Unit 13: Listening

Lesson Plan – Tieng Anh 10
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
UNIT 13: FILMS AND CINEMA
Period 80: Listening
1. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students (Ss) will be able to:
- Develop some listening micro-skills like listening for main idea, listening for specific
information, taking notes while listening, and summarizing main ideas.
2. Materials:
- CD player, CD of Tieng Anh 10
- Textbooks, board and chalk
3. Methods:
- Individual work, pair work, and presentation.
4. Anticipated problems :
5. If time left for the After you listen part is not much >> just give Ss the first way to
summarize the conversation
6. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities
& contents
Students’ activities
Warm – up (5’)
- Ask Ss to close their notebooks
- Call 2 Ss to stand up and answer the question: “What
do you do in your free time?”
- Go to the board and ask the whole class the same
questions, write on the board the activities
- Give comment on those activities and lead into the new
lesson: “Well, you have lots of things to do in your free
time. Today, we will listen to a conversation between
two friends talking about an activity in their free time”
- Close their notebooks

- 2 Ss take turn to answer
- Work with T to list some activities
they often do in their free time
- Listen
I. Before you listen (8 )’
• Let Ss open their notebooks and look at the table page
136.
• Explain the task; make it clearer by asking a student:
“How often do you watch TV?”
• Give Ss 1’ to tick in the table
• After 1’ ask Ss to compare the answer with their partners.
Listen and repeat
• Introduce the new words that will appear in the listening
• Open their notebooks page 136
• Listen
• A volunteer stands ups and answers
• Tick in the table
• Compare with friends
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Lesson Plan – Tieng Anh 10
tape in the lesson
• Work with Ss to make sure that they understand the
meaning of all the words introduced
• Read all the words as model
• Ask the whole class to repeat after (2 times)
• Introduce the listening tape: “You are going to listen to
two friends, Lan and Huong, talking about their plans for
the next week.”
• Ask Ss to look at the picture and the words that they have

just read to guess what their plan is.
• Ask for some ideas
• Look at the new words in their books
• Ask T if there is any new word they
don’t know the meaning
• Listen to the model
• Repeat after T
• Listen
• Guess
• Some give their answers
II. While you listen
Task 1: Listening for main idea (4’)
• Tell Ss that they will listen to the dialog once only to
know what Lan and Huong are planning to do
• Play the disc 1 time
• Stop and ask if there is anyone having the answer
• Check the answer by playing the first part of the dialog
and stop at the key sentence
• Give final answer and feedbacks
• Answer: They are planning to go to see the Titanic
Task 2: Filling in the table (15’)
• Introduce: “Lan and Huong are planning to go to see the
Titanic together. However, each of them has other
different plans for the whole next week. Now, you will
have chance to listen again to complete the table in your
books. Listen carefully to find out what Lan or Huong
will do each day in the next week.”
• Note that Ss just have to take notes like things T’s done
in the warm-up part.
• Remind Ss that they will listen to the dialog 2 times

more.
• Play the disc the first time
• Stop and ask some Ss that how many days they have
completed
• Play the disc the second time
• Stop and ask for other answers for the other days
• Write on the board the similar table as the one in the
textbook, fill in the table as the Ss answer
• Check the answers by playing the disc the third time.
Stop at the sentences or phrases that contain the answers,
correct the answer on the board right at that time.
• Assure the answers and give feedbacks
Task 1
• Listen to T’s instruction
• Listen to the dialog
• Anyone having the answer raises
hand and answers
• Listen
• Listen and write correct answer in
their notebooks.
Task 2
• Listen to T’s instruction
• Listen to the dialog
• Some answer T’s question
• Listen
• Some stand up and answer
• Look at the board
• Listen and check with the T
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Task 3 (3’)
• Explain the requirement of the task.
• Ask Ss to look at the table and answer the question
• Check with the whole class and give final answer:
Tuesday (because they are both free on that day)
• Comment
• Listen and take notes
Task 3
• Listen
• A volunteer stands up and answers
• Check with T
• Listen to T’s comment
III. After you listen (8’)
• Explain the requirement: “You’re going to talk about
what Lan and Huong will do the following week by
summarizing the conversation between them.”
• Guide Ss some ways to summarize the conversation:
+) summarize what Lan will do first, then summarize the
things Huong will do or vice versa, leave Tuesday to the
end to make a conclusion
+) talk about each day in the next week, leave Tuesday to
the end of the summary to make a conclusion
*) note that Ss should use some conjunctions like but or
however (e.g.: Huong will be free on Monday but Lan’s
going to see a play that day), and therefore to make a
conclusion.
• Let Ss work in groups in 4’
• Go around to observe and offer help if necessary
• Stop summarizing and call 1-2 Ss to stand up and read

their summaries.
• Feedback and read out T’s summary if necessary
• Listen to T’s explanation
• Listen to T’s instructions and take
notes
• Work in groups
• 2 Ss take turn to read their summaries
• Listen
Consolidation and home work (2’)
• Summarize the main points of the lesson:
- Listening for main idea
- Filling in the table while listening
• Give homework: Write 6-8 sentences saying what you are
planning to do next week
• Listen
• Write down the requirement of the
homework
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