sMarking Criteria:

Fluency and Coherence - Trôi chảy Mạch lạc

Lexical Resource - Từ vựng

Grammatical Range & Accuracy - Ngữ pháp

Pronunciation - Phát âm

BUỔI 1 (04/08/21):
TEST 1

Part 1:
● Study
1. Are you a student?
undergraduate, geography-specialized student = I major in geography = my major
at … is geography

2. What subjects do you study?

math, literature, chemistry,.., curriculum of my school includes ... (curricula)

3. What do you like best about your course?

The favourite thing about my course is …, The reason why I enjoy my course so
much is that …
supportive teachers, friendly classmates

4. What do you hope to do in the future?

In the coming time/After I graduate from.../After my graduation
I dream to be, My wish is to become…
It has not come to mind yet, because …
It is yet to be determined, since/as ...
 ● Films
1. What type of films do you like best?
My favourite film genre is documentation and science fiction
horror movies, jump scares, breathtaking

2. Who do you usually watch films with?

I have a brother/friend who always watches movies with me.
watch film by myself, blockbuster (n)

3. Where do you prefer to watch films -at the cinema or at home?

price of cinema tickets are quite high for me = I can’t afford movie tickets in my
country so …
Movie theatres is my preferable choice, because I don’t have to prepare my own
snacks. Plus, I can have better experience at the theatre.

● Shopping
1. How often do you go shopping?
rarely/once in a blue moon, keep up with the latest fashion trends

2. Do you prefer to go shopping alone?

poor taste in fashion

3. What do you find annoying about shopping?

addictive, we might end up spending extravagantly every time we go shopping.

Part 2: Communication
Describe you favourite way to communicate with your friends
● How you prefer to communicate with your friends
● How often you use this method of communication
● What disadvantages there are to communicate in this way
● And explain why you prefer this method of communication
Duy: face-to-face interaction is the most effective method of communication
(instant response, body language, express our emotions more easily); Covid 19 -
social networks are more popular and the safest way to keep in touch with friends
(emoticons, have multiple conversations at once,..); social network addict; toxic
content
Tuan Anh: Facebook (easy to use; Facebook groups for group discussion;
Messenger is so popular); disadvantage (lagging, Facebook addicts)

Part 3: Changes in communication

1. Can you describe how people communicate fifty years ago?

letter, handwriting, cultured man, man of culture

2. What are the good points about writing and receiving letters?
improve writing skill, less dependent on electronic devices

3. How do you think methods of communication will change in the future?

face-to-face communication will be no more
making phone calls will be free of charge

TEST 2

Part 1
● Where you live
1. Do you live in a town or a country?
TUAN ANH: I live in an urban area near the capital
metropolis

2. Is it a convenient place to live?

DUY: As a person who has lived in an urban area for most of their lifetime, here I
only have to walk a few steps to a convenient store to buy some stuff. So I guess I
have nothing to complain about where I live.
3. What is interesting about the area where you live?
MINH: The interesting part about living in an apartment is that each floor is a
neighborhood and the whole building is a community. On some occasions,
activities are really fun and organized in large scale.

4. Where would you like to live in the future?

KIEN: I want to live in America in the next few years since it is a good place for
studying with a high quality education.

● Sports
1. Which is the most popular sport in your country?
HIEU: In my country, the sport which is enjoyed by most of people is absolutely
football. As you can see, when Vietnam national team won in AFF (Asia Football
Federation) Cup, everyone went down to the road and cheer up together or when
Under23 Vietnam team became a miracle in U23 Asia

2. What are the advantages of doing sports regularly?

TUAN ANH: Outdoor activities can improve our physical and mental health.
Exercising helps lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

3. Which new sport would you like to try?

DUY: I would like to try some of the most unique activities that are rarely shown
or revealed on social media, such as cricket or throwing axes, simply because they
sounds fascinating to take part in.
● Spending time with friends
1. What do you particularly enjoy doing with your friends?
MINH: I enjoy watching netflix with friends as we share the same taste in films
and we can discuss the movies later.

2. Have the things that you do with your friends changed over the years?
KIEN: Yes, there is a difference in the activities that I do with my mates over the
years because of the development of technology. In the past, I used to meet with
my friends face-to-face. But now, I usually interact with them through the
Internet/online

3. What makes a good friend?

HIEU: For me, having a good friend depends on how we treat each other by giving
advices or supporting each other in study.

Part 2: Study - TA MINH

Describe an academic success that you achieved.
● What you did to achieve that success
● How difficult it was to do it
● How you felt when you were successful
● And explain how that success has helped you in your life
In Viet Nam, the highschool you attend has a significant on our choice of
university. Luckily, i got into a quite decent one? which is CNN and it is also my
first academic achievement.
Unlike my friends, I barely knew anything about the school. Most of the
secondary school graduates who got into the school participate in extra classes
that are taught by the school’s teachers. But I took another path, I only studied 2
weeks before the test and obtained knowledge through online materials. It was
difficult but I overcame the challenges thanks to the cheers from my family and
my dedication. After I was officially announced one of the new students of CNN, I
felt absolutely delighted. I screamed and shouted so loud that the whole floor
could hear the noise. The school has entirely changed my life. Its professionalism
helped me a lot. I was no longer a procrastinator, but became more independent
and always make plans for everything I do.

Part 3: Academic Study

1. How important is it for people to have academic goals?
TUAN ANH: Academic goals can help people gain motivation such as getting good
grades or high-paying jobs in the future. Moreover, people can keep track of
progress without losing focus Example
2. Does secondary school prepare students adequately for life? YES or NO
DUY: Secondary may not be enough to actually allow students to fully respond to
some aspects or scenarios that happen in life.

3. How will technology change academic study in future?

MINH: I think books and class will be transformed by electronic devices. Many
think that teachers will be replaced but I disagree.

TEST 3

Part 1:
● Study
1. Are you a student?

2. Where do you study?

3. What do you like most about your college?

4. What subjects would you like to study in future?

● Clothes
1. How do you prefer to buy your clothes (e.g. shops, large stores, and the
Internet)?

2. How important is fashion to you?

3. How much do you think we can judge people by the clothes they wear?

● Hobbies
1. What hobbies do you do regularly?

2. What benefits can people get from their hobbies?

3. Which new hobby would you like to try?

Part 2: A country
Describe a country that you would like to go to
● Where you would like to go
● What you would like to do there
● How long you would like to spend there
● And explain why you would particularly like to go to that country

Part 3: Effects of travel

1. Why do you think it is important for young people to travel?

2. How have people's attitudes to travel changed since your grandparents were
young?

3. How can increased tourism have a negative effect on the countries visited?

Homework:
TUAN ANH & MINH: TEST 1
KIEN & DUY: TEST 3
HIEU: TEST 2

BUỔI 2 (11/08/21):
TEST 4
Part 1:
Where you live
1. Do you live in a house or an apartment?
TUAN ANH: I live in a residential area, located near the heart of the city.

2. What do you like most about your house/ apartment?

MINH TRANG: The best thing I love in my house is my bedroom because it is large
and convenient and I can decorate based on my own interests/ preferences.
3. Is there anything about it that you would like to change?
ANH DUY: The only thing that I want to improve is the surrounding of my house
because it always gets so noisy at the morning

4. What is your idea of a perfect home?

TA MINH: Presently, I live in a city and my home is situated in a central residential
area. Taking the opportunity of describing the idea of my perfect home or my
dream house, I would want it to be on a higher altitude near the hills and among
more greenery.

Eating habits
1. When do you prefer to have your main meal of the day?
KIEN: In my opinion, the most important meal of the day is breakfast because it
provide enough energy for whole day
2. Is it important for family members to eat together?
TUAN ANH: It is necessary to have family members having meal together because
it strengthens the family bond without the absence of any family members.

3. What types of food are popular in your country?

ANH DUY: It is oblivious that people, especially youngster, prefer to eat street
food, however due to the epidemic is rising , people are resort to use canister and
instant food.
Celebrations
1. What is the most important celebration in your country?
TA MINH: Tet is the most important holiday in my country because it is an
occasion for family reunion. When Tet comes around the corner, most
Vietnamese people return to their families to visit their family members, to
worship at the family altar or visit the graves of their ancestors in their homeland
as a sign of respect.

2. What do people do to celebrate the New Year?

KIEN: The thing that people in my country usually do to welcome New Year
holiday is light some fireworks, gather around with many memorable moments
and eat some traditional food like “banh chung”

3. Are traditional celebrations becoming less popular with young people?

MINH TRANG: Yes, they are. As young people these days are so busy with their
own works, they tend to spend free time for their habits instead of searching and
caring to traditional celebrations

Part 2: Describe a city you would like to live in

You should say:
- Where that city is: Tokyo
- What the city is famous for: entertainment industry
- What part of the city you would like to live in: centre
- And explain why you would like to live there.: cultural identity, Japanese
language

MINH TRANG:
- Where that city is: Hanoi
- What the city is famous for: diversified types of food, entertainment area
(parks, shopping malls..)
- What part of the city you would like to live in: in the center
- And explain why you would like to live there: familiar, stay with family, food,
entertainment, many job opportunities

ANH DUY: NYC, Manhattan District, Exciting lifestyle, explore how one of the most
popular city operate daily, home of some of the most fashion institutions in the
world, job opportunity, comfortable surrounding,
KIEN: Ha Noi, food, culture and attraction, in the centre, very crowded and taste
many tradtional food (phở , bánh mì)
TUAN ANH: Tokyo, entertainment industry (Anime, video games), centre
(shopping malls, restaurants, capsule hotels), learning more about the culture
identity, practicing Japanese language.
TA MINH: intro: live in ha noi since birth but if got the opportunity, definitely
paris:
-cuisine
-architecture
-eiffel tower
-PSG

Part 3: Living in a city

1. What are the main disadvantages of living in a city?
TUAN ANH: problematic , air pollution, emit, lung related disease: lung cancer

2. How do you think cities could be improved?

TA MINH: cities have a big issue with air pollution due to its enormous population.
I think in order to solve such problems, jobs should be available in the countryside
as much as in the city, therefore people will not come to city to earn a living.

3. Are people less friendly in cities than in the countryside?

I agree with this opinion. According to some psychological researches between
urban and rural area, city is often a place where people from mixed parts flock
into, and since some parts are having interfere with each other, this will make
citizen become less friendly, even sometimes it can becomes rude for the others

TEST 5
Part 1:Neighbourhood
1. Describe the neighbourhood where you live.
TUAN ANH: The neighbourhood where i live is a small community, surrounded by
trees and next to the community is a lake where people can go fishing or swim at
the lake

2. What do you like about living there?

TUAN ANH: I think it is the friendliness in the community. When i have some
difficulties, the people willingly lend me their hand to help me.
3. What do you dislike about your neighbourhood?
TUAN ANH: Despite the friendliness in the neighbourhood, some people are
aggressive toward other people over trivial things or using bad words to release
their anger.

4. What kind of neighbourhood would you like to live in?

TA MINH: I like to live in a neighborhood where people get on well with each
other because during holidays, it will be a lot of fun when people get together on
special occasions like on Christmas or something.

Walking
1. Do you like walking? Why or why not?
TA MINH: I like jogging a lot. To me, walking is not only a form of exercise, but
also a form of socializing. I get to meet a lot of types of people and their stories
may help me to realize something.

2. Are there any places you can walk near your house?
KIEN: there are many pedestrian streets in my neighborhood near the lakes that
people walking a lot

3. Do people in your country like walking? Why or why not?

● KIEN: Yes they do, since when I go outside, I usually see people from all
ages do some exercises like walking and do some aerobics near the lakes

4. What other kinds of exercise do you enjoy?

KIEN: another type of exercise that I like is do cycling because it can improve my
health and sometimes I do it with my friends and have a lot of fun

Part 2:
Describe a friend who is important to you
- The name of your friend
- When and where you met your friend
- What kinds of things you and your friend like to do together and explain why
that friend is important to you

Part 3:
1. Generally, are friendships important to people?
DUY: Friends are crucial for people because having a relative to talk and share
your story with sometimes is not a good thing, as your story can cause them to
misunderstand the problem that you want to mention. Therefore, friends can fill
all the gaps that cannot be filled by no one
2. How can friends help each other?
DUY: Friends can help each other by simply helping some casual and basic tasks
for

3. Do people spend more time with friends or with relatives?

DUY: I don’t think people, especially youngsters, are spending more time with
their relatives. It is obvious that, in many public places nowadays, people can
hang out with their friends all day long without worrying about their family.

4. How do our friendships change as we grow older?

DUY: I think friendships will be changed due to the significant changes in society
behaviour. As they grow up, each person will have their own style, personalities
and thinking, therefore, changes in friendship will be happened bit it is just a
matter of time.

Homework: Everybody records and transcribes Test 6.

TEST 6:
Part 1
Leisure time
1. When and how much leisure time do you generally have in a week?

2. Who do you generally spend your leisure time with?

3. What are some activities you enjoy in your leisure time?

4. What do you like about those activities?

Music
1. What kinds of music do you like listening to?

2. Have you learned to play a musical instrument? Why or why not?

3. Tell me about any traditional music in your country?

4. Do you think that traditional music will be popular in the future? Why or why
not?

Part 2: Describe a movie that you saw recently

- The title of the movie and what it was about
- When and where you saw it
- Who you saw it with
- And explain why you enjoyed/ didn't enjoy seeing that movie

Part 3: Movies
1. What kinds of movies are popular these days? Why do you think they are
popular?

2. What can we learn from watching movies?

3. How are movies different from live theatre?

4. How do you think movies will be different in the future?

BUỔI 3 (18/08/21):

TEST 7

Part 1:

City
1. What do you like most about your city?
Ta Minh: I am currently living in HN, the capital of VietNam and I really enjoy the
infrastructure (public transport) of it. There are buildings, modern facilities so it
is very convenient for all kinds of purposes.
2. Is there anything you don't like about it?
Kien:The thing that I dislike about the city where I live is the environment.
Although there are a lot of green trees in my city, but there are still many places
with garbage and polluted rivers.
3. Are there any popular places to visit in your city?
I think it would be a shame if we don’t visit Hoan Kiem Lake - one of the
signature places when we talk about Hanoi because of its fascinating history and
exciting nightlife. ( Duy )
Parks
1. Are there many parks where you live?
Tuấn Anh: Unfortunately, there aren’t any parks near my house. I have to go far
away from my home to find a park so that I can enjoy doing outdoor activities.
2. How often do you visit parks?
Minh Trang: Actually, it’s once in a blue moon (hiếm khi). Due to the effect of
Covid19, all of us are in quarantine/social distancing, that’s why I just stay at
home and can not go to the park.

3. What do you often do in parks?

THE HOAN:
In my free time I often go to the park or with friend’s family where my family and I
can Have nice Bbc party together, sometime we play some games, chat or
someone can play the guitar to relax.
Part 2:
Describe a hobby you enjoy doing: Esport = video games
- What the hobby is
- What materials or tools you need for it
- How you learned to do it
- And explain why you enjoy it
Step 1: What is it?/Who is it?
Step 2: Where, When
Step 3: What happens?
Step 4: How do you feel about it?
Step 5: Conclusion

Tên học What is it? Where, What happens? How do you Conclusion
sinh When feel about
it?

Ta Minh Hanging Cafeteria, Chatting, playing Simple, Discharge all the

out with mall, sports, watching practical, negative feelings
friends parks, at a a football not by sharing
friends game,etc. expensive stories. => great
house Depends on the to have friends
mood who share sth in
common and
helpful.

Minh Trang Doing Summer Classify pieces challenging Improve patience

jigsaw vacation/ based on color, satisfied & observation
puzzles home put together

Duy Mixing On a Playing Joyful, Without DJing,

music software/ around /w song, feeling my life would be
at the EQ knob, filter, motivated cut in half
weeknd etc
Tuan Anh Watching Electronic Watch different Enjoyable, Though watching
Youtube device videos, contents fascinating, YouTube videos
videos (Iphone) learn new is entertaining, it
things or is very addictive
information and harmful to
the viewers

Kien Watching -In the -watch a -relax very important

Films movie documentary -motivation => have a new
theatre, in week with full of
my house energy
- Summer
holidays, in
the
weekend

Nguyen Play chess -online - Play chess Really like it, Playing chess is
The Hoan -at home to relax , help to very good and
we play reduce the have a lot of
chess in stress and advantage.
the family having good people can
and time with practice to
online family remember ,
with chess focus , logical
player in and relax
the world

Part 3: Hobbies
1. Why do people have hobbies?
Some people find it enjoyable to have hobbies of their own. In addition, people
use hobbies to kill off their leisure time
2. Are there any hobbies you think are not worthwhile?
I think there are 2 hobbies that I think it’s worthless. Firstly, though watching
YouTube videos is entertaining, fascinating, it is very addictive and harmful to the
viewers which contain many inappropriate contents such as violence, war, blood.
Secondly, drinking beer is also a harmful hobby. Some people drink to release
stress or drinking and driving which lead to life loss.
3. What can we learn from hobbies?
-Hobbies allow you to explore and learn about yourself. For instance, You will not
be able to know if you are good at something unless you try it.
-Hobbies help you to learn how to handle stress and think creatively. An employer
can see that you have passions and a drive to do something with your time.
4. Is it important to teach hobbies to children? Why or why not?
mental health/cognitive development, comprehensive development, physical
health, normal growth, shape positive personalities

TEST 8

Part 1:

Ocean
1. How often do you go to the sea?
M.Trang: I go to the beach at least once a year in summer vacation. This is the
time when I can chill out and spend time with my family.

2. What do you like about the ocean?

M.Trang: The first thing I like about the sea is the peaceful and relaxing
atmosphere. Secondly, the beach with sunshine, sand and sea can create a
wonderful background to take photos.

Leisure
1. Do you prefer to spend your leisure time indoors or outdoors?
I prefer to spend my free time doing outdoors activities such as jogging, running
to enhance my physical and mental health.
2. Is there anything you don't like about being indoors (outdoors)?
Indoors actually gives us more drawbacks than benefits, especially the limitation
in doing sports. Take badminton for example, you cannot play it inside the house
since the globe can glide on the air, also you can only play with yourself while
indoors.

3. What are some activities you do indoors (outdoors)?

the things that I do outside the house are hangout with my friends, having some
coffee and playing some sports like football.
4. What do you enjoy about these activities?

In most cases, it is impossible to exercise/play sports freely inside the house, so

outdoors activities enable us to train our body more effectively. Therefore, we
can improve our health.

Part 2:
Describe a book you read recently
- The title and author of the book
- What the book was about
- Why you decided to read it
- And explain why you enjoyed/ didn't enjoy reading it?

Part 3: Reading
1. Why do people read? How important do you think reading is?
- People can relax by reading books
- But more importantly, the knowledge in books can be appled in our jobs.
- Reading helps people to practice the brain because people need to focus
and think when they read.

2. What kinds of things are popular to read these days?

- Textbooks: children 7-18 years old at school, study and do research
- Novels: young generation is fancy/ crazy about science fiction, horror books
+ example
3. How do you think reading will be different in the future?
Printed books will be digitized.

Homework: TEST 9 (transcript and record)

Mr. Hoan: write full answers for Test 9 on google doc.

TEST 9:

Part 1:

Shopping

1. How often do you go shopping?

It depends on my schedule, but I do not often go shopping instead of buying
online especially in the covid 19 now. I only go shopping to buy the daily
necessary things for my family if it is urgent.

2. What kinds of shops are there in your neighbourhood?

Nearby my house, it has a shopping mall, convenience shop and local market
also.

3. What kinds of things do you usually shop for?

I usually buy the electrics product or the technology product as mobile phone, tv
or other home appliances product for my family such as washing machine, dish
machine, refrigerator…

4. Do you enjoy shopping? Why or why not?

It depends on my mood. Sometimes I like to buy technology goods, home
entertainment products or other things online , but I am too lazy to go shopping
in the shopping mall or local market because We have to carry all the items
which we bought to my house with ourselves. But sometimes I go with my
family to the shopping mall not only to buy something but also we have a time
to relax together such as drinking coffee, playing games, watching the film in
their cinema.

Food

1. What are some of your favourite foods?

If any of my foreign’s friend ask me, which is my favourite food in Vietnam, I will
introduce the spring roll and PHO of vietnam which are considered to be
signature food of vietnam and it is also my favourite food .
2. Who does the cooking at your house?
Cooking and discovering nice and new food is my wife’ hobie so that She alway
cooks for my family on the weekend because she is very busy at her job every
working day and that is why my mother usually cooks every day for my family.

3. Do you prefer eating at home or in restaurants? Why?

It depends on my job’s requirements. When I work far from my house alone I
only want to eat at restaurants to save the time to work and relax. But when I
stay at home with my family, I like to eat at home where my family can have
time to chat and warm up our relationship together because our family is a
traditional lifestyle in Hanoi where most people think that the time we eat at
home is very important to keep all members close togher.

4. What kinds of restaurants do you enjoy eating in?

To me, The best restaurants to eat are where customers can eat nice food, it has
nice places , is not noisy and keeps private space for me and my partner or my
family.
Part 2:
Tell about a place you would like to visit
- The name of the place and where it is
- What kind of place it is
- What things you would do there and explain why you want to go there

+ Tokyo - Japan
+ Capital of Japan , center of finance, political
+ Street romance, people walk very fast, nice food , nice and so many
temples , museums, nature park and famous fish market. Famous fuji
mount
+

Part 3: Tourism
1. What are some popular places to visit in your country? Why are they popular?

+ Sapa
+ Nice place, peaceful, and people can enjoy a fresh environment. Have a
chance to live with local people who can speak many languages such as:
English, local language, French, Spanish and some others and have a
chance to get experience living , eating with local people and enjoy local
culture there.

2. Why do people travel?

+ Relax
+ Study many new things such as new places, new people, languages , and
culture.
+ People will be more smarter
+ The health will be stronger
+ Stop connecting with real life and work, helping people reduce the stress,
and be more creative when they come back to work.
 + Going to travel to come back home helps travelers love their home more.

3. Do you think parents should take their children to see a variety of different
places? Why or why not?
+should take :
- Children can learn new things : languages, food, culture.
- Can have time to understand , discover the world with himself
- Family can have more time to stay together
- Children are equipped with life skills.
- Have better of understanding of many kind of people and
+ Should not :
+ Waste a time to study at school
+ Need prepare money
+ Sometimes, not only learning good things but also children can be
affected by the bad things.
+ If not in good medical condition , sometimes children can be sick.
4. How do you think travel will be different in the future?
- Trending to enjoy nature , and adventure in new places, discover new
places instead of going shopping in crowded cities.
- When the economy grow up, people will go to travel oftenly then the
earth will face to danger of environment, the travel will become
expensive more and more.

BUỔI 4 (24/08/21):

TEST 10

Part 1:
Family
1. Do you have a large family or a small family?
MINH TRANG:extended family
TUAN ANH: traditional family
KIEN: extended family, nuclear family
DUY: extended family

2. How much time do you manage to spend with members of your family?
MINH TRANG: chill out,
TUAN ANH: quality time, board games
KIEN: gather around, with others,
DUY: at night, pandemic => spend more time

3. What sorts of things do you like to do together?

MINH TRANG:board game, chinese chess,
TUAN ANH: Blockbuster movie
KIEN: board games; watching action movies
DUY: have a meal, watch movie

4. Do you get on well with your family? Why?

MINH TRANG: pessimistic, motivate
TUAN ANH: I’m always the mediator whenever there is a fight in my family, so
everybody loves me
KIEN: get on well, except brothers, usually have conflicts
DUY: pretty well,friendly, kind ,except little brother, aggressive,

Part 2:
Describe a teacher who has influenced you in your education

You should say:

- Where you met them
- What subject they taught
- What was special about them
- And explain why that person influenced you so much.

MINH TRANG: head teacher, part time job, foreign, boost my spirit, strict, soft
skills
TUAN ANH: strict, a better version of themselves, courage, change my point of
view, interact with, preparation for an independent life
KIEN: home-room teacher, severe punishments, competition’s medals/awards,
chemistry, second place , hard-working man, inspire me to become a doctor.,
DUY: geography specialist/lecturer, participate in geography competition, funny
person/sense of humour, intelligent, aggressive, easy to be depressed, give
positive energy, introduce me to different perspectives/attitudes towards life

Part 3: Developments in education

1. How has education changed in your country in the last 10 years?
MINH TRANG: technology application
TUAN ANH: make some progress, social media platform
KIEN: the number of schools surged, easy to find a school for your children
DUY: tuition fee rises, students enjoy more services

2. What changes do you foresee in the next 5O years?

MINH TRANG: holograms, a stronger focus on physical education and extra-
curriculum activities
TUAN ANH: interact by electronic devices
KIEN: no more face-to-face interaction, more chatting online
DUY: most communication is conducted online, we would interact with screens
instead of real people

3. How do the expectations of khác for today's school leavers compare with those
of the previous generation?
MINH TRANG: Make ends meet
TUAN ANH: deal with, maintain the income
DUY: become more successful
KIEN: economy, “if you have money, you have everythings”.

4. What role do you think extracurricular activities play in education?

MINH TRANG: energetic, soft skills, adapt
TUAN ANH:
KIEN: it is important, after a hard-working lesson, to gain life skills.
DUY:

5. What method of learning works best for you?

MINH TRANG:self-learning
TUAN ANH: self-learning, tutorials
KIEN: self-learning, extra class
DUY: visuals, games, activities, tests, audio

6. How beneficial do you think it is to group students according to their level of

ability?
MINH TRANG: they would enjoy similar progress in study, they can exchange their
opinions more effectively, help each other
TUAN ANH: it is easier for teachers to prepare learning materials for students at
the same level
KIEN:
DUY:

TEST 11

Part 1:

Festivals

1. What is the most important festival in your country.

TUAN ANH: I think it would be Lunar New Year which is celebrated in many
families in Vietnam and China. During this time, many families stay at home and
not allow to sweep the house.

2. What special food and activities are connected with that festival? Lunar New
Year
MINH TRANG: banh chung, a cake made from rice, green beans and meat. Spend
time together, adults give money to children in order to receive luck
five-fruit tray (a tray with five different fruits of five different colours), altar, pay
respect to the ancestors

3. What do you most enjoy about it?

KIEN: reading books, lunar new year = free time, one day to finish the book

4. Do you think festivals are important for a country? Why?

DUY: From my own perspective, I think it is important for a country, especially a
country like Vietnam, since Vietnamese people are considered to be Taosist,
which has a ton of ceremonies and festivals to hold. Also this is a clever way to
educate people, especially youngsters, who are too addicted to social media and
the virtual world nowadays.

Part 2:
Describe a film or a TV programme which has made a strong impression on you

You should say:

- What kind of film or TV programme it was, e.g. comedy
- When you saw the film or TV programme
- What the film or TV programme was about
- And explain why that film or TV programme made such an impression on you.
MINH TRANG: Running Man, South Korean reality show, broadcast weekly,
celebrities are given physical challenges, winners receive awards, losers are
forced to accept penalties, make me laugh whenever I feel stressed.
DUY: The Late Late Show by James Corden, British show, shot in America,
weekly, talkshow with celebs artists about personal life and career, know more
about the fun facts of my favourite celebrities/idols
KIEN: HACKSAW RIDGE, a Hollywood film, starring Andrew Garfield (who acted
as Spiderman in the Amazing Spiderman movie), a man who refused to use
firepower, but was still able to save lives, cruelty and severity of wars, honour
the soldiers who fought for peace
TUAN ANH: JOHNNY ENGLISH, main character Johnny English Rowan Atkinson -
a veteran male actor, a man works for MI7 - a secret intelligence agency of the
Queen, they fight terrorists, action-comedy, a good laugh, admire the work of
Rowan Atkinson, another movie in the Mr.Bean cinematic universe

Part 3:
1. Do you think the cinema has increased or decreased in popularity in recent
years?
MINH TRANG: Covid 19, not allowed to go to public places, not enough funds to
keep the theatres open

2. In your opinion, will this trend continue into the future?

DUY: ongoing Covid 19 sees no sign of ending soon, Netflix and other online
movie platforms are rising

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of making films of real-life events?
TUAN ANH: easy to check the facts, so audience can make critics about the
movies, but in some cases, impossible to reach the involved people to build the
movie from only factual details

4. How important do you think it is for a filmmaker to remain true to the original
story?
KIEN: necessary for producer to respect the facts about the characters mentioned
in the movies, such as their colour

5. Should films and television be censored or should we be free to choose what

we see?
MINH TRANG: content on TV inappropriate for teenagers, should be filtered, such
as extreme violence in action movies

6. How do you think censorship laws will change in the next 20 years?
DUY: likely to be stricter, harassment, suicide scenes must be prevented from
reaching the audience, the authority will have more power in deciding what is
shown to the public.

HOMEWORK:
TEST 12

Part 1:
Visitors
1. What would you suggest a visitor should see and do in your country?

2. Are there any traditional arts or music you would recommend?

3. Tell me about the kind of foreign visitors or tourists who go to your country.

4. In what ways has tourism changed your country?

Part 2:
Describe a memorable event in your life.

You should say:

- When the event took place
- Where the event took place
- What happened exactly
- And explain why that event was memorable for you.

Part 3:
1. How important are ceremonies in our lives?

2. Do you see the role of private and public ceremonies changing in the future?

3. Have attitudes to marriage changed in recent years?

4. In what ways do men and women feel differently about marriage, in your
opinion?

5. What sort of national events make headlines in your country?

6. Does the media in your country pay more attention to global or national
events?

BUỔI 5 (31/08/21):

TEST 13

Part 1:
Daily routine:
1. What would you like to change in your daily routine?
MINH TRANG: hobby, cooking, many recipes on TV and magazines but haven’t
been able to apply them to my own meals
Minh Hằng: wake up early, often sleep late = I am a night owl
Kiên: I want to train my physical and mental health.
Duy:
Tuan anh: wake up early because he used to get up late = sleep in. Usually wake
up after 10am. Waste a lot of time in the morning on sleeping

2. Are all your days the same?

MINH TRANG: everything is on repeat, list nó ra
Minh Hằng: on repeat, the same, list nó ra
Duy: It used to be different between weekdays and weekends. Due to the
epidemic, I rarely do my leisure activities.
Tuan anh: not at all, normal days spend most time on research and school work
and at weekend play board games with family.
3. Tell me about your typical weekday and your typical weekend.
MINH TRANG: I am a creature of habit
Minh Hằng: wake up early, go to school, study until afternoon, weekend: wake up
late
Wake up and have online class. in the evening, play games
Tuan anh: he usually studies and play video games. Weekend play board or card
games and sometimes watching movies with family.
Tạ Minh
4. What is the balance of work/study and free time in your normal day?
MINH TRANG: normally 6 hours for study, 3 hours for leisure time, end the day
with watching movies or listening to music
Minh Hằng: concentrate/focus on my study, busy, don’t have freetime, try to
balance school life and personal life/day of both study and play. I spend one third
of my time on leisure activities and study.
Tuan anh: 5h doing school works or research on the Internet. 3 hours playing
video games and doing household chores.

Part 2:
Describe something you own which is very important to you
You should say:
Step 1: What is it?/Who is it?
- Camera (Panasonic, DSLR, expensive = costly); grandfather
Step 2: Where, When
- 6 years old, walking on the street
- official Panasonic store in Hanoi
Step 3: What happens?
- Shoot landscapes/portrait/cuisine/animals/street
- Record videos of important occasions (school year opening ceremony,
birthday,...)
Step 4: How do you feel about it?
- Treasure it
- Memory with grandfather
- Nurture my passion for photography
Step 5: Conclusion
- most valuable asset
- will keep it forever even when it doesn’t work anymore

Tạ Minh: camera, grandfather

- Where you got it from
Tạ Minh: Got it at 6 yrs old ; then ask to buy a DSLR camera in 2013
- How long you have had it
Tạ Minh:
- What you use it for
Tạ Minh: shot random photos
- And explain why it is so important to you
Tạ Minh: my passion, immense use of me, refreshment for me, keep in touch with
the wild lives.
Minh Long: 10th birthday(from my elder brother), keep until now, memorable,
convenient, looks nice, (<2p)
Tuan anh: iphone 7, a birthday present from mother, using 4 years for studying,
watching youtube videos, keep in touch with friends, kill time, useful.

Part 3:
How values can change
1. What kind of possessions show status in your country?
Minh Trang:gold, land, the longer you hold your hold, the more valuable it comes,
valuable
Kien: one storey house with small area => working class (the proletariat) who
work in a farm; car or motorcycle, live in a city => business people; high-tech and
luxury furniture => very wealthy people
Tuan anh: gold, the number of houses they own, the amount of real estate they
have, rich = wealthy = prosperous

2. Do you think it was different for your grandparents?

Minh Trang: poor, have nothing but a house, no possession to keep
Duy: Yes, because the elder cant go to work now, and for some situation their
children cant earn a living, and they have to rely on social insurance/social
welfare.
Tuan anh: quite different,everything in the house was cheap but have a lot of
meanings of life which can’t be evaluated by money.

Consumerism
1. Modern society is often called materialistic. Why do you think this is?
Minh Long : believes that money, valuable things and possessions are the most
important
Minh: Due to the trend of today, tends to focus on working, financial burden,
different types of taxes and fees, bills, high cost of living => materialistic
materialism

2. Do you think consumerism is a positive or a negative development?

Minh Long : Positive development. it enables many companies and organizations
provide service to the customers
Kiên: I think this is a very positive development because consumers benefit from a
variety of choices of products and services

Advertising
1. What is the role of advertising?
Minh Hằng: promote products globally, among customers, establish brands
reputation, make customers more aware of the new products

2. How do you think the Internet will affect buying patterns in the future?
Minh Hằng: shopping online is more popular, the process of buying and selling is
simplified, shopping habits are transformed,
Homework Buổi 5: Record and Transcribe (Ghi âm và ghi lại) toàn bộ Test 14 và 15
theo phân công.

TEST 14

Part 1:
Friends
1. Are your friends mostly your age or different ages? Why?
Minh Long: most my age. Don’t want to play with younger/older people
2. Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends? Why?
Minh Long: don’t see at all. An introvert, likes reading books
3. The last time you saw your friends, what did you do together?
Minh Long: talk about films,games,etc, interesting stuff.
4. In what ways are your friends important to you?
Minh Long : don’t want friends at all

Part 2:
Historical place you want to go
You should say:
- What it is
Minh Hằng: The Temple of Literature
- Where it is located
Minh Hằng: Hanoi

- What you can see there now

- And explain why this place is interesting.

Minh Hằng: iconic, temple of literature, north, educate VN, old way, statue,
yard, turtle, best feature, Tet holiday, pray for luck, wishes, bring home lucky
charm, gifts

Part 3:
Looking after historic places
1. How do people in your country feel about protecting historic buildings?
Minh Trang: important, help them to memorise the events in the past, teach,
remind about the ancestors

2. Do you think an area can benefit from having an interesting historic place
locally?In what way?
Minh Trang : include many

3. What do you think will happen to historic places or buildings in the future?
Why?

The teaching of history at school

1. How were you taught history when you were at school?

2. Are there other ways people can learn about history, apart from at school?
How?

3. Do you think history will still be a school subject in the future? Why?

TEST 15
Part 1:
Food and cooking
1. What kinds of food do you like to eat?

2. What kind of new food would you like to try? Why?

3. Do you like cooking? Why/ Why not?

4. What was the last meal you cooked?

5. Do you prefer home-cooked food or food from restaurants? Why?

Part 2:
Describe an interest or hobby that you enioy.
You should say:
- How you became interested in it
- How long you have been doing it
- Why you enjoy it
- And explain what benefits you get from that interest or hobby.

Part 3:
The social benefits of hobbies
1. Do you think having a hobby is good for people's social life? In what way?

2. Are there any negative effects of a person spending too much time on their
hobby?What are they?

3. Why do you think people need to have an interest or hobby?

Leisure time
1. In your country, how much time do people spend on work and how much time
on leisure? Is this a good balance, do you think?

2. Would you say the amount of free time has changed much in the last fifty
years?

3. Do you think people will have more or less free time in the future? Why?