Korean, I could translate this If they weren't afraid of flying, they would travel far a lot Exercise - Introduce the task: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets - Guide Ss to - Ask Ss to complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets - Correct mistakes - Understand the task - Do the exercise - Correct mistakes Answers If John had passed the GCSE examination, he would have been allowed to take the entrance examination to the university If you had sent the application on time, they might have called you for an interview I can't understand why you didn't If John had installed an alarm, the thieves wouldn't have broken into his house I would have made a film with him if I had been a famous director, but I was not If you had told me earlier I would have given it to you We would have sent you a Christmas card if we had had your address IV HOMEWORK: - Assign homework - Do exercise ‘part E-language focus’ in work - Do exercise ‘part E-language focus in book - Prepare Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS work book - Prepare Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS ... the passage again - Ask students to Reading exercise of Unit in workbook and prepare Part B ( Speaking) at home - Do Reading exercise of Unit in workbook and prepare Part B : Speaking at home... E-language focus’ in work - Do exercise ‘part E-language focus in book - Prepare Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS work book - Prepare Unit 6: FUTURE JOBS ... well with the roommate c was not used to meeting different people every day at college Brenden: 5- d liked having a chance to be creative - Give the right answers 6- f enjoyed the first year