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(1)UNIT 12: MUSIC B Speaking
1 Class description: Fourty four grade 10 students (7 boys, 37 girls) of 10B11, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai high school
2 Time: 45 minutes
3 Objectives:After the lesson, Ss will be able to: - Ask and answer questions about music
- Talk about their favorite types of music
4 Assumed knowledge: Ss have already known some expressions about music in the reading session
5 Anticipated problems:
- Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic, so T should be ready to provide help
6 Teaching aids: Textbook, audios, role-cards 7 Procedure:
Time T’s activities Ss’ activities Objectives
6 mins WARM – UP: Listening to music and guessing
- Asks Ss to listen to pieces of music and guess what types of music they have heard
- Calls Ss to give their answers - Checks the answers
Answers:
1.Classical music (Fur Elise– Beethoven)
2 Folk music (Bèo dạt mây trôi)
-Work individually -Listen to songs and guess what kinds of music they belong to
(2)3 Pop music (Hello-Adele)
4 Jazz (Mona Lisa-Nat King Cole)
PRE-SPEAKIN G
(9 mins)
Task 1: Read and anwser questions. - Chunks the text and highlights the stressed words in each chunk with Ss Then, T reads the text to provide a model
- Asks a S to read aloud the passage T corrects Ss’ intonation and
pronunciation if necessary - Picks some useful words or structures and introduces their meanings and usage to Ss Then asks Ss to make sentences with these structures:
+ to keep/make sb happy + to be easy to listen to + to cheer sb up + to have the radio on
-T asks Ss to list some more music genres, adjectives and roles best describing those genres T mindmaps Ss’ answers on the board
Suggestions
+Folk music: peaceful, lyrical; help sb forget troubles and worries. +Rock: exciting, strong; make sb excited
+Classical music: relaxing, gentle, peaceful; make sb relaxed.
+ Pop: easy to listen to; cheer sb up,
- Whole class the task
-A S reads aloud the passage
- Take note
-Do the task
-To help Ss pause in the right place and speak with intonation
- To help them understand the text easily Ss can make use of these words,expression s for their speaking
(3)keep sb happy.
+Jazz: gentle; make sb relaxed
WHILE-SPEAKIN G
(18 mins)
Task 2: Interview two friends (15mins)
−Before Ss the task, T asks Ss what questions they can ask if they want to know about their friend’s favourite kind of music, reasons for listening to music, favourite band/musician/singer, favourite song/piece of music and when their friends listen to music
−Suggested questions and answers: + What kind of music you like? I’m a big fan of…/I’m fond of…/ I’m keen on…/ I’m really into….
+ Why you like it?
Since/Because/The primary reason is…
+ Who is your favourite singer/ musician?
+ What is your favourite band? + What is your favourite song/ piece of music?
My favourite …… is… I’m crazy about…. I fancy….
+ When you listen to music? - T tells Ss to form groups of to interview each other
- T goes around observing, offering help and collecting any mistakes and errors for later correction
- Calls one group to stand up and makes the conversation they have just
-Give answers
-Listen to T and take notes
-Interview their friends and take notes
- To help them interview their friends and get or give information more easily
(4)practiced
Task 3: Report the information (3 minutes)
−Before Ss report, T provides the structures they can use:
+ Both A and B like (pop music) because…
+ A likes (classical music) but B prefers/likes (jazz) A thinks (classical music) is relaxing and B thinks B is gentle A’s favourite band is… and B’s favourite band is….
−T calls on some Ss to report what they have found out about their partners
−T takes notes of Ss’ mistakes for later correction
-Report the information found out about their partners
- To provide a repetitive practice
POST-SPEAKIN G
(8 mins)
Task 4: Talk about their favourite types of music ( mins)
-Asks Ss to prepare a talk in about their own taste in music
Calls some students to talk freely about music
Task 5: Read the article “What your music taste says about you” (Appendix) (4mins)
Distributes handouts to students Give them 2mins to read
Calls 1-2 Ss and asks about her/his music taste Asks whether she/he finds herself/himself in that article
- Do the task
-Do the task
-To help Ss produce language using the target content freely
-To give further practice
(1 min) T asks Ss to learn by heart all the new words and structures
(5)What your music taste says about you
Think the music you love is part of your identity? You might be right According to a study at the University of Texas which gave people questionnaires about their musical taste and intelligence tests, what you listen to reveals a surprising amount about you So which of these four ‘super genres’ best describes your musical taste?
a) Blues, classical, folk, jazz b) Alternative, heavy metal, rock. c) Country, pop, soundtracks. d) Electronic, hip-hop, rap. Ready?
a) If you listen to this kind of music, you probably see yourself as unathletic (unhealthy, weak) , liberal (free) and intelligent (and do, in fact, pretty well on exams and IQ tests) You are also probably very open to trying new experiences
b) You share most of your characteristics with the jazz/classical group, but you’re more likely to see yourself as athletic (healthy,strong) and slightly less likely to seek to control others
c) You’re likely to be agreeable (dễ đồng ý), extroverted (hướng ngoại) and conscientious (tận tâm) You also see yourself as attractive, wealthy and athletic, as well as politically conservative (bảo thủ) Good news: this group is the least prone to depression (ít bị phiền muộn) Bad news: it scores lowest on IQ tests
d) You’re extroverted, agreeable, attractive and athletic, but you probably don’t share the political conservatism, wealth or lower IQ with the country/pop/soundtracks group This group also scores highest for “blirtatiousness” – the tendency to blurt out your thoughts and feelings as soon as they arise (nói suy nghĩ & cảm xúc ngay)
Source: Ambridge, B (2015) What your music taste says about you The guardian Retrived 24th February 2016 from:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/sep/20/what-your-music-taste-says-about-you