Unit 7 World population

Unit 7: WORLD POPULATION
Lesson: Speaking
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Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

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 pronounce, remember new words and apply to make a complete sentence
 make a small dialogue by themselves about the causes of overpopulation in our country and in the world and
offer some solutions.
Aids: Pictures, posters, textbook
Procedure
Contents
I. Warm up: Jumbled words
- HICNRELD  Children
- REANICES Increase
- POPALTUONVIOEROverpopulation
- READECES Decrease
- MILTI Limit

Teacher’s activities
- Grouping “You will count from 1 to 9,
number 1 sit here, number 2 sit here,…
number 9 sit over there”
- Giving instruction “I will give you 5 words
that wrong about the spellings. You will

order those letters to make the correct words.
Which group fastest and has more correct
answers is the winner. You have 2 minutes to
do.”
- Checking student’s understanding:
+ A, what is your number? Where is your
seat?
+ What will you do? How many minutes do
you have?”

5’

1

Student’s activities
- Counting and
moving
- Listening

- Answering


II. Pre – speaking
1. Set the scene
Discribe the picture
5’

- “Let’s start”
- “Time’s up”
- Checking the answers

- Playing game

- Asking students answer some question:
 What are they? (They are family)
 Can you guess how many children in
their family? (about 8)

- Describing

- Giving name
Sample dialogue:
A: The world population is increasing because people
aren't aware of the problem of overpopulation.
B: That’s right! For poor countries, if their population
is overcrowding, they will not have enough the food.
C: The government should organize population
educational programmes to raise an awareness of
people.

- Introducing 3 characters and asking
students give their names: “boy or girl”,
“give her/his name”
- “In the evening, A, B and C are watching
the news on TV about the population
explosion ”
- Teacher models twice, asks student repeat
(choral, group, individual)

- Listening

“Class! Look at task 1, page 83, you will
work in pairs, translate those statements and

- Listening

- Repeating

III. While – Speaking
1. Activity 1

2


put them in the order of importance. You
have 5 minutes.”
- “What will you do now?”
- “Let’s start!”
- “Time’s up”.
- Calling some students give their opinion.
- Giving feedback

24’

- Grouping: “one table one pair”
- Giving instruction: “You will work in pair,
based on Useful language in task 2 and 3,
page 83, discuss the problems facing poor
and overpopulated countries, and the
solution to the problems of overpopulation.”

* Note: the member of two rows of desks
will discuss one issue
 Row A and C will discuss the
problems facing poor and
overpopulated countries
 Row B and D will discuss the solution
to the problems of overpopulation
- “You have 5 minutes.”
- Checking
+ A, what is your number? Where is your
seat?
+ What will you do? How many minutes do
you have?”
- “Let’s start”
- “Time’s up!”
- Call some students go to the board and

2. Activity 2

3

- Answering
- Working
- Giving their
opinion

- Listening

- Answering the
question

- Working


write down their opinions.
- Giving feedback

3. Activity 3

 Make a short dialogue
A: The world population is increasing because people
aren't aware of the problem of overpopulation.
B: That’s right! For poor countries, if their population
is overcrowding, they will not have enough the food.
C: The government should organize population
educational programmes to raise an awareness of
people.

IV.

- Grouping: “ You will count from 1 to 13,
number 1 sit here, number 2 sit here,…
number 13 sit over there”
- Showing the dialogue
- “You will replace the phrases that were
underlined in this dialogue by these
statements on the board to create the new
one. You have 5 minutes.”
- Checking
+ A, what is your number? Where is your
seat?

+ What will you do? How many minutes do
you have?”
- “Let’s start”
- “Time’s up!”
- Call 2 - 3 groups present in front of the
class
- Giving feedback

- Counting and
moving

- Grouping “You will count from 1 to 9,
number 1 sit here, number 2 sit here,…
number 9 sit over there”
- Giving instruction: “You will work in
group, and discuss with your partners about

- Answering

- Answering

- Working

Post – reading:

Discuss about “The causes and the results of
overpopulation in VN”
10’
4

- Working


the causes and the results of overpopulation
in VN. After that, you will design them on
the poster. If you finish, you will show it on
the board. You have 6 minutes.”
- “Let’s start.”
- “Time’s up!” ,
- Call some group to present their opinion in
front of the class
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V. Homework
- Write a short paragraph about “The causes and the
results of overpopulation in VN. Give some solution.”
- Prepare the next lesson

- “Homework for you. You have to write a
short paragraph about “The causes and the
results of overpopulation in VN. Give some
solution.”(at least 50 words), and prepare the
next lesson.”

5

- Working
- Presenting

- Listening and

taking note