Tiếng Anh Cơ Bản theo chủ đề 1

I. FREE TALK
PART 3: FREE TALKS

Topic 1: Talk about your favorite season
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What is your favorite season?
Which months are there in that season?
What is the weather like in that season?
What do you like doing in that weather?

Topic 2: Talk about your favorite food or drink
1. What is your favorite food or drink?
2. How often do you eat/drink it?
3. Where do you often eat/drink it?
4. Who do you often eat/drink it with?
5. Why do you like that food or drink?
Topic 3: Talk about your free time activities
1. What do you like doing in your free time?
2. Why do you like it?
3. Where and when do you often do it?
4. Who do you often do it with?
Topic 4: Talk about your family
1. Where does your family live?
2. How many people are there in your family? Who are they? What are their jobs?
3. What does your family often do in free time (or at the weekends)?
Topic 5: Talk about your house or flat
1. Do you live in a house or a flat?

2. How big is your house / flat?
3. How many rooms are there in your house / flat?
4. What is your favorite room? What are there in that room?
5. What do you often do in that room?
Topic 6: Talk about a special occasion you like best
1. What special occasion is it?
2. When does it take place?
3. What is the meaning of that occasion?
4. What kinds of activities people often do during that time?
5. What kind of clothes do people wear?
6. What do people often eat/drink?
7. Why do you like that special occasion?
Topic 7: Describe a person you like best
1. Who is he/she?
2. What does he/she look like?
3. What kind of clothes does he/ she like wearing?
4. What is he/she like?
5. What does he/she often do in his/her free time?
6. Do you like/love him/her?
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Topic 8: Talk about your favorite type of clothes

1. What is the name of your favorite type of clothes?
2. When do you often wear it?
3. How often do you wear it?
4. Where can you buy it?
5. Why do you like it?

III.

WRITING/ FREE TALK (as mentioned in above)

IV. SPEAKING CARDS
Speaking card 1- 5: in Tutors’ handouts
Speaking card 6
Student A: Ask student B some information about Picture 2 and complete the
blanks
Picture 1

From:

Picture 2

Ha Noi

Good food: “Pho”
Season:

autumn

Weather:

cool and windy

Activities: go shopping, take
photographs
1. From:
……………………………………………………….

2. Good food:
…………………………………………………..
3. Season:
……………………………………………………….
4. Weather:
……………………………………………………..
5. Activities:
……………………………………………………..
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Student B: Ask student A some information about Picture 1 and complete the
blanks
Picture 1

Picture 2

From:

Rome

Good food: Spagetti
Season:

winter

Weather:

windy and snowy

Activities:
photos

go running in the park, take

1. From:
……………………………………………………….
2. Good food:
…………………………………………………..
3. Season:
……………………………………………………….
4. Weather:
……………………………………………………..
5.Activities:
……………………………………………………..

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Speaking card 7
Student A: ask student B about Mike’s favourite things and complete the
card.
Card A
FAVOURITE THINGS
 Favorite food /drink

Mike
..............................................

Mary

Beef, hamburger, salad

 Reasons
 Where?
 How often?
Who/with?

.
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................

Delicious
at the restaurant
At weekend
Boyfriend

Student B: ask student A about Mary’s favourite things and complete the
card.

 Favorite food /drink

FAVOURITE THINGS
Mike
Mary
fried chicken sandwich, ............................................

 Reasons

Fish and chips
Tasty and cheap

..
............................................

 Where?

Restaurant

..
............................................

 How often?

Twice a week

..
............................................

Who/with?

Friends and family

..
............................................
..

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Speaking card 8
Student A is the customer and student B is the waiter/waitress. Student A
looks at the menu, orders the food and drink and student B serves the food
and drink.
Card A: A customer

Suggestions:
-Things for a dessert
-Things to eat for the main courses
-Things to drink
-Price/How much
-Feeling

Student A is the customer and student B is the waiter/waitress. Student A
orders the food and drink and student B serves the food and drink.

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Card B: A waiter/ A waitress

Suggestions:
-Things for a dessert
-Things to eat for the main courses
-Things to drink
-Price/ How much
-Feeling

Speaking card 10

You are in a clothes shop. You want to buy a shirt. Look at the information
about the shirt you would like to buy. Make a conversation with the shop
assistant.
Card A: A customer
In Men’s Shop
 Things to buy
: a shirt
 Size

: small

 Color

: black
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 Changing room

: …………….

 Price

: …………….

 Method of payment: credit card

You are in a clothes shop. You want to buy a shirt. Look at the information
about the shirt you would like to buy. Make a conversation with the shop
assistant.

Card B: A shop assistant
In Men’s Shop
 Things to buy
: …………….
 Size

: ……………..

 Color

: ……………..

 Changing room

: the first floor

 Price

: 200,000 VND

Speaking card 11
Student A: asks student B some information about Sarah and complete the card. Then, student A
answers student B’s questions about Jimmy and complete the card.
Sarah
 Physical appearance: …………………
 Eyes colour: ……………………………
 Favourite clothes ……………………..
 Characters: ……………………………
 Hobbies: ………………………………

Jimmy
 Physical appearance: tall, muscular, straight
nose.
 Eyes colour: blue
 Favourite clothes: T-shirt, shorts
 Characters: kind, funny
 Hobbies: go to the gym, play the guitar

Student B: answer student A’s questions about Sarah and complete the card. Then, student B asks
student A’s questions about Jimmy and complete the card.
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Sarah

Jimmy
 Physical appearance: ……………

 Physical appearance: cute, slim

 Eyes colour: ……………………

 Eyes colour:

brown

 Favourite clothes:

polka dot shirt, skirt, high

 Favourite clothes: ………………
 Characters: …………………

heels

 Hobbies: …………………………

 Characters:

kind, helpful

 Hobbies:

read novels, go shopping

Speaking card 12
Student A: asks student B some information about Barbara’s house and completes the card.
Barbara’s house
 Type of accommodation (a house or a flat): ………….
 Number of rooms: ………………………………………
 Furniture in the living room: …………………………..
 Favourite room: ………………………………………….

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 Activities in her favorite room: …………………..

Student B: answer student A’s questions about Barbara’s house and complete the card.
Barbara’s house

 Type of accommodation (a house or a flat): a house
 Number of rooms: five (a living room, a dining room, 2 bed rooms, a kitchen)
 Furniture in the living room: sofas, a table, two plants, a smart TV
 Favourite room: a bedroom
 Activities in her favorite room: study, talk on the phone, read books, sleep

Speaking card 13

Look at the map, ask student B and complete the card
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1. The way to the restaurant
…………………………………….......................................................................
…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. The way to the supermarket
…………………………………………………………………………………………

Assessment criteria
Assessing criteria

Rating scale

Message content
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Addressing the test questions
Richness of ideas
Vocabulary and grammar range
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meaning clear
Control of basic grammar (tenses, subject-verb
agreement) and use of sentence patterns (simple
and complex) to make meaning clear
Fluency and coherence
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Frequency of pauses, short and long delays
Use of discourse organizing words, connectors
(and, but, first, next, because…)
Attitude and comprehensibility
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Confidence, willingness to communicate
Volume, pronunciation, word stress, speech
rhythm
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