Unit 8 lesson 1 getting started listen and read period 44 week 15

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Unit 8 country life and city life
Lesson 1 Getting started & Listen and read
A. The objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to identify country life and city life.
They’ll use the language to talk about the differences between life in the city
and country life and the changes in the country.
b. content: Vocabulary: words to talk about country/ city life: traffic jams,
entertainments, noisy, quiet, peaceful, simple, polluted, etc
Grammar: Present progressive tense to talk about changing situations
C. Materials: Poster, pictures, CD player, disk,
Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: Students have never experienced city life before
D. Procedure
I. Warmer
Substitution boxes
Make a list of the differences
between the countryside and the
city

Students work on their own first,
then they share and compare in
pairs or small groups of three
Teacher gets feedback
Ask students to make example
sentences with the words/ phrases

I. Getting started
City
Country
Noisy
Fresh air
Dirty
Quiet
Polluted
Beautiful view
Traffic jams
Friendly, helpful
Tall buildings
Fresh food
Entertainments Cheap
Kinds of goods
Modern
Busy
Most things are
Life in the city
cheap in the
is always busy. country
People are
always in a

hurry
There are many
traffic jams
during rush
hours

II. Checking the old lesson
III. New lesson
 Presentation
Pre-teach
Eliciting

II. Listen and read
Vocabulary
- remote areas:
- entertainment (n):

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Modeling, choral & individual
repetition
Written
record,
VN
meaning,
pronunciation
Checking:

make
example
sentences
The city has so much more to offer
Many remote areas are getting
electricity
Presentation dialogue
Set the scene: Na has just been to
the countryside. Hoa is asking her
about the country life.
Listen and find out what the
country life is like.
Get students to listen to the
dialogue twice
Answer the pre-question
Ask students to listen and repeat
the dialogue in chorus
Students practice the dialogue in
pairs
Model sentences:
Things are changing in the country
Many remote areas are getting
electricity

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accessible (adj):
offer (v):
medical facility:
change (n,v):

1. Practice the dialogue with a
partner
The village of Kim Lien:
- a beautiful place
- quiet, peaceful
- life is simple
- people are friendly
- clean air
- things are changing
- etc

Model sentences:
- Things are changing in the
country
- Many remote areas are getting
electricity
- Life in the provinces are definitely
changing for the better

2. Answer the questions:
Concept check:
a. She has been to the country/ the
Meaning, form, use: to show village of Kim Lien
changes
b. She was there for the weekend/
for one day
 Practice
c. She thinks it’s quiet and
peaceful

Comprehension questions
Ask students to read the dialogue d. She means there are no stores,
no movie theaters, no parks, … to
again and answer the questions
go.
Students work on their own first
Ask some pairs to practice asking e. Many remote areas are …
and answering the questions aloud People can now have …
Medical facilities are more easily …
Do some correction
I prefer the country to the city. The
air is clean, most things are cheap,
life is simple, people are friendly
 Further practice
and helpful.
Beyond the line questions
Ask students to work in groups of etc
three to discuss and answer the
questions:

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Do you prefer the city or the
country? Why?
Each student has to prepare 3-5
sentences to answer the whyquestion.
Teacher goes round and monitors,

gives prompts if necessary
IV. Consolidation
Words to describe country/ city life
Present progressive tense to show
changes
Comparatives
V. Homework
Study vocabulary by heart
Practice the dialogue again and
answer the questions
Practice talking about the
differences between the
countryside and the city
Prepare new lesson: talk about the
changes

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