Lesson plan 12-Unit 4-Speaking

Date of preparation : 10.10.2008. Unit 4 : SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Date of teaching : 14.10.2008 Period:2 Section: Speaking.

I AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :
 Language content:
- To help Ss to get some knowledge of the education system.
- To introduce some useful structures related to the topic
- Vocabulary: nursery school, kindergarten, primary school, lower secondary
School, upper secondary school.
Structure : Wh- questions
 Language function:
- Talking about the school education system in Vietnam.
Educational aim :
To help Ss to be aware of the importance of educational systems in society.
1. Skill : Integrated skills : Speaking
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 :
5 Previous exercises:
III. PROCEDURE IN CLASS.
1. Stabilization : (2m)
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 gets Ss to play the game “
clap the board “
- T puts some words they learned
from the previous lessons on the
board. Two representatives of
the two teams come up to the
board, listen to the teacher giving
the words’ definitions and clap
the correct word on the board.
The team that gets more correct
words will win the game ( the
T- whole class
Unit 4 : SCHOOL
EDUCATION SYSTEM
Period2: Section : Speaking
5ms
10ms
10ms
words suggested : ( curriculumn,
core , tuition fees, state school,
primary education, secondary
education…)
- T leads to the lesson :
You will practise speaking about
the school education system in
Vietnam.
2. Pre –speaking
- Introduces new words

+ nursery school (n)
+ kindergarten (n)
+ primary school (n)
+ lower secondary school
+ upper secondary school
- Checks understanding.ROR
3. While - speaking
Activity 1.
Questions and answers
- Lets Ss work in pairs to ask and
answer the questions abut the
school education system in
Vietnam based on the table .
- Works with a student to model.
Calls some pairs to act out the
conversation.
Gives feedback and comments
Example :
A: When do the children in
Vietnam go to primary school ?
B : When they are 6 years.
A : How long is the primary
education ?
A : 5 years, from grade 1 to grade
5.
Activity 2:
Puts Ss into groups to practise
talking about the school
education system in Vietnam.,
using the information from task

1.
Goes around to control and give
help if needed.
Calls on some pairs to act out
their ideas
Repeat
Copy down
Work in pairs
Take notes
Work in groups

New words
+nursery school (n)
+ kindergarten (n)
+ primary school (n)
+ lower secondary school
+ upper secondary school
Task 1 : Questions and
answers
A: When do the children in
Vietnam go to primary school ?
B : When they are 6 years.
A : How long is the primary
education ?
A : 5 years, from grade 1 to
grade 5.
Task 2 Talking about the
school education
system in Vietnam.
8ms

Gives feedback on what Ss have
done and make comments.
There are three levels of
education in Vietnam – pre-
school, primary education and
secondary education. Children
often go to pre-school when they
are one year old which is
optional. Primary and lower
secondary school education are
compulsory in Vietnam .
Children start to go to primary
school at the age of eleven.
Children stay in lower secondary
school until the age of fourteen
when they finish lower secondary
school and then they have to take
an examination to go to upper
secondary school.
1. Post speaking.
Writing about the
similarities and
differences.
Devides the class into six groups.
Assigns three groups to write the
similarities between the school
system in Vietnam and England
and the other three groups to
write about the differences
Calls on some groups to report

their resuls to the class.
Gives feedback and comments
Tells Ss build dialouges to
practise giving responding to
compliments in pairs.
Goes around to control and give
help if needed.
Calls on some pairs to act out
their dialoues.
Gives feedback and comments.
6. Consolidation
Confirms the content of the
lesson.
Work in groups

.
There are three levels of
education in Vietnam – pre-
school, primary education and
secondary education. Children
often go to pre-school when
they are one year old which is
optional. Primary and lower
secondary school education are
compulsory in Vietnam .
Children start to go to primary
school at the age of eleven.
Children stay in lower
secondary school until the age
of fourteen when they finish

lower secondary school and
then they have to take an
examination to go to upper
secondary school.
4. Homework: (2ms)
Asks Ss learn by heart new words
Preparation for the next lesson ()
- Prepare for section : Listening
5. Self – evaluation : …………………………………………………………………………..
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