Unit 12 the asian games listening

Unit 12: THE ASIAN GAMES
C- Listening
I.

OBJECTIVE
By the ends of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Develop such listening micro-skills as listening for specific and
detailed information.
- Use the acquired language and knowledge to talk about sports and
sportsmen.
II. PREPARATION
- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, cassette tapes.
- Student: Textbook, notebook,…
III. ANTICIPATED PROPBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
- Ss may not have enough information to complete it, so T should be ready to
assist them.
IV. PROCEDURE
Teacher and Students’ activities
I.Warm up (7’)
II.Before you listen(10’)
-T introduces the topic and gets to study
the pictures on p. 141.
- T writes these questions on the board
and asks Ss to work in pairs to find the
answers.
- T elicits answers from the class
- If Ss do not know the answer to
question1,T gives them the correct
answer.
- If Ss do not know the answer to
question 2, that is fine.

-T does not need to provide one but tells
Ss they will know the answer after they
listen to the tape.
Pre- teach vocabulary
-T gets Ss to look at the new words on
page 141: gymnasium, gymnast, bar,
land, freestyle,…

Board display

*Question:
- Can you name the sport in each
picture?
- Do you know who won the gold
medal in these spots in the recent
Asian Games?
* Answer:
- Swimming
- High jump
- Long jump
- Gymnastics


- T elicits the meanings of these words
from Ss.
- T plays the tape once for Ss to listen to
how these words are said and then repeat
after the tape.
- T gets some Ss to read the words again
and makes sure that they pronounce the

words correctly.
III. While you listen(15’)
Introduction: You are going to hear a
TV report of the Asian Games and do
the tasks after that.
Task1(8’)
- T gets Ss to rad the question through
and identify key words in each
question.
- Ss identify the key words in each
option and the differences between
them.
- T explains new words if any.
- For the number, T gets Ss to read them
aloud.
- This is remind to them how the
numbers are pronounced so that they
can catch the correct numbers later on.
- T gets Ss to guess the answer to each
question and then tells them they need
to listen attentively to check if their
guesses are confirmed.
- T plays the tape once for Ss to listen
and do task.
- Then T gets Ss to find a partner to
check their answers with.
- T checks the answers with the whole
class.
*Answer:
- If many Ss cannot answer the

1.C 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.D
question. T plays the tape one or two


more times and pauses at the answers
for them to catch.
Task2(7’)
- T checks if Ss can answer the question
in task 2 without listening again.
- If they cannot, T plays the tape for
them to listen again but before doing
this T should encourages Ss to read
through all the question, identify the
information they need to look for in
each question and if possible, predict the
answers.
- T plays the tape again for Ss to listen
and answer the questions.
- T gets Ss to check their answer with a
partner.
- T checks with the whole class.
- T should play the tape again and pause
at difficult points if many Ss cannot
complete the task.
IV. After you listen(10’)
-T puts Ss into groups of 3-4 and
explain the task: in their groups. Ss are
going to prepare a talk about a famous
Vietnamese athlete.
- Ss will come to front and tell the class

about this athlete. But they should not
tell the athlete’s name and let the class
guess who this person is.
-T gives Ss some prompt questions to
guide them in preparing their talk.
-T goes around to help and check.
-After 6-7 minutes T calls on the
representative of each group to come
front and present.
-The class should listen attentively and

*Answer:
1.10.15
2.6
3.2
4. High jump
5.Disappointed


guess the name of the athlete.
-Ss are allowed to ask the presenter up
to 3 yes–no question if they cannot
immediately tell who the athlete is.
-If no one has the correct answer, the
group wins.
V. Wrap up (3’)
* Summarises:
- T summarises the main point of the
lesson.
* Home work:

- Ss write a paragraph about Vietnam’s
performance and achievements in recent
Asian Games.
- Prepare for the next lesson