UNIT 8: ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES
Lesson 1: Getting started
I/ OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students can:
- Listen and read the dialogue about Phong's summer camp in Singapore for details and then do some related exercises.
- Use lexical items related to English speaking countries
1. Knowledge:
a. Grammar : present tenses :review
present simple for future
b. Lexical items : - Related to English speaking countries.
c. Pronunciation: - Clusters:
2. Skills:
- Listening, Speaking, Reading,Writing and interactive skills
3. Attitude:
- Cooperation, respect, having right and friendly attitudes with friends, teachers in the new school
4. Quality and competence:
- Be confident and friendly with the new school environment
- Develope listening, speaking skills and cooperative interaction
II/ TEACHING AIDS (MATERIALS)
1.Teacher’s preparation:
- Lesson plan, Pictures, posters ,textbook,CD-MP3(Computer-Multi projector/cassette/ “sách mềm”) and other materials
- Textbook, notebook, school things.
III/ WORKING ARRANGEMENTS( WAYS OF WORKING )
- Pair work , individual work, group work, T-WC
IV/ TEACHING PROCEDURE:
1- Greeting`and checking students’ adtendence: Total: In: ......... Out:
2- Checking the old lesson
3- New lesson:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warmer (5'):
- Write the title ‘English speaking countries’ on the board.
? Call out names of English speaking countries and their main cities.
? Share any interesting facts you know about these places.
- Now start the lesson.
‘English speaking countries’
E.g: Singapore - Singapore City
I. Presentation (10')
Vocabulary
- Teacher use different techniques to teach vocabulary (situation, realia)
- Follow the seven steps of teaching vocabulary
* Checking vocab: What and where - absolutely : tuyệt đối, chắc chắn
- official (a) chính thống, chính thức
- accent (n): giọng điệu
- native speaker (n): người bản xứ
- Repeat in chorus and individually
- Copy all the words
1. Listen and read
* Set the scenes:
- Look at the title of the conversation and the picture.
- Ask them some questions:
• Where are the children?
• What do you think they are doing?
- Ss answer the questions as a class.
Play the recording and have Ss follow along.
- Answer the questions individually.
* Suggested answers
- They are at the summer camp.
- Students' answer
II. Practice (20'')
1a. Find a word / an expression ( P17)
- Find a word or an expression from the conversation which you use when you:
1. think something is wonderful
2. .....
- Share answers with your partner.
- Teacher gets feedback
- Add any other expressions which have the same meaning.
1b. Answer the questions ( P17)
- Run through the questions.
- Ss read the conversation again to answer the questions.
- Ss exchange their answers with a classmate.
- Call on some Ss to write their answers on the board. Check their answers.
1a.Key:
1. awesome
2. absolutely
3. It's hard to say
4. perhaps
1b.Key:
1. He’s at an international summer camp (in Singapore).
2. They come from different countries/from all over the world.
3. He has made new friends, visited places, (and taken part in different activities.)
4. Because he uses English ever day with people from fidderent activities.)
5. Two boys from Australia and a girl from the USA.
6. After July 15th.
2. Complete the sentences (P17)
- Underline these words/ phrases in the conversation.
- Make sure they understand their meanings.
- Work independently to complete the sentences.
- Share your answers in pairs.
- Confirm the correct answers.
Note:
Your first language is often known as your mother tongue, and your second language may refer to a language used as an official language in your country, like English in Malaysia, Singapore, India, or it could simply mean the foreign language you learnt at school as part of the curriculum. 2. Key:
1. summer camp
2. native English speaking countries
3. native speakers
4. the USA
5. accents
6. official language
3.Put the names of the countries... (P17)
- Have Ss work in pairs/ groups to match the flags with the countries.
-T checks.
4.Key:
1. the USA 2. The United Kingdom
3. Singapore 4. Australia
5. Canada 6. New Zeland
Note:
The UK, or the United Kingdom = Great Britain + Northern Ireland
Great Britain/ Britain = England + Scotland + Wales
The USA = the United States of America. It is also known as the US, or the United States, or even just the States.
In Canada, there are two official languages: English and French.
III. Production ( 6')
65Game: where are they?
- Form groups of five or six.
- The first group to find all the countries wins.
- If possible, prepare a black and white world map on A3 paper or quickly draw a world map on the board.
- Ask one student from the winning group to go to the board and mark the six countries so that other groups can see and check.
- Work in groups
IV. Consolidation (2')
- Sum up the main content of the lesson.
V. Homework (2')
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do Ex B3, 4 P13 (Workbook)
- Prepare: Closer Look 1
- Answer individually
- Take note