Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 Global Success Unit 2 Listening

a. Objectives:

-  To help Ss understand and activate their knowledge of the topic;

b. Content:

- Game: Lucky number

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students can join the game and gain knowledge on the topic.

d. Organisation

TEACHER-STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Game: Lucky number

- Students follow the teacher's instructions and play the game in two teams.

- Class is divided into 2 groups.

- Teacher asks each group to choose a number. There are 6 numbers, 5 of which include a picture of a world festival.

- If Ss look at the picture and say the name of the festival. Ss get one point if the answer is correct.

- If they open a lucky number, they get a point without having to answer the question.

- The group with more points is the winner.

Suggested directions:

1. Mid-autumn festival

2. Christmas

3. Halloween

4. Hung Kings’ festival

5. Lim festival

a. Objectives:

- To get students to learn vocabulary related to the topic;

- To activate prior knowledge about the topic and get Ss involved in the lesson.

b. Content:

- Task 1: Work in pairs. Label the following pictures. Do you often see them in Viet Nam? (p.26)

- Vocabulary pre-teaching

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students understand the meaning and know how to pronounce some words from the recording.

d. Organisation

TEACHER-STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Work in pairs. Label the following pictures. Do you often see them in Viet Nam? (4 mins)

- Ask Ss to look at the pictures and then say: In the first picture, we see some kids holding buckets, wearing hats and asking for candies. The second one shows a house which is mysterious and located in an isolated area. The third one displays some fire pumpkins.

- Ask Ss to work in pairs, label the pictures using the given letters and guess the name of a festival. Explain that that festival will appear in the recording.

- Students work in pairs and label the picture.

- Call on some pairs to share their answers. Correct answers as a whole class.

- Have Ss share what they know about Halloween and their experience if any.

Answer key:

1. trick or treating

2. haunted house

3. pumpkin

Vocabulary teaching (5 mins)

- Teacher introduces the vocabulary.

- Teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary with different techniques (pictures, actions, synonyms …)

-Teacher checks students’ understanding with the “Rub out and remember” technique.

- Students say the meaning of the words.

- Teacher asks Ss to take notes on their notebooks.

- Students write new words on their notebook.

New words:

1. celebrate (v)

2. annually (adv)

3. be of importance (v)

a. Objectives:

- To help Ss practise listening for the main idea;

- To help Ss practise listening for specific information;

- To provide Ss with some basic information about celebrating Halloween in Vietnam.

b. Content:

- Task 2: Listen to an interview. What do Minh and Mai think about Halloween? Circle the correct words or phrase. (p.26)

- Task 3: Listen to the interview again and complete each sentence with no more than TWO words. (p.26)

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students can catch the main idea as well as specific details of the recording and complete the tasks successfully.

d. Organisation

TEACHER-STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 2: Listen to an interview. What do Minh and Mai think about Halloween? Circle the correct words or phrase. (10 mins)

- Have Ss read four statements, and make guesses before listening. Ss can also underline other key words besides the two options in each statement to have more clues. E.g. 1. Halloween; 2. History, Halloween; 3. celebrate, Viet Nam; 4. popularity, Western festivals

- Students make predictions before listening.

- Play the recording and tell Ss to listen, pay attention to the key words and circle the correct word or phrase. For this kind of question – listen for opinions, remind Ss to pay attention to words or expressions the speaker may use to describe likes, dislikes, agreement, disagreement etc. as well as his/her tone of voice to choose the correct option that best reflect his/her attitudes. E.g. Question 1. Minh says “it’s great fun” when the interviewer asked if he likes taking part in Halloween parties; so the answer for question 1 is “likes”

- Listen and do the task.

- Have Ss compare their answers in pairs / groups.

- Check answers as a class and confirm the correct ones. Invite individual Ss to explain why they have chosen that option and give evidence from the listening.

- Correct the answers as a whole class.

- In weaker classes, play the recording again, pausing at the places where they can get the information.

Answer key:

1. likes

2. interesting

3. shouldn’t

4. no cause for alarm

Task 3: Listen to the interview again and complete each sentence with no more than TWO words. (10 mins)

- Have Ss read each of the statements, underline key words, and identify the part of speech to fill in each blank; e.g. 1. (a noun) Students, New Era school, preparing; 2.(an adjective) Halloween, celebrated, Minh’s school; 3.(an adjective) Halloween, roots, Celtic festival, Ireland; 4. (a prepositional phrase) Halloween, popular; 5. (a plural noun) Viet Nam, of great importance.

- Students read the questions and underline the key words.

- Tell Ss to pay more attention to these words and phrases, and the context around them. Remind Ss that the statements may include paraphrased from what they hear in the recording so they should listen for synonyms, or phrases with similar meanings.

- Students listen to the recording and do the task.

- In stronger classes, ask Ss to complete the sentences based on what they remember from the first listening.

- Play the recording and have Ss fill in the missing words. Remind them not to exceed the word limit (no more than TWO words for each blank)

- Have Ss compare their answers in pairs / groups.

- Check answers as a class. Invite individual Ss to say out the word/ phrase for each blank.

- Correct the answers as a whole class.

- Let Ss listen again, pausing at the places where Ss can find the information.

Answer key:

1. special event

2. popular

3. ancient

4. in Asia

5. traditional festivals

a. Objectives:

- To help some students enhance presentation skills;

- To practise team working;

- To give Ss the opportunity to use the ideas and language in the listening to give opinions and reasons.

b. Content:

- Task 4: Work in groups. Discuss the question. (p.27)

c. Expected outcomes:

- Students can use the language and ideas from the unit to give opinions and reasons about festivals in the world.

d. Organisation

TEACHER-STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 4: Work in groups. Discuss the question

- Ask Ss to work in pairs. Have them discuss other festivals which are celebrated in Viet Nam.

- Students work in groups and discuss.

Encourage them to explain why they are popular in Viet Nam.

- Invite some pairs to share their answers with the whole class.

Students share their ideas to the whole class.

Suggested answer:

Some Western festivals are celebrated in Viet Nam such as Valentine, Christmas, New Year Eve. The reasons why they are becoming popular are they are organised based on the solar calendar and they are organised all over the world. Moreover, many young Vietnamese people learn English as their second language so they want to celebrate these festivals to learn language and explore western cultures.