Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 unit 4: School education system

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UNIT 4 : SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
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The 19 period
Grade 12
Theme: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Unit 4
READING
Time: 45 minutes
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Educational aim: Students should know school education system in England
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students know about school education system
- Language: Sentences and expression for describing school education system
- New words: Words related to school education system
3. Skills: Guessing meaning in context, scanning for specific information and
passage comprehension
II. METHOD: Integrated, mainly communicative
III. TEACHING AIDS: Board, tape, cassetteplayer, chalks, textbook and
notebook
IV. PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s activities
Warm-up: (5 minutes)
- Ask Ss some questions about the
picture:
- Who are they?
- What are they doing?
- Do you think they are English
students?

Before you read : (7 minutes)
- Ask students to read the facts below and
decide whether the statements about
schools in Vietnam are true (T) or false
(F). Then compare their results with their
partners’.
Facts about schools
1. Children start Grade 1 when they are 6
years old.

Students’ activities
- Open the book
- Listen to the teacher
- Answer the questions

- Listen to the teacher and open
the book – Unit 1, part A:
reading
- Look at the book, listen to the
teacher and work in pairs to
decide whether the statements

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2. Schooling is compulsory from the age
of 6 to 16.
3. The school year generally begins in
September and ends in late May.

4. The students do not have any
examinations when they finish secondary
school.
5. A school year consists of two terms.
While you read : (23 minutes)
- Ask students to look through the passage
and read in silence
- Help students read the passage
- Explain pronunciation and meaning of new
words which appear in the passage
Task 1 : (3 minutes)
Find words or phrases in the reading
passage which have the
following
meanings.- Let students work individual
or in groups
- Help students if necessary
Keys:
1- state schools
2- primary education
3- secondary education
4- compulsory
5- General Certificate of Secondary
Education (GCSE)
6- Curriculum
Task 2: (4 minutes)
- Ask students to answer the following
questions
- Ask students look through the passages
then try to answer the questions in right

way
- Let them work in pairs
- Help students if necessary
(the answers in the passage)
Walk round the classroom and correct
mistakes

about schools in Vietnam are
true (T) or false (F). Then
compare their results with their
partners’.
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
- Listen to the teacher then read
the passages
- Ask some new words if
necessary
- Keep the book open
- Listen to the teacher then do
task 1
- Ask the teacher if necessary
- work individual or in group
- Write down in the notebook

- Listen to the teacher
- Try to answer the questions
- Practice with a partner then

write them down in the note
books
- Ask the teacher if necessary
- Listen to the teacher and make
a brief note about school
education system in England
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Keys:
1. from the age of 5
2. 3 terms
3. the state school and the ‘independent’
or ‘public’ school systems
4. yes
5. There are 3 core subjects (English,
Maths and Science)
6. When Ss finish the secondary school,
they can take an examination called the
General
Certificate
of
Secondary
Education
After you read : (8 minutes)
Ask Ss to work in groups. Tell the others
one of the most difficult school subjects
you are studying and what you would like
your friends and your teacher to do to help

you learn that subject more effectively.

Home work: (2 minutes)
- Ask students to do Reading exercise of
Unit 1 in workbook and prepare Part B :
Speaking at home

- Try to talk about school
education system in England
- The students who are called to
stand up to talk loudly are
intelligent ones

Work in groups. Tell the others
one of the most difficult school
subjects you are studying and
what you would like your
friends and your teacher to do
to help you learn that subject
more effectively.
- Listen to the teacher and write
down homework


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The 20th Period
Grade 12
Theme: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Unit 4
SPEAKING

Time: 45 minutes
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Educational aim: Students should know school education system in Vietnam
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students learn about school education system
- Language: Talking about the school education system in Vietnam.
- New words: words related to school education system
3. Skills: talking about school education system
II. METHOD: integrated, mainly communicative
III. TEACHING AIDS: Board, chalks, textbook and notebook....
IV. PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s activities
Warm-up: (5 minutes)
- Ask students to keep book close
- Write on the board names of school
education
system
in
Vietnam:
University, nursery, primary school,
college,
kindergarten,
secondary
school. Then ask Ss to put them in
order
- Ask students to repeat
Tell Ss to understand more about
school education system in Vietnam.
(We learn Unit 1, part- speaking)
Pre-speaking : (12 minutes)

Task 1
- Ask Ss to work in pairs. Study the
table below then ask and answer the
questions about the school education
system in Vietnam.
- Let them work in pairs
- Listen to students and correct

Students’ activities
- Keep books close
- Listen to the teacher
- Look at the board and try to
remember names of ten subjects

- Work in pairs.
- Practice asking and answering the
questions
about
the
school
education system in Vietnam using
the information in the table.

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mistakes
Example:
Example:

A: When do the children in
A: When do the children in Vietnam Vietnam go to primary school?
go to primary school?
B: When they are 6 years old.
B: When they are 6 years old.
A: How long does the primary
A: How long does the primary education last?
education last?
B: 5 years.
B: 5 years.
While-speaking : (15 minutes)
Task 2
- Teacher introduces the task “Work in
groups. Talk about the school
education system in Vietnam, using
the information from Task 1”.
- Guide students how to practise.
- Ask students to work in pairs.
- Help the students with new
structures.
- Walk around and help them.
- Call some student to stand up and
report before the class.
- Correct their mistakes
Post-speaking : (10 minutes)
Task 3
-Teacher introduces the task “Work in
groups. Talk about the similarities and
differences between the school system
in Vietnam and in England”.

- Let them work in groups
- Ask some students to stand up and
tell loudly
- Walk round and help them
- Listen and correct mistakes

- Listen to the teacher
- Do task 2
- Work in groups
- The students are called stand up
and tell loudly
Example:
In Vietnam, children can go to
Nursery school when they are 1 to
2 and go to Kindergarten when they
are from 2 to 5

- Work in groups. Talk about the
similarities and differences between
the school system in Vietnam and
in England
Example:
There are some differences
between the school systems in
Vietnam an England. Children in
Vietnam start primary school at the
age of 6 and finis this level at 10
while those in England study at
primary school from the age of 5 to
10. Schooling is compulsory for

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Vietnamese children until the age
of 1 but, in England, compulsory
education ends when children are
16. There is also a difference about
the subjects studied at schools.
On the other hand, Vietnam and
England school systems have some
similarities. Students in both
countries have to follow the
national curriculum set by the
government.
After
finishing
secondary schools they all have to
take the national examination
known as GCSE

Homework: (3 minutes)
- Ask students to write a passage about
similarities and differences between
the school system in Vietnam and in - Listen to the teacher
England
- Write down the homework
- Ask students to prepare Part CListening and do homework


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The 21st Period
Grade 12
Theme: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Unit 4
LISTENING
Time: 45 minutes
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Educational aim: Students should know about someone’s background.
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students talk about someone’s background.
- Language
- New words: Words related to someone’s education.
3. Skill: Listening for gist and for specific information
II. METHOD: Integrated, mainly communicative
III. TEACHING AIDS: Board, tape, cassetteplayer, chalks, textbook and
notebook
IV. PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Notes
Warm-up: (4 minutes)
- Ask Ss some questions about their - Listen to the teacher
studies at school.
- Answer the questions:
1. What school subjects are you good
at?
2. Which ones do you enjoy most/least
in your class? Explain why.
Pre-listening: (9 minutes)
- Ask Ss to look at “Listen and repeat”

- Read and ask students to listen
- Let students listen again and repeat.
- Write some words on board and ask
students to read them aloud.
- Let they work in pairs
- Listen and correct mistakes
While-listening: (20 minutes)
Task 1 (10 minutes):
- Ask students to read the questions
quickly.
- Guide students the requests of the
task.

- Work in pairs
- Listen and understand the
meanings of those words.

- Read the questions quickly.
- Listen to the listening script.
- Answer the questions.


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- Let students listen twice.
- Write on board from 1 to 6 and call
some students to come and write their
answers.
- Let them listen again and correct.
Task 2 (10 minutes):
- Teacher introduces the task “Listen

again and answer the questions”.
1. When did Gavin think he listed to
the teacher well?
2. How did Gavin find the exams?
3. Why couldn’t Gavin pass the exams
easily?
4. Why did Gavin say he didn’t think
his school days were the best time of
his life?
- Read or turn on the tape script again
once or twice
- Help students give the correct
answers
Post-listening: (10 minutes)
- Teacher introduces the task “Work in
pairs. Talk about the results of your
current exams at school and what you
will do to prepare for the next exams”.
- Go round and help students
- Correct mistakes

Homework: (2minutes)
- Ask students to rewrite a passage

Answer:
1. Jenny/ Gavin
2. Gavin
3. Jenny
4.
5. Jenny/ Gavin

6.
- Look at the task 2 and listen to
the teacher
- Read the questions and try to
understand them
- Listen to the tape script
- Give correct answers:
1. When he enjoyed the subjects
2. He found it very difficult.
3. Because they were difficult for
him to do in a short time.
4. Because he went away to
boarding school when he was
quite young and he didn’t like
that. So school days weren’t the
best days of his life.
- Work in pairs. Talk about the
results of your current exams at
school and what you will do to
prepare for the next exams
E.g. I didn’t do well in the last
exam period. I was content with
my math, physics and chemistry
results but my English result
wasn’t very good. I made too
many mistakes so I barely passed
it.
I think I have to spend more
time studying English to get
higher grade in the coming

exam.


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about their school days in secondary
school.
- Listen to the teacher
- Ask students to prepare the part - Write down the homework
Writing at home


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The 22nd Period
Grade 12
Theme: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Unit 4
WRITING
Time: 45 minutes
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Educational aim: Students learn how to understand the school education system
in Vietnam
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students will be able to write the school education system in
Vietnam
- Language
- New words: Words relating to school education systems
3. Skill :
II. METHOD: Integrated mainly communicative
III. TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, board markers
IV. PROCEDURE:

Teacher’s activities
Warm-up :(3 minutes)
- Ask students some questions about school
education systems in Vietnam.
1. How many levels of educations are there
in your school system?
2. How long does it take to complete each
level?
3. How many classes are there in each level?
4. When do children start Grade I?
- Lead Ss to the new lesson: “write a
paragraph on the formal school education
system in Vietnam”

Students’ activities
- Work in pairs, discuss and find
out the answers.
1- 3
2- Primary: 5 years/
Lower secondary- 4 years/ upper
secondary - 3 years
- Understand the aim of the
lesson.

Pre-writing: (15 minutes)
- Teacher introduces the task: In about 150
words, write a paragraph on the formal school - Study the task carefully.
education system in Vietnam, using the information
given in Speaking Tasks on page 47. You may - Work in pairs to give outlines
follow the suggestions below:

- Levels of education:

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primary (5 years; start from the age of 6)
lower secondary (4 years)
upper secondary (3 years)
- Compulsory education: 9 years (primary & lower
secondary)
- The academic year: 35 weeks (9 months, from
September to May)
- School terms: 2 terms: term 1 (Sept - Dec.), term 2
(Jan. - May)
- Time of the national examination for GCSE (early
1. Topic Sentence
June)
The formal school system in Vietnam
- Guide Ss to write.
consists of two levels of education,
1. Topic Sentence
primary and secondary education.

2. Supporting Details
3. Closing Sentence
- Walk round the class to give Ss assistance.
While-writing: (20 minutes)
- Ask Ss to write
- Call on some Ss to read out their writing in

front of the class.
- Ask Ss to exchange their writings for peer
correction
- Correct mistakes.
Suggested answer.

2. Supporting Details

3. Closing Sentence

- Use main ideas in the outline
to write a paragraph on the
The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two formal school education system
levels of education, primary and secondary
in Vietnam
education. The children start Grade/ Year 1 at the
age of 6 and they normally complete the primary
education at the age of 10. They move to lower
secondary school to study in Grade 6 when they are
eleven years old. They will finish nine-year
compulsory education when they complete Grade 9
at the age of 14. The children may go to upper
secondary schools if they pass all the subjects tested
at the end of Grade 9. They will stay there until they
complete Grade 12 at the age of 17. If they want to
sit for the entrance exam to universities or colleges
they have to take the national examination for
GCSE which takes place at the end of Mayor
beginning of June. The academic year in Vietnam
runs from September to May and is divided into two

terms. The first term ends in January with a week
holiday and the second term finishes in May before
a long summer holiday comes.

- Exchange their writings for
peer correction
- Correct mistakes.


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Post- writing: (5 minutes)
- Ask Ss to read the paragraph again.
- Give remarks on the writing
Homework: (2 minutes)
- Rewrite the paragraph at home.
- Prepare the section D (The Language
focus part of Unit 4).

- Read the paragraph again
- Correct mistakes
- Rewrite the paragraph at home.
- Prepare the section D (The
Language focus part of Unit 4).


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The 23rd period
Grade 12
Theme: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Unit 4

LANGUAGE FOCUS
Time: 45 minutes
I. Objectives:
1. Educational aim: Students know how to pronounce and mark the stress in
three-syllable words.
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students learn some information to fill in a form
- Language:
- New words: Words related to a form
3. Skills:
- Pronunciation: Stress in three-syllable words
- Grammar: Passive voice
II. Method: Integrated, mainly communicative
III. Teaching aids: Text books,
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Warm-up: (4 minutes)
- Write some three-syllable words on
the board, and then pronounce those
words aloud.
- Pay attention to its stress.
- Ask Ss to read after
1. algebra
2. carefully
3. politics
4. physical
5. computing
6. compulsory
7. September
-How do we pronounce these words?

- Read again these words and lead to the
lesson
- Today, we learn how to pronounce threesyllable words.

Students’ activities
- Listen to teacher
- Read aloud
- Pay attention to its stress.
- Understand the aim of the new
lesson.

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I. Pronunciation
a. Give Ss some rules of word stress in threesyllable words
- Help students how to pronounce those
words correctly by reading first as model
b. Practice:
- Read the words first: clearly, correctly
- Listen and correct their pronunciation if it’s
needed
- Let students read the sentences and work in
groups
- Listen and remark each group
II. Grammar:
a) Review some grammar structures: Passive
voice.
S + to be + past participle

- Give some examples
- Ask Ss to make sentences with the
structures.
b. Practice:
* Exercise 1: (10m’)
- Introduce the task: Fill each blank with the
simple present passive form of the verb in
brackets.
- Guide Ss to do
- Ask Ss to fill each blank with the simple
present passive form of the verb in brackets.
- Correct mistakes.

- Listen and repeat from 2-3
times
- Some of them stand and read
words aloud
- Practise in groups
- Some groups compare with their
results and read the words in
sentences aloud

- The answers can be various
- Listen and give more questions
in pairs
- Read the sentences in chorus
aloud

- Understand the task
- Fill each blank with the

simple present passive
form of the verb in
brackets.
Answers:
1. is separated
2. is set - must be followed
3. is made up
4. is paid
5. are selected

* Exercise 2: (10m’)
- Introduce the task: Rewrite the following
sentences using the passive voice.
- Guide Ss to do
- Understand the task
- Ask Ss to rewrite the following sentences - Rewrite the following sentences
using the passive voice.
using the passive voice.
- Correct mistakes.
Answers: Exercise 2
1. this school was built in 1997
2. This dictionary was published in


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Exercise 3. (10m’)
- Introduce the task: Fill in the spaces of
the following passage with the correct
tense in passive voice of the verbs in

brackets.
- Guide Ss to do.
- Ask Ss to fill in the spaces of the
following passage with the correct
tense in passive voice of the verbs in
brackets.
- Correct mistakes.
Homework: (2 minutes)
- Assign homework
- Do exercise ‘part E-language focus in
work book.

1870
3. A surprise party is going to be
organized by the students in my class
tomorrow morning
4. The kitchen is being painted now.
5. “Romeo and Juliet” was written by
Shakespeare in 1605
6. Shakespeare’s tragedies have been
translated into many languages.
7. A new primary school has just been
built in my village.
8. English will be spoken at the
conference
9. The floor hasn't been cleaned (by
Jane) yet.
10. The house will be repainted…..
Exercise 3
1. Was built

2. were sold
3. has been made 4. can be bought
5. are used.
6. can be used
7. is stored
8. are done
9. must be told
10.can be done

- Do exercise ‘part E-language
focus’ in work book.


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24th period
Grade 12
Theme: CORRECT THE TEST
I. Objectives:
After this correction students will be clearer about the test they have just done.
And have to know how to try their best for the next test.
II. Method: Integrated, mainly communicative
III. Teaching aids: board, the test paper, key for the test
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities
Warm-up: (5 minutes)
- Greeting
- Ask students some questions on the
previous test
- Tell the aim of the period: correct the
test

Students’ activities
- Greeting
- Listen and understand
the task
- Get ready for the lesson

I.

Choose the word with underlined part
pronounced differently from the rest (1 point ):

(6 minutes)
- Repeat the question
- Get students to read the passage again
carefully
- Call some students to read out their
answers, and the others give remarks if
it is correct or not.
- Finally read the keys out aloud
II. Fill in each gap with one word from the

- Look at their paper
- Compare the resutls
with the others
- Get the correct answers
from the keys

table, there are more words than needed ( 2
points): (6 minutes)

- Repeat the question
- Get student to read the test again
carefully
- Call some students to read out their
answers, and the others give remarks if
it is correct or not
- Finally read the keys out aloud
III. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct

- Look at their paper
- Compare the results
with the others
- Get the correct answers
from the keys

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(6 minutes)
- Repeat the question
- Get students to read the writing again
carefully
- Call some students to write their
answers on the board, and the others
give remarks if it is correct or not
- Finally read the keys out aloud
Keys:
IV. Change the following sentences into

tenses (2 points):

- Look at the writing
again and compare it with
the others
- Correct the wrong
sentences base on the key

reported speech beginning with given words (1
point): (6 minutes)

- Repeat the question
- Show the listening script on the board
or read the passage again several times
- Get students toread the passage again
carefully
- Call some students to write their
answers on the board, and the others
give remarks if it is correct or not
- Finally read the keys out aloud
V. Read the passage carefully and choose the
correct answer ( 2 points) (6 minutes)
- Repeat the question
- Show the listening script on the board
or read the passage again several times
- Get students toread the passage again
carefully
- Call some students to write their
answers on the board, and the others
give remarks if it is correct or not

- Finally read the keys out aloud

- Look at the writing
again and compare it with
the others
- Correct the wrong
sentences base on the key

- Look at the writing
again and compare it with
the others
- Correct the wrong
sentences base on the key

VI. Write a short paragraph ( 80 words) about
your family using the suggestions below(2
points) (6 minutes)

- Repeat the question
- Show the listening script on the board
or read the passage again several times
- Get students toread the passage again
- Listen to the teacher’s
carefully
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- Call some students to write their
answers on the board, and the others

give remarks if it is correct or not
- Finally read the keys out aloud
Homework: (4 minutes)
Prepare Unit 5: Higher education

- Try to get the correct
answers
- Compare with the other
classmates
- Compare with the keys

- Prepare Unit 5: Higher
education