UNIT 16: THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
Section A: READING
Aims: -By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
-Know how to guess the meanings of the words from the contexts
-Know how to skim for main ideas
-Know how to scan for specific information
Lexical items: Words and phrases about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Teaching aids: textbook, teacher’s book, posters, and pictures
Procedure:
Time
Content T’s activities STS’
activities
3’
I. Warm-Up
Brain storming:
Southeast Asian countries
→Vietnam
→Thailand
→Laos
Explain
Lead sts to the
point
Play game
10’
→
→
II. Pre-reading
1. Pre-questions: Pairwork
1. What does ASEAN stand for?
2. When did Vietnam join this
association?
2. Pre-teach vocabulary
-to accelerate: to cause to move faster
→acceleration (n)
-to stabilize: lam on dinh
→stability (n)
→stable (adj)
-justice (n) su cong bang
-diverse (adj) gom nhieu loai khac nhau
-to forge
→forgeability (n)
→forgeable (adj)
-to integrate: hoi nhap, hoa nhap
→integration (n)
→integrative (adj)
Ask questions
before sts read
Explanation
Translation
Translation
Translation
Translation
Translation
Explanation
Answer
questions by
guessing
Guess the
meanings of
new words
Contribute
what they
know to T’s
presentation
23’
-enterprise (n)
*Checking: R.O.R
III. While-reading
1. Task 1: Fill in each blank with a
suitable word
Keys:
1. justice 2. GDP 3. diverse 4.
integration 5. accelerate 6.
enterprises
2. Task 2: Decide whether the following
statements are true (T) or false (F)
Keys:
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F
3. Task 3: Comprehension
questions→lucky stars games
Keys:
1. The five original member countries,
namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
2. The two main goals of the
Ask sts to fill
in
the blanks by
guessing from
the contexts
Ask sts to say
T or F and
explain
Ask sts to play
game by
choosing stars
and answering
given
questions
Correct sts’
Work
individually
Say T or F
and explain
for their
choices
Work in 2
groups
Try to be the
winners
Clap hands
7’
2’
Association are to accelerate the
economic growth, social progress and
cultural development; and to promote
peace and stability through respect for
justice and the rule of law in the
relationship among countries in the
region.
3. It was about US$ 1405 billion.
4. It was adopted in 1998.
5. It includes trade, investment, industry,
services, finance, agriculture, rural
development, forestry, energy,
transportation and communication,
science and technology, small and
medium enterprises, and tourism.
IV. Post-reading
Group work: summarise the passage,
based on the years: 1967, 1995, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2007, 2020
V. Homework
answers if
necessary
Give
comments to
encourage sts’
participation
Ask sts to
summarise the
reading
passage
Ask sts to
speak up
Work in
groups
Choose 1
representative
to present
Individual
work
-Write a paragraph about what you like
or dislike about the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
-Be ready for Section B: Speaking
Ask sts to
work at home