Unit 8 new ways to learn

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Unit 8: New ways to learn
Lesson 1: Getting started
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss to listen and read a conversation about personal electronic devices and do tasks:
Questions & answers and true/ false exercises.
- To teach some lexical items related to:
+ Electronic devices that can help us learn
+ Using the Internet to learn English
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Use some lexical items related to personal electronic devices.
+ Make simple dialogues using the given expressions.
+ Master some vocabularies about personal electronic devices.
+ Get to know one grammar point.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, pieces of papers and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
1. Warm up
8 minutes
2. New lesson
15 minutes

9 minutes

Activities
Ask Ss these questions:

1. Have you ever owned any personal electronic devices?
2. What are they used for?
- Leads in the new lesson
- Introduce the topic of the lesson:
New ways to learn
Activity 1: Listen and read
- Ask As look at the pictures and guess the topic of the
conversation.
- Have Ss predict what they are talking about
- Encourage all kinds of predictions
- Tell Ss not to worry about new words or grammar points
because these will be dealt with later.
- Play the recording
Activity 2: True/ False
What is the conversation about?
- Go through the statements to make senses quickly.
- Ask Ss do it individually in 5 minutes
- Encourage Ss to compare the answers with a partner.
- Invite some Ss to give the answer and then explain their
choices.
- Give feedback to Ss’ work.

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Answers:
1. F
2. F
Activity 3:

3. NG

4. T

5. F

6. T

- Have Ss work in pairs to find the adjectives which describe the
devices used as learning tool then discuss the meaning in five
minutes
- Invite some Ss to give the words and the meaning.

10 minutes

3.
Consolidation

2 minutes
4. Homework
1 minute

- Give feedback on Ss’ presentations
* Suggested answer:

1. personal: your own
2. electronic: having many small parts that control and direct a
small electric current
3. modern: relating to the present time or recent time
4. excellent: exceptionally good
5. useful: being of practical use
6. mobile: able to be moved easily
7. digital: showing information by using figures
8. perfect: being complete & without weaknesses
9. great: superior in quality or degree
Activity 4: Read the conservation again, and give answers
to the following questions.
- Tell Ss to focus on the instructions
- Checks Ss' understanding of the questions
- Set time for this activity, base on Ss’ level proficiency
- Get Ss to work in pairs or groups to discuss the answers.
- Call on different Ss to answer these questions
Key:
1. They are talking about smartphones, laptops and tablet
computers.
2. They have changed the way we learn.
3. They use them to take photos or record their work, which
can be later shared with the class.
4. because they can be used to store information, take notes,
write essays and do calculations.
5. He does his assignments and projects, and studies English.
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today? What can you do now?
- Summarize the main points of the lesson.
- Ask Ss to learn by heart the words or phrases related to the
personal electronic devices.

- Prepare for the next lesson.

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Unit 8: New ways to learn
Lesson 2: Language
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss to pronounce correctly three –syllable adjectives and verbs in isolation and in context.
- To teach Ss to use relative clauses: Defining and non-defining relative clauses with “who, that and
whose”
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Understand use relative pronouns and relative clauses.
+ Pronounce correctly three –syllable adjectives and verbs in isolation and in context.
+ Use some lexical items related to the topic New ways to learn in context.

B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, pieces of papers and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
Activities
Interactions
1. Lead-in
- T informs the class of the lesson objectives: Getting to know relative
3 minutes
pronouns and relative clauses.
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1. Vocabulary:
2. New lesson
Activity 1: Matching
10 minutes
- Ask Ss to work individually, read the phrases(1-5) then find the
meaning for each of them (a-e) in 3 minutes
Individually
-Elicit Ss to use the context of the conversation to choose the meaning
for each phrase.
* Key:
1. a
2. d
3. b
4. c
5. a
Activity 2:
- Invite some Ss to check the answer

-Ask Ss to work individually first, then check with a partner.
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- Check with the whole class and ask Ss if they have ever used one of
these devices and add more uses if any.
* Key:
1. A,B,C
2. A, C
3. A, C
10 minutes
4. B
5. B
6. A,B,C
2. Pronunciation
Activity 1: Listen and repeat
- Play the recording for Ss to listen.
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- play it again with pauses for Ss to listen and repeat.
- Ask some Ss to read the words again and give comment on Ss’
pronunciation
- Invite individuals Ss at random to read the words. Correct them, if
necessary
Activity 2:
- Focus on the stress patterns of three- syllable adjectives and verbs.
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- Ask Ss to listen and practice saying them correctly
Whole class
- Play the tape again. Ask Ss to put a mark before the stress syllable in
each word.

14 minutes

3.
Consolidation

2 minutes
4. Homework
1 minute

- Check with the whole class to make sure that every student has done
this exercise correctly.
* Key:
‘concentrate ‘similar
con’tribute
‘digital
intro’duce ‘excellent
‘recognise Vietna’mese under’stand
‘personal
‘interest sym’bolic
3. Grammar: Defining and non-defining relative
clauses
Activity 1:
- Ask Ss to read the sentences taken from Getting started underlined
the relative pronouns and their functions.
- Revise the uses of the relative pronouns through these sentences.
- Help Ss to distinguish defining relative clause vs non-defining
relative clause.
- Check Ss’ work and comment.
* Key:
1. that

2. which
3. That
4. which
5. whose
- These pronouns are used to define or identify the nouns preceding
them.
+ Defining relative clauses: 1,3,5
+ Non- defining R.Cs: 2,4
Activity 2:
- Have Ss work in pairs to match sentence part in A with a suitable one
in B in 4 minutes.
- Check some Ss’ answer and comment.
- Ask Ss to read watch out, check for comprehension.
* Key:
1. e 2.d
3. a
4. f
5. c 6. b
Activity 3:
- Let Ss do this exercise in 4 minutes.
- Call some Ss at random to give the answer and then give feedback to
Ss’ work.
Answers:
1. which/ that
2. whose 3. which
4. who/ that
5. whose
6. who
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today? What can you do now?
- Summarize the main points of the lesson.

- T asks Ss to do exercises again at home.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
- Complete Exercises in workbook.

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Unit 8: New ways to learn

Lesson 3: Reading
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss to read for general ideas and for specific information about new ways to learn
English and do tasks: Answer the questions and discuss.
- To teach Ss some words and phrases related to new ways to learn English.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Read for general ideas and for specific information about new ways to learn English and
answer the questions.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, pieces of papers and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
1. Homework
8 minutes
2. New lesson
12 minutes

14 minutes

Activities
- Ask two Ss to do the exercises with relative clauses and then give
comment and marks.
Activity 1:
-Let Ss look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What are students doing?
2. What is the reading text about?
1. They are using smartphones, and tablets to study in the
classroom.

2. We are going to read about electronic devices which help us learn
knowledge.
Activity 2:
- Check if Ss know the meaning of the words on the left, explain
these words if necessary.
- Have Ss match each of the words with its meaning first then
check with a partner.
- Go over the answer to make sure Ss have done correctly.
* Answer:
1. c
2.d
3. a
4. e
5. f
6.b
Activity 3:
-Make sense of the three options.
-Ask Ss to read the text silently in 5 minute.
-Have Ss choose the best title and give their explanation for their
choice.
- Call one or two Ss to check the answer
* Key: b. New ways to learn English
- Work in pairs to do this activity.
-Take turns asking and answering

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8 minutes

3.
Consolidation

2 minutes
4. Homework
1 minute

Activity 4:
- Ask Ss to scan the text to find the answer for the question.
- Have Ss in pairs ask and answer
- Check some pairs, give feedback to Ss’ answer.
* Key:
1. We can download them in mobile devices and study anywhere.
2. We can see words on the screen and hear them spoken.
3. We can choose to practice with native speakers of different
accents and genders.
4. We can use them to record real life English speech, lessons,
songs or English language films.
5. Because it will make learning English easier, faster, more
effective and more enjoyable.
Activity 5:

- Divide class into groups of 4 or 5 Ss and let them discuss the
question.
- Walk round to monitor the class and offer help.
- Invite two or three groups to report what they have talked.
- Give comment to Ss’ talks.
* Suggested answers:
Some Ss in my groups have smartphones and laptop. We use these
devices to look up new words, download and store digital lessons
and practice. These devices help us improve our pronunciation,
vocabulary and skills as well.

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- Summarize the main points of the lesson

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- Ask students to learn by heart the new words.
- Prepare for the next lesson.

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Unit 8: New ways to learn
Lesson 4: Speaking
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss to talk about how electronic can help us learn.
- To teach Ss to practise sharing and giving responses to new information.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Express their opinion about how electronic can help us learn.
+ Give a report about how their classmates use the devices to learn school subjects.
+ Perform their viewpoints to other people in real life.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook and pieces of papers.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
1. Warm up
8 minutes

2. New lesson
8 minutes

9 minutes

7 minutes

Activities
Show several images of electronic devices on the screen, ask
sts to write the names and how do they help you learn at
school?

* Suggested answer:
Personal computer, laptop, smartphone, tablet, speakers
Activity 1:
- Give Ss time to read through the arguments in favour of
using electronic devices in learning and match arguments 1-4
with explanations a-d
- Ask them to compare the answer with a partner.
- Call on some Ss to check
- Ask Ss to exchange the answer with a partner.
* Answer:
1.d
2. b
3. c
4. A
Activity 2:
- Guide Ss to understand the requirement of this activity.
- Give Ss several ways to express their ideas about the most
effective ways of using electronic devices.
- Present a model
E.g: In my opinion, making learning and teaching faster, easier
and better is an effective way of using electronics because
teachers can use these devices to prepare for the lesson, and
students can look for information on electronics.
- Have Ss, in groups, to express their ideas.

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8 minutes

3.
Consolidation

2 minutes

4. Homework
1 minute

-Call on some Ss to check.
Activity 3:
- Call on some Ss to check.
- Ask two Ss to model the example
- Have Ss discuss in pairs in 5 minutes.
-Walk round and offer help if necessary
- Check two pairs and comment.
Activity 4:
- Divide class into groups of 3 to 4 students, ask sts to focus on
getting answer to the questions and note down their group’s
discussion in 4 minutes.
- Ask the representatives from some groups to report the
results of their group work to the class.

- Summarize what they have learnt by asking Ss some
questions:
What have you learnt today? What can you do now?
- Suggested answers:
+ I can talk about how electronic devices can help us learn.
+ I can give a report about how their classmates use the
devices to learn school subjects.
- Ask students to learn by heart the expressions.
- Prepare for the next lesson.

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Unit 8: New ways to learn
Lesson 5: Listening

A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss listen to instructions on how to access and use online English language
materials for specific information.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Listen and do the tasks.
+ Develop the listening skills for specific details.
+ Talk about how to use electronic devices to study English online.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, pieces of papers and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
1. Warm up
7 minutes

2. New lesson
6 minutes

9 minutes

Activities
- Have students look at the pictures and elicit their answers to
the questions in the instructions.
Ex: What are the students doing?
What do you think you are going to listen about?
- Ask them to use the caption to help them guess.
Suggested answers:
The students are learning English with computers. Maybe they
are searching the Internet for information or using a webpage

to study.
We guess we are going to listen to some new ways to learn
using the Internet and electronic devices.
- After all, inform students of the lesson objective: listening for
specific information about using electronic devices to study
English.
* Pre-teaching vocabulary
- get tired of :
- search engine:
- level:
- record:
- native speaker:
- effectively:
- success:
- Teacher may give more explanation on the use of these words
and phrases.
Task 1: True or False?

+ Ask Ss to read all the statements and guess if they are true of

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10 minutes

10 minutes

3.
Consolidation

2 minutes

4. Homework
1 minute
E. Experience:

false. Make sure that students understand all the statements
before listening.
- Explain if there are any new words. Give the Vietnamese
equivalents if necessary.
- Play the recording and have students do the activity. Check
their answers.
- Play the recording again if many students in the class have
incorrect answers, pausing at the places where they can get the
correct information.
*Key: 1. F
2. T
3. T
4. F
5. T
Task 2: Listen again and complete the
following sentences by writing no more than
three words.
- Teacher asks students to read the instructions and the
sentences 1-5. Make sure that they understand the sentences.
Provide help with the new vocabulary if necessary.
- Play the recording once or twice again

- Ask students to work with a partner to compare their answers.
- Invite representatives from some pairs to report their answers
to the class. Give feedback and correct any wrong answers.
Keys:
1. easily and effectively
2. access and take
3. learning vocabulary
4. native speakers
5. chance of success.
Task 3: Discussion
- Inform students that this is a post-listening activity.
- Ask students to work in groups of 3 or 4 and discuss the
questions. Students note down their group members' answers
and get ready to report. Have some students present their
reports to the class.
- Check and give feedback.
- Call on some Ss at random and have them express their
opinions to the whole class.
- Ask Ss to consolidate the main contents.
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today?
What can you do now?
Expected answer:
+ I’ve learnt to instructions on how to access and use online
English language materials.
+ I can talk about how to use electronic devices to study English
online.
- Prepare for the next lesson.

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Unit 8: New ways to learn
Lesson 6: Writing
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss to write about the advantages and disadvantages of electronic devices as
learning tools.
- To teach Ss to talk about electronic devices used among children in the USA.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Write about the advantages and disadvantages of electronic devices as learning
tools.
+ Develop the writing skills in general. Build up vocabulary supported for writing.
+ Talk about electronic devices used among children in the USA.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook and pieces of papers.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:

Time/Stages
1. Warm up
5 minutes

2. New lesson
12 minutes

10 minutes

15 minutes

Activities
- Write the phrase Using electronic devices in learning on the
board. Focus on the pictures and the instructions.
- Elicit students' ideas about the pictures. Give suggestions by
asking some questions to help students think and talk about
the advantages and disadvantages of using electronic devices
in learning.
Activity 1:
- Give students time to read the sentences about some
advantages and disadvantages of using electronic devices in
learning.
- Give the explanation and meaning of some new words and
phrases mentioned in the texts.
- Have them compare their answers with a partner first, and
then ask some students to read out loud their answers to
check as a class.
Key:
A: 2, 4, 6. D: 1,3,5
Activity 2:

- Give students time to read the text about the disadvantages
of using electronic devices in class.
- Elicit students' answers about the use of linking words.
Linking words:
First of all, Second, Last but not least, In conclusion.

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3.
Consolidation

2 minutes

4. Homework
1 minute

Activity 3:
- Ask students to read the sample writing again. Remind them
of the structure of a short text that starts with a topic
sentences, followed by supporting ideas 1,2,3 and ends with a

concluding sentence.
- Tell students to write a draft first, then write a short text
about the advantages of electronic devices as learning tools.
- Students write the text in class. When they finish, ask them
to exchange it with a partner for peer comments/correction.
- Walk around and offer help if necessary.
- Alternatively, have students write the text at home.
- Collect students' papers in the next lesson. Give feedback
on some papers in class.
- Ask Ss to consolidate the main contents.
- Focus on the form of a biography
- Ask Ss to complete the writing at home and collect
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today?
What can you do now?
Expected answer:
- I’ve learnt how to write a short text with supporting ideas
and detailed explanations.
- I can write about the advantages and disadvantages of
electronic devices as learning tools.
- Write the text again at home.
- Prepare for the next lesson.

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Unit 8: New ways to learn
Lesson 7: Communication and culture
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To teach Ss to talk about the electronic devices used among children in the USA.
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
+ Understand and communicate about electronic devices used among children in the USA.
+ Talk about the electronic devices used among children in the USA.
+ Talk and express their ideas and opinions about the effects of personal electronic devices.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook and pieces of papers.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
1. Warm up
5 minutes
2. New lesson
19 minutes

18 minutes

Activities
- Inform the class of the lesson objective. (further skill
development, after reading some comments on electronic devices
and a text about how children in the United States use electronic
devices, Students have more chances to practice speaking.)
1. Communication:
Activity 1:
- Ask students to read the comments on personal electronic
devices and decide the most reasonable comment, and to provide
reasons for their choice.
- Encourage students to express their own opinions.
Activity 2:
- Have students read the instructions carefully. Ask a pair of
students to model the example. Have all students work in pairs
(and use their own arguments if they can).
- Go around the class to offer help if necessary.
- T may provide students new words, phrases, and structures that
they may need to express their opinions.
Example:
Student A: What do you think could be the disadvantage of
electronic devices?
Student B: Some people think that electronics are bad for your
eyes, and radiation from them could harm your body.
Student A: Oh, really? I cannot believe that I think they are
harmless to users.
2. Culture:

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3.
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2 minutes

Activity 1:
* Pre teach the key words
- Teacher teaches students the meaning of some new words and
phrases in the text.
- modern technology: (np)
- do assignments: (vp)
- promote: (v)
- ability: (n)
- critical thinking :(np)
- bad effect (np);
- After that, teacher asks students to read the text about how
electronic devices are used among children in the United States.
- Have students read and answer the questions in pairs. Then
check students' answers as a class.
- Some students present their results to the class.
- Teacher controls the performance of correction among students.
*Key:

1. They use them to look up and store information, do
assignments and projects, do calculations and play games.
2. About 2 out of 5 have.
3. They may help promote listening and speaking ability.
4. They may help improve their critical thinking, reading, writing,
and maths skills.
5. They can be great educational tools, but the wrong use may
cause very bad effects.
Activity 2:
- Teacher has students in groups of 4 or 5, and talk about how
children in their area/Vietnam use mobile/ electronic devices.
- Students work in groups of 4 or 5 to talk about how children in
Vietnam use mobile electronic devices.
- Ask Ss to consolidate the main contents.
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today?
What can you do now?

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4. Homework
1 minute

- T asks Ss to learn the structures and vocabulary.

- Prepare for the next lesson.

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Unit 8: New ways to learn
Lesson 8: Looking back and project
A. Aims and Objectives:
- To help Ss pronounce correctly three -syllable adjectives and verbs in isolation and in context.
- To teach Ss some lexical items related to new ways to learn.
- By the end of the lesson Ss are able to:
+ Pronounce correctly three -syllable adjectives and verbs related to the topic new
ways to learn.
+ Use some key words of the topic new ways to learn.
+ Do the exercises on relative clauses.
B. Preparations:
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, pieces of papers and cassette.
- Students: Textbook
C. Methods: - The whole lesson: Integrated, mainly communicative.
D. Procedures:
Time/Stages
1. Homework

5 minutes
2. New lesson
18 minutes

Activities
* Checking
- Ask students to recall what they have learnt in Unit 6.
- Speak out their ideas and opinions, knowledge that they have
learnt in Unit 7.
Pronunciation:
Activity 1:
- Teacher plays the recording. Have students listen and repeat
after the recording.
- Teacher helps students to review the stress patterns of threesyllable adjectives and verbs.
Activity 2:
- Teacher plays the recording again. Students listen and put a
mark (') before the stressed syllable.
‘adjective, e’lectric, e’ffective, ‘wonderful, con’venient,
‘similar, ‘graduate, de;velop, con’tinue, con’sider, ‘dedicate,
recom’mend
Vocabulary:
Activity 1:
- Teacher informs students that the words in the box are among
the most commonly used in the unit. Students decide which
words best complete the sentences.
- Teacher may help to remind the meaning and use of the words

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19 minutes

3.
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2 minutes

4.Homework
1 minute

given.
Alternatively, extend this activity by asking students to make
their own sentences with each of the words.
*Key: 1. D 2. E 3. B 4. C 5. F 6. A
Grammar:
Activity 1:
- Teacher sets the time limit and gets students to do the activity
individually, then call on some students to tell their answers
and write the correct answers on the board.
- Ask Ss to work individually and then exchange with others
*Key: 1. which/ that
2. who

3. which 4. whose
5. who/ that
6. whose
Activity 2:
- Teacher asks students to pay attention to the instructions. Set
a time limit and have students do the activity individually.
- Call on six students to write their answers on the board.
Underline any mistakes and ask other students to correct them.
Provide help, if necessary.
Project:
Students do the survey in PROJECT in groups at break time.
Teacher design the form and students hand in the results in
written form as assignment.
- Ask Ss to consolidate the main contents.
- Ask Ss: What have you learnt today?
What can you do now?
Expected answer:
+ I can pronounce correctly three -syllable adjectives and
verbs.
+ I can use relative pronouns “which, that, who and whose.”
- T asks Ss to learn the structures and vocabulary.
- Prepare for the next lesson.

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