Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Lead-in: Learning Then and Now
a) Aims
- Ss recall how people learned in the past and how they learn today.
- Ss get ready for the topic of the lesson.
b) Content
- T shows two pictures: a student copying notes from the board and a student using a tablet.
- T asks: How did your parents or grandparents learn at school?
- T asks: What do you use to learn today?
- Ss discuss in pairs for about two minutes.
c) Expected outcomes
- Ss name at least two learning methods, for example reading books, copying notes from the board, sharing reference books, using a tablet, or watching short online explanations.
- Ss say one advantage and one disadvantage of a method they use.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T displays the two pictures and asks the questions: How did your parents or grandparents learn at school? What do you use to learn today?
Students
Ss look at the pictures and listen to the questions.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to discuss in pairs and walks around to help.
Students
Ss discuss in pairs. Possible answers: 'My grandmother copied notes from the board.' 'I use a tablet to watch short videos.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 2–3 pairs to share their answers with the class and writes the methods on the board.
Students
Representative pairs report, for example: 'We use tablets to find materials, but we need to compare sources.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the answers and introduces the topic: Vietnamese lifestyle: then and now. T says that the lesson is about comparing learning methods by their purpose.
Students
Ss listen and write the title of the unit in their notebooks.