Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 unit 5: Higher education

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH 12
Unit 5: Higher education
Lesson 1: Reading
1. Objectives:
In this lesson, Sts will be able to:
- Read about some sts talking about their first impressions of university life in England
2. Teaching aids:
- Picture, text book, handout, ...
3. Procedure:
Time

5’

3’

5’

Teacher’s activities
Warm- up
* Matching these Vietnamese names of some universities with
their English names.
English names
Vietnamese names
a. Đại học Sư phạm Ngoại
1. Hanoi Cultural University
ngữ Hà Nội
2. Hanoi Medical University b. Đại học Văn hoá Hà Nội
3. Hanoi University of
c. Đại học Khoa học Tự
Achitecture
nhiên Hà Nội

4. Hanoi University of
D. Đại học Y Hà Nội
Natural Science
5. Hanoi Forreign Training
E. Đại học Kiến trúc Hà Nội
University
- Call on the representative of each group write fast on the board.
- Check with the whole class
- T. leads to the new lesson
*Key: 1. B
2. D
3. E
4. C
5. A
Pre- reading
1. Answer the questions in the book.
- T asks some more questions to lead in:
1. Do you want to become a student in one of these
universities? Why? Why not?
Now we study 3 students talking about their first impressions
of university life.
2. Vocabulary.
- campus (n) ( translation)
- blame (v)  (situation)

Ss’ activities
Group work or
individual work

Individual work

Time

5’

7’

8’

Teacher’s activities
- daunt (v)  ( translation) - daunting (adj)
- scary (v) = fear
- academically (adv)  (translation)
T. models the words carefully
Read after the teacher, tress,
T. calls some Sts to read the words aloud.
T. repeats the words if the Sts don’t read correctly.
Using drup out and remember method to check.
T. gives feedback.
3. Task 1( 54).
- T. checks vocabulary through the task 1
- T. calls on some sts to tell the answers
- T. gives feed back.
Key: 1. campus
2. blamed
3. scariest
4. challenges
5. amazing
While- reading

1. Task 2( 54 ): Find out who:
- T divides the class into 3 big groups
+ Group 1: read and find out the information about Sarah
+ Group 2: read and find out the information about Ellen
+ Group 3: read and find out the information about Brenden
- Sts read the text silently then do the task
- T calls some sts to write their answers on the board, the others read
their answers, then ask them to explain their choices.
- T gives corrective feedback.
* Key:
Sarah
Ellen
Brenden
1
2
3
4
5
6
a
e
b
c
d
f
2. Task 3: Interview
* Group 1: read about Sarah carefully
* Group 2: read about Ellen again
* Group 3: read about Brenden again
- T calls on the representative of each group to stand in fronf

of the class to answer the questions of the sts in others groups.
- T goes around to check and offer help.
- T gives corrective feedback.
Eg:
About Sarah:
What did you do on the first weekend?

Ss’ activities

Whole class

Whole class

Group work

Group work


Time

8’

2’

Teacher’s activities
Ss’ activities
How did you feel when you was at college?
What was the most exciting thing?
...
About Ellen:

Did your roommate leave the window open all the time?
What time did you go to bed?
Why did your roommate blame you?
......
About Brenden:
How did you think in the first year at college?
Why did you enjoy the college?
Did you make a lot of friends at college?
..........
Post- reading
Task 3(54) - “Lucky number” game (6 questions and 2 lucky
number, 5 question in the book and here is q. 6:
6. What did Sarah do on Saturday night?
- Sts read the text again if they cannot do the task without
reading the passage.
- First, Sts should skim the 3 questions to understand them.
- Sts underlined the key words to decide what information they
need to find in the text.
- Then they should go back to the passage and locate the key
words in the passage.
Group work
- Sts check the answers with their friends.
- T. calls on some Sts to present and explain their answers
- T. gives feedback and correct answers.
* Keys:
1. She went out with her new friends, walking around campus.
2. Because at the party everyonewas busy playingsome games
and noone seemed to notice her. (lucky number)
3. Her roommate left the window open when it was cold
outside. She went to bed early. She blamed Ellen for making

her sick.
4. Brenden thought the first year at college was the best and
most challenging of his life.
5. It provides him plenty of opportunities to meet nonengineering students as well as other engineers and many of
them have become his best friends
6. She followed her roommate to a party.(lucky number)
Homework

Whole class


Time

Teacher’s activities
- T summarises the main points of the lesson.
- T asks Sts to write about one of the sts in the sts’class he/she
likes best.

Ss’ activities


Unit 5 : Higher education
Lesson 2: Speaking
1. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to :
- Express their interests in tertiary study
- Talk about the application process to tertiary institutions in Vietnam.
2. Teaching aids:
Textbooks, cards
3. Procedure:

Time
5'

5'

5'

20'

Teacher’s activities

Ss’ activities
Group work

Warm up
- Divide the class into 2 groups and ask Ss to do the following
exercise
Rearrange the following letters to make words.
entdstu
usiveytnri
 Lead in the lesson: Today we are talking about things we
have to do before entering a university.
Pre- speaking
The whole class
1. Vocabulary:
- reference letter:
- a copy of the originals of school certificate:
- scores of the required entrance examination:
2. Task 1:
Group work

- T asks Sts to do task 1 (page 55)
- T gives feedback
While- speaking
1. Activity 1: Task 2
- T divides the class into 2 groups
Group work
- T gives cards to Sts in each group
- T asks Sts to discuss and make questions for each gap.
- T gives a model
+ When do you . . . ?
+ What do you do in . . . ?
* Group 1
What to do
When to do
1. fill in the application form
1. . .
2. . . .
2. In March
3. take the GCSE examination
3. . . .
4. . . . .
4. In June
5. take the entrance examination
5. In July
6. get the entrance examination results 6. In August
7. get a letter of acceptance from the university 7. . . .


Time

Teacher’s activities
* Group 2
What to do
1. fill in the application form
2. send the application form
3. take the GCSE examination
4. get the GSCE result
5. . . . .
6. get the entrance examination
7. . . .

8'

2'

Ss’ activities

When to do
1. In March
2. In March
3. In May
4. In June
5. In July
6. . . .
7. Late Augustearly September

2. Activity 2: Ask and answer
Group 1 ask questions and group 2 answer
Group 2 ask questions and group 2 answer
- Sts in each group have to listen and take note to fill in the gaps

Post- speaking
- Sts work in groups of 4 or 6 to discuss the process of
applying to a tertiary institution in Vietnam
- T. moves around the class to give help when needed
- T. asks the groups to report to the class
- T. gives feedback and makes comments
Homework
- Ask Sts to write about the process of applying to a tertiary
institution in Vietnam

Pair work

Group work

The whole class


Unit 5 : Higher education
Lesson 3: Listening
1. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to improve their listening skill and talk know
about the difficulties which students can meet when they study abroad .
2. Teaching aids:
Hand outs, posters and cassettes
3. Procedure:
Time
Teacher’s activities
Ss’ activities
5’
Warm – up

- Brain storming
Whole class
Ask sts to list the famous universities in the world

famous
universities
in the world

Oxford

Answer questions
+ Do the students come from different countries?
+ Do they have any difficulties in communicating?
custom?
food?
weather?
living conditions

Whole class

Team work
10’

Pre-listening
* Vocabulary:
+ proportion (n) definition
+ tutorial (a)
+ majority (n) antonym
+ daunting (n)
Rub out and remember

F prediction
- T gives handouts, ask sts guess theT/F statements, write
their answers on board, T remains their prediction
Statemnts
1. John has just finished his master of
science(MSC) course

Whole class

Guess/ key
Pair work


Time

20’

8’

2’

Teacher’s activities
Ss’ activities
2. The thought the students from other
countries got on well on the curse
3. He didn't give anyadivice to
international studerts
4. He thought the most important thing for
the oversea students is to make use of the
Whole class

tutions and lecturess
While - listening
T/F correction.
- Plays tape, asks sts to listen and cheek their predition
- Feed back & give correct answer 1-f, 2-f, 3-f, 4-t
Multiplied choice (Ex in textbook P.56-57)
+ Let sts guess the answers
+ Let sts listen to tape again and check their answers
+ Feed back and give correct answers :
* 1-C, 2-A, 3-C, 4-A, 5-B
Post – listening
Let sts exchange others and get information
* Model
S: Would you leke to do an undergraduate course in your
country or abroad?
S2: I would likef to do ...
S1: Why?
S2: Because .../I think ...
- Reportation: Call some sts report about the informations
which he've just interviewed
Summary and Homework
- Write a short paragraph about difficulties, which internationl
students meet when studying aboard deserts?" ( 10 - 15
sentences)


Unit 5: Higher education
Lesson 4: Writing
1. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to write a letter of request

2. Teaching aids:
Textbook, model letter
3. Procedure:
Tim
Teacher’s activities
e
3’
Warm up
*Brainstorming
Parts of
a formal letter

15’

Ss’ activities
Group work

Pre-writing:
Act 1 :
Group work
- Ask ss to work in groups to find out some structures which are
used to write a formal letter
- T checks ss’ answers
Act 2 :
* T supplies some structures
1. Introduction:
Whole class
- I am writing this letter to……
- I am interested in applying to a course in……..
- I would like to apply…

2. Request:
- Please could you send me..…
- I would be grateful if you would send / provide me ……..
3. Further information:
- I have recently graduated..…
- I have a good command of English
…………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………..
4. Conclusion.
- I look forward to ………….


Tim
e
15’

10’

2’

Teacher’s activities
While-writing:
- T gives a model letter and underlines the necessary information
and asks ss to replace them by their own information
- Ask ss to exchange letters and introduce peer correction
A sample letter.
Dear Sir / Madam,
I am interested in applying to an undergraduate course in
Computer Science at the University of Birmingham in England ,
so I am writing this letter to ask what the requirements are to be

eligible for the course.
I would be very grateful if you could send me information
about tuition fees , accommodation and exams.
I have passed GCSE with the average score 8,2 and I have
got 550 for the last TOEFL test
Could you please send me information as soon as possible
so that I can start the course next year ?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you,
Pham Thanh Nam
Post-writing
- T picks up some letters and corrects them as the whole
- Feedback and highlight common mistakes Ss make in
their writings.
Homework
- Write a letter to UCAS to ask for information out the fees and
dealine of course at a University in England

Ss’ activities
Individual work
Pair work
Whole class

Whole class

Whole class


Unit 5: Higher education
Lesson 5 :Language focus

1. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
+ know how to pronounce stress in words of more than 3 syllables
+ review and practice with conditional sentences.
2. Teaching aids:
Posters, textbook, cassette-player, tape, cards
3. Procedure:
Time
Teache’s activities
8'
Pronunciation
- Pronounce stress in words of more than 3 syllables
1. Listen and repeat.
-Ask Ss to read and guess the stress of the words given
-Play the tape and ask Ss to check
-Ask ss to listen again and repeat
-Check by asking 2 Ss to read all aloud.
2. Practice reading the sentences.
-Ask Ss to read all given sentences
-Play the tape for Ss to listen and mark the stress in the words
of more than 3 syllables.
- Check by asking some Ss to read aloud and correct
Grammar
10'
1. Presentation: Matching A and B
- Give Ss the poster as follow:
A
1, If I get good marks,
2, If she had a car,
3, If they had passed the exam,

B
a, they would have gone for holiday.
b, she would take you round
c, I will be happy.
- Ask ss to match A and B in groups
- Check and ask Ss to distinguish which sentences is 1st, 2nd or
3rd type of conditional sentences
*Answer:
1 c - 1st type
2 b - 2nd type
3 a - 3rd type
- Suggest Ss to review the use, form of those 3 types of
conditional sentences.
- Feedback and check by giving poster

Ss’ activities
- Whole class
- Individually
- Whole classs
- Individually

- Groupwork

- Individually


Time

7'

10'

Teache’s activities
Type If clause
Main clause
st
1
Simple present
Simple future
nd
2
Simple past
Would +V.inf.
rd
3
Past perfect
Would + have+PII
*Note: Unless = if ……not
2. Practice.
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs.
-T gives game: lucky number
1
2
3
4
5
6
1. If you had told me earlier, I……(give) it to you.
2. We would have sent you a book if we ….(have) your address.

3. If you work hard, you…….(pass) the exam.
4. If I …..(be) you, I would'nt tell the truth.
5. Unless you tell me your name, I ….( not send) you this letter.
6. lucky number
Key:
1,: would have given
2,: had had
3,: will pass
4,: were
5,: won't send
6,: lucky number
Exercise 2: Express these situation using conditional
sentences.
- Give Ss handout as follow:
1. I can't do the test. It is too difficult.
*If………………………………….
2, Jane doesn't study hard . She hates school.
*If…………………
3, Work hard or you will fail the exams.
*Unless……………………
4.It rained hard yesterday.We stayed at home.
*If……………………..
- Ask if Ss know what to do and do No 1 as example on the
board.
1, I can't do the test .It is too difficult.
*If the test were easier, I could do it.
- Ask Ss to do in pairs.
- Ask Ss to write their sentences on the board.
- Feedback and correct.

Ss’ activities

- Whole class
and individually

- Work in pair


Time

9'

1’

Teache’s activities
* Answer.
2, If Jane liked school, she would study hard
3,Unless you work haed,you'll fail the exam.
4,If it hadn't rained hard yesterday, we wouldn't have stayed
at home.
3. Production:
Dialogue completion
-Hang a poster of uncompleted conversation on the
blackboard. Ask Ss to work in groups and fill in.
A. Yesterday afternoon, there was a live show of My Tam on
VTV3. Did you see it ?
B. No ,I do like My Tam but I had an English class at that
time .If I hadn't been busy,…….(1).Will it be rebroadcasted?
A. Yes, tonight. If I were you,……(2)
B. Certaindy. Unless I am too busy,….(3)

- Check and correct.
* Possible answer:
1, I would have watched it .
2. I would watch / I wouldn't miss…..
3, I will watch…
- Ask Ss to role play the dialogue.
WRAPPING
- Summarize the main points.
- Give homework. Finish the exercises in the textbook

Ss’ activities

- Group work

- Role play

- Whole class