Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 6 Skills 1

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

1. Students may lack knowledge about some lexical items.

Provide students with the meaning and pronunciation of words.

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

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

- 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.

3. 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

Brainstorm

- Introduce the objectives of the lesson: reading about the different learning styles at different times and talking about your own learning style.

- Ask Ss to name some learning facilities they know and if each is available in their learning context.

- Share with Ss the lesson objectives. Write the objectives in a corner of the board and leave them there till the end of the lesson, or put them on a slide to show Ss.

- Listen and answer.

- Look and answer

Facilities:

Bookshop, classroom, laboratories, libraries, Computer labs, online learning platforms,…

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1:Work in groups. Discuss if each of the following phrases describes past or present learning. (3 mins)

- Have Ss work in groups.

- Have Ss read the phrases about different learning styles and discuss if each is describing the past or the present. Ask Ss to justify their answers if possible.

- Invite some groups to share their opinions with the class.

Note:

Whether Ss decide if a learning style belongs to the past or the present depends a lot on where they come from. In many places in Viet Nam and in the world, numbers 2 and 4 are still the dominant learning styles now. So, T should be open to Ss’ answers.

- Work in groups to do exercise

- Share opinions.

Possible answer:

Past: depending on textbooks, learning under an oil lamp.

Present: Using the internet, being independent and active.

Task 2: Two people of different generations are talking about their learning styles. Read the passages and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. (5 mins)

- Have Ss work individually.

- Ask Ss to read the text first. Then ask them to read each question and choose the correct answer.

- Invite some Ss to share their answers. Ask them where they find the information for their answers.

- Confirm the correct answers as a class. Explain if needed.

- Do the task individually.

- Listen and follow instructions

- Listen and check.

Answer key:

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. D

Task 3: Fill in each blank with ONE word from the passage.(7 mins)

- Have Ss work individually or in pairs.

- Ask Ss to read each sentence carefully, then refer to the text to look for the answer.

- Have Ss compare their answers in pairs. Ask them to discuss if there are differences in their answers.

- Invite some Ss to share their answers with the class. Ask them where they find the information for their answers.

- Confirm the correct answers as a class.

Transition from Reading to Speaking

- Tell Ss that they are going to do the same thing as in the reading: talking about changes in their learning style. In this task, they will talk about their own experience, combining both the past and the present.

- Ask Ss to refer to the reading for any vocabulary, ideas, or structures they may need for their speaking.

- Do the task individually

- Listen

- Compare answers in pairs

- Listen and check.

Answer key

1. textbooks

2. memorising

3. various

4. documents, clips, and programmes (any one of these)

5. pursue

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 4: Work in groups. Discuss and make a list of the changes in your learning over the past five years.(7 mins)

- Have Ss work in groups.

- Tell Ss that they can choose to talk about anything related to their learning, not just the ones as suggested in the task.

- Ask Ss to discuss and take notes of their answers. T goes round and offers support if needed.

This activity helps prepare Ss for activity 5.

- Listen and follow instructions

Possible answers:

Teachers:three or four teachers teach all the subjects -> different teachers for different subjects.

Learning Facilities: almost text book -> use textbooks and internet…

Learning style: dependent -> independent

Task 5: Share with the class the list your group has made in 4 (8 mins)

- Have each group choose a presenter.

- Have some groups present the changes that their groups have talked about.

- Ask other Ss to listen to and give comment or ask questions if they have any.

- Comment on their presentation.

- Listen and follow instructions

- Present

Sample answer:

Five years ago, we were at primary school. We had only three or four teachers teaching us all the subjects. We depended on the teachers to tell us everything we needed to do: taking notes in our notebooks, doing homework and preparing for exams. We rarely did anything that the teacher did not request. Now, we have different teachers for different subjects. We have also become more