Giáo án Listening

Ss activate prior knowledge about family rules and introduce the topic of the generation gap and the listening text.

T shows the slide with three questions: "Who sets the rules at home?", "Which rule do you think is the hardest for teenagers?" and "What is a common conflict between parents and children?" Ss answer in pairs. T then introduces the words generation, conflict and permission.

Each pair writes down three family rules (for example, "You must be home by nine") and one common conflict, such as the conflict about permission to go out after dark.

Ss understand the six key words and learn to predict the information needed from a question before listening.

Ss match the words generation (thế hệ), conflict (mâu thuẫn), permission (sự cho phép), privacy (sự riêng tư), compromise (sự thoả hiệp) and viewpoint (quan điểm) with the English definitions on the slide. T then models the strategy: "Question 2 asks What time does the student first request? So I need a time, not a reason." Ss work in pairs to predict the type of information needed for Questions 3, 4 and 5 without listening. T reminds Ss: numbers can refer to different things, so separate a meeting time from a departure time.

Ss complete the vocabulary list with English definitions, for example: permission = the act of allowing someone to do something; compromise = an agreement where each side accepts less than it wanted. Ss write predictions: Q2 = a time; Q3 = a reason or concern; Q4 = a person; Q5 = a condition or action.

Ss distinguish must, have to, should, must not, don't have to and had to, and read contracted forms naturally.

T writes sentences on the board (illustrative examples only): "You must be home by nine." "You have to tell your parents first." "You should call if you are late." "You must not go out alone." "You don't have to cook dinner." "We had to finish the project last week." Ss work in groups of four: each group ranks the sentences by strength of obligation and classifies them as obligation, external requirement, advice, prohibition, no necessity or past obligation. T then reads contracted forms aloud (I'm /aɪm/, we've /wiːv/, don't /doʊnt/, can't /kænt/) and asks Ss to repeat.

Each group completes a short classification: must = strong obligation judged by the speaker; have to = external requirement; should = advice; must not = prohibition; don't have to = no necessity; had to = past obligation. Ss note that they can read "I'm ready, but I haven't finished" with the contracted forms.

Ss answer specific-information questions about the recording, including contrasts and conditions, and explain their choices.

Ss listen to the en-US recording and complete Worksheet No. 1 by choosing answers to Exercises 2 to 5. Ss may replay the audio, but must not open the explanation until they have answered. Then, in pairs, Ss listen again and explain why each answer fits the recording (Exercises 6 to 9).

Answers and explanations for Worksheet No. 1:

• Exercise 2: A. 6:00. The initial request is until six.
• Exercise 3: D. Travel home after dark. She explicitly distinguishes her concern.
• Exercise 4: C. The teacher. The teacher will be present.
• Exercise 5: B. Leave at 5:30 and message before setting off. The conditional agreement has two parts.
  Ss should record only the information required, and they should not turn an illustrative example into a claimed observation.

Ss use obligation, advice and conditional language to negotiate a compromise about a family rule in a realistic situation.

In pairs, Ss role-play a conversation between a parent and a teenager who want to negotiate permission to go out with friends. Ss must use at least three target structures: must, have to, should, don't have to or had to, and at least one if-clause (for example, "If you can't come home by nine, you must send me a message."). Ss must reach a compromise with two conditions. The pair then writes the agreed conditions on a small card.

Each pair produces a short dialogue of six to eight lines that includes at least three target structures and a compromise with two conditions, for example: "You can go out until ten, but you must message me before you leave and you don't have to bring your phone home."