Giáo án A Closer Look 1

Ss activate prior knowledge of household appliances and get ready for the new lesson on the topic "Our houses in the future".

T shows flashcards of household appliances one by one. Ss guess the name of each appliance and say what it does, for example: "It's a fridge. It keeps food fresh." Guiding questions: "What is this?" "What does it do?" "Which appliance do you use in the kitchen every day?"

Ss name at least four appliances in English and say one job for each, for example:

• A fridge keeps our food fresh.
• A washing machine washes clothes.
• An electric fan moves air.
• A dishwasher washes dishes.

Ss learn the meaning and the collocations of the new words in context, and understand that one appliance does not necessarily do everything.

Step 1: T presents the eleven words in groups by meaning:

• Household appliances: appliance (thiết bị gia dụng), electric cooker (nồi cơm điện), fridge (tủ lạnh), electric fan (quạt điện), dishwasher (máy rửa bát), washing machine (máy giặt), smart TV (ti vi thông minh)
• Housework: housework (việc nhà)
• Technology and energy: wireless (không dây), solar energy (năng lượng mặt trời)
• Transport: helicopter (trực thăng)
  Step 2: Ss work in pairs to match each appliance with its job:
• an electric cooker → cook rice
• a fridge → keep food fresh
• a dishwasher → wash dishes
• a washing machine → wash clothes
• an electric fan → move air
  Step 3: Ss make sentences with the matched pairs, for example: "A fridge keeps our food fresh."
  Guiding questions: "Can a fridge cook rice?" "Which appliance can move air?" "Does one appliance do everything?"

Ss complete a vocabulary table in their notebooks with the three columns: word, Vietnamese meaning, and a sentence example. Example answers:

• An electric cooker can cook rice.
• A fridge keeps food fresh.
• A dishwasher washes dishes.
• A washing machine washes clothes.
• An electric fan moves air.
  Ss conclude: "A fridge cannot cook rice. An appliance does not necessarily do every job."

Ss recognise the main stress in two-syllable words and say the words with the correct stress pattern.

T explains that one syllable is stronger, longer and more prominent than the other. In the words of this lesson, the first syllable is stressed: PIC-ture, KIT-chen, RO-bot, HOUSE-work. T warns that not every two-syllable word is stressed on the first syllable, for example begin and hotel are stressed on the second syllable.
T plays the recording of "picture". Ss tap one beat on the first syllable of picture, kitchen, robot, bedroom, village and housework, then say each word in a short sentence, for example: "The kitchen is big." Guiding question: "Which syllable is stronger?"

Ss can name the stressed syllable of picture (PIC-ture), kitchen (KIT-chen), robot (RO-bot) and housework (HOUSE-work). Ss say each word in a sentence with the main stress on the first syllable and do not stress both syllables equally.

Ss consolidate the vocabulary and pronunciation by doing the exercises, explain their choices and self-correct based on context.

Ss do Worksheet 1 in pairs. Then T asks: "Why did you choose this answer?" Ss must explain their choice using the context and correct any mistake they find.
Worksheet 1 contains:

• Exercise 1: Listen to "picture". Which syllable has the main stress? A. First: pic; B. Second: ture; C. Both have equal main stress.
• Exercise 2: Which word normally has main stress on its FIRST syllable? A. begin; B. kitchen; C. hotel.
• Exercise 3: Match the topic words to their meanings: smart TV, dishwasher, washing machine, housework.
• Exercise 4: Which word means "thiết bị gia dụng"? A. appliance; B. wireless; C. solar energy.
• Exercise 5: Choose from the word bank. Complete the word from its Vietnamese meaning: việc nhà = {{1}}.
• Exercise 6: Choose the correct meaning of "helicopter". A. máy giặt; B. máy rửa bát; C. trực thăng.

Answer key:

• Exercise 1: A (Picture has two syllables; the first syllable is stressed: /ˈpɪktʃə/ (British) or /ˈpɪktʃɚ/ (American).)
• Exercise 2: B (kitchen is stressed on the first syllable: /ˈkɪtʃɪn/. Begin and hotel are stressed on the second syllable.)
• Exercise 3: smart TV – ti vi thông minh; dishwasher – máy rửa bát; washing machine – máy giặt; housework – việc nhà
• Exercise 4: A (appliance = thiết bị gia dụng)
• Exercise 5: housework
• Exercise 6: C (helicopter = trực thăng)
  Ss write the answers and one sentence explaining why they chose each answer.

Ss use the new words to write original sentences about appliances and housework in their own future house, and say the words with correct stress.

Step 1: Ss write two original sentences using two different words from this lesson (Worksheet 2, Exercise 1).
Step 2: Ss read aloud the words picture, kitchen, robot, bedroom, village and housework, then use one of them in a sentence (Worksheet 2, Exercise 2).
Guiding questions: "What appliances will be in your future house?" "Who does the housework in your house?"

Ss write two sentences, for example:

• The dishwasher washes dishes.
• The washing machine helps with our housework.
  Ss read the six words with the correct stress and say one sentence with housework, for example: "In my future house, a robot helps with the housework."
  Scoring (by teacher, 2 points): each sentence correct in meaning and grammar = 1 point; each word read with correct stress and clear final sound = 1 point; a sentence with a word that makes sense = 1 point.