Lesson plan 12-Unit 2-Reading

Date of preparation : 8, 9 , 2008. Unit2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Date of teaching : 10, 9, 2008 Period: 1 Section: Reading.
Class: 12A6,7,8,9,10
I AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :
 Language content:
- To introduce some new words relating to the topic
- Vocabulary: bride, groom, precede, conduct, determine, confide, reject, oblige
- Structure : the past simple and present simple, the present perfect
 Language function:
- Talking about cultural diversity.
Educational aim :
To make the students to be aware of the differences between Vietnamese and American
cultures.
Skill : Integrated skills
II. TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ PREPARATION:
1. Method : Communicative Approach.
2. Techniques: Repetition, explanation, group work, asking – answering.
3. Materials needed : Textbook, pictures, real thing.
4 Students’ preparation : Reading the lesson at home.
5 Previous exercises:
III. PROCEDURE IN CLASS.
1. Stabilization : (1m)
a. Warm – up : Greetings.
b. Checking absence : Who’s absent today ?
2. Checking up previous knowledge:
Time needed: (5ms)
Questions :
Key to questions:
3. Presentation of the new material :
Time Teacher’s activities Student’s

activ
ities
The content of the lesson
5ms
1 Warm up : Jumbled words
- Writes the words whose letter
are in a random order on the
board.
- Devide the class into two teams.
Ss from two teams go to the
board and write the correct
words.
- The team which writes correct
T- whole
class
Unit 2 : CULTURAL
DIVERSITY.
Period 1: Section : Reading
10ms
5ms
words first will be the winner.
1. RUALTLUC.
2. SERYTIDIV
Answer : 1. CULTURAL.
2. DIVERSITY.
Lets Ss guess the phrase of words
above.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Lead in :
In your opinion which of the

following factors is the most
important for a happy life ? Why ?
2. Pre- Reading.
_ T introduces the topic of the lesson
- T Introduces some new words.
+ bride (n)
+ Groom (n)
+ precede (v)
+ confide (v)
+ partnership )n)
+ determine (v)
+ sacrifice (v)
+ oblige (v)
- Checks understanding
3. While – Reading.
Task 1 –
- T sets the scence
- T gets Ss to read the passage silently
and then do Task 1
Instruction : Explain the meaning of the
italicized words/ phrases in the sentences
given.
- T asks Ss to read through the sentence
given
- T asks Ss to go back to the passage to
locate and read around these words or
phrases so that they can guess their
meaning..
- T asks Ss to work individually to do the
task.

T goes around to help.
- T asks Ss to exchange their answers
with other Ss
- T calls some Ss to explain their choices
- T gives correct answers.
Work in pairs
Repeat
Copy down
individually
Read in
silence
individually
I. New words
+ bride (n)
+ Groom (n)
+ precede (v)
+ confide (v)
+ partnership )n)
+ determine (v)
+ sacrifice (v)
+ oblige (v)
Task 1 -
10ms
7ms
Answers :
1. precede : happen or exist before.
2. determine : find out , arrange sth
3. confide : trust
4. scarifice willing to stop having
something you want

5. obliged = having a duty.
Task 2 :
Instruction: You are required to answer
the five questions in the book.
- T asks Ss how to do this task
- T asks Ss to work individually to do the
task, then discuss their answers with their
peers.
- T calls on some Ss to give their
answers and asks them to explain their
choices
- T gives the correct answers
Answers :
1. They are trust built on love,
physical attractiveness,
confiding, partnership of equals.
2. The Americans are much more
concerned than the Indians and
Chineses with physical
attractiveness when choosing a
wife or husband.
3. The Indian students agree that “
a woman has to sacrifice more in
a marrige than a man”
4. The American wife, for example,
trusts her husbands to “ do the
right thing” because “ he loves
her “ not because “ he has to “
5. Young Asians are not as
romantic as their American

counterparts.
4 Post – Reading.
- Sts work in groups and discuss
the question: What are the
differences between a traditional
Vietnamese family and a modern
Vietnamese family ?
Copy down
individually
Copy down
Work in
groups
Answers :
1 precede : happen or
exist before.
2. determine : find out ,
arrange sth
3. confide : trust
4. scarifice willing to
stop having
something you want
5. obliged = having a
duty.
Task 2 -
Task 2
1. They are trust built
on love, physical
attractiveness,
confiding,
partnership of

equals.
2. The Americans
are much more
concerned than
the Indians and
Chineses with
physical
attractiveness
when choosing a
wife or husband.
3. The Indian
students agree that
“ a woman has to
sacrifice more in a
marrige than a
man”
- - one representive of each group
presents in front of the class.
- Suggested ideas :
A traditional Vietnamese family :
+ There are a lot of children in the
family.
+ Parents often decide who their
children will mary.
+ The father is the head of the
household.
+ Cooking is considered women’s
task.
A modern Vietnamese family.
+ There are only two children in the

family.
+Parents let their children decide
who they will marry.
Both the father and the mother work.
+ Members in the family share the
household chores.
5. Consolidation
Confirms the content of the lesson.
4 The American wife, for
example, trusts her
husbands to “ do the right
thing” because “ he loves
her “ not because “ he has
to “
5 Young Asians are not as
romantic as their
American counterparts.
4. Homework: (2ms)
- Read the passage again.
- Learn by heart all of the new words
5 Preparation for the next lesson ()
- Prepare for section : Speaking
1. Self – evaluation : ………………………………………………………………………….
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