- Takes time for Ss to work in groups - Goes around to offer help - Calls on some Ss to present their groups’ idea - Gives comment Suggested answers: + raise an awareness of the problems[r]
(1)LESSON PLAN Unit7: World population Speaking Class description: - 40 students (Ss) in 11A2 class at Ngo Thi Nham high school Level: - Intermediate Time: 45 m Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to: talk about the causes of population explosion, problems of population booms and solutions to these problems Assumed knowledge: - Ss have already known some vocabulary items related to the topic Anticipated problem(s): Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com (2) - There may be lack of time, so the teacher (T) can cut down amount of time to task - There may be time left, so the teacher (T) should spend more time for Ss doing task - Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic, so T should be ready to provide help Teaching aids: - Books, handouts, visual aids, chalks and board Procedures: Time Stage minutes Warm up Aims To lead in the topic 5-7 To help Ss Task Techniques Eliciting technique Teacher’s activities *Picture description: - Shows Ss the prepared picture - Asks Ss some questions: + What can you see in the picture? Suggested answer: There is a big family with parents and their five children They are poor and look so sad + What does the picture tell you? Suggested answer: The picture tells us about the poverty It is one of the problems of overpopulation - Elicits the answers from Ss - Introduces the topic: Overpopulation Students’ activities - See the picture - Answer the questions - Gives Ss instruction: You are Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com Note - T can (3) minutes express their own ideas about causes of population explosion - Step by step going to put the following causes to overpopulation in order of importance and explain your decision - Asks Ss to read through the causes provided on page 83 and makes sure that Ss understand these statements - Give Ss instructions: - Listen to T Task 1: Work in pairs Read the causes of population explosion Put them in order of importance and explain why □ Fewer children die at birth □ People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation □ People are not properly educated □ People believe that having many children means happiness □ Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children □ Many people believe that having a large family is a form of insurance - Work in pairs - Takes time for Ss to work - Goes around and provides help - Answer to T - Calls some pairs to present their ideas - Gives comment and introduces Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com explain in Vietnamese if necessary (4) 7-9 minutes Task To help Ss express their opinion about effects of overpopulation - Step by step some useful expressions to give opinion: + In my point of view, …… + In my opinion, ………… + To my mind, ………………… + As far as I’m concerned, ………… + I think that …………………… + It would seem/ appear to me that ………………………… - Give Ss instruction: You are going to work in pairs to list the problems facing poor and overpopulated countries - Asks Ss to read the useful language on page 83 - Explains some new words in the useful language - Reminds Ss about matching the words/ phrases on the left with the words/ phrases on the right - Give Ss instructions: Work in pairs List the problems of poor and overpopulated countries - Takes time for Ss to work in pairs - Goes around and provides help - Calls some pairs to report their - Listen to T - Work in pairs - Answer to T Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com - T can explain in Vietnamese if necessary (5) - Giving corrective feedback 10-12 minutes Task To help Ss - Step by step express their opinion about solutions of overpopulation - Translation answers - Comments Ss’ answer Suggested answers: + poor living condition + low living standard + not enough food + lack/ shortage of school/ hospital/ teacher/ doctor/ nurse + social evils + illiteracy + unemployment + crime + social conflict and War + traffic jam + species extinction + loss of fresh water + loss natural habitat + global warming + pollution + climate change + epidemic - Gives Ss instructions: Now you will work in groups of to find out the solutions to the problems of overpopulation - Asks Ss to read the useful - Listen to T - Listen to T Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com - T can explain in Vietnamese if necessary (6) - Giving corrective feedback language and pre-teaches some words/ phrases: + exercise/ implement (v) thực thi, áp dụng + carry out (phr v) tiến hành + reward and punishment policy: chính sách thưởng phạt - Asks Ss to the task Ss may work out other solutions - Takes time for Ss to work in groups - Goes around to offer help - Calls on some Ss to present their groups’ idea - Gives comment Suggested answers: + raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation + raise the people’s living standard + exercise/ implement reward and punishment policy + carry out population education program/ family planning program + use birth control methods + eradicate illiteracy + educate people about the dangers of overpopulation + implement strictly the policy - Work in groups of - Answer to T Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com (7) having only child in each family 10-13 minutes Task To create - Step by step chances for Ss to present their opinion about the effects and solutions of overpopulation - Gives Ss instructions: Now you are going to work in groups of to talk about the problems of overpopulation and offer solutions, using the results of Tasks and - Reminds Ss to give a short presentation of the problems of population explosion and the solutions to them - Shows the poster with useful languages for Ss - Gives the list of transition signals for Ss: + first/ firstly, second, next, etc + the first one, the second one, etc + the first problem is that…., the next solution is that………, etc - Delivers handouts of the model structure of Ss talk to help them make reference Nowadays, overpopulated countries are facing up to serious problems The first one is …………….… … The second one is ……………………… And - Listen to T Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com - T can explain in Vietnamese if necessary (8) the next one is ………………………………… To solve these problems, the government should …………………………… Besides, people have to ………………………………… and …………………………… - Takes time for Ss to work in groups - Work in groups - Goes around to observe, provides help if necessary and collects Ss’ typical mistakes and errors - Calls on some group representatives to present - Giving corrective feedback minute Wrap-up - Gives comment on Ss’ presentation and corrects collected mistakes - Summarizes the main points of the lesson - Asks Ss to prepare the next lesson - Present their group work - Listen to T - Listen to T Designed by Trinh Thi Hong Ngoc Lop11.com (9)