Giáo án A Closer Look 1

Ss activate prior knowledge about jobs and careers and get ready for the topic words of Unit 12.

Ss look at four jobs written on the board: nurse, electrician, civil engineer, teacher. Ss answer the question: What skills or qualifications does each job need? Ss answer in pairs, using their own ideas in simple English.

A short list of 4 jobs with 1 skill or qualification for each, for example: nurse – responsibility for patients; electrician – practical skills; civil engineer – a degree in engineering; teacher – lifelong learning. Ss see the topic of the lesson: career choices.

Ss understand the meaning and use of eight topic words in meaningful groups, and can pronounce them clearly.

T presents eight words in three groups: (1) career path, qualification, responsibility, practical skill; (2) flexible, demand, civil engineer, lifelong learning. T reads each word, Ss repeat in chorus and individually, then T shows the example sentences: A career path can change over time. / Some jobs require a specific qualification. / A nurse has important responsibilities. / An electrician needs practical skills. / A flexible learner can adapt. / Demand for a skill can change. / A civil engineer designs safe structures. / Lifelong learning supports a changing career. Ss complete Worksheet 1, Part A, by writing the Vietnamese meaning in brackets.

Ss' notes in the form: career path (lộ trình nghề nghiệp); qualification (bằng cấp hoặc năng lực được chứng nhận); responsibility (trách nhiệm); practical skill (kĩ năng thực hành); flexible (linh hoạt); demand (nhu cầu); civil engineer (kĩ sư xây dựng); lifelong learning (học tập suốt đời). Ss can say the word and one example sentence from memory.

Ss recognise that a statement can become a checking question with rising intonation, and pronounce it with a curious tone.

T writes two lines on the board: You want to be an engineer. (statement, falling intonation) and You want to be an engineer? (checking question, rising intonation). T models both lines and asks Ss to hear the difference. T then reads the word-level model with the target words: practical skill, responsibility, demand. Ss repeat slowly, then in the short sentence A nurse has important responsibilities. Ss practise in pairs: one says the statement, the partner answers with the checking question using a genuine curious tone, not disbelief.

Ss can say: You want to be an engineer. (information) and You want to be an engineer? (checking question, rising intonation, word order stays as a statement). Ss can explain: The rise signals confirmation or surprise. Ss pronounce target phrases with clear stress on practical SKILL, reSPONsibilities and deMAND.

Ss understand the structure of concession clauses with although / even though and use them correctly in a sentence.

T writes the language focus on the board: Clauses of concession use although / even though + subject + verb. T models the example: ___ the work is demanding, she enjoys it. T asks Ss to choose the correct word for the gap and explain. T notes that although should not be paired with but in the same two-clause construction, and that despite / in spite of take a noun or V-ing, not a complete clause.

The answer: Although (Although + complete clause expresses concession). Ss can write: Although the work is demanding, she enjoys it. Ss can write: Despite the demanding work, she enjoys it. Ss understand: although + subject + verb; despite + noun or V-ing.

Ss consolidate the meanings of the eight topic words by matching and completing exercises.

Ss do Exercise 1: Match words and Vietnamese meanings (career path, qualification, responsibility, practical skill). Ss do Exercise 2: Match the remaining words and meanings (flexible, demand, civil engineer, lifelong learning). Ss do Exercise 3: Write the English word or phrase meaning linh hoạt: {{1}}. Ss complete Worksheet 1 Part B.

Exercise 1 answers: career path – lộ trình nghề nghiệp; qualification – bằng cấp hoặc năng lực được chứng nhận; responsibility – trách nhiệm; practical skill – kĩ năng thực hành.
Exercise 2 answers: flexible – linh hoạt; demand – nhu cầu; civil engineer – kĩ sư xây dựng; lifelong learning – học tập suốt đời.
Exercise 3 answer: flexible (A flexible learner can adapt.)

Ss identify target vocabulary by listening and in a context sentence.

Exercise 4: T reads the question: You work at the hospital? said with a rise usually asks for: A. Confirmation of an idea the speaker has heard; B. A reason for choosing a hospital; C. Instructions for getting to the hospital; D. An apology for a missed appointment. Exercise 5: Ss listen to the recording and choose the vocabulary item: A. qualification; B. practical skill; C. career path; D. responsibility. Exercise 6: Ss listen to the sentence A nurse has important responsibilities and choose the concept: A. civil engineer; B. responsibility; C. demand; D. lifelong learning.

Exercise 4 answer: A (Rising intonation can turn a statement into a checking question.)
Exercise 5 answer: C – career path (The recording says career path.)
Exercise 6 answer: B – responsibility (The sentence uses responsibility.)

Ss use topic vocabulary, rising intonation and two connected sentences to talk and write about their own career plans.

Exercise 7: Ss read aloud the two sentences You want to be an engineer. and You want to be an engineer? with the correct intonation, and explain the difference in pairs. Exercise 8: Ss write two connected sentences using demand and lifelong learning, for example about a future job. T asks Ss to share one sentence with the class.

Exercise 7 answer: Ss read the statement with falling intonation (information) and the question with rising intonation (checking). Ss explain that the word order remains a statement and the rise signals confirmation or surprise.
Exercise 8 sample: Demand for IT skills is growing. Lifelong learning helps me keep up with a changing career.
Assessment: Teacher assesses oral reading (specified intonation 0.5, explanation 0.3, intelligibility 0.2) and writing (each phrase correct 0.3 + 0.3, logical link 0.2, sentence form 0.2).