Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 Global Success Unit 7 Communication and Culture

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students are reluctant to work in groups.

- Encourage students to work in pairs and in groups so that they can help each other.

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

Students may lack vocabulary to deliver a speech.

- Explain expectations for each task in detail.

- Continue to explain task expectations in small chunks (before every activity).

- Provide vocabulary and useful language before assigning tasks

- Encourage students to work in groups so that they can help each other.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Mind-mapping

- Teacher divides the class into four teams and prepare a mind-map with the word types of mass media in the middle.

- Each team will have 5 seconds to give a name of mass media form. After 5 seconds, if the team cannot give a name, the turn moves to another group.

- When the time is over, teacher counts how many correct names each team has given.

- The team with more correct answers will be the winner.

- Teacher leads in the new lesson by asking some questions.

- Students think and call out the name of mass media form.

- Students check their answers with the class.

Students’ own answers

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Listen and complete the conversations with the expressions in the box. Then practise them in pairs. (6 mins)

- Give them some time to skim through the conversations. Ask them to identify the topic of the conversation. E.g. Julie and Mai are talking about flower festivals.

- Play the recording once in stronger classes and twice in weaker classes.

- Check answers as a class. Play the recording again, pausing after each blank to confirm the correct answers.

- Put Ss into pairs and have them practise the conversation.

- Students listen to the recording.

- Students complete the conversation with words in the box.

- Students practise the conversation in pairs.

Answer key:

1. D

2. A

3. C

4. B

Useful expressions (7 mins)

- Teacher gives students a list of expressions which are mixed together. Ss have to classify them into 5 groups:

+ The weather

+ Films, TV shows, popular music, and books

+ Current events

+ The day or weekend

+ Observations

- Teacher asks Ss to classify the expressions into 5 groups.

- Check as a class.

- Teacher asks if Ss can add some more expressions.

- Ss work in groups to do the task.

* Making small talk

• The weather

What a beautiful day!

Lovely day, don’t you think?

It’s so hot today, isn’t it?

It looks like it’s going to rain.

• Films, TV shows, popular music, and books

Have you watched …?

Have you heard (about)…?

Are you reading …?

• Current events

Did you hear about …?

Did you catch the news today?

I read in the press today that…

I heard on the radio today that …

• The day or weekend

How was your day/weekend?

Has anything exciting happened today?

Are you doing anything fun after school/at the weekend?

• Observations

I like/love your (hat). Can I ask where you got it?

Your (cakes) are delicious! Thanks for (making them for the party).

Nice place, isn’t it?

Task 2: Work in pairs. Use the models in 1 to make similar conversations for these situations. One of you is A, the other is B. Use the tips and expressions below to help you. (6 mins)

- Tell Ss that the words they used to fill in the gaps in Activity 1 are used to start small talks (i.e., an informal, polite conversation with strangers, classmates or friends to greet each other, get conversations started and get to know each other).

- Ask Ss to read the Remember box and check understanding.

- Put Ss in pairs and explain the task: to role-play conversations similar to the ones in Activity 1, but based on the two situations. Ss should play the roles given in this activity.

- Give Ss a few minutes to plan their conversations before they role-play it (e.g. who will be Student A, who will be Student B, and have them underline key words in the task question). Have them write down some prompts to help them. Encourage them to swap roles.

- Walk round the class and provide help when necessary.

- Ask some pairs to role-play their conversations in front of the whole class. Praise for good effort, clear pronunciation and fluent delivery.

- Make plan for the role-play

- Practice the role-play, based on the two situations.

- Swap the role and continue practising.

- Perform in front of class.

Suggested answers:

1.

A: Nice party, isn’t it?

B: Yes, the food is really delicious, and Mai is an excellent host.

A: Yes, I’m having a great time. By the way, how do you know Mai?

B: Oh, we met at a junior reporter workshop. My name’s Duong. And you?

A: Mai and I are in the same class. The junior reporter workshop sounds very interesting. I want to work in the media industry one day.

B: Me too!

2.

B: Hi, I think we’ve met before. We go to the same school.

A: Oh yes. Are you also a member of the school’s Media Club?

B: That’s right. You probably know that we’ll be very busy this year. We’ve got so many activities planned.

A: Yes, I actually volunteered to help with promoting the photography exhibition next week.

B: Oh, really? I’m in charge of promoting the event. It sounds really exciting.

A: Great! So we’ll have a chance to work together.