UNIT 1: FAMILY CHORES

Lesson 1.8: Speaking

I. OBJECTIVES
1. Knowledge:
Understanding of the keywords or word collocations below:
- Expressions about:
• personal preferences
I like….
My favourite…
Etc.,
• giving an opinion
I think……
Etc.,
2. Competencies:
a. General competencies:
Develop collaboration skills in the 6Cs of the 21st century skills framework: working in pairs and in teams.

b. Specific competencies:
Improve communicative competence related to speaking skills and use of language (vocabulary, phonetics, grammar)
● For a language lesson: Ss are expected to know the meaning of the key phrases in a dialogue and understand the main
grammatical points, then do the tasks assigned in the textbook.
 ● For a skills lesson: Ss are expected to use their speaking skills to practice expressing preference and giving opinions in a
conversation.
3. Qualities:
- Have a positive attitude towards the lesson
- Understand and actively respond to relevant matters or situations
- Be polite and friendly when talking to people

II. PREPARATIONS
Teacher: Textbooks, PowerPoint slides, TV, projector, loudspeaker
Students: Textbooks, notebooks
Language analysis

Preferences and giving opinions

 Do/ Don’t you like (ironing/ vacuuming)?

 What household chores do you like?

+ ■ I like ...
■ I love ...
■ I like ... very much
■ My favourite (chore) is ...
■ I think (taking the dog for a walk) is fun/ not bad/ OK.

- ■ I don’t like ... (very much)

■ I hate/ can’t stand ...
■ I think (doing the washing up) is awful/ terrible/ rubbish.

? ■ I think (ironing) is OK, but I prefer ...

Assumptions
Anticipated difficulties Solutions
- Ss may lack knowledge about some lexical - Provide them with the meaning and pronunciation of
items. words.
- Ss may lack the skills to give a presentation. - Provide them with techniques to present in front of the
whole class.

Board Plan
Date of teaching
 UNIT 1: FAMILY CHORES
Lesson 1.8: Speaking

* WARM-UP
Watching a video and answering the questions
I. Pre-speaking
Activity 1: T/ F statements
Activity 2: Look and tick
II. While-speaking
Activity 3: Which do you prefer? Look and say
Activity 4: Interviewing
III. Post- speaking
Discussing
* WRAP-UP
* HOMEWORK

III. PROCEDURES

Stage Stage aim Procedure Interacti Time

on
WARM-UP - To create a WATCHING A VIDEO: 5 mins
positive T-S
classroom - T plays a short video including the structures of verbs of
atmosphere liking and gives instructions: Ss watch the video then
to start a answer the questions:
new lesson.
- To lead in to 1. What does the girl love doing?
the topic 2. What does the boy usually do in his free time?
 3. What kind of music does the boy like and dislike?
- Ss do as instructed
S-S
- Ss work individually
- T calls some Ss to give their answers and confirms the
correct answers.
T-S
Answers:
1. She loves travelling and meeting new people.
2. He spends a lot of time watching DVD and listening to
music.
3. He likes reggae, hip hop, and rap. He doesn’t like rock or
heavy metal.

PRE-SPEAKING - To analyze ACTIVITY 1: T/ F STATEMENTS. 15

the speaking mins
samples. - T asks Ss to close the book. T plays the audio from T-S
Exercise 1 and leads a feedback session to make sure
students understand the main idea.
S-S
- Ss listen to the audio.
- T asks some Ss to tell the main idea of the conversation. T-S
- T asks Ss to open the book. T plays audio again while
students read along. T-S
 - T has Ss mark the statements as True or False in Exercise
1. S-S
- Ss work individually to do the task.
T-S
- T plays the recording 1.13 to check the answers.
- T develops further discussion if needed.
Answers:
1T
2T
3T
4T
5F
ACTIVITY 2: LOOK AND TICK.

- T asks Ss
and Lan.
- T goes
how they are
different.
- Ss complete exercise 2 on their own.
- Ss check their answers in pairs.
- T develops further discussion if needed.
 Answer
I love...
I think (dusting) is not bad
I hate/ can't stand...
I think (ironing) is OK, but I prefer

WHILE- - To practice ACTIVITY 3. WHICH DO YOU PREFER? LOOK AND SAY 15

SPEAKING expressing mins
preference and - T asks Ss to complete exercise 3. T-S
giving opinions
- Ss complete exercise 3.
in a S-S
conversation. - T asks Ss to work in pairs to exchange their ideas.
T-S
- T develops further discussion if needed.
 T-S
ACTIVITY 4. INTERVEWING

- T put Ss in groups of four.

S-S
- T asks them to interview their friends using the phrases in
Exercise 3. T-S
- Ss work in groups to interview their friends.
- T calls some Ss to present their ideas.
- T develops further discussion if needed.
POST- - To apply - T puts Ss in groups of three. T-S 7 mins
SPEAKING expressions in
- T has them discuss if they agree or disagree with the
the Speaking
statement in Exercise 3.
box in real
situations. - T asks Ss to come up with three reasons to support their S-S
point.
T-S
- T conducts a feedback session to find out what reasons the
 class used.
- T encourages the groups to think of ways of giving the
reasons for their opinions.
- When they are ready, T invites groups to act out their
conversations in front of the class.
- Check with the whole class.
- T walks around to help if necessary.
WRAP-UP - To - T asks Ss to talk about what they have learnt in the lesson. T-S 2 mins
consolidate ✔ The way to express preference and give opinions in a
what Ss have conversation S-T
learnt in the
lesson.

HOMEWORK - To review the - Do exercises on Workbook page 12 T-S 1 min

lesson and - Prepare Unit 1 Lesson 9 Review 1
prepare for
the next
lesson.