Date of planning :
Date of teaching:
Week 27 :
UNIT 10: COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE
Period 79: Lesson 1: Getting started – At the technology club
I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Gain an overview about the topic Communication in the future
- Gain vocabulary to talk about Communication in the future
2. Competences
- Develop communication skills and creativity
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork
- Actively join in class activities
3. Personal qualities
- Love talking about communication in the future
4. Digital Competence Integration:
- Information & Communication: Researching, collecting illustrations, and
gathering online lesson videos.
- Digital Tool Utilization: GeoGebra, Canva, online Mind Maps (MindMeister,
Coggle).
- Problem Solving: Applying digital tools to explain and illustrate grammatical
knowledge and communicative situations.
II. MATERIALS
- Grade 8 textbook: Unit 10 - Getting started
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector/ TV
- hoclieu.vn
III. PROCEDURE
* Activity1: Warm-up (5')
a. Aims:
- To set the context for the introductory conversation.
- To introduce the topic of the unit, the vocabulary, the sound, and the
grammar points to be learnt.
b. Content: Game: Guess the topic of the unit/ lesson
c. Expected outcomes:
- Ss know the topic of the unit and be ready for the conversation.
d. Organisation:
Teacher's and Ss'activities
Content
Warm up:
* Warm up: Game:
- Teacher asks ss to work in groups and
Suggested answers:
list as many Social networks as possible. TECHNOLOGY 
- Ask students what they use social
Communication
network for
- Students guess the topic of the unit/

lesson.
- The group with the most correct answers
is the winner.
* Activity 2: Presentation (10')
Pre- teach vocabulary
a. Aims:
- To prepare vocabulary for Ss to understand the conversation.
- To set the context for the introductory text; To introduce the topic of the
unit.
b. Content:
-Vocabulary pre-teaching
-Task 1: Listen and read.
c. Expected outcomes:
- Ss know how to use the target vocabulary.
-Students read and understand the meaning of the conversation;Students
know how to role play.
d. Organisation:
Teacher's and Ss'activities
Content
Vocabulary pre-teaching
* Vocabulary
- T introduces the vocabulary.
1. video conference (n)/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ
- T explains the meaning of the new
ˌkɒn.fər.əns/: họp trực tuyến
vocabulary by pictures.
2. webcam (n) /ˈweb.kæm/: thiết
- Teacher reveals that the words
bị ghi hình kĩ thuật số
according to the pictures will appear in
3. zoom in (v) /zum ɪn/: phóng to
the reading text and asks students to open 4. tablet (n) /ˈtæb.lət/: máy tính
their textbook to find these words.
bảng
- T shows some new words again and
5. internet connection (n)
asks Ss to read them out loud.
/ˈɪn.tə.net kəˈnek.ʃən/: kết nối
- T checks students' pronunciation and
mạng
gives feedback.
- T asks Ss to write down in their
notebook.
Task 1
Task 1: Listen and read.
- T asks Ss to look at the pictures in the
* Questions:
book and answer the questions.
a. Who are they?
- Ss answer the questions in pairs.
b.What are they doing?
- T plays the recording twice.
- Ss listen and read.
- T checks Ss' prediction.
- T calls Ss to read the conversation
aloud.
- T checks students' pronunciation and
gives feedback.
* Activity 3: Practice (20')
a. Objectives:

- To help Ss use words and phrases related to communication
- To help Ss further understand the text.
- To introduce some vocabulary items related to communication.
b. Content:
- Task 2: Read the conversation again and circle the correct answer A, B, or C.
- Task 3: Match the words and phrases in the conversation with their pictures.
- Task 4: Circle the words/ phrases which are CLOSEST in meaning to the
underlined words/ phrases.
c. Expected outcomes:
- Students understand the conversation and know the vocabulary related to the
topic.
d. Organisation
Teacher's and Ss'activities
Content
Task 2
Task 2. Read the conversation
again and circle the correct
answer A, B, or C.
- T asks Ss to read the dialogue in detail
* Answer key:
to complete the sentence.
1. A
- T asks Ss to read the questions and
2. C
choose the correct answers from
3. A
what they remember after their listening
and reading.
- T elicits the answers from Ss and write
their answers on the board.
- T asks Ss for their answers again,
referring to the answers that have
been written on the board before.
- T confirms the correct answers.
Task 3
Task 3: Match the words and
- T asks Ss to name items or activities
phrases in the conversation with
they can see in each picture
their pictures.
(a-e).
* Answer key:
- T has Ss work individually to match the 1. d
words and phrases with
2. a
the appropriate pictures.
3. b
- T has them compare their answers with 4. e
a partner.
5. c
- T invites some Ss to go to the board and
write their answers.
- T confirms the correct answers.
- T has some Ss practise saying the words
and phrases again.
Task 4
Task 4: Circle the words/
- T has Ss work in pairs and find the
phrases which are CLOSEST in
underlined words/ phrases of
meaning to the underlined

Activity 4 in the Getting started
words/ phrases.
conversation, then guess the meaning of
* Answer key:
these words/ phrases using the clues in
1. A
the conversation.
2. B
- T has Ss share their guesses and confirm 3. A
the correct ones.
4. A
- T has Ss complete Activity 4.
5. B
- T checks and confirms the answers.
* Activity 4: Production (5')
a. Aims:
- To help Ss practise using the vocabulary items related to communication.
b. Content:
Task 5: Complete the diagram of the history of communication technology
with the words and phrases from the box.
c. Expected outcomes:
- Ss' answers.
d. Organisation:
Teacher's and Ss'activities
Content
Task 5
Task 5: Work in groups.
- T sets time (3-5 minutes) for Ss to do
Complete the diagram of the
this activity in groups.
history of communication
- T tells Ss that they can use the diagram technology with the words and
to help them.
phrases from the box.
- Ss read aloud the answers and confirms * Suggested answers:
the answers.
1. carrier pigeon
- For a more able class, ask Ss to work in 2. telephone
their groups again and prepare a short talk 3. mobile phone
about the history of communication
4. social network
technology.
Activity 5: Consolidation (3')
a. Aims: To consolidate what students have learnt in the lesson.
b. Content: Talk about what they have learnt in the lesson
c. Expected outcomes: Say aloud some words they remember from the
lesson.
d. Organisation:
Teacher's and Ss'activities
Content
- Ask Ss to name some vocabularies that - Some new words
they have learnt about in the lesson.
- Read and understand content of
- If there is an overhead projector in the
the conversation
classroom, show the dialogue, highlight
the key words related to the topic.
* Homework(2')
a. Aims: To revise the lesson and prepare for the next lesson.
b. Content: Review the lesson and prepare for the next lesson and do exersie

in the workbbook
c. Expected outcomes: Students' textbook and workbook
d. Organisation:
Teacher's and Ss'activities
Content
- T reminds Ss to do homework and
- Learn by heart all the words that
prepare the new lesson.
they have just learnt.
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare for Lesson 2 - A closer
look 1