- Students will be able to have knowledge of the Asian Games and the international sporting events of the Asian countries.. - Students will be aware of the neces[r]
(1)UNIT 11 : THE ASIAN GAMES READING
I OBJECTIVES : 1 Aims :
- Students will be able to have knowledge of the Asian Games and the international sporting events of the Asian countries
- Students will be aware of the necessity of sports in our life 2 Lexical items :
Words and phrases related to sports , i.e., bodybuilding, tae kwon do, weightlifting, athlete, coach, triathlon
3 Teaching aids : pictures, posters, tape, cassette … II PROCEDURE :
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ACTIVITIES
* WARM UP : Brainstorming
1 PRE-READING :
- Show some pictures of sports and a poster of the Web site news
- Ask Ss to discuss them in pairs, tell their partner if they wish to be at such an event and give their reasons
- Walk around to help if necessary
- Ask one or two pairs to express their ideas in front of the class
=> Suggested answers :
S1 : I’d like to be at such an event because I want to encourage Vietnamese athletes S2 : I’d like to be at such an event because I want to watch the closing ceremony It’s great
2 WHILE-READING : a)
- Ask Ss to read the text silently in minutes to find the necessary information to complete the table in task a)
- Hang a poster on the board
- Ask Ss to compare the answers with their
- Play the game
- Look at the pictures and the poster of the Web site news
- Discuss in pairs, tell their partner and give their reasons
- Express their ideas in front of the class
- Read the text silently in minutes - Do the task individually
(2)partners
- Give feedback
Date of opening -December 1,2006 (15th Asian Games)
-November 2,2010 (16th Asian Games)
Date of closing -December 15,2006 (15th Asian Games)
- November 18,2010 (16th Asian Games)
Number of sports -6 (1st Asian Games)
-39(15thAsian
Games)
New sports chess and triathlon Number of
countries -11 (1
st Asian
Games) -45(15thAsian
Games) Number of
athletes
10,000
(15th Asian Games)
Big cities - Doha
(15th Asian Games)
- Guangzhou, China (16th Asian Games)
Main stadium and its capacity
Khalifa Stadium -50,000 Number of venues 34 Venue of openingceremony Khalifa Stadium Venue of closing
ceremony
Khalifa Stadium b)
- Show the word map on the board - Ask Ss to find Qatar on the map
- Explain the position of Qatar in Asia if necessary
=> Suggested answer :
1 From the Arabian Sea, move toward the northwest and you can see Qatar
- Ask Ss to discuss in groups of four the sports in which Vietnam took part in the Asian Games 2006
- Look at the word map
- Find Qatar and answer Question
- Discuss in groups of four
(3)- Give feedback
- Ask Ss to answer the second question in the textbook in pairs
=> Suggested answer :
2 Bodybuilding, karate, judo, tae kwon do, shooting, weightlifting , …
3 POST READING : c)
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to Task c - Ask Ss to give their answers
( Their answers may be different ) => Suggested answers :
- Venue of opening ceremony - Big cities
- New sports * HOMEWORK :
- Memorize the new vocabulary
- Read the text and answer the questions in the textbook again
- Prepare Listening * REMARKS :
4 boxing 17 shooting canoe / kayak 18 soccer chess 19 swimming cycling road 20 table tennis cue sports 21 tae kwon diving 22 tennis 10 fencing 23 volleyball 11 gymnastics, artistic 24 weightlifting 12 golf 25 wushu 13 judo
- Answer the second question in pairs
(4)(5)