english 10 unit 14 listening

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LISTENING LESSON
Unit 14: THE WORLD CUP
I. Class description:
- Number of students: 26 students, 1 boy and 25 girls
- Grade: 10
th

- Language Proficiency: Pre – intermediate
II. Time: 45 minutes
III. Objectives:
After the lesson, Ss will be able to:
 Skills:
- Listen for specific information and detailed information.
- Talk about the famous football player: Pele’.
 Language:
- Know more about the certain expressions and vocabulary items related to the
topic “The World Cup”.
IV. Assumed knowledge
- Ss have already known some vocabulary items related to the topic.
- Students are familiar with working in pairs and groups.
V. Anticipated problems
- There may be time left, so the teacher should prepare an extra listening
exercise.
VI. Teaching aids: Textbook, computer, tape recorder, handout, blackboard, chalk.
VII. Procedure
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Name Aims/
Techniques
Teacher’s activities Students’
activities
1. Warm up
( 5m )
Competition game:
Guessing game.
- Motivate students
- Draw students’
attention into the
lesson.
- Engage students to
related topic: “ The
World Cup”
Technique: Give the
instructions (say-do-
check) and let Ss play
game: Guessing game
- Greet the class:
“Good morning
everyone! How are you
today? What’s the date
today?
- Attract students’
attention by asking:
Would you like to play a

game?
- Introduce the game for
the class:
(Say):
“We are going to play a
game called guessing
game
- Give instructions for the
game (Say): Now, let’s
me tell you how to play
this exciting game.
“I’m going to divide you
guys into 2 big groups,
this side is group A, and
this side is group B.
Here I have 12 pieces of
paper with 12 pictures
related to the topic “The
World Cup”. Two groups
will take turn to play the
game. Each time, one
member from one group
- Listen to the teacher’s
instructions.
- Work in groups.
- Give the answer to T.
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comes to the board, and
chooses one paper with
picture. Then your task is
to describe (maybe use
action, gestures, face
expressions, body
language and speak in
English only) the
pictures to other Ss in
your group, who have to
guess the words related
to those pictures.
If your group can guess
the right word, you get 1
point for your group. For
each correct guess, your
group gets 1 point.
Remember: You have a
maximum of 30 seconds
for describing each
picture. After 30 seconds,
if your group cannot
guess what the word is,
then the other groups get
the chance to describe
the picture, and get
point.
- Ss take turn to be the
representative. After all

the pictures have been
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guessed, the game ends.
- Model for the class to
help them fully
understand (Do).
- Then check to make
sure that all Ss
understand how to play
by asking some questions
(Check):
“How many groups do
we have?” (two groups)
“Will two groups play at
the same time or take
turn?(take turn)
“Can you speak, or
describe the picture in
Vietnamese?(No)
“For the next word, does
the same member of each
group continue to play?”
(No)
“Are you ready? Ok, let’s
start”
- Have the first Ss from

one group to come to the
board, chooses one
picture, describe for other
Ss in his/her group to
guess.
- 1 point for each
correctly guessed word
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- Continue with other
pictures.
- Get the whole class to
count the points. The
team with more points
will be the winner.
Suggested words:
1. Referee 2. Cup
3. Coach 4. Footballer
5. Ball 6. Net
7. Stadium 8. Fan
9. Stand 10. Red card
11. Kick 12. Penalty
- Get students to the
topic:
(Say) Through these
World cups, many
legendary football

players have been
discovered. And today,
we will start the new
lesson to know about one
of them.
2. Before listening
( 15m )
- Motivated to listen.
- Provide the context
for the listening
- To activate students’
back ground knowledge
about the topic.
- To prepare students
- Teacher shows the
picture of Pele
- (Say) Now, class look at
the picture. Ok, do you
know the man in the
picture? Raise your hand.
- Look at the picture and
answer question from
teacher.
- Listen to teacher
carefully
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for the listening
- Explanation and
example.
- Using example
- Using example
- T calls on some
students to give the
answer.
- T give the correct
answer to the whole class
(Say) That is right. He is
Pele’. And now before
listening to the life of
Pele’, I have some new
words in listening
passage.
PRE-TEACH
VOCABULARY
1. Ambassador
“Ly Nha Ky is Vietnam’s
ambassador for tourism.”
So, what does
“ambassador” mean?
Yes, it means “Đại sứ”
Now, read after me
“ambassador”
- T writes the example on
the board
T focuses on
pronunciation and stress

of the word
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- Using example
- Using example
- Consolidating the
vocabulary: Game:
Slap the board
“ambassador”
Ambassador (n) /
æmbæsədə(r)/: Đại sứ
- T models at first and
asks Ss to repeat the
word 2 times
2. Championship (n) /
tʃæmpiənʃɪp/: Giải vô
địch, chức vô địch
- Do you know the word?
Ok I have one example:
He won a golden medal
at the European
Championships
- Who can to guess the
meaning of the word in
Vietnamese? Yeah,
excellent it means “giải
vô địch, chức vô địch”

- T writes the word on
the board and asks Ss to
repeat 3 times.
3. Hero (n) /hɪərəʊ/:
người anh hùng
- Ok, class you know “Lê
Lợi, Quang Trung-
Nguyễn Huệ”. And we
call them with what the
special name is. Who
know?
- Yes, you can speak the
meaning of the word in
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- To have students start
thinking about the
listening and predict
about what they are
going to listen to.
Vietnamese. That’s right,
we call them “người anh
hùng”
- Teacher (T) writes the
word and meaning of the
word on the board. Then

T lets students (Ss) repeat
2 or 3 times.
4. Promote (v) /
prəməʊt/: thúc đẩy
- “Hey guys, listen
Big C supermarket often
offers a special or
discount price to promote
consumption.
- So can you guess what
I mean with the word
“promote” here?
- Yeah, it’s mean “thúc
đẩy”
- T writes the word
“promote” on the board
with its transcription and
meaning. T elicits the
stress of the word and
asks Ss to repeat 3 times.
5. Retirement (n) /
rɪtaɪəmənt/: nghỉ hưu
Hey student, I have an
example:
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Many teachers over the

age of 60 are taking
retirement.
- Can you guess the word
“retirement” here?
- Yeah, it’s mean “nghỉ
hưu”
- T writes the word on the
board and lets Ss repeat
the word and 2 or 3
times.
- Play the game: Slap
the board
- T divide the class into 2
groups
- T puts the new words
all over the board-not in
a list.
- Each student from each
team come to the board
and asks Ss to stand at
equal distance from
blackboard.
- T calls out one of the
new words in English or
in Vietnamese in a loud
voice.
- The two students must
run forward and slap the
word on the black board.
- T asks Ss to pronounce

or read aloud the words
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they slap on the board.
- The one who slaps the
correct word first is the
winner.
- Then check to make
sure that all Ss
understand how to play
by asking some questions
(Check):
What do we have to do?
How many students come
to the board do we have?
What do they do after the
teacher speak out the
word randomly?
“Are you ready? Ok, let’s
start”
-Play the game
Task 1.1: Rearrange the
following events about
life of Pele’ in
chronological order.
Events
1,200

th
goals
Joined in the first World cup in his career
Participated in a Brazilian football club
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Born in Brazil
Retired
First world club championship

- T divides the class into
three groups: Group A,
group B and group C.
Each group will be given
6 pieces of papers about
events in Pele’s life.
Theses events were put in
non-chronological order.
So each group’s task is to
rearrange these events in
chronological order
according your group’s
ideas.
Paste them in the A3 then
put it on the board.
- T check Ss’
understanding about the

instructions by asking
some questions (Check):
“What you will be
given? ( you will be
given 7 pieces of paper)
What do we have to do?
(Rearrange it according
to your group’s opinion
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to predict the content.
- T lets Ss read events
and ask them to do the
task.
- After 1-2 minutes, T
asks Ss to stop doing the
task keep their results
and will check it with the
whole class in task 1.2 in
while-listening
- T moves to task 1.2
3.
While listening
( 20m )
- To give students a
framework to help
them practice listening.

- To help them to listen
better, more accurately
through tasks.
Task 1.2: Complete the
table
You will hear some
information about Pele’,
a famous Brazilian
football player. Listen
and put the CORRECT
YEAR with the events in
the table.
Year
1,200
th
goals
Joined in the first World cup in his
career
Participated in a Brazilian football club
Born in Brazil
Retired
- Listen to the teacher’s
instructions.
- Listen the tape carefully
- Work in group.
- Listen again.
- Give the answer to T.
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First world club championship
- T asks students to look
at events in the table( in
handout)
- Then T plays the tape
once and get them do the
task.
- T gives students 1
minute to fill the number
of year in the blank
individually
- T calls students to give
their answers.
- T checks the answers
with the whole class.
Play the tape again and
pause at the answer of
each sentence.
-T finds the winner in
task 1.1
Keys:
Year Events
1974 1,200
th
goals
1958 Joined in the first World cup in his
career
- Listen to the T

- Give T the
answer.
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1956 Participated in a Brazilian football club
1940 Born in Brazil
1977 Retired
1962 First world club championship
Task 2: Multiple choices
- T gives instructions.
- Ask Ss to predict
answers based on what
they heard in task 1.
- Get students to listen.
- Play the tape recorder
once
- T calls on some
students to give the
answer.
-Ask Ss to give clues for
their answers.
- T plays the tape again
and check answers of
each sentence (one by
one).
Keys:
1.D 2.D

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4.B 5.D
4. After
listening
(5m)
- To develop
Students
knowledge of
language
- Form
students’
reaction on
the content
they heard
Role play: Interview
Student A: Supposing that you are journalist of BBC
sport channel. You would like to interview Pele’
about his life and career.
Student B: Supposing you are Pele’, you are invited
to studio of BBC sport channel to share your life and
career to football fan.
You should say about:
Date of birth
Nationality
Career :
 In football club

 National team (world cup…)
 Goal
Activities after retirement:
 Ambassador
 Social activities
Example:
Journalist: When were you born?
Pele’: I was born in Brazil
- T asks Ss to work in pairs
- Each pair has 3 minutes to do this task.
- Listen to the
teacher.
- Work in pair.
- Listen to T
carefully
- Join in the task
actively.
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- T goes around the class and helps them if
necessary.
- T calls on some pairs to perform the role-play in
front of the class.
- T gives feedback to the whole class.
5.
Wrapping-
up

(1m)

Recall the
content and
language
students have
learnt
- Ask students to summarize the listening text
- Find the synonyms of the new words Ss have
learned
- Listen to T.
- Copy down the
notebook
Tapescript of Unit 14, English Grade 10.
Pelé is considered one of the greatest football players of all time. He was born in 1940 in
Brazil. As a football player, Pelé was famous for his powerful kicking and controlling the ball.
He joined a Brazilian football club in 1956, and in 1962 he led the team to its first World Cup
championship. Pele’ became the only player to participate in three World Cups in 1958, 1962,
and 1970. By 1974, Pelé had scored 1,200 goals and became a Brazilian national hero. He played
for an American football club for two years before he retired in 1977. Later Pelé became an
international ambassador for the sport, working to promote peace and understanding through
friendly sport activities.
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