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How To Teach Writing In Tieng Anh 12 Effectively?

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HOW TO TEACH WRITING IN TIENG ANH 12
EFFECTIVELY?
I. LÝ DO CHỌN ĐỀ TÀI:
* Phần giảng dạy này được đưa vào chương trình Anh văn 12 từ năm học
2008-2009
* Đề tài mang tính thiết thực phần nào giúp giáo viên giảng dạy các tiết
viết hiệu quả hơn, giúp học sinh rèn luyện kĩ năng đọc viết tốt hơn.
II.THỰC TRẠNG TRƯỚC KHI THỰC HIỆN CÁC GIẢI PHÁP CỦA ĐỀ
TÀI:
1. Thuận lợi:
 Có hướng dẫn của Bộ trong “Tài liệu bồi dưỡng giáo viên” và trong
sách giáo viên Tiếng Anh 12.
 Được tham dự các lớp tập huấn thay sách năm 2008,2011
2. Khó khăn:
 Chương trình mới chỉ mới được áp dụng trong bốn năm học.
 Giáo viên cần có kiến thức nhất định về CNTT và đầu tư nhiều công
sức cho việc tra cứu tài liệu, hình ảnh minh họa để soạn giảng.
3. Số liệu thống kê:
III. NỘI DUNG ĐỀ TÀI:
1. Cơ sở lý luận:
Đề tài liên quan đến kỹ năng viết, là một trong 4 kỹ năng không
thể thiếu trong quá trình học một ngôn ngữ.
2. Nội dung, biện pháp thực hiện các giải pháp của đề tài:
Trình bày những kinh nghiệm soạn và dạy WRITING trong Tiếng Anh
12 một cách có hiệu quả :
- Những khó khăn và giải pháp giáo viên cần biết trong việc dạy và
học tiếng anh thông qua kĩ năng Viết.

- Những nguyên tắc giáo viên cần nắm vững khi dạy Writing
- Một số bài tập được thiết kế cho phần Warm-up trong các tiết dạy
Writing (Tiếng Anh 12)
- Ví dụ về Lesson plan ở 1 tiết dạy Writing.
- Ví dụ về 1 bài dạy Writing sử dụng CNTT kèm dĩa CD

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HOW TO TEACH WRITING IN TIENG ANH 12 EFFECTIVELY?
I/ INTRODUCTION
English is a main subject in senior high school being taught in three or four
periods a week. Writing is one of the four skills that we have to acquire in the
process of English learning .To master a language in general and English in
particular we must develop all four skills – listening , speaking, reading and
writing. However, how we can develop each of them successfully is a big
problem for all concerned .In the process of learning a language , especially
English, writing is considered as the last language skill to be acquired.It is last
but not least and I find it rather difficult to do it well because writing in one’s
mother tongue is difficult but writing in a foreign language is far more difficult.
Besides, when teachers teach writing , they usually fall into teaching grammar
structures and focus on correction. On the whole they mainly provide students
with sentence structures, sets of grammar rules, then then give them a task and
ask them to complete the task. As a result , the students become passive to get
correct answers or to correct grammar errors. But we, English teachers , should

remember that the main point of teaching writing is teaching the students how to
write , not to test their writing.
Today, I would like to discuss some difficulties in teaching and learning
English through writing and the solutions to them and some of my experience in
teaching writing in TIENG ANH 12.
II/ CONTENTS : How to teach Writing in Tieng Anh 12 effectively?

1/ The problems in teaching and learning English through Writing and
the solutions to them
The problems:
a/The problems in getting students to write in the classroom
• Students don’t understand things what they will write about;
• They have nothing to write because they have lack of ideas and limited
vocabulary to express their opinions and they are disabled to use structures
,style or language in English standards.
• They don’t have enough time to write.
• Some students don’t participate in group works
b/. The typical mistakes a teacher might get:
• Teacher doesn’t get students to think about the topic or situation; to collect all
their idea, language focus (vocabulary, grammar) before writing about it (not
perfectly).
• Teacher doesn’t set up a pre task;
• Teacher neither gives clear instructions nor checks them
• Teacher doesn’t give suitable framework or outline.
• Sometimes teacher gives tasks without helpful cues.
• Teacher doesn’t do a lot of assisting weaker students.
c.Some writing tasks in textbook are not relevant

The solutions
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As teachers of English, we should understand the role of the teacher in
teaching writing: The teacher is a motivator, a resource and a feedback
provider.
- Teacher motivates students, creating the right conditions for them to
generate their own ideas.Teacher gets students involved in creative writing
activity so that students find it easier to generate ideas.
- Teacher should provide information and language where necessary.Teacher
offers advice and suggestions in a constructive and tactful way.
- Teacher should give feedback on students‟ writing tasks with special
care.Teacher should respond positively and encouragingly to the content of
students‟ written work.Teacher chooses kind of mistake to focus on when
correcting their written work. Overcorrection should be avoided.
a/Things that a teacher does to improve the students’ problems and help them
with free writing :
• To set up a pre – task (doesn’t talk about what the students must do, instead
shows them what/ how to do by giving a demonstration with suitable
framework/ outline/ helpful cues);
• To give clear instructions ( keep them short and simple) and check them;
• To care all students, especially, do a lot of assisting weaker students; to hold
classroom in effective working.
• To teach Ss: When they do not understand something, they should ask their
teacher, they shouldn’t stay silent.
There are two kinds of writing in grade 12 : controlled writing and free

writing .
Controlled writing consists of gap-filling , re-ordering sentences and sentencebuilding.
Free writing consists of letter writing, paragraph writing, report writing, giving
instructions and describing chart / book / a sporting event
Problem for free writing: When facing a free writing such as writing a
paragraph to describe their own town or village, many students would probably
find it quite difficult and make many mistakes. If so they would find the task
frustrating and probably not learn very much from it. Students would probably
approach the task in different way and produce a wide variety of different
paragraphs.
Thus the only way to correct their work would be individually, book by book,
this would be very time consuming for the teachers.
Therefore, Teachers should help students progress beyond very controlled
writing to free writing by guiding their writing ( GUIDED WRITING)
+ Giving cues.
+ Giving a short text as a model.
+ Doing oral preparation for the writing.
Modelling
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- Reading a model and noticing certain grammatical features / vocabulary /
useful expressions / text organisation / style…
- Putting different parts of the text onto a writing frame
- Sequencing a jumbled text

- Comparing and contrasting two forms of text of the same genre
Some examples of oral preparation for the writing
• discussing
• brainstorming
• observing and interpreting photos or artwork
• watching video clips
• using writing templates/ frames / cloze exercises
• mapping
• Brain writing
• Using matrix

b/Facilitating writing tasks:Tasks adaptation and implementation
* Making tasks easier:
- Breaking down tasks
- Scaffolding
- Lowering requirements
*Making tasks more challenging/more interesting
Ex:
UNIT 4 ( English 12)
rather difficult
• Provide the format
• Provide verbs to support
• Put students into groups (Each group will write about one thing)
UNIT 5 ( English 12)
• Provide a model letter
UNIT 14( English 12)
• Play a game to explain WWF, WHO and the UN by using their logos in
Reading lesson
• Draw a table on the board
• Ask students which organization they would like to work for. Then use

reasons provided into correct column
• - Ask and answer in pairs about their choices
• - Report their choices or their partners’ choices
UNIT 15( English 12)
Difficult (especially the ways of writing)
• Explain the chart
• Provide more detailed information
• Ask and answer about questions in the textbook
• (Teachers need to prepare the complete set of answers for task 1)
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• Put all answers on the board in random and ask them to work in group to
reorder the sentences to make a passage.
• Comment and highlight some verbs and phrases used to describe a chart.
UNIT 16( English 12)
Give cues and outline

c/ Teachers should master the following writing techniques
Pre-writing Techniques
• Using a drill
• Using a listening text
• Using a reading text
• Using a survey
• Using picture dictation

While-writing Techniques
Transformation
- Substitution tables
- Substitution boxes
- Gap-fill
- Questions and answers
- Ordering
Post-writing Techniques
- Correction (Ss correct and re-draft their texts)
- Sharing and comparing (Sharing when they write texts based on different
topics; comparing when they write texts based on the same topics).
- Exhibition (Ss share, compare, admire, pick a winner, copy others…)

2/ Teacher’s careful lesson plan, especially Warm-up( in PREWRITING)
Warm- up : warm-up is necessary to excite the atmosphere of the class and to
increase students’ motivation in the lesson. In this case, I can use matching games ,
pictures, questions, songs…
These are some examples about “ warm-up” in my teaching Writing ( Tieng
Anh 12):
UNIT 1 –ENGLISH 12 : HOME LIFE
D. WRITING : Warm -up
- T gives Ss the question: “Make as many sensible sentences as you can by joining
the elements in the following pattern table”
My parents

( not ) let

come home late

My mother

( not ) be allowed

do the housework

My father

( not ) have to

use the motorbike

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( not ) permit

talk on the phone with friends

- T has some Ss read their sentences in front of class
Suggested answers :
My parents don’t let me come home late. I have to do the housework….
 Teacher leads to the new lesson : In each family there are some rules that
we must follow . Let’s WRITE about our family rules
UNIT 3 – ENGLISH 12 :WAYS OF SOCIALISING
D.WRITING : Warm -up

- T shows the picture of two people talking to each other and presents the situation:
+ You meet your friend in the street. You have talked to each other in a while.
And now you want to go home What will you say ?
+ But do you think you have said goodbye too suddently ? So before you say”
Goodbye” what should you say? ( Ss can give out the Vietnamese saying )
- T : Today we’ll practise writing about ways to tell someone goodbye and
ways to apologize.
UNIT 4 – ENGLISH 12 :SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
D. WRITING : Warm -up
T has Ss work in pairs and make dialogues using the following questions:
1. When does a child start school in Vietnam?
2. How many levels of education are there in the school system of Vietnam?
3. How long does it take a student to complete each level?
4.How many grades are there in each level?
5.How many terms are there in a school year?...
 Teacher leads to the new lesson
UNIT 5 – ENGLISH 12 :HIGHER EDUCATION
D. WRITING : Warm –up
Game: Hangman
- T has students guess a word phrase corresponding to I 3 dashes.
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
- T divides the class into 2 teams

- T tells Ss from each team to take turns to guess the individual letter of the word.
- If the letter appears in the word, the teacher writes it in the right position.
- Each time they get wrongly, a section is added to a simple picture of a hanging man. If this picture is
complete, the man “hangs” and the students have lost the game.

- Ss guess the individual letter of the word.

R e
1 2

q u
3 4

e s
5 6

t
7

l e
t t e
r
8 9 10 11 12 13

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2

7
9
1

Key:
The words to guess: Request letter

 Teacher leads to the new lesson : Writing a request letter
UNIT 6 –ENGLISH 12 : FUTURE JOB
D. WRITING : Warm –up
Warm - up: Brainstorming
Request

Invitation

Confirmation

Kinds of letters

Thanking

Job application
Recommendation

T leads to the new lesson: Write a letter of job application from an advertisment
UNIT 8 – ENGLISH 12 :LIFE IN THE FUTURE
D. WRITING :
Warm -up
- Free talk about the life in the future.
Questions: In the future
1. In which environment would you like to live?
2. What language would you like to study?
3. Where would you like to go picnic?

4. With what kind of people would you like to live?
Introduction: The world in which you would like to live in the year 2020
UNIT 10 – ENGLISH 12 :ENDANGERED SPECIES
D. WRITING : Warm -up
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What can you see in these pictures?

T leads to the new lesson: “ Write a paragraph about measures for protecting
endangered animals”
UNIT 11 – ENGLISH 12 :BOOKS
D. WRITING : Warm -up
Writing a book report

What should we do if
we want to make a good
report?
1- First read the book carefully.
2- Then make an outline.
3- Finally start to write the report.
T leads to the new lesson

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UNIT 12 – ENGLISH 12 : WATER SPORTS
D. WRITING: Warm -up
Warm up

Brainstorming
Water polo

windsurfing

Scubadiving

Water
sports

rowing

swimming

Synchronized
swimming

 Teacher leads to the new lesson
UNIT 13 – ENGLISH 12 :THE 22nd SEA GAMES
D. WRITING :Warm up

Clustering: Mapping out ideas

half

score

stadium

A football
match

spectator

opponent

team
player

captain

T leads to the new lesson : Describing a football match
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UNIT 14 – ENGLISH 12 :INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

D. WRITING :Warm up
Match: WWF (World Wildlife Fund) WHO (World Health Organization)
and the UN ( United Nations) with these pictures

Teacher leads to the new lesson :Writing a short description of an
international organization
UNIT 15 – ENGLISH 12 :WOMEN IN SOCIETY
D. WRITING :
Warm up: Answer the following questions:
1, How many children does your mother have?
2, Who does more housework in your family?
3, How many hours does she spend on her housework per week?
Make a statistic of these activities and the time that your mother
and your father often do per week.

Activities

Your mother -Time

Your father - Time

Cleaning the floor
Washing clothes
Tidying the kitchen
Ironing clothes
Repairing things
Doing the washing
Taking care of the baby
Cooking meals
Going shopping

Total

 Teacher leads to the new lesson: Describing a chart illustrating the average
hours of housework per week done by married women in comparison with married
men.
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UNIT 16 – ENGLISH 12 :THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN
NATIONS
D. WRITING :Warm up: Name the pictures below

1
Halong bay

2
Trang tien bridge

4
Thien mu pagoda

Da lat

5

6

Van mieu

7
Hung Kings temple

3

Nha trang

8

9

Tra co beach

Vung tau

 Teacher leads to the new lesson: “Write a letter to a pen pal recommending a
significant place you are familiar with”

*In this section, I would like to demonstrate an example of a lesson plan ( Unit
16 – Tieng Anh 12 : Writing) in which I apply the techniques above:

D. WRITING
I. Objectives:
1. Educational aim: By the end of the lesson , Students will be able to know how
to write a letter of recommendation

2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge:
Students learn how to write about the places they are familiar with
- Language: Words related to the topic
3. Skills: - Filling in each blank with the missing sentences
- Writing a letter of recommendation
II. Method: Integrated, mainly communicative
III. Teaching aids: letters of recommendation , posters
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IV.Procedure

Time
Teacher’s activities
Pre-writing: (13mn)
5ms

Warm-up
To draw the students’attention, the
teacher shows them some pictures
and asks them name the pictures.
11

8ms

Students’activities

2

Students work in groups,
discussing and writing the
answers on the cardboards as
soon as possible

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Suggested answer :
1- Halong Bay
2- Trang Tien bridge
3- Da lat
4- Thien Mu pagoda
5- Van Mieu

6- Nha trang
7- Hung Kings temple
8- Tra Co beach
9- Vung tau

- T asks Ss to work in groups and
write the answers on the cardboards
as soon as possible ( The quickest
group with the correct answer will
be the winner).
- T calls others to give remarks then
give corrective feedback if
necessary.
Teacher leads to the new lesson
Task1: Complete the letter of
recommendation with the missing
sentences in the box.
Teaching vocabulary :
- T teaches some new words and
phrases which appear in Task 1 so
that Ss can understand the lesson
more clearly
1.„islet (n) = small island
Ss listen, answer the teacher’s
2.„grotto (n) = small cave
questions, read the new words
3. i‟deal (adj.)for sth = perfect,
and copy down
most suitable
4. ho‟spitable (adj.) to/toward sb

= friendly and kind to visitors
T lets students read some new
words first in chorus and then read
individually

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Rationale

Motivation is
done with
pictures which
will make Ss
more involved
and interested
in the lesson.
This also helps
increase
teacher-student
and studentstudent
interaction
Encourage Ss
to express their
knowledge of
beautiful places
in Vietnam

-Explaining
new words
helps students
understand the
text easily
-Help Ss
pronounce the
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How To Teach Writing In Tieng Anh 12 Effectively?

- T asks Ss to read through task 1
first and work in groups to do it
-T goes around to offer help if
necessary.
- T asks Ss to read aloud the
answers then call others to give
remarks.
1. I would like to recommend a
well-known place in Vietnam to you.
2. It is about 170km from Hanoi.
3. The beach is an ideal place for
swimmers.
4. People here are very friendly and
hospitable.
5. I‟m sure you will have a
wonderful time here in Ha Long
Bay.

In this stage ,T

Some Ss read aloud the has to check s’
answers then others give reading
remarks
comprehension
to prepare them
for the
following
writing task

- Ss listen and take notes

While-writing: (20 minutes)
Task 2
Write a letter of recommendation. Ss read the requirement for
- T has students read the
task 2 quickly
requirement for task 2 quickly
David ,your pen pal ,is going to spend his
summer vacation in one of the ASEAN
countries. You want him to visit Vietnam
.Write a letter to him recommending a
significant place you are familiar with.
-Make Ss more
aware of what
involved in
writing task

Nha trang

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T shows Ss the picture of Nha
Trang and asks them to write a
letter to David recommending Nha
Trang, one of the best resort towns
in Vietnam
T gives Ss some useful expressions
and vocabularies that can be used in
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the Writing.
4ms

6ms

+ I am very happy to hear that ...........
+ On hearing that you are going to +
verb, I‟d like...............
+ is located/ situated in/ on ........
+ Caves, grottoes, mountain, hill, island,
islet, spectacular, wonderful, attractive,
beautiful, ideal, .........

+ friendly, warm, hospitable, gentle,
polite, charming
+ speciality/ special food. Shrimp,
crab,........

Ss listen to the teacher and
take notes

Ss work in groups and
-T gives the form of a
outline:
recommendation letter
Date: May 3rd 2012
Outline
Salutation: Dear David,
+Date
Body:
+Salutation
- location: Nha Trang
+Body
- natural features: Rivers,
.location
mountains, sea with white sand
.natural features
beaches
.places to visit
- entertainment: Resorts,
.food
Vinpearl land, swimming
.people

- place to visit: Islands such as
Hon Tam, Hon dau, Dao Yen…
........
- food: Fresh specialities: Squid,
+Closing
lobster, crabs, tunny…
+Signature
- T asks Ss to work in groups to - people: Not cold but friendly
and hospitable
outline.
-T goes round and offers help if Closing: My mom joins me in
sending very best wishes to you
necessary
all.

Giving cues
helps Ss do the
following
writing task
easily

Reading and
writing can be
done in groups.
Group work
plays an
important
role.This is a
good chance
for groupmates

to share ideas.It
also sets up a
supportive
learning
atmosphere
- Practise
listening,
speaking and
writing skills

I‟m looking forward to hearing
from you soon
Signature: Yours sincerely,

10ms

Ss work individually, writing
After finishing the outline,Ss work their own letters.
individually, writing their own
letters. T reminds Ss of the tenses
used in the writing, walks about and Ss revise drafts and edit their -Increase
gives help when necessary
writing, refering to comments student -student
-T asks Ss to exchange their drafts from peers
interaction
and comment on them
Suggested answer:
May 3rd 2012
Dear David,
It seems that such a long time

since we last met each other.
I am glad that you are going to

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spend your summer vacation in
Vietnam, a country with many
beautiful natural sights.
I‟d like to recommend NhaTrang
to you , which is one of the best
resort towns in Vietnam.
It has rivers, mountains ,and the
sea with sand beaches that are the
best and interesting for swimmers.
You can go on a boat trip to the
islands such as Hon Tam, Hon
Dau, Dao Yen… and feel indulged
in the splendor of the nature
Besides, every year there is a great
celebration at Ponagar Tower, an
interesting place to visit, which
attracts many people to come here
to worship. Nha Trang is also
famous for sea food. If you come
here, you can eat fresh specialities

such as squid, lobster,crab,
tunny…
People here are very friendly and
hospitable.
I hope that you‟ll enjoy your
holidays in NhaTrang and have
unforgettable memories about
Vietnam
I‟m looking forward to seeing you
soon.
Yours sincerely,
Nguyen Anh

Post-writing (12 ms)
10ms

2ms

- T asks some students read their - Ss listen to their friends’
writings aloud and the class give writings and give comments
comments
- T listens and corrects if necessary

- Practise
listening,
speaking and
writing skills

-Encourage Ss
to talk about

what they have
Homework:
- T asks Ss to do the writing task in -Ss listen to the teacher and written

their notebooks
write down homework
-T asks Ss to prepare the next
lesson: Language focus

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*Nowadays, many schools are provided with computers and projectors, so it’s very
easy for teachers to explain their lessons with the help of computer and projector.
For me, the presentation of a computer teaching plan lets students pay more
attention to the lesson and they will feel more interested in the lesson .
These are my slides to teach Writing (UNIT 16 – ENGLISH 12) with the help
of computer and projector(CD included)

WARM-UP: Name the pictures below
Teacher’s name : NGUYỄN THỊ THANH HỒNG
TRAN BIEN HIGH SCHOOL

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2

Halong bay

Trang tien bridge

Thien mu pagoda

Van mieu

4

5

7

Da lat

6

“Writing a letter of
recommendation”

Nha trang

8

Hung Kings temple

Unit 16:

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations

3

Tra co beach

9
Vung tau

Task 1
New Words:

A . Pre-Writing:

1.‘islet (n) = small island
2.‘grotto (n) = small cave
3. i‘deal (adj.) = perfect , most suitable
4. ho’spitable (adj.) = friendly and kind
to visitors : mến
khách
7

6

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Task 1: Complete the letter of recommendation with the missing
sentences in the box.
A. I’m sure you will have a wonderful time here in Ha Long Bay.
B. I would like to recommend a well-known place in Vietnam to you.
C. The beach is an ideal place for swimmers.
D. People here are very friendly and hospitable.
E. It is about 170 km from Hanoi.
17th May 2011
Dear Linda,
I’m pleased to hear that finally you have decided to spend your summer
vacation in Southeast Asian. (1) _______________.
It is Halong Bay.
B
Ha Long Bay is in the north of Vietnam. (2) _________
. It has attracted
E
thousands of tourists from all over the world. It has many big and small islets
and mountains with spectacular caves and grottoes. The weather and the sea are
very beautiful. (3) __________
. There are a lot of hotels and restaurants near
C
the beach, which serve excellent seafood. There is a famous entertainment
centre there- Tuan Chau Island.
(4) __________.
They can speak English and they are helpful, too.
D
I think you should come and see it. (5) ________________________________
A
I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,
Thu Ha.

Task 1: The letter of recommendation
17th May 2011
Dear Linda,
I’m pleased to hear that finally you have decided to spend your
summer vacation in Southeast Asian. I would like to recommend a wellknown place in Vietnam to you. It is Halong Bay.
Ha Long Bay is in the north of Vietnam. It is about 170 km from
Hanoi. It has attracted thousands of tourists from all over the world. It
has many big and small islets and mountains with spectacular caves and
grottoes. The weather and the sea are very beautiful. The beach is an
ideal place for swimmers. There are a lot of hotels and restaurants near
the beach, which serve excellent seafood. There is a famous
entertainment centre there- Tuan Chau Island.
People here are very friendly and hospitable. They can speak English
and they are helpful, too.
I think you should come and see it. I’m sure you will have a
wonderful time here in Ha Long Bay. I’m looking forward to hearing
from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Thu Ha.

Da Lat

Nha trang

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Task 2:
David, your pen pal, is going to spend
his summer vacation in one of the
ASEAN countries. You want him to
visit Vietnam. Write a letter to him
recommending a significant place you
are familiar with.

B. While-Writing:

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Written by Nguyen Thi Thanh Hong
Tran Bien High School (2011-2012)

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How To Teach Writing In Tieng Anh 12 Effectively?
Use the outline below.
Some useful expressions and vocabularies:
+ I am very happy to hear that ...............................
+ On hearing that you are going to + verb, I’d
like...............
+ is located/ situated in/ on .................................
+ Caves, grottoes, mountain, hill, island, islet,
spectacular, wonderful, attractive, beautiful, ideal,

.........
+ friendly, warm, hospitable, gentle, polite,
charming
+ speciality / special food. Shrimp, crab,........

Date:
Salutation:
Body:
- location:
- natural features:
- entertainment:
- place to visit:
- food:
- people:
……….
Closing:
Signature:
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Example:
May 3rd 2012
Date:
Dear David,
Salutation:
Body:
Nha Trang
- location:
- natural features: Rivers, mountains, sea with white sand

C.Post-Writing:

beaches

- entertainment: Resorts, Vinpearl land, swimming
Islands such as Hon Tam, Hon dau, Dao yen…
- place to visit:
Fresh specialities: Squid, lobster, crabs,
- food:
tunny…

- people:
……….
Closing:
Signature:

Not cold but friendly….

My mom joins me in sending very best
wishes to you all.
Yours sincerely,

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Suggested answer:
May 3rd 2012

Homework

Dear David,
It seems that such a long time since we last met each other.
I am glad that you are going to spend your summer vacation in Vietnam,
a country with many beautiful natural sights.
I’d like to recommend NhaTrang to you , which is one of the best resort
towns in Vietnam.
It has rivers, mountains ,and the sea with sand beaches that are the best
and interesting for swimmers.
You can go on a boat trip to the islands such as Hon Tam, Hon Dau,
Dao Yen… and feel indulged in the splendor of the nature
Besides, every year there is a great celebration at Ponagar Tower, an
interesting place to visit, which attracts many people to come here to
worship. Nha Trang is also famous for sea food. If you come here, you
can eat fresh specialities such as squid, lobster,crab, tunny…
People here are very friendly and hospitable.
I hope that you’ll enjoy your holidays in NhaTrang and have
unforgettable memories about Vietnam
I’m looking forward to seeing you soon
Yours sincerely,
Nguyen Anh

Written by Nguyen Thi Thanh Hong
Tran Bien High School (2011-2012)

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Do the writing task in your
workbook
Prepare the next lesson

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How To Teach Writing In Tieng Anh 12 Effectively?

III/ CONCLUSION
During the time of researching and applying the techniques above, I have realized
that they are very useful for developing the students’ writing skill if we use them
suitably and flexibly, such as at the right levels, at the right stages of teaching, kinds
of suitable language and so on. Successful lessons depend on the teacher’s knowing
and using a variety of teaching methods which are appropriate to the students at
different levels. We should always identify our students’ problems and try to
include in our lessons different types of activities so that we can help them
overcome their problems and give them more opportunities to practice, experiment
and explore.Little by little our students are becoming more confident of themselves
through pair work and group work. They have real chances to develop their English
and feel more interested in it.
Although I have made a lot of effort to carry out the work, I myself feel that I
cannot have more creation, give out more new and interesting techniques and can’t
help having mistakes. I’d like you to give frank comments and help me to have
more interesting things about this subject.
Many thanks.
IV. TÀI LIỆU THAM KHẢO:
- “Tài liệu bồi dưỡng giáo viên thực hiện CT sách GK lớp 12
THPT” của Bộ GD & ĐT
- Tập huấn thay sách
- Giới thiệu giáo án Tiếng anh 12 (Vũ Thị Lợi chủ biên)-NXB

Hà nội
- Thiết kế bài giảng tiếng Anh của Trần Thị Ái Thanh- Hồ Thị
Tân Hòa Trang.- NXB Hà Nội
- Sources from the internet
Người thực hiện
Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hồng

Written by Nguyen Thi Thanh Hong
Tran Bien High School (2011-2012)

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