Unit 2. Tieng anh 12

Period: 8
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Unit 2 CULTURAL DIVERSITY
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 1
Reading
Reading
- Time allotted: 45 minutes
- Knowledge: different ideas about love and marriage in America, China and India.
- Aim: After the lesson, the ss will be able to the passage, read and guess the meaning of words in
context, answer the questions and draw out the differences between a traditional
Vietnamese
family and a modern one, improve their reading skills.
-Reference: teacher’s book
-Teaching aids: a poster
PROCEDURE
T Stages Teacher’s act Students’ act
5’
5’
24’
* Warm – up: Network
What things make a marriage happy?

Marriage

 Expected words:
- romantic love

- understanding
- sharing
- partnership of equals
…
Questions:
What can you see in the pictures?
What are the differences between them?
-Lead to the lesson.
*Before you read
Work in pairs. Discuss the question:
Which of the following factors is the most important for a
happy life? Why?
- Love a nice house / flat.
- Money, a good job.
- Parents’ approval good health.
* While you read
Task 1: Explain the meaning of the word/ phrases:
Matching
A B
1. precede a. happen or exist before
2. determine b. tell some – one about something
very private or secret
3. confide c. having a duty to do something.
4. sacrifice d. find out
5. obliged e. willingly stop having something
- Prepare a hand out
with a network of the
word “Marriage” and
ask Ss the question.
- The winner will

be the group
completing the
network in the
shortest period of
time.
- Feedback.
- Ask questions
- Call students to
answer before the
class
- Introduce the task
- Ask question and
the answer
- Put the poster on the
bb ask ss to do the
matching in group
- Correct and
comment
- Group work
- Discuss and try
to answer the
question in a
limited time
- Take note
- Look at the
pictures and work
in pairs to ask and
answer the
questions.
- Work in pairs

and discuss the
question
- Free answers
- Talk before the
class and give the
reason why.
- Make groups to
do the task
- Answer on the bb
- Listen and repeat
10’
1’
you want
 Answer key:
1 – a; 2 – d; 3- b; 4 – e; 5- c
Task 2 : Answer the following questions:
 Answer key:
1. They are Physical attractiveness; Confiding; Partnership
of equals; trust built on love.
2. The young Americans are much concerned than the
young Indians and the Chinese with physical
activeness when choosing a wife or a husband.
3. The Indian students agree that a woman has to sacrifice
more in a marriage than a man.
4. The American wife trusts her husband to do the right
thing because he loves her not because he has to do.
5. The main finding of the survey is that young Asians are
not as romantic as their American counterparts
* After you read:
What are the differences between a tradition Vietnamese

family?
* Number of children.
* The house they like to have.
* The head of the family.
* Who works?
* Who takes care of the housework and children?
* The income….
* Homework:
- Learn the new words by heart, read and translate the text, do
the tasks again.
- Prepare the section B (The Speaking part of Unit two).
- Ask ss to read the
passage again and
answer the questions
- Focus on the
phrases physical
attractiveness;
confiding; partnership
of equals and trust
built on love…
- Go around for help
- Feedback
- Call on some Ss to
answer in front of the
class.
- Give feedback.
- Go around to help.
- Ask the answer
- Assign the
homework

- Read the text
silently to do the
tasks
- Ind. work/ group
work and pair
work
- Read aloud what
they do.
- Read the whole
text silently to
answers the
question
- PW or GW ask
and answers the
questions.
- Talk before the
class some pairs
groups
* Number of
children: more
* The house they
like to have : big
* The head of the
family: fathers
- Take note
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Period: 9
Period: 9
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Unit 2 CULTURAL DIVERSITY
- Lesson 1
- Lesson 1
Speaking
Speaking
- Time allotted: 45 minutes
- Knowledge: talking about cultural diversity, speaking skill.
- Aim: After the lesson, the ss will be able to express their opinions/ ideas about the cultural
diversity; discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese culture, compared with
the one of America
- Reference: teacher’s book
- Teaching aids: picture and card.
PROCEDURE
T Stages Teacher’s act. Students’ act
5’
10
19
* Warm - up
Look at the picture and answer questions
What are they doing?
Can you guess where they are?
In Viet Nam, do people often kiss in public? Why or Why
not?
What about in America?
- Lead to the new lesson. Today we will learn about the
differences between Vietnamese and American cultures
Task 1: Work in pairs. Express their point of view on the
following ideas, using the words or expressions in the box.

 Sample:
T: I think a happy marriage should be based on love.
S: I quite agree with you. Life will be terrible if there is not
true love between a husband and a wife.
T: But in some Asian countries love is supposed to follow
marriage, not precede it.
S: For me, I don’t think it’s true. (What will happen if there is
no true love even after marriage?). How can two people who
don’t love each other live happily in the same house?
Task 2: Read the typical features of the American culture
in pairs, and then discuss and find out the corresponding
- Give two tables.
.They are kissing.
.In the public / In
the street.
.No, they don’t.
It’s impolite.
- It is very common.
- Introduce the new
lesson
- Explain.
- Make a sample
conversation with a
st.
- Go round the class
and help
- Help Ss with the
new words and the
pronunciation.
- Work in group

of three or four to
complete the table
- Do the task
-copy down
- Listen to the T.
- Practise.
- Choose some of
these ideas and
then use the
expressions in the
box to express
their points of
view.
- Work in pairs to
do the task
10
1’
features of the Vietnamese culture.
Some expressions
Do you know that………?
It is said that……..
It is said that in the newspaper / on TV / radio that….
 Answer key:
Three or sometime four generations live under one roof
Elders live with children and are taken care of by their sons
Asking about age, marriage and income is acceptable.
A Vietnamese greets the head of the family or an older
person first, then the younger ones.
Groceries are bought everyday
Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most important.

Children often sleep with their parents.
Task 3: Talk about the similarities and differences between
Vietnamese and American in cultures
 Take note:
There are differences and similarities between
Vietnamese and American cultures. In America, there are two
generations live in the same house. In Vietnam, two, three or
even four generations live under on roof. It’s traditional for
children to live near and take care of their parents so old
people in Vietnam don’t live in nursing home as Americans do.
Americans don’t want to be asked about age, marriage and
income while it is acceptable in Vietnam……
* Home work
 Write a short passage about the differences and similarities
in celebrating a wedding ceremony in Vietnam and American.
 Prepare lesson 3.
- Give Ss some
expressions to help
them practice the
conversation easily.
- Call on some
pairs to give their
ideas
- Feedbacks.
- Explain how to do
task 3.
- Ask Ss to read the
answer of task 2
again before doing
the task 3.

- Feedback.
- Assign homework
- Write down
some expressions
in their notebooks.
- Present in front
- Take note
- Work in group
of four.
- Present in front
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Period: 10
Period: 10
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Unit 2 CULTURAL DIVERSITY
- Lesson 3
- Lesson 3
Listening
Listening
-Time allotted: 45 minutes
-Knowledge: listen to a conversation talking about a wedding ceremony in Vietnam..
-Aim: After the lesson, the ss will be able to:
Listen and understand the conversation about the wedding ceremony in Vietnam.
Listen and fill the missing information in the gaps.
Listen and answer the questions about the wedding ceremony in Vietnam
Know some more new words about wedding ceremony.

-Reference: teacher’s book
-Teaching aids: picture and poster
PROCEDURE
T Content Teacher’s act Students’ act
5’
•
Warm-up: Cross word
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Clues:
1. The woman that a man is married to
2. Every marriages should be based on this
3. What do we call a woman on her wedding day?
4. The man that a woman is married to
5. People often choose this season to hold wedding
ceremonies.
6. To show that you are married, what do you often wear?
7. What do we call a man on his wedding day?
 Suggested answers:
1 W I F E
2 L O V E
3 B R I D E
4 H U S B A N D
5 S P R I N G
6 R I N G

7 G R O O M
Today, you will listen to a conversation about wedding in
Vietnam.
-Give the cross
words on the poster.
-Read aloud each
clue; get Ss say
aloud the answers
-Ask Ss to guess the
topic of the lesson
today
-introduce the new
lesson
-Class work.
-Each student with a
correct answer will
be given a small gift
-say their guess
-copy down the title