Lesson plan 12-Unit 7-Reading

Date of preparation : 19.11.2008 Unit7 : ECONOMIC REFORMS
Date of teaching : 22.11.2008 Period: 1 Section: Reading.
I AIMS AND OBJECTIVES :
 Language content:
- To help Ss read for specific information about economic reforms
- To introduce some new words relating to the topic
- Vocabulary: measure, reform, renovation,restructure, domestic
- Structure : present simple, the present perfect
 Language function:
- Understanding the passage about gaining greater achievements after renovation.
Educational aim :: Knowing some factors that would help us succeed in economic reforms
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: ()
Questions :
Key to questions:
3. Presentation of the new material :
Time Teacher’s activities Student’s
activ
ities
The content of the lesson

4ms
5ms
Warm-up:
Aims: to introduce the topic of the lesson
and to raise students' interest.
- Tell the class the the differences
between schools (hospitals, houses) now
and the past ten years.
- How do farmers transport their farming
products now and how did they do ten
years ago?
- What make all of these changes?
Before you read :
- Ask students (to work in pairs) to open
their books, look at the pictures, and do
the tasks that follow.
+ What can you see..?
+ Do you think…?
+ What, in your opinion, should…?
- Ask them to work in 3 minutes,
meanwhile the teacher moves round to
help if necessary.
T- whole
class
Work in pairs
Give the
answers
Unit 7 : ECONOMIC
REFORMS
Period 1: Section : Reading

I. New words
5ms
8ms
5ms
- Ask some pairs to report .
- Give some remark if necessary
Introduces new words & phrases
+ National Congresses:
+ renovation (n)
+ under-developed (pp):
+ inflation (n):
+ stagnant (adj):
+ government subsidies (n):
+ government commitment (n):
+ dissolve (v):
+ substantial (adj):
While you read :
- 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)
- Ask students to read through the text
once to find out some new words, guess
the main idea.
- Explain new words (give the
Vietnamese equivalents), guide the sts to
get the main contents of the reading text.
- Ask students to work individually in 3

minutes to do this task.
- Guide students to read through the
passage , then focus on only the
sentences surrounding the suggested
words to do the task effectively.
- Give students some more words that
may be new/ unfamiliar to them.
- Guide the students to read the word in
chorus and individually.
+ National Congresses: i h i toàn qu cĐạ ộ ố
+ renovation (n i m iĐổ ớ
+ under-developed (pp):¸ch m phát tri nậ ể
+ inflation (n): l m phátạ
+ stagnant (adj): trì trệ
+ government subsidies (n): s bao c pự ấ
c a chính phủ ủ
+ government commitment (n): sự
cam k t c a chính ph ế ủ ủ
+ dissolve (v): tan rả
+ substantial (adj): l n laoớ
Task 2:
- Ask students to read the passage again
and choose whether the statements given
are true (T) or false (F).
- Ask them to work individually to do the
Repeat
Copy down
individually
Read in
silence

Copy down
individually
+ National Congresses:
+ renovation (n)
+ under-developed (pp):
+ inflation (n):
+ stagnant (adj):
+ government subsidies (n):
+ government commitment (n):
+ dissolve (v):
+ substantial (adj):
Task 1 -
Task 2 -
+ National Congresses: iĐạ
h i toàn qu cộ ố
+ renovation (n i m iĐổ ớ
+ under-developed (pp):¸ch mậ
phát tri nể
+ inflation (n): l m phátạ
+ stagnant (adj): trì trệ
+ government subsidies (n): sự
bao c p c a chính phấ ủ ủ
+ government commitment
(n): s cam k t c a chính phự ế ủ ủ
+ dissolve (v): tan rả
+ substantial (adj): l n laoớ
Task 2 :
10ms
task and give the evidence to prove the
keys.

- Move round to make sure that all
students are working and to help them if
necessary.
- Ask some students to report and give
feedback.
1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T
Task 3:
- Ask students to read the passage again
then work in pairs to ask and answer the
suggested questions.
- Walk round the class to give help if
necessary.
A: When and by whom was …?
B: in 1986 by the Vietnamese
Communist Party
A: What was the aim…?
B: to restructure the economy of
Vietnam, to
Raise the living standard of the people.
A: Name the renovation measures…?
B: eliminated government subsidies.
shifted economic priority…..of export.
reduced state intervention in business.
open trade relation…..the world.
encourage foreign……investment.
A: How has Vietnam changed…?
B: productivity and agricultural export…
farmers have enjoyed…..
workers have worked harder.
children, especially from …, …

training.
A: What do we believe?
B: We believe that with the …..
VN before DM: economy under-
developed – country and poor people –
production stagnant – shortage of
schools, hospitals – inflation.
Renovation measures:
eliminated government subsidies -
shifted economic priority…..of export -
reduced state intervention in business -
open trade relation…..the world -
encourage foreign……investment.
VN since DM: productivity and
agricultural export -farmers have
enjoyed…..- workers have worked
harder.
children, especially from …, …
Copy down
Work in pairs
1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F
5. T
Task 3
A: When and by whom was …?
B: in 1986 by the Vietnamese
Communist Party
A: What was the aim…?
B: to restructure the economy
of Vietnam, to
Raise the living standard of

the people.
A: Name the renovation
measures…?
B: eliminated government
subsidies.
shifted economic
priority…..of export.
reduced state intervention in
business.
open trade relation…..the
world.
encourage foreign……
investment.
A: How has Vietnam
changed…?
B: productivity and agricultural
export…
farmers have enjoyed…..
workers have worked harder.
children, especially from …,
… training.
A: What do we believe?
B: We believe that with the
…..
VN before DM: economy
under-developed – country and
poor people – production
stagnant – shortage of schools,
hospitals – inflation.
Renovation measures:

eliminated government
5ms
training.
After you read :
- Ask students to work in group to scan
the text again.
- Ask them to work in small groups of
three or four to talk about the text based
on the suggested points.
- Encourage them to use their own words.
- Ask one or two pairs to report.
5. Consolidation
Confirms the content of the lesson.
Work in
groups
subsidies - shifted economic
priority…..of export - reduced
state intervention in business -
open trade relation…..the
world - encourage foreign……
investment.
VN since DM: productivity and
agricultural export -farmers
have enjoyed…..- workers
have worked harder.
children, especially from …,
… training.
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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