- Ask students to work in pairs or work in groups to talk about the similarities and differences between Vietnamese and American cultures, using the features discussed in the task 2. - L[r]
(1)Unit 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY - SPEAKING I Objectives:
1 Educational aim: Students can talk about the differences among cultures Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Through this unit, students can talk about the differences among cultures
- Know how to arrange opinions sensibly
- Language: Students use sentences, words, phrases and expressions for making their view
3 Skills: Fluency in expressing opinion and expressions for making an opinion
II Method: Integrated, mainly communicative
III Teaching aids: Pictures, English textbook 12, hand-outs
IV Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Student’s activities
Warm-up: (5minutes)
Checking the last lesson
- Call two students to go to the board
Students and 2: Talk about the differences between a traditional family and a modern family they’ve written at home
- Ask the other students to comment about the talking - Feedback and give correction if necessary
- Lead the whole class to the topic of the lesson
Pre-reading: (8 minutes) Task 1:
We are going to talk about the differences among cultures - Ask students to express their point of view on the followings ideas, using the words or expressions in the box
* In Vietnam, three or even four generations may live in home
* A happy marriage should base on love
* In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage not precede it
* In some countries, a man and a woman may hold hands and kiss each other in public
- Listen to the students and give remark
While –speaking: (16munites)
Task 2:
- Ask students to work in pairs to discuss about the
- Listen to the teacher
-Read the paragraph in front of the class
- Listen to the teacher
- Read the sentences given and work in groups to discuss
A: In my opinion, it is not good for three or four generations to live in a family because they will find it difficult to sympathy their interests and habits… and I agree that love is supposed to follow marriage not precede it
B: I don’t agree with your ideas, I think it is good to have three or four generations living under one roof because they can help each other a lot - Work in pairs to discuss and give their ideas about the differences
(2)differences between the culture in America and in Vietnam
+Give the culture in America:
- Two generations (parents and children) live in a home - Old- aged live in nursing home
- It is not polite to ask questions about age, marriage and income
- Americans can greet anyone in the family first - Groceries are bought once a week
- Christmas and New Year holidays are the most important
- Children sleep in their own bedrooms
+ Listen to the students and give more the ideas about the differences
Post-reading: (14 minutes)
Task 3:
- Ask students to work in pairs or work in groups to talk about the similarities and differences between Vietnamese and American cultures, using the features discussed in the task
- Listen and give remarks on their opinions
Homework: (2minutes)
-Students write a paragraph about the cultures in Vietnam - Do the exercises in the workbook
- Prepare for the next lesson
-There are more generations in a home (grand parents, parents and children )
- Elders live with their children and are taken care of by their sons
- Can ask the questions about the age, marriage and income
- Have to greet the older first - Do the shopping everyday - Tet holiday is the most important - Children can share bedrooms with the other in a family
- Work in groups or in pairs to compare
Ps: - There are differences and similarities between Vietnamese and American cultures .In America, two generations (parents and children) live in a home In Vietnam, two, three or even four generations live under one roof… etc