Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 8: English speaking countries mới, chuẩn nhất

A. Warm – up.( 5’)

- Prepare some photos or magazine cut-outs of some famous monuments or items from English speaking countries.

Show them to Ss and have them guess what country each monument/item is from.

Ask Ss if they know of a common thing among these countries. It’s the language: English.

Write the title “English speaking countries” on the board. Ask Ss to call out names of English speaking

countries and their main cities.

Then ask Ss to share any interesting facts they know about these places.

Ask Ss to open their books and look at the picture. Ask them some questions:

Vocabularies related to “ English speaking countries”

+whole class, team work.

B. Getting started( 10’)

1. Ask Ss to look at the title of the conversation and the picture. Ask them some questions:

* Where are the children?

* What do you think they are doing?

Ss answer the questions as a class.

Play the recording and have Ss follow along.

Vocabularies related to

“English speaking countries”

Individual

Pair work

C. Doing ( 22’)

a. Find a word or an expression from the conversation which you use when you….

Ss work independently. Guide Ss to look at the beginning of a reply/ a sentence for the answers.

Allow Ss to share answers. Check their answers.

Key:

1. Awesome, just awesome

2. Any of the following: Absolutely/ Right.

3. It’s hard to say

4. Perhaps

Ask Ss:

Do you know any other expressions which have the same meaning?

*Vocabulary

1.Awesome

2. Any of the following: Absolutely/ Right.

3. It’s hard to say

4. Perhaps + accent (n)

Individual

b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions.

Play the recording again without letting Ss read along.

Ask ss to try to answer as many questions as possible.

Ss then read the conversation again to check their answers.

Have some Ss read out their answers. Correct the answers as a class.

Key:

1. He’s at an international summer camp (in Singapore).

2. They come from different countries/ from all over the world.

3. He has made new friends, visited places, (and taken part in different activities.)

4. Because he uses English every day with people from different countries.

5. Two boys from Australia and a girl from the USA.

6. After July 15^th.

Individual

Pair work

2. Complete the sentences with the words or phrases from the box.

Ask Ss to underline these words/ phrases in the conversation and make sure they understand their meanings.

Ss work independently to complete the sentences.

Have them share their answers in pairs.

Then elicit the answers from the whole class.

Key:

1. summer camp   2. native English speaking countries  3. native speakers

4. the USA   5. accents  6. official language

Note:

Your first language is often known as your mother tongue, and your second language may refer to a language

used as an official language in your country, like English in Malaysia, Singapore, India or it could

simply mean the foreign language you learn at school as part of the curriculum.

* Grammar: Review: use the present simple to talk about future activities

Individual

Pair work

D.Performing (5’)

3. Put the names of the countries under their flags.

Have Ss work in pairs/ groups to match the flags with the countries. T checks.

Key:

1. the USA  2. The United Kingdom   3. Singapore   4. Australia   5. Canada  6. New Zealand

Note:

The UK, or the United Kingdom = Great Britain + Northern Ireland

Great Britain/ Britain = England + Scotland + Wales

The USA = The United States of American. It is also known as the US, or the united States, or even just the States.

In Canada, there are two official languages: English and French.

1. the USA   2. The United Kingdom   3. Singapore   4. Australia   5. Canada   6. New Zealand

Note:

The UK, or the United Kingdom = Great Britain + Northern Ireland

Great Britain/ Britain = England + Scotland + Wales

The USA = The United States of American. It is also known as the US, or the united States, or even just the States.

In Canada, there are two official languages: English and French.

Group work

E.Home-work(3’)

4. GAME: Where are they?

From groups of five or six. The first group to find all the countries wins.

If possible, prepare a black and white world map on A3 paper or quickly draw a world map on the board.

Ask one student from the winning group to go to the board and mark the six countries so that other groups can see and check.

- Learn by heart vocabulary & grammar.

Do exercises……in workbook.

Whole class

A. Warm – up.( 5’)

Ask Ss to call out the names of some English speaking countries they learnt in the previous lesson.

Tell them that in this lesson they are going to learn different forms of some words as well as some

words/ phrases related to the topic.

+whole class, team work.

B.Vocabulary(25’)

1. Write the names for the people who belong to these places. Then listen and repeat the words.

Ask Ss to work individually. Then allow them to share their answers with a partner.

Play the recording for Ss to check their answers.

Ss listen and repeat. (Point out the change of stress from ‘Canada to Ca’nadian).

Key:

1. the Americans

2. The English

3. The Scottish/ the Scots

4. The Welsh

5. the Irish

6. The Canadians

7. The Australians

8. The New Zelanders

Vocabulary:

1. the USA – the Americans

2. England – the English

3. Scotland – the Scottish/ the Scots

4. Wales – the Welsh

5. Ireland – the Irish

6. Canada – the Canadinas

7. Australia – the Australians

8.New Zealand – the New Zealanders

Individual

Whole class

2. Change the words into a noun(N, an adjective (A) or verb (V).

Ask Ss work individually or in pair. Check the answers as a class.

If time allows, have two Ss write their answers on the board and then confirm the correct answers.

Key:

1. historic   N = history

2. symbol  V = symbolize

3. legend  A = legendary

4. iconic  N = icon

5. Spectacle   A = spectacular

6. Festive   N = festival

7. Scenery   A = scenic

8. Attraction   V = attract

1. historic  N = history

2. symbol  V = symbolize

3. legend  A = legendary

4. iconic  N = icon

5. Spectacle  A= spectacular

6. Festive  N = festival

7. Scenery  A = scenic

8. Attraction  V = attract

+whole class, team work.

Individual

4. Match the words/ phrases with the pictures.

T has Ss look at the pictures. Ask them what they see in each of them.

Allow them then to work individually to match the words/ phrases to the pictures.

Check the answers as a class by asking Ss in which countries, from the list in 1,

they might see these things or ask them to give an example of these things.

Key:

1. castle  2. loch  3. parade  4. monument  5. state  6. cattle station

Individual

C. Pronunciation (10’)

Pronunciation

Stress in words ending in-ese and - ee

5. Listen and repeat the words.

Ask Ss to listen and repeat. Then have Ss say the words individually.

With stronger groups, have Ss mark the stress in the words first and say the words aloud before they listen to the recording.

Then play the recording for them to listen, check and repeat.

Key:

- ese - ee

Audio script:

Canto’nese employ’ee

Taiwa’nese adop’tee

- ese: Contonese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Portuguese Jaerviepa’nese addre’ssee

- ee: employee, adoptee, addressee, interviewee

Portu’guese interview’ee

Canto’nese

employ’ee

Taiwa’nese

adop’tee - ese:

Contonese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Portuguese

Jaerviepa’nese

addre’ssee - ee: employee, adoptee, addressee, interviewee

Portu’guese

interview’ee

+whole class, team work.

6. Mark the stress in the underlined words. Then listen and repeat the sentences.

T puts the underlined words on the board.

Have volunteer Ss come and mark the stress in the words first.

Ask for a show of hands from the rest of the class if they think the stress is correct or not.

Then play the recording. Ss listen, check and say the sentences.

Have Ss correct the stress on the board if necessary.

Call on some Ss to say the sentences individually.

Key:

1. Chi’nese   2. refu’gee

3. trai’nee   4. Japa’nese

5. guaran’tee

Individual

Pair work

D. Home assignment(3’)

Ask students to complete all the exercises

Whole class