CHU VAN AN SCHOOL TEACHING PLAN Prepared by Nguyen Thi Thu Huong Period: UNIT 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY ( A / READING) Date of preparation: August 7 th - 2009 Class: 12C1,C2,A2,A4 I/ AIMS: - By the end of the lesson Ss will be able: 1/ Knowledge: To review tenses in use. 2/ Skill : To use verb forms correctly. 3/ Attitude: To be confident before starting the new school year. II/ PREPARATIONS: - Notebooks, chalks, board. III/ PROCEDURES Period : … A/ AIMS - By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to understand the passage about cultural diversity. - Help Ss to guess the meaning in context . - Skill : Reading for gist and for specific information - Teaching methods: integrated and mainly communicative. B/ PROCEDURES: Time Teacher’s activities Students’ Activities Contents of lesson 5.minutes 9 minutes + Sts answer (it’s up to sts) + T gives comments Lead in: In today’s lesson, we will focus on the different ideas about love and marriage of the Americans and Asians. Lead in the lesson + Ask Ss to open the textbook and read the task 1 . + Read aloud or play the tape and ask Ss to listen the text once. + Help ss to study the new words in the text. I. II. WARM UP Look at their books and answer the questions: Which of the follwing factors is the most impotant for a happy life ? 1. love 2. money 3. parents’ approval 4. a nice house / flat 5. a good job 6. good health III. PRE-READING Vocabulary: 1. precede / pri:si:d/ (v) happen before sth or coem before sth/sb in order. 2. confide / k nfaid/ (in sth )(v) tell cb secrets and personal information bc you feel you can trust in them. Ex: It is important to have someone you can confinde in. 3. partnership / pa:tn ip/ (n) the state of being a partner in business.(chung phần / cộng tác) + be in partnership with sb + go into partnership with sb 4. determine / dit :min/ (v) offically or arrange sth. (quyết định) + be determined to do sth : ( quyết tâm / kiên quyết) 5. sacrifice / s krifais/ (sth for sb/sth ) (v) : to give up sth that is ipmortnat or valuable to you in order to get or do sth that seems more important for yourself or for another person .( hy sinh) Ex: She sacrificed everything for her children. 6. oblige / blaid / ( to do sth) ( bắt buộc) 1 + Play the tape and ask Ss to listen to + Pre- teaching vocabulary + T gives example to help Ss to understand + T takes note and give ttheir meaning + Read aloud these words and ask Ss to repeat = to force sb to do sth ( by law becaause it si duty.) + be obilged to sb for sb / doing sth : used when you are expressing thanks or asking politely for sth To show that you are greatful to sb ( biết ơn ai vì việc gì) 7. counterpart / k unt pa:t/ (n) a person or thing that has the same position or function as sb/sth else in a different place or situation. ( đối tác/ tương ứng) 18 minute + T ask Ss to read the text again in silent and then do the tasks + T asks Ss to read the passage and answer the questions + Sts work in single and then compare the answers with the partners + Sts read the passage and answer the questions + Sts Read aloud the answers + T Give feedback and IV. V. WHILE-READING TASK 1: Guiding questions Suggested answers 1. They are Trust build on Love: Physical attractiveness: Confinding: Partnership of equals. 2. The young Americans are much more concerned than the young Indians and the Chinese with physical attractiveness when choosing a wife or a husband. 3. The Indian students agree that a woman has o sacrifie more in a marriage than a man. 4. The American wofe trust her husband to do the right thing because he loves her not he has to. 5. The main finding of the survey is that young Asians are not as romantic as American courterparts. TASK 2: Multiple choice and decide to choose the correct answers by holding up the card A, B or C Here are the sentences on the chart 1. Americans believe in ……… marriage – a boy and a girl attracted to each other, fall in love and decided 2 12 minutes comments + 5 minutes to read the passage + Each group receives three cards A, B or C + Read the sentences on the board and hold up the card A,B or C + Divide the class into four groups + Set a limit time for 5 minutes for Ss to read the passage + Give each group three cards A, B and C + Hang on a chart and tell the groups to read + Read the answers and give the reasons of their choice + Read each sentences and check the answers with the whole class + Ask Ss to give the reason of their choice to marry each other. A contractual B romantic C lucky 2. Asians believes in ………… marriage – the parents of the bride and the groomdecide on the marriage. A traditional B romantic C contractual 3. The Americans agree that a wife should maitain her beauty and ……… after marrige A character B personality C appearance 4. the majority of Asian students reject the American view that marriage is ……… A a partnership of equals B based on love C to sacrifice 5. More Asian students agreed that a husband is obliged to tell his wife ………. A where he has been B about his work C about his secrets 6. Young Asians are not as ………… as tehir Americans couterparts. A trustful B hard-working C romantic + Suggested answers 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. C VI. POST-READING Suggested ideas A traditional Vietnamese family - There are a lot of children in the family - Parents often decide who their chikdren will marry - Wives never decide tio do things in the family without asking their husbands’ opinions. Men often achieve a dominant position in the family. The father is the head of the household who presents authority and makes all the important decisions. His wife is reponsilible for tehdomestic side of family life. - Men rarely cook meals in the kitchen. Cooking is considered women’s task. A modern Vietnamese family - There are only two children intehfamily - Parents let their children decide whom they will marry - Both the father and the mother work to earn the living - The mother takes care of the housework and the children with the help of the father - The father can look after his children and help in the house, even his wife doesn’t go out to work. VII. Homework: - learning the old lesson by heart - Preparing next lesson. 3 + Discuss to find out the features of traditional and modern Vietnamese family . + Present the groups’ ideas + T asks Ss to work in groups to discuss and find out the features of a traditional Vietnamese family and the other discuss to find out features of a modern Vietnamese family. + T moves around the class to control and give help if necessary + T invites the groups’ opinions + T gives feedback and make comments CHU VAN AN SCHOOL TEACHING PLAN Prepared by Nguyen Thi Thu Huong Period: UNIT 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY ( B/ SPEAKING) Date of preparation: August 7 th - 2009 Class: 12C1,C2,A2,A4 I/ AIMS: - By the end of the lesson Ss will be able: 1/ Knowledge: To review tenses in use. 2/ Skill : To use verb forms correctly. 3/ Attitude: To be confident before starting the new school year. 4 II/ PREPARATIONS: - Notebooks, chalks, board. III/ PROCEDURES Period: A/ AIM - By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to know about some typical features of different cultures and talk about the differences and similarities between Vietnamese and American culture. - Skill: Speaking in fluency and accuracy - Teaching methods: integrated and mainly communicative B/ PROCEDURE Time Teacher’s activities Students’ Activities Contents of lesson - - + Divide the class into 4 groups + T asks Ss to give the correct answers in each sentences Work in groups + Read the following questions one by one and choose the correct answers Discuss in each group to choose the correct answers + Read the answers and check with the class * Write the answers on the board + Listen to the teacher’asking I.WARM UP. Game: Good luck or bad luck ? 1/ In Britain, what does a black cat mean ? A good luck B bad luck C a feature 2. On the day of her weeding, what mustn’t a Chinese bride do ? A have a bath B look into a mirror C clean her shoes 3. In France, what reature brings you good luck ? A a mouse B a spider C a fox 4. In Vietnam, what does it mean if you sneeze once ? A someone is aying sth good about you . B someone is saying ath bad about you C Someone is in love with you . 5. In China, which color is a symboy of good luck and happiness ? A red B white C pink 6. InVietnam, what does it mean when it starts to rain on the weeding day ? A The couple will be poor B The couple will be happy C The couple will be rich . .+ Suggested answers 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. C II. LEAD IN You know, people of different cultures have different belief and concepts of happiness. Today, we’ll get to talk about the differences among cultures of some countries in the world. III. PRE-SPEAKING. Useful expressions Expressions to express the points of view. + I think / feel / believe … + In my opinion / In my point of view / As far as I am concerned / For me ……… + I agree / I don’t agree / It’s not true because …. + Perhaps you ae right, but ……/ I think it’s wrong to …… + I don’t really have any strong opinions about …. 5 + Elicit some useful expressions to express the points of view from Ss . + Work in pairs + Sts show their opinion in front of the class + Call on some Ss to present their ideas. + Give feedback and comments + Ask Ss to work in pairs to express their points of view upon the sentences, using words or expressions in the box. + Invite class opinions and go over the answers with the class. + Make comments + Ask Ss to work in pairs, discussing and finding out the correcsponding features of the Vietnamese culture. + Discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese culture + Present the ideas + Shall we come back to that later ? IV. WHILE -SPEAKING ACTIVITY 1: What is your view points ? + Hang on a chart with the following sentences 1. In Vietnam, three and four generations may live in a home. 2. A happy marriage shpuld be based on love . 3. In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it. 4. In Vietnam, a man and a woman may hold hands and kiss each oethr in public Suggested answers A: I think A happy marriage shpuld be based on love B: I quite agree with you. Life will be terrible if there is not true love between a husband and a wife. A. But In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it. B. For me.I don’t think it’s true. How can two peoplewho don’t love each other live hapily in the same house? ACTIVITY 2: Discussion Work in pairs: Discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese culture In America In Vietnam + Two generations (parents and children ) live in a home. + Old-aged parents live in nursing homes. + It is not polite to ask questions about age, marriage and incoem. + Ameticans 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 + Three or sometimes four generations live under the same roof. + Elders live with children and are taken care by their son, daughters- in-law or daughters. + Asking age,marriage and salary are acceptable. + A Vietnamese greets the head of the family or an older person first, then the young ones. + Tet is the most important + The vietnamese celenrate dead days. They prepare meal and often invite tehir relatives and friends to get together and talk about good respect of the dead person. + Young children often sleep with their parents. ACTIVITY 3: Discussion Take turn talking about the similarities and the differences between the Vietnamese and American cultures Suggested answers Differences: American culture: - Most of the Americans are individualists. - People always ask if it’s OK when they want to smoke - People often kiss friends on the cheek when they meet to express friendliness. - Young people usualy live in their own houses or flats after marriage. - Teenagers go out on dates a lot. 6 Express the point of view upon the sentences on the chart Work in groups + Each group has a poster and a board marker + Sts present in front of the class + T goes around to control and give some help if necessary + If sts have mistakes, T corrects for sts later. + T invites representatives from the groups to report their ideas to the class + T calls on some Ss to present their ideas. + T gives feedback and comments. - Asking someone about his/her age / marriage is considered to be impolite. - People live in nuclear family. Vietnamese culture - The Vietnamese are collectivists - Somkers light up cigarettes at any timw without asking permission. - The vietnamese never exchange cheeek-kisses. It is a schock to most married women. - It’s OK to blow your nose in public - Young people usually live with their parents after tehir marriage - It’s OK to ask people about their marriage / age - People live in extebded family. Similarities - America and Vietnamese are multi-culture countries - Both Americans and Vietnamese are friendly, hospitable, and hard-working people who always proud of their countries - They both hate war and love peace - They like doing charity work. V. HOMEWORK Write a short paragraph about some typical features of the Vietnamese culture CHU VAN AN SCHOOL TEACHING PLAN Prepared by Nguyen Thi Thu Huong Period: UNIT 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY (C/ LISTENING) Date of preparation: August 7 th - 2009 Class: 12C1,C2,A2,A4 7 I/ AIMS: - By the end of the lesson Ss will be able: 1/ Knowledge: To review tenses in use. 2/ Skill : To use verb forms correctly. 3/ Attitude: To be confident before starting the new school year. II/ PREPARATIONS: - Notebooks, chalks, board. III/ PROCEDURES Period: A.AIM + By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to listen for the understanding of the passage about a weeding in Vietnam and listen for specific details + Skill: Listening to information to answer the questions + Teaching methods: integrated and mainly communicative + Teaching aids: handouts, CD player, pictures. B/ PROCEDURE Time STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES TEACHER’SA CTIVITIES Contents of lesson Whole class + Play a game + Look at the picture and answer what they see in the pictures. + Answer the questions (Có 2 bài mở đầu,Gv có thể linh hoạt thay thế nếu cần) Game: Flashing the picture + Flash a picture of a weeding ceremony and ask Ss what they see in the picture. + If necessary, make questions 1. What is the picture about ? 2. How many people are there in the picture I. WARM UP ( 3 mins) Find out words relating to the key word WEDDING Ring relatives bride II. LEAD IN + Have you ever been to a weeding ceremony ? + What did you see there ? Today, you will listen to two people talking about a weeding ceremony in Vietnam. III. Before listening(7 mins) vocabulary 1. bride / braid/ (n) ( picture) 2. groom / grum/ (n) ( picture) 3. altar / :lt / (n) (picture) bàn thờ 4. banquet / / (n) : a formal meal for a large numer of people, usual for a special occaision, at which speeches are made ( yến tiệc) 5. master of ceremony ngưòi dẫn chương trình 6. tray (n) khay 7. ancestor (n) tổ tiên 8. blessing (n) lờinguyện cầu 8 WEDDING ? 3. Who are they ? 4. What are they doing ? + T invites some Ss to make guesses. + T shows Ss the pictures so that they can have the right answers. + Sts take notes new words + Practice pronouncing these words + Read these words and ask Ss to repeat + T plays the tape two times and get Ss to work in pairs to listen to the passage and fill in each gap with one word they hear. + T invites some Ss to give their answers + T checks the answers with the whole class + Play the tape one more time for Ss to check ACTIVITY 2: 9. envelope (n) phong bì 10. schedule (n) lịch trình 11. Newly wedded couples .cặp vừa kết hôn IV. While listening ACTIVITY 1: Listen to the tape and fill in the blank Work in pairs + Suggested answers 1. the groom’s parents 2. red papaers 3. altar 4. at the weeding banquet 5. weeding cards / money gifts ACTIVITY 2: Answer the questions: Questions: 1. What is the most important thing in the groom’s family has to do on the weeding day ? 2. What would the groom and the bride usually do during the weeding ceremony ? 3. When do the groom and the bride exchange their weeding rings ? 4. Where is the weeding banquet usually held ? 5. What do the groom , the bride and their parents do at the weeding banquet? Answers 1. To go to the bride’s house bringing a lot of gifts wrapped in red paprers 2. They would pray asking their ascestor’s permission to be married. 3. After they pray and ask their ancestors’ permission to be married 4. At the groom and bribe’s home, at a hotel or a restaurant They stop by each table to say thank to their guests IV. POST- LISTENING (12 mins) + Ask Ss to work in groups of four or five In groups, tell Ss to describe the weeding ceremony. VHomework: - learning the old lesson by heart Preparing next lesson 9 Work in single + Listen to the passage again and find out the correct answers to the questions + T plays the tape two times and get Ss to work in pairs to listen to the passage and fill in each gap with one word they hear. + T invites some Ss to give their answers + T checks the answers with the whole class + Play the tape one more time for Ss to check + Read aloud the answers + Give feedback and give comments Work in groups Desribe the weeding ceremony + Give feedback and comments + If needed, show Ss some pictues describing the weeding as hints. + Show the groups’ ideas. 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Activity 2 (20 minutes) Write a paragraph of about 120 words about the conical hat of Vietnam, based on the outline and the information above 12 Suggested writing The conical leaf hat is one of the typical symbols of the Vietnamese culture because it cannot be found from anywhere... complete it with the correct form of the verb in brackets + Call on Ss to Activity 2: Exercise 2 Expected answers: - Simple past - Near future - Present continuous Expected answers 1 C 3 C 5 C 2 A 4 A 6 A 7 C 8 A ACTIVITY 3: Complete the following letter with the correct form of the verbs in brackets Suggested answers 1 moved 2 moved 3 have asked 4 have not stopped 5 study 6 will fail 7 could talk V HOME... soft palm leaves + Shape and size - conical form - diameter : 45-50 cm, 25 -30 cm high - shaping 16-18 rids into conial form + Process - covering the form with leaves / sewing leaves around ribs Conclusion - protecting people from rain/ the heat of the sun - girls / women look pretty / attractive * Anwser the following questions: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) IV Who is the conical hat symbol of? 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Practice pronouncing the words Work in pairs to practice reading the sentences - Read the words and ask Ss to repeat - Ask Ss to work in pairs practice reading the sentences in their textbooks on page 27 - Call on some Ss to read the sentence aloud * Give comments I PRONUNCIATION * Write the past tense of the verbs in the correct parts of the table according to the pronuciation of the –ed ending sounds... time allows II LEAD IN + Today, we’ll focus on how to write a description of the conical leaf hat, a symbol of Vietnamese culture III Activity 1: (15’) + Take notes new words 1 rim /rim/ (n) (picture) 2 rib (n) (picture) gọng , sườn 3 trap (n) ( picture) dây nón 4 palm leaf / pa:m li:f/ (n) lá cọ 5 sew /sou/ (v) khâu, may 6 trim (v) make sth neater, smaller, better by cutting parts from it, 7 decorate... The simple future Form: S + will +v1 * Doing exercise + Revise the uses of tenses + Get Ss to work in pairs to read the passage and choose one Expected answers: 1 Have you seen / saw / am going to see 2 drank / have not drunk / drank 3 has written / Did she write / wrote 4 have been cooking / have cooked / have cooked 14 correct answer which best fits each space + Elicit the use of some tenses – present... the Vietnamese nation The hat is made from a special kind of bamboo and young and soft plam leaves The rims are shaped into conical form The diameter of the hat is about 40-45 cm and its height is about 25 -30 cm The form is covered with the palm leaves, which are then sewn into all rims Finally, the hat is trimmed and painted with a coat of attar oil The leaf hat is used like an umbrella to protect people . Nguyen Thi Thu Huong Period: UNIT 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY ( A / READING) Date of preparation: August 7 th - 20 09 Class: 12C1,C2,A2,A4 I/ AIMS: - By the end. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong Period: UNIT 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY ( B/ SPEAKING) Date of preparation: August 7 th - 20 09 Class: 12C1,C2,A2,A4 I/ AIMS: - By the end