Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 4 Communication

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent

1. ancestor (n)

/ˈæn.ses.tər/

A person related to you who lived a long time ago.

tổ tiên

2. gratitude (n)

/ˈɡræt.ɪ.tʃuːd/

the feeling or quality of being grateful.

lòng biết ơn

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

Students may have underdeveloped speaking and co-operating

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

- Provide feedback and help if necessary.

Some students will excessively talk in the class.

- Define expectation 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: Brainstorm

– Ask some Ss to make sentences about themselves. Encourage them to talk about how their families keeps their traditions alive.

– Introduce the objectives of the lesson: learning how to express thanks, respond to thanks, and practice talking about our traditions and how we keep them alive.

- Listen and follow instruction.

Questions:

- How do your family keep your traditions alive?

Option 2: Word Scramble

- Write the thank you phrases on small pieces of paper.

- Scrunch up the pieces of paper and put them in a hat or bowl.

- Have students take turns drawing pieces of paper and unscrambling the phrases.

- Once a student has unscrambled a phrase, have them say it aloud and give an example of when they might use it.

- Listen and play games in teams

Phrases:

- thank you very much

- thank you so much

- I appreciate it

- I’m so grateful

- You’re the best

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Vocabulary pre-teaching (3 mins)

- Introduce the vocabulary by:

+ giving situation;

+ giving an explanation

- Listen to the explanation of the words.

- Write the new words in their notebooks.

New words:

1. ancestor (n)

2. gratitude (n)

Task 1: Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the highlighted parts. (5 mins)

- Play the recording and have Ss listen and read the exchanges at the same time. Tell them to pay attention to the highlighted parts. Elicit the two ways of thanking and responding.

- Ask them to act out the exchanges in pairs. Check their pronunciation

- Listen and read

- Look at the highlighted parts.

- Act out

Audio script:

Kate:Thank you very much for showing us around Angkor Wat.

Guide: You’re welcome.

Alice: Thanks a lot for telling us about life in the countryside of Viet Nam.

Mi: No problem.

Task 2: Work in pairs. Make similar conversations to express thanks and respond in the following situations.(7 mins)

- Ask Ss to read the instructions.

- Have Ss work in pairs, one asks the question, and the other gives the answer. Then they swap roles.

- Work in pairs to make similar dialogues.

Suggested dialogues:

1. You: Thank you very much for showing me / us around the craft workshop.

Village Head: You’re welcome.

2. You: Thanks a lot for lending me your history book.

Your friend: No problem.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 3: Read the passage and complete the table. (5 mins)

- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to a passage about our traditions and ways of keeping them alive.

- Play the recording. Tell Ss to listen carefully. Make sure they understand the details and offer explanations if needed.

- Ss work in pairs and do the task.

- Check their answers as a class.

- Listen and follow instructions

- Listen the recording

- Work in pairs to do the task

- Listen and check

Key:

Task 4: Work in pairs. Ask and answer about how your family observes customs and traditions. (7 mins)

- Have Ss work in pairs. Tell them to study the examples. Tell them that they can refer back to the passage in 3 for their answers.

- T goes round the class to monitor.

- Correct Ss’ mistakes only when it is really necessary.

- Work in pairs to do the task.

Example:

A: What festival(s) does your family celebrate every year?

B: We celebrate Hung Kings’ Temple Festival.

Task 5:Work in groups. Give a short talk about one of the things in 4 that you and your family do to preserve traditions. (8 mins)

- Tell Ss to study the cues given first.

- Then Ss work in groups, taking turns to choose one of the things in 3 and talk about what their families do to preserve their family traditions, for example celebrating family members’ birthdays.

- Encourage them to talk, and do not stop them when they make minor mistakes. Correct their pronunciation only when it is prevents communication.

- Look at the cues

- Work in groups.

- Try to talk.

Cues:

You can begin your talk like this:

We celebrate each family member’s birthday every year. When someone’s birthday is coming, all of us happily prepare for it. …