HUE UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

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METHODOLOGY 4
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Group:
Nguyễn Thị Phương Khanh
Trần Lê Thục Hạnh
Trần Vũ Khánh Ngân
Phan Thị Mỹ Duyên
Trần Thị Ngọc Bích
 Unit 5: INVENTION
Lesson: Getting started – Computers and Our Lives.
I. Objective:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 Practice listening and reading for general ideas and specific
information about the advantages of computer and how it affects
our lives.
 Learn some vocabulary related to the topic computer and its
influences on our lives.
 Practice discussing and presenting their group’s outlooks related to
the topic of the lesson.
II. Methodology:
 Communicative approach (using game, pairs work, group work to
organize activities.)
III. Anticipated problem:
 Teacher may find some difficulties in explicit new words or
phrases to students.
 Students lack of lexical resources related to the topic.
 Some students may be afraid of sharing their ideas in front of the
whole class.
IV. Teaching aids: Textbook English 10, board, chalks, laptop, projector…
V. Lesson plan:
Stages/Time Teacher’s activities Ss’ Work
activities arrangement
Warm up: Work in group and choose which
(5 minutes) are the advantages and
disadvantages of laptop.

T gives instructions: - Ss listen

‘I would like to divide the class into to T. T- whole
2 team: team A and team B class
+ I will give all of you 10 pieces of
paper about the advantages and
 disadvantages of laptop. You will
work in group to choose which are
the advantages and disadvantages
of laptop.’

+ After 3 minutes, each team will

go to the board and stick the paper
in the right column: advantages Ss answer
and disadvantages. chorally.
- T check instructions:
+ What will you do now?
+ How much time do you have? Ss work in
+ Do you work in pairs or work in -Ss work in
group group
group?

-T lets Ss do the task – T monitors -Ss listen to T- whole

T. class
the class.

- When the time is over, T checks

their answers.

Answer keys:

Advantages Disadvantages
Mobility Durability
Economical Unpredictable
battery
Offline Reinstalling the
operation native
operating
system
Internet access Highly insecure
Lower-power
consumption
Lead in “Through the previous game, can Ss listen to T- Whole
(1 minute) you all guess the topic that we are the T class
 going to learn today? Yes, it is
about laptop. In order to
understand better about this topic,
let’s move on to the first lesson of
the Unit 5: Getting Started –
Computer and Our Lives”
Pre-stage: T elicits the new vocabulary:
a.Pre-teach
vocabulary: invention /ɪnˈven.ʃən/ (n): Phát -Ss listen
(5 minutes) minh and guess
the word. T- whole
Eliciting technique: Explanation: class
The world changed rapidly after
the ________ of the phone.

portable /ˈpɔː.tə.bəl/ (a): Dễ dàng

mang theo
Eliciting technique: Explanation

“Something which is possible to

take with you if you move to a
different place. So, it is______”

economical /ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/ (a):

Tiết kiệm
Eliciting technique: antonym

“Which word has the opposite

meaning of “waste”?”

versatile /ˈvɜː.sə.taɪl/ (a): Đa dụng,

đa năng
Eliciting technique: Synonym

“Which word has the same

meaning of adaptable?”

generous /ˈdʒen.ər.əs/ (a): Rộng

lượng
Eliciting technique: Explanation

“Which word has same meaning of

 “kind”?”

- After eliciting each new

vocabulary, T models the -Ss do
vocabulary 2 or 3 times. choral
repetition
- T says: “Now the whole class,
listen! ...” -Ss do
individual
- T asks Ss to do choral repetition repetition

-Ss check
their
- T invites some Ss to do individual answers
b.Checking repetition. with T
vocabulary:
(3 minutes) -Ss listen to
- T helps Ss to identify the stress in T.
the words.

T gives instruction:
‘In order to help you remember the
new words, now look at task 3 in
your book, work individually and -Ss answer
match the words with its English chorally.
meaning. I will invite two fastest Ss Ss work
to go to the board and write down individually.
your answer.’
Ss work T - whole
individually class.
T checks for instruction:
‘Do you work individually or in Ss listen to Ss take note.
pairs?’ T
‘What will you do?’
-Ss copy
b. True/ False -T lets Ss do the task and invites 2 new words
Ss to the board. on their T - whole
prediction: class.
notebooks.
(4 minutes) -T checks the answer and praises.
-T lets Ss copy new words on their -Ss listen to
notebooks. T’s
instruction.

T gives instruction:

“Now, whole class! Before you

listen to the main context of our
today lesson, I now would like to
hold a prediction activity in which
you will have to guess about things
that may be mentioned in the
listening task according to your
personal opinions without reading Ss work in
the text. Work in pairs, read these pairs.
following statements and decide
whether they are True or False in 2 -Ss answer
minutes, after that I will invite chorally.
some students randomly to give me
your answers.”

T checks for instruction:

“What are you going to do now? -Ss work in
“How much time do you have for pairs.
this task?”
“Do you work in pairs or work in
groups?”

-T lets Ss work in pairs.

Activity:

Statements True False

1.Phong’s Dad
promised to
reward him if he
pass the English
test.
T – whole
 2. Phong chose a class
mobile phone as a
reward for his
studying.
3.Phong’s father
thinks that Laptop
is a wise choice.
4.Phong will use
his laptop for
sending emails,
playing online
games, surfing the
Internet, ….
5.Phong doesn’t
like this reward -Ss give
because he their
doesn’t want to predictions.
use it for
studying.

-After 2 minutes, T asks Ss to stop

discussing and starting showing
their predictions.
While-stage:
a.Checking T gives instruction: -Ss listen to T-whole
for
predictions: ‘Now I’ll play a conversation T’s class
(6 minutes) between Phong and his father, and instruction.
we will check for the predictions in
the previous activity to see if they
are right or wrong. You will work
individually in this task, tell me to
pause the recording when you hear
the clue that relate to the
-Ss answer
statement.’
chorally.
 T checks for instruction:
‘Will you work in groups or
individually?’
‘What should you do when you T-whole
hear the sentences that relate to the -Ss interact class.
statements? with T.

b.Comprehensiv
T – whole
e questions: T then play the recording and check -Ss listen to class.
(8 minutes) T’s
the predictions with the Ss.
instruction.
T gives instruction:
“Now you will read through the
conversation between Phong and
his father on your book again. -Ss answer
Work in pairs and answer the chorally.
questions in 3 minutes. You have 5
minutes to discuss with your Ss work in
partners.” pairs.
-Ss work in
T checks for instruction:
pairs.
‘What will you do?’
‘How much time do you have?’
-Ss go to T – whole
‘Do you work individually or in
the board class
pairs?’
and write
-T lets Ss do the task.
answers.

- T invites some Ss to go to the

- Ss listen
board and give their answers.
to T and
 note down
the right

- T corrects the answers, gives answer on

explanations and praises Ss. their

notebooks.

*Key answers:

1. He promised to reward Phong if

Phong passed the English test.

2. Because his old mobile phone is

still good.

3. Computers have changed our

lives in many ways: faster
communication (emails), free
entertainment (online games),
convenient shopping (online
shopping), etc.

4. He will use his laptop for

listening to music, chatting with
friends, playing games, researching
topics on the Web and typing his
assignments.

5. (Answers may vary.)

Post- stage: T gives instruction: T asks Ss to -Ss listen to
(10 minutes) work in groups of five in 5 minutes, T.
Discussion: make use of some available
disadvantages of the laptop in the
warm-up game to discuss and find T- whole
out how those may affect our class
studying and working progress.

-T gives Ss some useful language -Ss listen to

to express one’s idea: T.
*Useful language:
 In my opinion/ As far as I am
concerned, … because
 Of course, many / some
people argue…

Example: Many people may argue

that laptop is more convenient
because it is portable, but in my
opinion, this is also the reason why
laptop is easier to be damage as -Ss answer
compare to ordinary computer. chorally.

T checks for instruction: Ss work in

‘How much time do you have?’ -Ss work in groups.
‘Do you work individually or in groups.
groups?’

-T then lets Ss do their task. -Ss go to

the board
-T monitors the class. and express
their
-T invites some volunteers of the opinions.
groups to go to the board and
express their ideas. -Ss listen to
T.

-T listens, gives feedback and

 praises Ss.
Homework: -Write a short paragraph about the Ss take note T- whole
(2 minutes) disadvantages of laptop on your the class
notebook. homework
-Practice listening to the into their
conversation between Phong and notebook.
his father.
-Prepare for the next lesson –
Language Focus on page 49.