Unit 12 The Asian Games

Date of planning: March 11th , 2018
Unit 12: THE ASIAN GAMES
Period 78 – C. LISTENING
I. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
- Get some information about some athletes and the sports events.
- Understand information given and do some tasks.
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
- Grammar:
- Vocabulary: to come live (v), to land (v), freestyle (n), bar (n), gymnasium (n),
gymnast (n).
III. TEACHING AIDS
English textbook 11, chalk, boards, pictures,…
IV. PROCEDURE
Stages/Time
Warm-up
5 mins

Pre-listening
8 mins

Teacher’s activities
Playing a small game: Brainstorming
- Divides class into 2 teams: A and B
- Gives Ss a topic: “SPORT”
- Asks Ss to work in groups.
- Gives each team a poster and ask Ss to
write the names of sports as many as
possible in 1 minute.
- Asks Ss to stick poster on the board.
- Checks and gives feedback.

- Asks the Ss to look at the pictures in the
textbook and answer the question:

 What are the names of these sports?

Students’ activities
- Pay attention and listen
carefully.
- Work in groups.
- Play the game in groups

- Stick posters on the board.
- Listen to teacher.
- Listen to teacher and answer
the questions:
Suggested answers:
+ High jump / swimming /
gymnastics / long jump.
+ Yes, I have / No. I haven’t.

 Have you ever watched them on TV?
- Gives feedback.
Vocabulary:
- Asks Ss to pay attention to words in - Listen to teacher and pay
“Listen and Repeat” (textbook, p. 141)
attention.
- Gives the words’ meaning:
+ to come live (v)
- Listen to teacher.
+ to land (v)

- Take notes


+ freestyle (n)
+ bar (n)
+ gymnasium = gym (n) /ʤim`neizjəm/
+ gymnast (n) /`ʤimnæst/
- Asks Ss to listen one time.
- Asks Ss to listen and repeat.
- Invites some ss read louly these words.
While-listening Task 1: Multiple choices (page 142)
25 mins
- Introduces task 1
- Asks Ss to read task 1 (multiple choice) in
2’.
- Plays the tape two times.
- Asks Ss to choose answers
- Calls on some Ss to answer
- Plays the tape again and pause at the key
sentences to check Ss’ answers.
- Gives feedback.
Answer keys: 1C; 2A; 3B; 4B; 5D
Task 2: Listen again and
decide
whether the following statements are
true (T) or false (F):
1. The Asian Games Report begins at 10.15
2. Yuko is a gymnast.
3. Lily’s got the silver medal.
4. This is the second time Lee Bong-ju

takes part in the long jump at the Asian
Games.
5. Vichai jumps over successful.
- Explains how to do the task.
- Asks Ss to listen carefully and do the
task.
- Plays the tape one or 2 times.
- Asks Ss to:
+ Share the answers with friends.
+ Give their answers
- Plays the tape again to check
- Gives feedback.
Answer keys:

- Listen
- Listen and repeat.
- Read these words aloud
- Listen to teacher.
- Read the sentences in task 1,
pay attention to key words.
- Listen to the tape.
- Choose the answers.
- Give the answers.
- Listen again and check the
answers.
- Take notes

- Listen to teacher.
- Listen to the tape carefully.

- Share the answers.
- Give answer.
- Listen and check.
- Take notes.


Post-listening
5 mins

1. T
2. F (Yuko is a swimming athlete)
3. F (Lily’s got golden medal)
4. T
5. F (Vichai jumps over failure)
Read the following summary and fill
each blank with a suitable word.
metres
gymnast

Homework
2 mins

second
landing

gold medal

Good evening. It’s 10.15 and it’s time for
“The Asian Games Report”. It’s the 3 rd day
of the Games. The Japanese, Yuko was

first and got the (1) __________ in
women’s 200-meter freestyle. Lily, the
Chinese (2) __________, has just finished
her display. Lily’s won the gold medal!
Lee Bong-ju coming from Korea. This is
the (3) _______ time he has competed in
the long jump at the Asian Games. Vichai
coming from Thailand. The bar is at 2.30
(4) _______ and… it seems too high for
him. Vichai has just jumped! …Ooh! He’s
crashed into the bar! He’s (5) __________.
- Asks Ss to work in groups.
- Asks Ss to discuss and do the task in 3
minutes.
- Goes around in class to help Ss discuss.
- Invites some Ss to go to the board and
write the answers.
- Gives feedback and correction.
Answer keys:
(1) gold medal
(2) gymnast
(3) second
(4) metres
(5) landing
- Asks Ss to learn by heart vocabulary.
- Asks Ss to write a short paragraph (from

- Listen to teacher.
- Work in groups.

- Go to the board and write the
answers.
- Get correction.

- Listen to teacher and do
homework at home.


50-100 words) about a famous athlete they
know.
- Asks Ss to prepare the next lesson: Unit
12 (cont) Part D – Writing.