Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Predicting the information needed
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about social issues and learn to predict the kind of information needed from a question before listening.
b) Content
T shows the five key words on the board: peer pressure (áp lực đồng trang lứa), bullying (bắt nạt), boundary (ranh giới cá nhân), consent (sự đồng thuận), evidence (bằng chứng), support (hỗ trợ). Ss work in pairs to match each word with a short example from their own school life. Then T shows the question 'What should a friend avoid?' and asks Ss what kind of information they expect to hear (an action, a reason, a warning).
c) Expected outcomes
Ss' pairs produce a short list matching each word with an example, for example: peer pressure - being asked to skip class with friends; bullying - repeated mean messages online. Ss state that the answer to 'What should a friend avoid?' will be an action or a behaviour, not a person's name or a number.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T says: Look at the six key words. In pairs, match each word with a situation from school life. Then look at the question and tell me what kind of information you need to listen for.
Students
Ss read the words and the question silently, and they listen to T's instructions.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors and helps pairs who are stuck with a hint (for example, ask: Can you give an example of bullying that is not physical?).
Students
Pairs discuss and write their examples on sticky notes. Expected answer: 'Bullying can be sending harmful messages again and again.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 2-3 pairs to share examples and asks: What kind of answer do you expect for the question about a friend?
Students
Representative pairs read their examples aloud. Expected answer: 'I think the answer is an action, like sharing a video, because the question asks what to avoid.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms that predicting the type of answer helps Ss focus on the right information. T writes on the board: Predict the kind of information needed from the question, not its answer.
Students
Ss copy the key idea into their notebooks.