Giáo án Skills 2

Ss activate prior knowledge about natural places in Viet Nam and pre-teach the vocabulary waterfall, island, cave and desert before listening.

T shows four pictures, one by one, of a waterfall, an island, a cave and a desert. Ss guess the word for each place and say one thing they know about it in Viet Nam (for example: Ha Long Bay is a famous place with many islands). T then shows the words waterfall (thác nước), island (đảo), cave (hang động) and desert (sa mạc), and asks Ss to repeat them.

Ss can name the four natural places in English and give one example or one fact about a place in Viet Nam. Ss write the four new words in their notebooks with a short English definition or a picture.

Ss identify the speaker and topic in the first listening, and catch specific information (people, places, time, actions) in the second listening by noting keywords.

Task 1: Ss listen once to the audio (played from the audio button in the exercise) and answer: Who is the speaker? What is the topic?
Task 2: Ss listen a second time and note keywords about the people, the place, the time and the actions in the box: People / Place / Time / Actions. T does not read or show the answers before Ss listen.
Task 3: Ss compare their keywords with a partner. T monitors the pairs and reminds Ss not to write full sentences while listening.

• Task 1 answers: The speaker is a tour guide or a group leader talking to a group of visitors. The topic is Natural wonders of Viet Nam (a trip to a natural place).
• Task 2 keyword notes (expected): People: the group, the guide; Place: the library (meeting point), the picnic area, the path, the cave or the national park; Time: Saturday, half past seven, one hour; Actions: bring a small backpack, a raincoat, two bottles of water; do not feed the animals; have lunch at the picnic area.
• Ss can explain in one sentence what the purpose of the trip is.

Ss identify the content points and the language needed for a paragraph about a natural attraction, and build an outline from keywords before writing full sentences.

T gives a writing outline with four points to include: name the attraction; give its location; say how visitors can get there; suggest an activity and a safety rule. Ss work in pairs with Worksheet 2 to brainstorm keywords for each point and to note the language needed: the present simple tense (for example: It is an island; Visitors can travel there by bus; We must not touch...). T highlights the rule that the third-person singular subject needs -s (for example: She goes; It has).

Ss complete Worksheet 2 with keywords for four points, one or two useful sentence patterns for each point, and one example of a correct sentence and a corrected sentence (for example: She go to school becomes She goes to school, because the subject is third-person singular in the present simple).

Ss answer six multiple-choice questions based on the listening text, and justify their choices with evidence from the audio.

Ss listen to the audio again (only the audio in the exercise) and choose the correct answer A, B or C for questions 1 to 6:

1. Where is the meeting point? A. The park gate B. The library C. The market
2. When will the group meet? A. At seven thirty on Saturday B. At seven on Sunday C. At eight thirty on Saturday
3. How long is the bus journey? A. Two hours B. Half an hour C. One hour
4. How much water should each person bring? A. No water B. Two bottles C. One glass
5. What is forbidden? A. Feeding animals B. Following the guide C. Using the path
6. Where will they have lunch? A. On the bus roof B. Inside a cave C. At the picnic area
   Then Ss check their answers with a partner and T shows the answer key.

Answer key:

1. B. The library (evidence: We will meet at the library at half past seven on Saturday.)
2. A. At seven thirty on Saturday (evidence: We will meet at the library at half past seven on Saturday.)
3. C. One hour (evidence: The bus journey takes one hour.)
4. B. Two bottles (evidence: Please bring a small backpack, a raincoat and two bottles of water.)
5. A. Feeding animals (evidence: We must not feed the animals.)
6. C. At the picnic area (evidence: We will have lunch at the picnic area.)
   Ss can write one sentence with the evidence to explain each answer.

Ss write a paragraph of about 50 words about a natural attraction in Viet Nam, using their own details, and revise it with a checklist.

Ss use the outline from Worksheet 2 to write a paragraph of about 50 words about a natural attraction in Viet Nam. The paragraph must include: the name of the attraction; its location; how visitors can get there; one activity; one safety rule. Ss use their own details and do not copy the listening script. After writing, Ss use the checklist in Worksheet 2 to revise: content points, linking words, verb forms and punctuation. Then Ss swap their paragraph with a partner and give one positive comment and one suggestion.

A paragraph of about 50 words with: one topic sentence naming the attraction and its location; one sentence on how to get there; one or two sentences about an activity; one sentence with a safety rule. The paragraph has correct verb forms (third-person singular -s), at least two linking words (and, but, also, so) and correct punctuation. Ss write one revised sentence and explain the correction.