Unit 12-- Speaking

LESSON PLAN
Date of planning: March 8
th
, 2008 Guiding teacher: Do Thi Thien Huong
Date of delivery: March 13
th
, 2008 Student teacher: Nguyen Thi Thu Nhan
Unit 12: MUSIC
Lesson 2: SPEAKING
I. Objectives
1. Educational Aims: help Ss know the diversity of the styles of music
2. Knowledge:
a. General Knowledge: Ss can talk about music subject together and talk about the
music taste of the others
b. Language:
3. Skills:
- Asking and answering questions about music
- Talking about favorite kinds of music
II. Method: communicative approach
III. Teaching Aids: extra board, pictures, textbooks
IV. Procedures
Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
7’
6’
1. Warm Up
Game: TIK-TAK-TOE
- T draws a large nine-square figure on the
board and divides the class into 2 groups,
the naughts (O) and the crosses (X). Each
square numbered has a question about
music field.

- One group goes first by selecting a
number. They will then be given a
question. If their answer is right, they
occupy that square. The first one to have
three right answers in straight line is the
winner.
2. Task 1
Instruction: You are going to read what Ha
Anh talks about music. Now work in pairs and
answer the questions below.
- T asks a student to read the passage aloud.
- Vocabulary:
1. keep S/O happy: make S/O happy
2. cheer sb up: make sb less sad
- T asks Ss to work in pairs to answer the
- Work in groups, select a number
and answer the question for that
number
- Read the passage aloud
- Work in pairs, answer the
10’
8’
questions
- T calls on some Ss to ask and answer
- T asks Ss to write the answers on the board
- T checks the answers
3. Task 2
Instruction: In the task, you are going to
learn about the music taste of your friends.
- T asks Ss what questions they can make to

get information they need in the first
column of the table
- T introduces some adjectives and
expressions to talk about music and the
importance of music:
1. make sb excited
2. make sb feel relaxed
3. help sb forget troubles and worries
4. peaceful (adj) : thanh than
- T tells Ss to work in groups of 3. One of
them is the writer who asks and fills in the
table. If they finish quickly, T ask them to
change their roles
- T goes around to observe Ss working
- T calls on 2 groups to ask and answer. T
corrects mistakes if any
4. Task 3
Instruction: Now report what you have found
about your partners in front of the class.
Remember to use these expressions:
1. both B and C like…
2. B likes…, but C prefers…
3. B likes…, and so does C.
4. B likes…, and C does, too.
5. B prefers…to…
- T calls on some Ss to report what they have
found about their partners.
- T corrects mistakes after Ss have finished
their reports
5. More activity

questions
- Suggested answers:
1. She likes pop music
2. Because it keeps her happy
3. Her favorite band is the
backstreet boys
4. She listens to music all the time
- Work in groups and try to find
their friends’ taste of music
- Suggested questions:
1. What kind of music do you like?
2. Why do you like it?
3. Who is your favorite singer/
band/ musician?
4. What is your favorite song/ piece
of music?
5. When do you listen to music?
- Report what they have found
about their partners, use the
expressions which the teacher
gives
7’
6’
1’
- T asks Ss to work in pairs. Each pair gets
two pieces of paper, a passage about the
Backstreet Boys and some questions. The
person getting the questions asks her
partner to get information about the band
and to take notes

- T goes around for observing
- T calls on some pairs to ask and answer
about the Backstreet Boys
6. Game
- T divides the class into 6 groups
- T gives each group a picture of members
of the Backstreet Boys and a piece of paper
containing their names
- T asks them to match the members with
their names. Which group finishes first and
has all the right answers will be the winner.
7. Homework
- Write a report telling what you have found
out about your friends’ taste of music
- Prepare listening
- work in pairs, ask and answer
about the Backstreet Boys
- report what they know about the
band (depend on the handouts)
- work in groups and match the
singers with their names
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