Activity 1: Warm-up · 10 minutes
Quick Quiz: What Do We Know About Viet Nam and ASEAN?
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about Viet Nam's capital and ASEAN membership, and understand that facts need dates and sources.
b) Content
Ss answer quick questions in pairs: 1) What is the capital of Viet Nam? 2) When did Viet Nam join ASEAN? 3) Where can we check this information? 4) Why might an old number of ASEAN members be wrong today?
c) Expected outcomes
Expected answers: 1) Hà Nội. 2) Viet Nam joined ASEAN on 28 July 1995. 3) An official source such as https://asean.org/member-states/viet-nam/. 4) ASEAN has expanded beyond the earlier ten-member textbook context (2025 information), so an old member count is not current. Ss write the key idea on the board: Every fact in a project needs a date and a source.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T writes the title 'ASEAN and Viet Nam' on the board and says: 'Today you will build a project product for visitors. Before that, let's check what we already know. Work in pairs and answer four quick questions in 3 minutes.' T shows the four questions on the slide.
Students
Ss listen, read the questions and get ready with their partners.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors, encourages weaker pairs and gives hints without giving full answers, e.g. 'Think about the date on the official site.'
Students
Ss discuss in pairs and write short answers in their notebooks. Possible answers: 'Hà Nội.' 'In 1995.' 'On the ASEAN website.' 'Because ASEAN has more members now.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on two or three pairs to share answers and asks: 'How do you know that information is correct?' and 'What would happen if a visitor used an old number?'
Students
Ss report their answers. Possible responses: 'We can check the official website.' 'If the number is old, the visitor may get wrong information.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the answers, writes the key idea on the board and links it to the project: 'Facts must be dated and sourced. This is the first rule of your product.'
Students
Ss copy the key idea into their notebooks: 'Every fact needs a date and a source.'