Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 2 Skills 2

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

1. Students may have underdeveloped listening skills.

- Play the recording many times if necessary.

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

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

2. Some students will excessively talk in the class.

- Define expectations in explicit detail.

- Have excessively talkative students practise.

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

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Option 1: Think!

- Show photos or a video of a modern and beautiful city. Ask Ss if they like that city and why.

- Lead to the new lesson: Listening and Writing lesson on advantages and disadvantages of city life.

- Introduce the objectives of the lesson. Write the objectives in the left corner of the board.

-Look and show ideas.

Pictures:

Option 2: Pass the ball

- Give two balls to two different Ss.

- When the music starts, Ss pass the balls to Ss next to them.

- When the music stops, the two Ss have a ball must stand up to tell about beautiful city that they want to live in.

- Listen and play games.

Questions:

- Which city do you want to live in? Why?

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Work in pairs. Tick (√) the things that you want in your home town. Add more ideas if you have any.

- Tell Ss to look at the given phrases and ask them to tick the things they want in a city.

- Invite answers from Ss.

- Tell Ss that these phrases will appear in the listening, so they should pay attention to them.

- Listen and follow.

Suggested answers:

Students’ own answers.

Task 2: Listen to an interview with three teenagers about life in their cities. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)

- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to three teenagers talking about what they like and dislike about their city.

- Have Ss look at the statements. Elicit from them the keywords in each statement. Remind them that they need to listen attentively.

- Play the recording and ask Ss to listen and decide if the information is true or false according to the recording.

- Ask one or two Ss to go to the board and write their answers. Have other Ss work in pairs to compare their answers.

- Confirm the correct answers. Play part of the recording again when needed.

- Listen to the instruction.

- Find keywords.

- Listen and do the exercise.

- Check answers in pairs.

- Show the answers.

- Listen and check answers.

Answer key:

1. T

2. F

3. F

4. T

Task 3: Listen again. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C.

- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to the speakers again and choose the correct answer.

- Have Ss read the questions and underline the keywords in each question. Elicit from Ss that Question 1 helps practise listening for gist.

- Play the recording and ask Ss to listen again and choose the correct answer. Then Ss work in pairs to compare their answers with each other.

- Check the answers to 3 with the whole class. Ask Ss to explain their choices. Confirm the correct answers.

Transition from Listening to Writing

Ask Ss to work in pairs and recall information about Tom, Elena and Chi. Note down the answers to the questions.

- What does each person like about life in their city?

- What does each person dislike about life in their city?

- Listen to the instruction.

- Find keywords.

- Listen and do the exercise.

- Check answers in pairs.

- Listen and check answers.

- Work in pairs. Note down the answers.

Answer key:

1. A

2. A

3. B

4. C

Suggested answers:

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 4: Work in pairs. Put the phrases from the box in the correct column.