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Nguyen Thi Thuong Huyen

INDEX

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I.INTRODUCTION
1.Reasons for research

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2.Purposes
3.Subjects
4.Methods

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II. CONTENTS

1.Theoretical background

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2 .Realities before applying the research

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3.Solutions : integrated Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History,

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Geography, Civic Education, Information & Technology,
Medical, Environmental and Cultural Knowledge in teaching
Part a- reading Unit 8: Life in the future
4.Effectiveness of the research

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III.CONCLUSION
1.General conclusion
2.Recommendation
IV. REFERENCES
V. APPENDIX
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I.
INTRODUCTION
1. Reasons for the research
Nowadays, manipulating disciplinary knowledge in teaching is very necessary,
Especially is English because English is a subject that can integrate much
knowledge of other subjects. So, students need to accumulate the rich vocabulary

and get knowledge of numerous subjects in teaching English to study well this
subject;besides teachers can manipulate disciplinary knowledge. It helps activities in
English lesson become more and more attracted to students. Moreover, Students will
have chace to research much knowledge in other areas of study in English.
To do well integrated teaching in English.It takes teacher lot of time to plan
carefully to be able to explain the related to other subjects. Furthermore, practicing
skills in English for students at Thach Thanh 4 high school is really difficult because
of their poor vocabulary,bad comprehension skill. Therefore, students don’t like
learning to reading skill . Being a teacher of English, I will try to find the best
method to help students overcome the difficulties in learning reading lesson.
2. Purpose.
We have all known recently that integrating subjects in solving a problem of lesson
is essential, which make learners not only study and improve the knowledge from
other subjects but also help them understand and solve the matter faster and more
effectively. Integrating subjects such as Geography, History, Physics, Chemistry,
Biology, Knowledge of Economy, Knowledge from Culture, Medial Field, Civic
education and Life, etc into the project: “Life In The Future” and People’s
Responsibilities to global and local problems not only help students understand the
lesson more effectively but also raise their awareness and duties to better their life.
Based on the innovation of the teaching methodology of the Ministry of Education
and Training on the application of interdisciplinary knowledge, I would like to give
some experiences in teaching part a- reading, Unit 8:Life in the future, English 12
3. Subjects.
In my research, I study with 12th grade students who will study unit 8:Life in the
future. Students use maps to find out Newcastle upon Tyne where the Northern
Rock bank used to exist; using the knowledge about the existence of the Northern
Rock bank, the oldest bank in the UK, which was collapsed by the economic
depression and using biological knowledge to know clearly the effects of cleaner
beenvironment, fresher air and healthier food to our health;besides Students have
opportunities to overview the widely uses of computers in many fields such as in

Education, Business and watch some video clips about the environmental status in
Vietnam and in their home country, which helps to raise their responsibilities toward
these problems.

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4.Methods
To have a good result, I have used some following methods:
Firstly, I listen to some comments and inquire experience from my colleagues
Secondly, I use reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas, skimming for
general information, and guessing meaning in context and the information they have
read to discuss the topic
Thirdly, I study through the internet, use new methods in teaching English such as:
using pictures to teach vocabulary, observing and analysing maps, and video clips
Next, I ask students to practise individual and work in pair as much as possible
Lastly, I use integrated subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography,
Civic Education, Information & Technology, Medical, Environmental and Cultural
Knowledge, etc.) to explain some further information
II.CONTENTS
1. Theoretical background
The purpose of teaching reading comprehension is to help students understand the

key information needed. Improving reading skill both helps students develop
scanning for specific ideas,skimming for general information and understand clearly
about many subjects to each other in context
In traditional teaching method, Teacher will scan the passage to find some new
vocabularies and write down on the board ; then ask students to read and write down on
their notebooks.According to above part to do all the tasks that follow and get some
information from each paragraph;teacher has to give information and pictures which is
related to knowledge of many subjects for students. Unit 8: Life in the future can help
students understand some good and bad things about future life according to optimist’s
and pessimist’s attitudes; The benefits that future life brings to us thanks to the
developments in micro technology – computers and telecommunication.From that,it
raises people’s responsibilities of solving common problems in the world, in the country
and local place
2.Realities before applying the research
With the part A in unit 12, I used to teach the students by traditional method that
follows
Homework checking
I. Lead in the lesson & vocabulary
- Ask some students to answer some questions in the textbook
- Introduce some new words/ expressions that appear in reading text
- students practice new words and phrases
II. Practice:
-Ask ss to do all the tasks ( in textbook): Matching and answering questions.
- Check sts’ answer.
III. Further practice
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- Ask sts to Complete the notes Pessimists and Optimists’s attitudes toward Life in
the future
-Give homework: - To learn by heart the new words
- To write a passage (100-120 words) about advantages and disadvantages of robots
follow the given cues
Advantages: + Save labor, lighten our work
+ do difficulties/hard jobs so that men have more time to enjoy life or
do more creative work
Disadvantages:+ replace human beings in many fields, so many people will lose
their jobs or go jobless.
+ people become more dependent on robots; we can’t work properly
when the power is off or when robots stop workin
- Prepare for part B- Speaking
Solutions
In my research, I only mention the new ways in teaching Part A-Reading unit 12
Life in the future effectively by integrating many subjects in it. I would like to
present the form of teaching plan below.
Warm - up Presents video clips
Teacher: Presents questions.
What do you think about life in the future?
( It has good things/ bad things or both)
Teacher: Asks students to work individually to watch the 2 video clips about future
life carefully in two minutes and then answer the presented question.
Video clip 1

Video clip 2

Students: Answer “Life in the future has both good and bad things”
Teacher: Concludes and sums up “Today, we will study Unit 8, part A Reading to
understand more about the good and bad things of the future life, from that we have
know our responsibilities for bettering the world”.
Teacher: Presents the first picture and explains “People who always expect good
things to happen”
VOCABULARY
Teacher gives vocabulary by asking students to look at the pictures on the projector
and guess the words or phrases together with writing on their notebooks.

Students: Look at the picture and say “Optimist- Người lạc quan”
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Teacher: Corrects and gives the adjective of the word “Optimistic- lạc quan”
Teacher: Shows the second picture with the word “the Pessimist” inside

Students: Look at the picture and say “Người bi quan ”
Teacher: Checks the student’s answer and gives the adjective of the word

“Pessimistic-bi quan”
Teacher: Asks students to look at the word “Economic Depression” on the screen
and explains “A period when there’s little economic activity and many people are
poor or without jobs”
Students: Look at the word and guess the meaning “Thời kì suy giảm kinh tế”
Teacher: Corrects
Teacher: Shows the fourth pictures and asks students “Who do you call these
people?”

Students: Answer “ They are terorists”
Teacher: Corrects and gives feedback “Terrorist- kẻ khủng bố ”, “Terrorism- sự
khủng bố, chủ nghĩa khủng bố”
Teacher: Asks students to look at the three words and phrases and guess their
meaning
Contribute to (vp)
Micro Technology (np)
Wipe out (vp)
Teacher: Has students’ answers and corrects
Contribute to (vp): đóng góp cho
Micro Technology (np): cơng nghệ vi mơ
Wipe out (vp): xóa sạch, xóa sổ
Teacher: Shows the pictures, asks students look at the second one followed the
green arrow, then explains “ Thank to this device, housewives don’t have to spend
much time on doing housework”

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Students: Answer and then Teacher checks “Labour saving device- thiết bị tiết kiệm
sức lao động”
Teacher: Shows the seventh picture and asks “What are they?”

Teacher: Listens to student’s answer, then gives the correct answer “Space shuttletàu vũ trụ, tàu con thoi”
Teacher: Shows all words and phrases to read and asks students to listen to
carefully.
- Optimistic (a)[ɔpti'mistik]: Lạc quan
- Pessimistic (a)[,pesi'mistik]: Bi quan
- Terrorism (n)['terərizəm]: Sự khủng bố
- Contribute to (v)[kən'tribju:t]: Đóng góp cho
- Economic depression (np)[,i:kə'nɔmik di'pre∫n ]: Thời kỵ̀ suy giảm kinh tế - Wipe
out (v)[waip]: Xóa sạch (quét sạch)
- Labour-saving devices (np)['leibə,seiviη di'vais]: Thiết bị tiết kiệm sức lao động
- Micro technology (n)['maikrəu tek'nɔlədʒi]: Công nghệ vi mô
- Space-shuttle (n)[’speis ’∫۸ tl]:Tàu con thoi,tàu vũ trụ
Teacher: Calls 1, 2 students to read the words again, then checks their
pronunciation
Vocabulary checking
Teacher: Presents a table and asks students to work in pairs to match the words in
column A with their definitions in column B

A
1. Wiped out

B
 a. People who always expect bad things to happen

 2. Pessimists

 b. Be destroyed or removed completely.

 3. Economic
depression

 c. Spacecraft designed to be used for traveling between the
earth and a space station.

 4. Space –
shuttle

 d. The use of violent action in order to achieve political aims
or to force a government to act.

 5. Terrorism

 e. A period when there’s little economic activity and many
people are poor or without jobs.

Students: Answer and then Teacher gives feedback “1b- 2a- 3e- 4c- 5d”
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Teacher: Shows the reading passage, then asks students to look at on the projector
and listen carefully to the audio.

LIFE IN THE FUTURE
What will life be like in the future? Different people have different answers to
this question; some are pessimistic while others optimistic.
Things will be much worse than they are nowadays, pessimists say. The whole
world will experience a period of economic depression.
Many large
corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. The security of
the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorist groups will become more
powerful and more dangerous. On the contrary, optimists believe that life will
be far better than it is today. We will be living in a much cleaner environment,
breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods. We will also be better looked
after by a more modern medical system. Domestic chores will no longer be a
burden thanks to the inventions of labor – saving devices.
For better or worse, it is certain that in the future some things will be very
different. Development in micro technology- computers and telecommunication
are bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our lives. Take work,
for instance. Robots will do most of the work in factories, so they will be cleaner
places for fewer people to work in them. Offices, too, will go electronic with the
result that paper will almost completely disappear. More people will work from
home on computers linked to a head office. As for travel, it is likely that space –

shuttle technology will be used in normal air travel achieving speeds of up to
15, 000 kph. Cars will still be with us, but, instead of petrol, they will run on
anything from electricity to methane gas. They will also be fitted with
computers to tell us how efficiently we are driving and if there is anything
wrong on the road ahead.
Whatever we expect from the future, remember that progress has never moved
in straight lines, and history is full of unexpected developments. However, we
are confident that the future is in our hands, and it is our responsibility to
contribute to bettering our own lives.
Teacher: Asks students “ Can you name the content of passage?”
Students: Answer
Teacher: Checks and shows the content of the pasage
Introduction: (Line 1-2)
Body Paragraph 1: (Line 3-12) Pessimists and Optimists’s attitudes
toward life in the future.
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Body Paragraph 2: (Line 13-25) The influences of micro technology computers and
telecommunication on various aspects of our lives.
Conclusion: (Line 26-30)
Teacher: Presents the Body Paragraph 1 for students by projector

Pessimists and Optimists’s attitudes toward life in the future.
Things will be much worse than they are nowadays, pessimists say. The whole
world will experience a period of economic depression.
Many large
corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost. The security of
the earth will be threatened by terrorism as terrorist groups will become more
powerful and more dangerous. On the contrary, optimists believe that life will
be far better than it is today. We will be living in a much cleaner environment,
breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods. We will also be better looked
after by a more modern medical system. Domestic chores will no longer be a
burden thanks to the inventions of labor – saving devices.
Teacher: Asks students “What are the effects of economic depression in the world?”
Students: Answer
Teacher: Checks and gives feedback (Integrating Knowledge of Economy) through
images and information.

Teacher: Asks students “Give an example of a large corporation that was wiped out
by the Economic Depression?”
Students: Answer “The Northern Rock bank in the UK”
Teacher: Corrects and provides further information about the Northern Rock bank
(Integrating Knowledge of Economy, Georgraphy and History)

* Northern Rock, formerly the Northern Rock Building Society, was a British bank.
It was based at Regent Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Northern
Rock was best known for becoming the first British bank.
* The collapse of Northern Rock, one of the oldest banks of England (1850-2012),
the signal peak for the economic crisis in the UK

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Teacher: Continues to raise questions “ How dangerous is the terrorism? Can you
name some famous terrorist groups in the world? What have they doing to harm our
lives?”
Students: Answer “They are IS and Al Qaeda. They are really dangerous because
they have been attacking and killing kinds of people despite working class, career,
religion, and sex, etc.”
Teacher: Corrects and presents some more information about the two famous
terrrorist groups IS and Al Qaeda (Integrating Knowledge of Georgraphy, History,
and NEWS)

Taking thousands of women as
Tossing the bodies of their victims off cliffs,
instead of giving them any kind
instead of giving them any kind of burial
sex slaves. Reports have come in
that some are raped up to 30
times per day.
Teacher: Shows the map of Afganistan-the Headquarter of Al Qaeda and the
pictures of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al- Zawahiri- the supreme leaders of this
terrorist group.

Osama bin Laden
Ayman al- Zawahiri
Teacher: Asks students “Can you give some benefits of living in a much cleaner
environment, breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods?”
Students: Give the answersTeacher: Checks and explains (Integrating Biological,
Medical Knowledge and Life)
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The benefit of living in a much cleaner environment,
breathing fresher air and eating healthier foods

● Weight loss or

● Fresh air is good for digestion.

● Improves your blood pressure and heart rate.
● It makes you happier.
● Strengthens your immune system.
● Fresh air cleans your lungs.
●You will have more energy and sharper mind

maintenance
● Control blood sugar
● Decreased risk of heart
disease
● Decreased cancer risk

Teacher: Asks students “How good does modern medial system provide patients?”
Students: Give the answers
Teacher: Gives feedback (Integrating Medical Knowledge)

* Patients spend less time in recovery and more time enjoying a healthy life time.
* Patients can save in health care costs as well as improved patient health Teacher:
Presents some pictures and asks “ Who invented these labour-saving devices? And
When?”
Students: Find the answers
Teacher: Corrects (Integrating Knowledge History and Science &Technology

Electromagnetic Stove by a group
Wringing company, Britain in 1691

Washing machine by Washing and
engineers of Sauter, Germany in 1991

cleaner by James Dyson
Fridge by Jacob Perkin, USA in 1834
Britain in 1983
Teacher: Shows the Body Paragraph 2 by projector
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The influences of micro technology computers and telecommunication on
various aspects of our lives.
For better or worse, it is certain that in the future some things will be very
different.
Developments
in
micro
technology–computers
and
telecommunication are bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of
our lives. Take work, for instance. Robots will do most of the work in factories,
so they will be cleaner places for fewer people to work in them. Offices, too, will
go electronic with the result that paper will almost completely disappear. More
people will work from home on computers linked to a head office. As for
travel, it is likely that space – shuttle technology will be used in normal air
travel achieving speeds of up to 15, 000 kph. Cars will still be with us, but,
instead of petrol, they will run on anything from electricity to methane gas.
They will also be fitted with computers to tell us how efficiently we are driving
and if there is anything wrong on the road ahead.
Teacher: Presents the picture

and then asks students “ Can you gives some uses of computers in Education,

Medical, Business and other fields?”
Students: Answer the question
Teacher: Corrects and gives feedback (Integrating Knowledge of Science
&Technology)
*Some advantages of computer in Education

Learning
Learning Online
*Some advantages of computer in Medical Field

Teaching

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Diagnostic
Surgery
*Some advantages of computer in Business Field

Conference Meeting
Working online
* Some advantages of computer in other Fields

Shopping Online
Travelling Online
Teacher: Asks students “What is the definition and roles of telecommunication?”
Students: Answer the question
Teacher: Checks the answers (Integrating Knowledge of Science & Technology)
Telecommunication
And presents the images of some kinds of telecommunication

Teacher: Shows the picture of a robot then asks “What do you know about the first
robot appeared in the world?”
Students: Give answers
Teacher: Gives feedback (Integrating Knowledge of Science & Technology)

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In 1950, integrated robot which can remote control was invented by Brit Tony Sale.
The height of about 1.8 meter property and is made from pieces of a bomb
Teacher: Presents another question “What can a robot do?”
Students: Answer “They can do housework, work in factories, etc”
Teacher: Checks by presenting images and explication (Integrating Knowledge of

Science & Technology)

Express feeling
Do housework
Teacher: Asks another question “What are the advantages of robots in the
factories?”
Students: Answer “ They can work long, give more products and do not require
salary”
Teacher: Checks and presents information (Integrating Knowledge of Science &
Technology)

* Can perform the tasks which the humans find them dangerous, boring or difficult,
with constant speed and precision and they continue and finish the work without
feeling sick .
* Help increase the number of manufactured products and decrease the production
of defective goods
Teacher: Continues to ask “What are the disadvantages of robots in the factories?”
Students: Answer “The unemployment may rise because robots can do most of the
work ”
Teacher: Checks and gives feedback (Integrating Knowledge of Science &
Technology)

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* The unemployment rate will increase , and many people who can not get work will
become poorer while the company owners will get richer .
* Can work in the factory with limitations. The human do the tasks that require
creativity 
Teacher: Presents the two pictures and asks “ Why do people have to replace paper
into electronic in the offices?”

Students: Give answer “Because the source of fuel to make papers such as uood has
become exhausted, etc”
Teacher: Checks (Integrating Knowledge of Science & Technology)
* The chances of losing important documents are lower when scanned and filed
electronically
* The documents are often easier to find in an electronic system.
* The potential for misfiled paper documents is high
Teacher: Presents the two pictures and asks “Do you know the speed of space
shuttle? Give some more information about the space shuttle technology?”
Students: Give answer “It can fly with the speed of up to 15,000 kph”
Teacher: Gives feedback (Integrating Knowledge of History, Physics and
Information& Technology)

Speeds of up to 15,000 kph.
●1 kilometer per hour =0.277777778 m / s
● “Kph”(kilometer per hour ) is a unit of speed, expressing the number
of kilometres travelled in one hour.
●The unit symbol (not abbreviation)is km/h Worldwide, it is the most commonly
used unit of speed on road signs and car speedometers
Teacher: Continues to ask “How can we make methane gas?”

Teacher: Checks the answers (Integrating Knowledge of Chemistry)

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* Gas Methane method is to combine hydrogen from an electrolyzer with carbon
dioxide and convert the two gases to methane(see natural gas). 
PRACTICE
Task 1: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) then correct
Teacher: Shows 5 statements on projetor and asks students to works in pairs to do
the task within 3 minutes.
1. The security of the earth will be threatened by economist.
2. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the invention of laboursaving devices.
3. Robots will do most of the work in home.
4. Space shuttle technology be used in normal air travel achieving speed of up
to 10,000kph.
5. The development of microtechnology-computers and telecommunication
have a huge influence on various aspects of our life.
Students: Work in pairs, skim the whole passagge to find out the answers
Teacher: Checks and gives feedback
1F: economist ►terrorism (Line 6)
3F: home►factories (Line 16-17)

2T (Line 11-12)
4F: 10,000kph►15,000kph (Line 21-22)

5T (Line 14-16)
Task 2: Answer the following questions
Teacher: Shows 5 questions on projetor and underlines Wh-question and delivers
handouts
1. Who will become more powerful and dangerous according to pessimists?
2. Why will domestic chores no longer be a burden?
3. What are the most important factors that will bring about dramatic changes
in various aspects of our lives?
4. How fast will space – shuttle technology be used in normal air travel?
5. What will happen in an economic depression?
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Teacher: Asks students to work in groups in 5 minutes and needs a student to be the
secretary to write down the scores on board.
Students: Work in groups to scan the pasage and write the answers on handouts
Teacher: Shows lucky numbers game
1

2

6

3
5

4

Teacher explains the rules of game “To partipate in the game, you must work into
two groups. There are 6 pictures of numbers , one on which has no question but
lucky number. If you answer the question correctly, you certainly have 10 points.
But if you don’t have any answer, the other will have chance. And if you are lucky ,
you are given 10 points and continue choosing the next number. At the end of the
game the group has the higher scores will be the winner. The winner will be
awarded candies. Now, let’s start the game”
Students: Work into two groups to choose numbers with the questions inside and try
to give the answer quickly and correctly.
Teacher: Checks students’ answers by giving feedback with evidence and asks the
secretary to write down the score.
The first number is gone with the question 3, the second with question 5, the third is
a lucky number, the fourth with question 2, the fifth with question one and the last
with question number 5
The answer for question1 ►Terrorist groups (Line7)
The answer for question 2
►Thanks to/ Because of the inventions of labour – saving devices (Line 12).
The answer for question 3
►Developments in micro technology – computers and telecommunication (Line 1416)
The answer for question 4 ► Speeds of up to 15,000 kph (Line 21-22)

The answer for question 5
►Many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost (Line
5-6)
Further Practice
Complete the notes
Teacher: Presents two tables
Table 1: Pessimists and Optimists’s attitudes toward Life in the future
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Pessimists

Optimists

Table 2: The influences of technology in future life
Work

Travel

Asks students to work in groups of 4 to complete two tables within five minutes.
Students: Work in groups to complete the table.
Teacher: Calls 2 presentatives to write the result on board.

Students: Two students give the answer on board, others look and check
Teacher: Gives feedback
Table 1: Pessimists and Optimists’s attitudes toward Life in the future
Pessimists
Optimists
- The whole world will experience - We will live in a much cleaner
a period of economic depression
environment, breathing fresher air
and eating healthier foods
- Many large corporations will be
wiped out and millions of jobs will
be lost

- We will be better looked after by a
more modern medical system.

- The security of the earth will be
threatened by terrorism

- Domestic chores will no longer be
a burden thanks to the inventions of
labor – saving

Table 2: The influences of technology in future life

Work
- Factories will be run by robots

- Offices will go electronic

Travel
- Travelling by space-shuttle is very
fast (achieving speed of up to
15,000kph
- Cars will run on anything from
electricity to methane gas and fitted
with computers

- Many people will work from
home on computers linked to a
head offic
Teacher : Provides some pictures then asks students “What can you see in the
pictures?”
Students: Look at the pictures carefully and answer “Earthquake, Environmental
pollution, Terrorism and Disease”
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Teacher : Gives feedback

Earthquake

Environmental Pollution

Diseases
Terrorism
Teacher: Asks students “What do you think about these screens?”
Students: Look at the pictures then answer “They are global problems”
Teacher: Corrects and asks students “What should we do to solve these global
problems? Tell some examples that people have been doing to better the world? ”
Students: Think about the question, and some have the answers “We should enact
laws to punish actions that harm the environment, etc.”
Teacher: Gives feedback (Integrating Civic Education)
We should
-Raise people’s awareness of global problems are not the duties of one country, but
of the whole world.
-Governments have to enact law to protect environment, solve diseases, etc.
-The whole world work together to solve commom problems such as terrorism,
natural disasters, etc and punish actions that harm the environment as well
Here are some ways of solving global problems that we are doing.
Teacher: Shows pictures and explains
Methods to reduce impacts of earthquakes (Integrating Knowledge of Physics
and Civic Education)

*Planning the location of infrastructure
* Strengthening existing infrastructure
* Education on emergency procedure
Ways to stop environmental pollution (Integrating Knowledge of Biology, Physics,
Science & Technology and Civic Education)
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Reduce Deforestation

Use Eco-Friendly Raw Material
such as Hemp

Using Clean Sources of Energy
Reduce Personal Consumption
(Solar Energy)
Solutions to terrorism (Integrating Knowledge of Civic Education and NEWS)

* Education: is a primary solution to terrorism the government should educate the
people to understand the differences in culture, region, belief and human behavior.
All people should think of the pea, freedom and equality of humans.
Some recent Achievement in Repelling Diseases (Integrating Medical Knowledge).

Teacher: Shows a video clip with questions “Is the film about your home country?
Why do so many fish die?”
Students: Answer “ Yes, the film is about fish killed in Buoi river inThach Thanh
district, Thanh Hoa province due to contaminated water” .

Teacher: Checks the answer (Integrating Knowledge of NEWS and Civic
Education).

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* More than 17 tones of fish raised in Cages in the Western Thanh Hoa
Province’s, Thach Thanh District have died due to contaminated water.
* The dead fish, belonging to households in the district’s communes of Thach Lam,
Thach Quang, Thanh My, and Thanh Vinh, were found from Wednesday to Saturday
(from 4th to 10th in May, 2016)
Teacher: Shows a map (Integrating Knowledge of NEWS and Georgraphy) and
explains

Teacher: Comments the situation “Although there have a lot of actions done to
reduce the problem such as
-Local authorities have been instructed to bury the dead fish with chemicals to
prevent environmental pollution.
-Further investigations were underway to determine the cause of the mass fish
deaths along the river.
Teacher: Concluses the lesson by using the last paragraph
“Whatever we expect from the future, remember that progress has never moved in
straight lines, and history is full of unexpected developments. However, we are
confident that the future is in our hands, and it is our responsibility to contribute to
bettering our own lives BECAUSE WE ARE THE WORLD!”

(Teacher plays the stereo with the song “WE ARE THE WORRLD” by many
artists)
HOMEWORK
Teacher : Asks students
- To learn by heart the new words
- To write a passage (100-120 words) about advantages and disadvantages of robots
follow the given cues
Advantages: + Save labor, lighten our work
+ do difficulties/hard jobs so that men have more time to enjoy life or
do more creative work
Disadvantages:+ replace human beings in many fields, so many people will lose
their jobs or go jobless.
+ people become more dependent on robots; we can’t work properly
when the power is off or when robots stop workin
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- Prepare for part B- Speaking
Students: Write the requests on notebooks
TESTING
* Form : Students do a 15 minutes written test with ten multiple choice
questions on the worksheets after learning the lesson.

* Teacher: - Giving test .
- Organising students doing the test.
- Correcting and giving marks .
4.Effectiveness of the research
To consolidate the lesson I had students done a fifteen minute test with ten multiple
choice questions on the worksheet 2* . After 15 minutes I collected the papers, gave
marks and feedback. From the results of applying my new solution in teaching, I
realize that most students understand and do well. Besides, most of them are
interested in learning from manipulating interdisciplinary subjects which provides
the students a wide range of information related to the lesson. Below is the statistics
I have collected from the school year 2017-2018 that my experiences have been
done in three classes 12C3, 12C4, and 12C5 at Thach Thanh 4 high school
Class
Mark
Before applying
After applying

12C3
(25sts)

Numbers
of students
7
10
8
21
20
3
23
10

1

Rate(%)

Numbers
of students
4
8
13
12
18
14
12
18
4

Rate(%)

Lower 5
28%
16%
5- 6
40%
32%
Upper 7
32%
52%
12C4
Lower 5
47,7%

27,2%
(44sts)
5- 6
45,4%
40,9%
Upper 7
6,9%
31,9%
12C5
Lower 5
67%
35,2%
( 34sts)
5- 6
29,4%
52,9%
Upper 7
2,%
11.9%
CONCLUSION
1. General conclusion
Manipulating disciplinary knowledge in teaching English helps students become
active learners and citizens. The result shows that after integrating subjects such
as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Georgraphy, especially the knowledge

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of Science & Technology, Civic Education and NEWS, etc most students
understand the lesson better.
2. Recommendation
* For my office and colleagues.
I will continue doing perfectly the other topics in English lessons next time to
make the students develop well. Moreover, I go on fulfilling our knowledge
from other subjects in order to make mine better.
This is the project that I have tested in Thach Thanh 4 high school. I would like to
get support and good comments from collegues to make the work better next time.
* For Department of Education and Training.
Above all my experiences, which have been applying to teaching English but still
have many disadvantages. I hope that colleagues are willing to contribute valuable
advices and sincere comments to make my research more perfect and successful.
Finally, I would like to show my sincere thanks
Approved by

Thanh Hoa, May 25 th 2018
I am convicted that this is the experience I do
it myself, not copying from the others
Written by

Ngo Van Giang
(The headmaster of my
school)

Nguyễn Thị Thương Huyền
IV. REFERENCES

(1*) />(unit 8.Life in the future– Tieng Anh 12 –Phan Hong Van- Thu vien giao an)
(2*) />( unit 8 Life In The Future. - Tieng Anh 12-Nguyen Dinh Hao– Thu vien de thi)
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(Test Unit 8- Tieng Anh 12-Nguyen Thu Huong– Thu vien de thi va kiem tra
V.APPENDIX
The 15 minutes written test

Full name:...........
Class:....................
School:..............

Marks

TESTING
Subject : English 12- Topic: “Life in the
Future” and People’s responsibilities to

global and local problems
Time: 15 minutes
Teacher’s comment

QUESTIONS
1. Someone who is _________ is hopeful about the future or the success of
something in particular.
A. optimist
B. optimistic
C. pessimist
D. pessimistic
2. Thanks to the inventions of labour-saving _________, domestic chores will
no longer be a burden.
A. tools
B. facilities
C. equipment
D. devices
3. What will the relationship between computing and _________ bring us over
the next 15 years?
A. science
B. scientific
C. scientifically
D. scientist
4. People who always expect good things to happen are _________.
A. pessimists
B. optimists
C. scientists
D. terrorists
5. No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _________.
A. expected

B. unexpected
C. expectedly
D. unexpectedly
6. In the future, many large corporations will be wiped out.
A. companies
B. services
C. supermarkets
D. farms
7. The more powerful weapons are, the more terrible the _________ is.
A. creativity
B. history
C. terrorism
D. technology
8. Cars will run on anything from_________ to_________.
A. electricity/ methane gas
B. methane gas/ electricity
C. petrol/ oil
D. methane gas/ oil
9. In the future, more people will work from home on_________linked to a
head office.
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A. documents
B. work
C. computer
D. job
10. Optimists believe that we will be living in a much cleaner environment,
breathing fresh_________ and eating healthier_________.
A. air/ food
B. food/ air
C. airs/ foods
D. A&B

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