Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Tet Brainstorm
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of Tet customs and the target vocabulary, and understand the task of the lesson.
b) Content
Ss look at the pictures of Tet customs (decorating the house, peach flowers, apricot flowers, lucky money, gathering with relatives) and say what they see. T asks: 'What do people do during Tet in Vietnam?' and 'What is your favourite part of Tet?'
c) Expected outcomes
A list of about five Tet activities on the board, such as 'decorate the house', 'celebrate with relatives', 'receive lucky money', 'buy peach or apricot flowers', 'gather for a family meal'. Ss state the lesson aim: 'Listen for the speaker, the topic and key words, then write a paragraph about our Tet holiday.'
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the pictures and asks: 'What do you see? What do people do at Tet?' T writes the question on the board: 'What is your favourite part of Tet?' and explains the lesson objective.
Students
Ss look at the pictures and listen to the instructions. They think silently for about 30 seconds.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to work in pairs and name as many Tet activities as possible in one minute. T walks around and helps with vocabulary.
Students
Ss work in pairs and say sentences such as 'We decorate the house with peach flowers.' or 'We receive lucky money from grandparents.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks a few pairs to report. T writes the answers on the board and introduces the target words: decorate, celebrate, relative, lucky money, peach flower, apricot flower, wish, gather.
Students
Some pairs report. Expected answers: 'We celebrate Tet with our relatives.' 'We gather for a big dinner.' 'Children get lucky money.' Ss repeat the new words after T.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the answers and links the vocabulary to the lesson: 'Today you will listen, take notes, and write about your own Tet holiday.'
Students
Ss note down the lesson aim and the eight new words in their notebooks.