Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 2 Communication

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. rush hour (n)

/ˈrʌʃ aʊə/

the busy part of the day when towns and cities are crowded, either in the morning when people are travelling to work, or in the evening when people are travelling home

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2. tram (n)

/træm/

an electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in the road

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Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may have underdeveloped speaking and co-operating.

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

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

Some students will excessively talk in the class.

- Define expectation in explicit detail.

- Have excessively talkative students practise.

- Continue to define expectations in small chunks (before every activity).

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Option 1: Look and answer.

- Show pictures of means of transport (bicycle, tram, sky train, car, bus). Ask Ss what means of transport they know, and what might be common means of transport in the city.

- Tell Ss that in this lesson, they will read and talk about transport in the city. Introduce the objectives of the lesson (Ss will learn how to offer help and respond; and how to talk about their favourite means of transport). Write the objectives in the left corner of the board.

- Listen and follow the instruction.

Pictures of means of transport.

Option 2: Charades

- Divide the class into two teams.

- Write down some means of transport on slips of paper and put them in a bag/hat/box.

- One student from each team takes turns to pick a slip and act out the word without speaking. The other students from their team have to guess what it is within a time limit (e.g. one minute). If they guess correctly, they get a point. If not, the other team can steal the point by guessing correctly. The team with the most points at the end wins.

- Listen and play games in teams

Words:

- metro

- bus

- car

- tram

- cyclo

- motorbike

- walk

- bike

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary pre-teaching (3 mins)

- Introduce the vocabulary by:

+ giving a situation;

+ giving an explanation

- Listen to the explanation of the words.

- Write the new words in their notebooks.

New words:

1. rush hour (n)

2. tram (n)

Task 1: Listen and read the conversations below. Pay attention to the highlighted parts. (5 mins)

- Tell Ss a situation: “Duong’s best friend is going to Singapore to study there. Duong’s dad knows that Duong wants to go to the airport to see him off. What will Duong’s dad do?”

- Encourage Ss to make some guesses. Possible guesses might be Duong’s dad will take him to the airport; Duong’s dad will catch a taxi for him to the airport, etc.

- Write on the board: “I can take you to the airport if you like.” Tell Ss that Duong’s dad says this sentence to offer to help him.

- Play the recording for Ss to listen and read the conversations between Duong’s dad and Duong, and between Minh and Hoang. Ask Ss to pay attention to the highlighted language. Tell them that these are two common ways to offer help.

- Ask Ss what Duong and Hoang say to accept the offers.

- Have Ss read aloud the conversations as a class first, then practise them in pairs. Call on some pairs to act the conversations in front of the class.

- Answer questions.

- Listen.

- Listen and read the conversations.

- Read aloud the conversation.

- Practise in pairs to act the conversations.

Audio script:

1 Listen and read the conversations below. Pay attention to the highlighted parts.

Task 2: Work in groups. Make similar conversations with the following situations. (7 mins)

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to make similar dialogues, using the language they have learnt.

- Move around to observe and provide help. Call on some pairs to practise in front of the class. Comment on their performance.

- Work in pairs to make similar dialogues.

Suggested dialogues:

Situation 1:

You: I can show you how to use the library smart card if you like.

Friend: Thanks. That’s so kind of you.

Conversation 2

You: Would you like me to write a note for Ms Hoa?

Friend: Thank you. That’s so kind of you.

Transition from Everyday English to Transport in the city.

- Choose two strong Ss (A & B) in the class. Tell them to imagine B is new to the city and he/she doesn’t know how to use the public transport

- Listen and follow the instruction.

Possible offers may include

to get to the train station, to buy a bus ticket, to use the sky train system.