UNIT 4: For a Better Communication
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
I. Objectives
1. Knowledge:
General knowledge: Ss will be able to know the topic of the unit and then they can listen, read and understand the conversation about volunteers and volunteer work.
Language:Ss can learn the past simple and past progressive
Ss can learn lexical items related to volunteers and volunteer work.
2. Skills:Ss will be better at reading skill: reading for specific information
Ss can make dialogues using some expressions: That sounds great, Not really, …by chance, …Well,…
II. Procedure

Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Aims

WARM-UP
( 5 minutes)
- Let S do the crossword.
- Work in groups and do the crossword

warm up the atmosphere


BEFORE
( 5 minutes)
- Raise some questions with pictures
What is the picture about?
What are people doing in the picture?
What do you think about their activities?
Do you want to try the job?
Why?
- Lead in the lesson: volunteer work
- Tell Ss: You are going to listen to a conversation between two friends, Hieu and Quan.
- Ask Ss to guess what Hieu and Quan are talking about through the picture.
- Check only.

- Answer the questions










- Guess what Hieu and Quan are talking about through the picture.


direct sts to the topic and

DURING
( 25 minutes)
Listen and read.
- Play the CD once, ask Ss to listen and read at the same time.
2.3. Task 2:Read the conversation again and answer the questions
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to read the questions and underline key words.
- Ask Ss to read the conversation again and answer the questions.
Answer:
1. He calledHieu at 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon.
2. Hieu was teaching children at the Happy Mind Charity Centre.
3. Yes, he was. At first, many of his students couldn’t read or write. Now, all of them can read and write.
4. Ss’ answer.
5.Ss’ answer.
- Check Ss’ answers and encourage Ss to give their own opinions to answer questions 4 and 5.
- Listen and read.



- Work in pairs to read the questions and underline key words.
- Read the conversation again and answer the questions.
- Speak out the answer to one of the questions.


- Listen to the teacher and repeat in chorus.

- Study how and when to use the expressions through the conversation and examples.


- practise the scan reading skill and speaking

AFTER
( 7 minutes)
2.4. Task 3:With a partner, make dialogue using the expressions in the box.
- Help Ss pronounce the expressions in a natural way.
- Explain how and when to use the expressions through the conversation and give one more example for each expression.
That sounds great: Agreement, compliment
A: I have passed the exam.
B: That sounds great.
Not really: Refusal/ disagreement
A: Did you copy Nam’s work?
B: Not really. I myself did it.
…by chance,
A: How do you know it?
B: I know it by chance. I picked up a paper on the floor and I see an article about it.
…Well,…Surprise/ linking word to start a talk
A: I want to talk to you, Na.
B:What?
A: Well, you know….
- Ask Ss to work in pairs, make dialogue using the expressions.
- Call some pairs of Ss to practice again in front of the whole class. Ask the others to listen and give comments.
- Check Ss’ work orally and give comments again in front of the whole class. Ask the others to listen and give comments.
- Check Ss’ work orally and give comments
- Ask Ss to retell what Quan and Hieu are talking about.






















- Work in pairs, make dialogue using the expressions
- Some pairs of Ss practice again in front of the whole class. The others listen and give comments.



- Retell what Quan and Hieu are talking about.

Practice speaking

III. Homework question: Revise the uses of Past Simple and Past Continuous
















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