Teacher's activities

Student’s activities

* Warm up - puzzle :

1. The…village of Bat Trang lies on the bank of the Red River.

2. This kind of…hat is made in Chuong village.

3. In Hoi An you can see colourful… hanging in the streets.

4. Some people…that a place of interest should be a well-known site.

5. The children can…the clay into many shapes.

6. The…of Ha Noi began over a thousand years ago.

7. This village is…for its wood-carving craft.

8. A place of…is sometimes simply one that people like going to.

- Write the unit title on the board. T may ask Ss to name some cities and towns in Viet Nam, especially those in or near their region.

I. Warm up - puzzle

I. New words :

- Teacher use different techniques to teach vocabulary (situation, realia)

- Follow the seven steps of teaching vocabulary

* Checking vocab: jumbled words

I. New words

- Reliable     (adj ) đáng tin cậy

- Fabulous (adj)    tuyệt vời

II. Listen and read :

* Getting started

- Open your books to Unit 2.

- Ask students some questions.

- What can you see in the pictures?

- Do you know these two boys?

- Where are they now?

- What are they talking about?

…Ss answer the questions as a class.

- T may also ask Ss what they know about Sydney by asking them some guiding questions:

-                     Where is it?

-                     Is it a capital city?

-                     What is it famous for?

II. Listen and read

* Suggested answers:

- Pictures of Sydney and Ha Noi.

- Nick and Duong

- In Sydney

- Sydney (places of interest, transport...)

- In Australia

- No. The capital of Australia is Canberra.

- It's famous for Sydney Opera House, the Harbour bridge....

1a. Complete the sentences (P17)

- Then play the recording and have Ss follow along.

- Read the conversation again and do the exercise individually.

- Check and write the correct answers on the board.

1.Key:

1. visit            2. ancient              3. natural             4. variety         5. study

1.b. Find words in the conversation (P17)

- Work in pairs to do the task.

- Allow Ss to share answers before asking them to discuss as a class.

-  Read out the lines in the dialogue that contain the words.

- Check and confirm the correct answers.

1b.Key:

1. jet lag

2. a feature

3. reliable

4. metropolitan

5. multicultural

1.c. Answer the questions (P17)

- Run through the questions

- Work individually to answer the questions.

- Then compare the answers with a partner.

- Ask them to locate the information in the conversation.

- Call on some pairs to give the questions and answers.

- Confirm the correct answers.

1c.Key:

1. He grew up in Sydney.

2. Sydney is.

3. It is convenient and reliable.

4. Because it is a metropolitan and multicultural city.

5. In 1850.

III. Practice  :

1.d. Find the phrases in the conversation (P17)  

- Find the phrases in the conversation and practice saying them together.

- Explain the meaning to Ss, then elicit other examples from Ss.

III. Practice

1d.Key:

1. How are you? How are things? How are you doing?

2. ( Are you ) recovering from the jet lag?

3. I slept quite well.

4. That’s OK/It’s no trouble/It’s not a problem/It’s my pleasure.

2. Replace the words (P17)

- Tell Ss that most of the words they need to use are related to cities or city life.

- Work in pairs to replace the word(s).

-  Check their work, then let them read each word correctly.

-Check and correct their pronounciation

2.Key:

1. international         

2. local       

3. crowed

4. neighbouring      

5. urban

3. City quiz (P17)

- Work in pairs.

- Give them a few minutes to do the quiz. Award extra points for pairs who can say which country cities are in.

- Congratulate the winners.

3. Key:

1. A                                2. C    

3. C                                4. A       

5. C                                6. B

IV. Consolidation :

- Recall some typical features of Sydney.

V. Homework :

- Learn by heart new words

- Do exercises B1, 2 P12 (workbook)

- Prepare: Unit 2: A closer look 1

IV. Homework

- Review vocabulary and structures in Unit 1

- Prepare: Unit 2: Getting started