Unit 7- Speaking (TA12-xu)

Date: 22/10/2010
Unit 7: Economic reforms
Period 39: Speaking
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
- Have a deeper glance at the measures that should be taken and achivements that the
comprehensive renovation could bring to a country.
- Be provided with a number of new useful words relating to the education, health care and
agricalture sectors.
II. Materials:
Textbook, handout.
III. Anticipated problems:
SS may not have sufficient vocabulary to speak about the topic so T should be ready to help
them.
IV. Procedure:
Stage and time Procedure Interaction
Check-up
5’
- Ask Ss to go and write the new words in the previous lesson
on the board.
- Call on 1-2 Ss to read the passage.
Individual work
Warm-up
5’
Brain-storming.
- Ask Ss make a list words by answering the question: In what
scetors we feel the results of “Renovation”?
Education
administration health care

Economy building

Agriculture trade
Entertainment
- Introduce new lesson: Changes the new econimic reform has
brought about.
Whole class
Pre-speaking
5’
Task1:
- Ask Ss to look at the pictures in Task 1 and make comparison
between picture 1a, 2a and 1b, 2b.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs.
- Go around and give help.
Picture 1a and 2a: School and factory in these picture are bad
and poor failities.
Picture 1b and 2b: A more modern and better school is built,
the shool becomes larger. In the factory, the infrastructure is
improved.
- Call on some Ss to present their ideas in front of the class.
- Make comments and add some more comparison.
Pair work
Whole class
While speaking
9’
Task 2:
- Explain the requirements “The country of Fantasia started its
overall reforms…”.
- Divide the class into 3 groups, asks each group to discus a
section: Education, health care and agriculture
Group work
Renovation

- Guide the students how to speak by giving them useful
suggestions:
+ They have………… so ……..
+ Due to the ………
+ Thanks to the………..
+ By applying……….
- Walk round from group to group to give help if necessary.
- Encourage students to speak out what they think even a phrase
or a singular word.
- Call some Ss to act as models in front of class.
- Comment and correct errors.
Group 1: Education
S1: The government of Fantasia has changed the curriculum
and textbooks.
S2: They also provided schools with more equipment and
facilities.
S3: They build more schools and raised the teachers’ salaries.
S1: It is obvious that they……
Group 2: Health care
S1: Many hospitals have been built as well as the doctors’ and
nurses’ salaries have been raised.
S2: Due to the government’s policy, many more highly qualified
doctors have worked to improve the people’s health.
Group 3: Agriculture
S1: Fantasia has applied appropriate policy to encourage
farmers to work more efficiently, and they have built more
dykes and damps, irrigation and drainage systems.
S2: They’ve also applied new and advanced farming
techniques, more facilities and equipment.
S3: They use fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides to protect

their crops.
Post speaking
9’
- Ask students to work individually to summarize what they’ve
discussed in their own words.
- Move round to check the activities and to make sure that
students are working effectively.
- Ask one or two students to report in front of the whole class.
- Check and give remarks.
S1: The government of Fantasia has changed the curriculum
and textbooks. They also provided schools with more equipment
and facilities. They build more schools and raised the teachers’
salaries…
S2: Fantasia has applied appropriate policy to encourage
farmers to work more efficiently, and they have built more
dykes and damps, irrigation and drainage systems. They’ve also
applied new and advanced farming techniques, more facilities
and equipment. They use fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides
to protect their crops.
Individual work
Wrap-up
2’
- Summarize the main points of the lesson.
- For homework, ask Ss to name some measures we’ve made to
promote our economic system.
Whole class
Self-comment:
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