Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 9 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 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

Brainstorm

– Have Ss answer the following questions:

– Encourage Ss to share their answers.

– Lead to the new lesson: Listening and writing about ways to improve areas of English learning.

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

- Listen and follow instruction

Questions:

+ How long have you learnt English?

+ What are some difficulties you have met when learning English?

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 1: Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

- Have Ss look at the pictures and answer the questions in the book:

1.What are the girls in the pictures doing?

2.How can these activities help them learn English?

- Elicit answers from Ss. This is an open activity, so accept all answers provided they make sense.

- T may choose to teach or revise some vocabulary items such as look up, copy into, pick up, ...

- Look at the pictures and answer.

Possible answer:

+ 1st picture: a girl is looking up words in a dictionary. She can understand the meaning and use of the words together with some expressions with the words, etc. This helps her learn vocabulary better.

+ 2nd picture: a girl is writing new words in a notebook. This helps her remember the words better.

Task 2: Listen to Trang talking. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)

- Tell Ss that they are going to listen to Trang talking about the things she has done to improve her English vocabulary. Then they decide if each statement is true or false.

–Have Ss read the statements and underline the key words. Play the recording and ask Ss to listen and decide if each statement is true or false.

–Ss work in pairs to compare their answers.

–Ask for Ss’ answers and write them on the board without confirming whether they are right or wrong.

- Listen

- Listen and do exercise

- Compare answers in pairs.

Answer key:

1-F, 2-F, 3-T,4-T

Task 3: Listen again and fill in each blank with no more than TWO words.

- Tell Ss that they are going to listen again and fill in each blank with no more than two words from the listening text.

- Without playing the recording again, have Ss read the questions and guess the words/phrases to fill in the blanks based on their previous listening. Invite some Ss to share their answers. Write their answers on the board.

- Play the recording and ask Ss to listen again and check their answers. Ss work in pairs to compare their answers with each other and with the answers on the board.

- Play the recording once more for pairs to check their answers to both Activities 2 and 3.

- Ask for Ss’ answers to Activity 2. Confirm and tick the correct answers. Ask for Ss’s answers to Activity 3. Write them on the board next to their guesses. Confirm the correct answers.

Transition from Listening to Writing:

Have Ss answer these two questions about Trang:

This activity is a natural transition to Activity 4 and serves as a model for Ss’ answers in Activity 4.

- Listen instruction.

- Read and guess

- Listen and do exercise.

- Listen and check.

Answer key:

1. meaning

2. pronunciation

3. copying

4. Speaking

5. picking up

Audio-script

I’ve learnt English for six years and I usually find it challenging to learn its vocabulary.Here are some tips I’ve tried to improve my vocabulary learning.

Firstly, I spend time reading different kinds of English books, from short stories to novels. When I see a new word, I try to guess its meaning from the sentence.Secondly, I use a good dictionary. My mum bought me an English-English dictionary three years ago. Whenever I cannot find the meaning of a new word, I look it up, check its meaning and pronunciation in this dictionary. The dictionary also helps me understand better when to use the word. Thirdly, I’ve made my own vocabulary notebook. I have the habit of copying all new words into a notebook. This way I can know how many words I’ve learnt and can revise the words easily. Finally, I take every opportunity to speak with people in English. I try to use the words I’ve learnt and pick up more new words from these conversations.

I’ve done these things regularly and now I’m quite confident about my English vocabulary.

Questions:

1.What is the thing Trang finds most challenging when learning English?

2.What has she done to improve it?

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

CONTENTS

Task 4: Work in pairs. Discuss the questions below.

-Have Ss work in pairs to answer the questions in the book. Remind them to take notes of their answers.

-Have some Ss present their answers or write their answers on the board.

-Comment on their answers.

- Work in pairs to answer questions in the book.

- Take notes

- Present answers.

- Commenr

Sample answer:

1. Grammar

2. Study in grammar books.

Read English book.

Learn from teachers and friends.

Task 5: Write a paragraph (100 - 120 words) about the most challenging thing you face when learning English and what you have done to improve it