UNIT 3 SPEAKING

brilliant

1

2

mature

3

Nobel

5

6

intelligent

7

ambitious

10

humane

11

12

hard

9

background

radium

4

8


PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
( Speaking)


I. Pre-speaking:
 WH-question:
Question words:
Who, Whom, Which, When, Where, What, Whose, Why,
How,…

Example:
- Where do you study?
- Whose class are you in?


 Y/N question:
• Example:

- Do you have any sisters or brothers?
- You are a student, aren’t you?


Task 1: Work in groups.
Decide which items can tell you
about someone’s background.
• family
• hobbies
• education

• dislikes
• appearance
• experience


Answers:
Family

1. How many people are there in your family?
2. What do they do?

Education

Experience

3. Which grade are you in?
4. Which high school do you go to?
5. What difficulties do you have
when you study at school?

6. Can you tell me the ways you
overcome these difficulties?


II. While-speaking:
Look at the picture and
answer my questions:

Interviewe
r

Interviewee

1. What are they doing?
2. How many journalists
(interviewers) are there?
3. How do they carry out the
interview?
4. Are they asking for
the information?
5. Are they hearing from their partner?
6. They are taking notes, aren’t they?
7. Are they speaking face to face with their
partner?


Task 2: Imagine you are journalist. Use the cues
below to interview a classmate about his/her
background. Change the roles when you have
finished.

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greeting
date of birth
place of birth
home
parents
brothers/sisters

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primary school
secondary school
schoolwork
favourite subjects
experience
thanking


INTERVIEW FORM

Order

Items

1

Greeting
Good morning!

2

Date of birth
When were you born?

3

Place of birth
Where were you born?

4

Home
Where do you live?

5

Parents
Can you tell me about your parents?

6

Brother (s)
How many brothers/ sisters do you have?

Information


7

Primary school
What’s the name of your primary school/
secondary school?

8

Schoolwork
Have you ever been a leader of…/ Were you
a member of any clubs?

9

Favourite subject
What subjects do you like best?

10

Experience
How do work at school?

11

Thanking
Thank you very much!


III. Post-speaking:
Task 3: Work in groups. Talk about the
person you have learnt about from the
interview.


• Example:
•
At that time, I have interviewed Minh.
She was born on February 16th, 1994 in
Camau Province. Her family lives in Dam
Doi Town, Camau Province. Her parents
are farmers. Minh has only a younger
brother. She usually takes part in many
activities of school. English is the subject
that Minh likes best.