Lesson plan 12-Unit 4-listening

Date of preparation : 11.10.2008 Unit 4 : SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Date of teaching : 15.10.2008 Period:3 Section: Listening.

I AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :
 Language content:
- To help Ss listen to the conversation between jenny and Gavin talking about
What they do at school,
- To introduce some new words relating to the topic
- Vocabulary : tearaway, disruptive, methodical, well-behaved, stuggle
- Structure : the simple present tense, the simple past tense
 Language function:
- listen for the understanding of the passage.
Educational aim :
To make the students knowing more about school education system in Vietnam
Skill : Integrated skills : listening
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, prepare the new words
5 Previous exercises:
III. PROCEDURE IN CLASS.
1. Stabilization : (2ms)
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 activities The content of the lesson

3ms
1. Warm up :
- T asks Ss to look at the
sentences in their books
Asks Ss to work in pairs ,studying
and answering the following
questions:
+ What school subjects are you
good at ?
+ Which ones do you enjoy
most / least in your class ?
explain why ?
- T leads in the new lesson :
T- whole class
Answer the questions
Unit 4 : SCHOOL
EDUCATION SYSTEM
Period3: Section : Listening
10ms
10ms
Today you will listen to the
conversation between Jenny and
Gavin talking about what they do
at school.
2. Pre- listening.
- T introduces some new words:
+ tearaway (n)
+ disruptive (a)
+ methodical (a)
+ well – behaved (a)

+ struggle (n)
- T helps Ss to pronouce the
words
- T asks Ss to repeat .
- T checks understanding( What
and where)
3. While- listening
Task 1: Listen and tick
- T gets Ss to read the questions
carefully and work out what
information they need to
concentrate on while listening.
- T plays the tape ( or reads the
tapescript) once for Ss to listen
and do the task.
- T plays the tape two more time
and pauses at the answers for Ss
to catch.
- Calls on some Ss to give the
answers
Jenny Gavin
1. Did you
always work
very hard ?
∨ ∨
2. Did you
always listen
carefully to
your
teacher ?

3. Did you
always
behave
well ?
∨
4. Did you
copy down
repeat guess the
meaning of the new
words
individual work
Listen to
copy down
New words
+ tearaway (n)
+ disruptive (a)
+ methodical (a)
+ well – behaved (a)
+ struggle (n)

Task 1: Listen and tick
Jenny Gavin
1. Did you
always
work very
hard ?
∨ ∨
2. Did you
always
listen

carefully
to your
teacher ?

v
3. Did you
always
behave
well ?
∨
4. Did you
pass your
exams
easily ?
5. Did you
always
write your
homework
slowly and
carefully ?
∨ ∨
8ms
5ms
pass your
exams easily
?
5. Did you
always write
your
homework

slowly and
carefully ?
∨ ∨
6. Did you
think your
school days
were the
best days of
your life ?
Task 2- Listen and answer the
questions
Lets Ss listen to the passage
again if needed and ask them to
answer the questions
- Has Ss compare the results in
pairs.
- Goes over the answers with the
class.
1. When he enjoyed the
subject.
2. He found it very difficult.
3. Because they were
difficult for him to do it
in a short time.
4. Because he went away to
boarding school when he
quite young and he didn’t
like that. So schools
weren’t the best days pf
his life.

4. After listening
- T gets Ss to work in pairs
- Tp talk about their school.
- T gives Ss the following
questions as help.
+ How do you feel about your
school ? ( Do you like it or not )
Work in pairs
Copy down
Work in pairs
6. Did you
think your
school
days were
the best
days of
your life ?
Task 2- Listen and answer
the questions
1. When he enjoyed the
subject.
2. He found it very
difficult.
3. Because they were
difficult for him to do it
in a short time.
4. Because he went away
to boarding school when he
quite young and he didn’t like
that. So schools weren’t the

best days pf his life.
+ What things do you like and
what things don’t you like ?
( uniform, subjects, teachers,
punishment )
- Gives feedback.
.5. Consolidation
Confirms the content of the
lesson.
4. Homework: (2ms) Asks Ss to learn by heart all new words.
5. Preparation for the next lesson ()
- Prepare for section : Writing
- Self – evaluation : ………………………………………………………………….