Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 9 Communication

Good Luck

Respond

Good luck with……………..

I wish you all the best of luck.

Thanks, I’ll try my best.

Thank you so much.

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

- Show this picture to Ss or make the gesture yourself. Ask Ss what this gesture means. Elicit the answers from Ss. Share with them that this gesture means ‘good luck’.

- Introduce the objectives of the lesson: learning how to say good luck and respond and learn some interesting facts about English.

- Listen.

Picture:

Option 2: High Five chain

- Form the class into a circle. (maybe many circles).

- Stand in a circle with your classmates, facing each other.

- The teacher (or a designated student) starts by raising their hand and saying, "Good luck on [insert a specific event, project, or activity relevant to the class]!" while raising their hand for a high five.

- The person to the left of the person who started raises their hand, high fives them, adds their own "Good luck on..." statement and raises their hand for a high five with the next person in the circle.

- Continue the chain around the circle, each person saying "Good luck on..." with a new specific detail and high-fiving the next person before they speak.

- The chain ends when everyone has participated and received a high five.

- Listen and follow instructions

Example:

- Good luck on your test.

- Good luck on staying awake during today's lecture!

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

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

- Ask Ss when they say good luck. Elicit the answers. Share with them that we wish somebody luck before they do something important.

- Play the recording for Ss to listen and read the dialogues at the same time. Ask Ss to pay attention to the highlighted parts. Tell them that these are two ways to say good luck and respond.

- Write the structures used to say good luck and respond on the board.

- Have Ss practise the dialogues in pairs. Call on some pairs to practise the dialogues in front of the class.

- For a more able class, introduce some other ways to say good luck in English.

- Listen and read

- Look at the highlighted parts.

- Listen

- Act out

Audio script:

1.

Tom: Good luck with your English exam.

Mi: Thanks. I’ll try my best.

2.

Phong: I’ve heard that you’re moving to the US. I wish you all the best of luck.

Neighbour: Thank you so much.

Structures:

Good luck with + noun/noun phrase

I wish you + all the best of luck.

Thanks / Thank you…

Some other ways to say good luck in English:

+ Best of luck with your....

+ Fingers crossed.

+ Break a leg.

Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise saying good luck and responding in the following situations.(7 mins)

- Ask Ss to work in pairs to make similar dialogues, using the language they have learnt.

- For a less able class, model the first situation with a good student.

- Move around to observe and provide help. Call on some pairs to practise in front of the class. Comment on their performance.

- For a more able class, encourage Ss to use different ways to say good luck and respond.

Transition from Everyday English to Interesting facts about English

- Ask Ss if they know any interesting facts about English. Encourage them to share their answers. Lead to the second part of the lesson which is about interesting facts about English.

- Listen and follow instructions

- Work in pairs

- Listen and tell some interesting facts about English.

Suggested dialogues:

1. A: Good luck with your English presentation this week

B: Thanks. I’ll try my best.

2. A: Good luck with your university entrance exam next week.

B:Thanks. I’ll try my best.

3. You: I’ve heard that you’re going to the UK for further study. I wish you all the best of luck

English teacher: Thank you so much.

Suggested answers:

- The English language borrows words from all over the world. This is why we have words like "pasta" from Italian, "gymnasium" from Greek, and "sushi" from Japanese.

- There is a word in English with all five vowels in a row: "queueing." Can you find any others?

- English is spoken by over 1.35 billion people around the world, making it the third most spoken language globally.

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 3: Work in pairs. Read the interesting facts below about English. Order them from the most interesting to the least interesting. (5 mins)