Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 Global Success Unit 6 Reading

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. portfolio (n)

/pɔːtˈfəʊliəʊ/

a collection of photographs, drawings, etc. that you use as an example of your work

bộ tài liệu

2. effortlessly (adv)

/ˈefətləsli/

​in a way that needs little or no effort, and that seems easy

không tốn sức

3. concept (n)

/ˈkɒnsept/

an idea or a principle that is connected with somethingabstract

khái niệm

4. personalise (v)

/ˈpɜːsənəlaɪz/

to mark something in some way to show that it belongs to a particular person

cá nhân hóa

5. conversational (adj)

/ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənl/

not formal; as used in conversation

trong giao tiếp thông thường

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may lack knowledge about some lexical items.

Provide students with the meaning and pronunciation of words.

Students may have underdeveloped reading, speaking and co-operating skills.

- Let students read the text again (if necessary).

- Create a comfortable and encouraging environment for students to speak.

- Encourage students to work in pairs, in groups so that they can help each other.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Reveal the secret word

- Teacher prepares printed handouts of the passage.

- Teacher lets Ss work in groups.

- Teacher delivers a handout to each group, in which students have to fill in the blanks with suitable words.

- Teacher asks students to guess the secret key word after they have completed the task.

- The first group to do the task successfully and get the correct key word is the winner of the game.

- Teacher leads in the lesson.

- Students work in groups to do the activity.

- Students raise their hands to answer the questions.

Reading passage:

In the rapidly evolving world of education, technology has become a (1) ________ behind innovation and transformation. Among the many (2) ________ technologies making waves in the educational landscape is KEY WORD HERE. It has emerged as a powerful tool for transforming learning experiences through AI conversations. an advanced natural language processing model, is designed to understand and generate (3) ________ text based on the input it receives. It operates on the principles of deep learning, leveraging large-scale datasets to pre-train its language comprehension abilities. By employing this (4) _______ AI conversational tool in education, the learning process is elevated to new heights, offering students and educators unique (5) ________ for growth and collaboration.

Answer key:

1. driving force

2. cutting-edge

3. human-like

4. sophisticated

5. opportunities

KEY WORD: ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer)

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1. Work in groups. Discuss what the pictures in the article below show and where you might see them. (4 mins)

- If possible, play video clips showing different applications of AI in life (robots, speech recognition…) to spark Ss’ interest in the topic and ask them what they are going to read.

- Put Ss into pairs to discuss the two given pictures (what they are; where they might see them)

- Call on some pairs to share their answers.

- Introduce the topic of the reading text.

- Students work in pairs and answer the questions.

- Students discuss the two given pictures.

- Students share their answers.

Suggested answers:

Pic 1. Chatbots

Pic 2. Virtual reality

We might find the first application in social media messaging apps, messaging platforms and

websites, and on browsers and phone calls. We might find virtual reality applications in video games, amusement park rides, field trips in classrooms, museums, guided tours of tourist destinations, etc.

Vocabulary pre-teaching (5 mins)

- Teacher introduces the vocabulary.

- Teacher explains the meaning of the new vocabulary by pictures.

- Teacher checks students’ understanding with the “Rub out and remember” technique.

- Teacher reveals that these five words will appear in the reading text and asks students to open their textbook to discover further.

- Students listen to the teacher’s explanation and guess the words.

- Students write down the new words in their notebook.

New words:

1. portfolio (n)

2. effortlessly (adv)

3. concept (n)

4. personalise (v)

5. conversational (adj)

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 2: Read the article. Choose the correct meanings of the highlighted words. (6 mins)

- Have Ss look through the four words, identify their part of speech (1.a noun; 2. an adjective; 3. an adjective; 4. a noun) and guess their meanings first. Then locate the words in the article.

- Ask them to study the context including the sentences containing the words as well as neighbouring sentences carefully. They may replace the word with each choice to see which one best replaces the word.

- Call on individual Ss to say out their answers. Check answers as a class.

- Students read the text and locate the highlighted words individually.

- Students study the context and do the tasks as required.

Answer key:

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. B