2022

COURSE: ENGLISH 2

Lecturer Nguyen Le Uyen Minh, MA.

Contact Info. 0855605588

 OBJECTIVES
can communicate in conversational contexts of
everyday life at a basic level;
cultivate the skills needed in the 21st century:
creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and
understanding of cultures around the world;
a n d h ave b a s i c k n o w l e d g e a n d
s k i l l s : l i ste n i n g , s p e a k i n g ,
re a d i n g a n d w r i ti n g .
Textbooks
Work in pairs. Look at the photo of Ayrton
Senna. Listen and write his job and his
nationality.
Choose those word for guessing about this
person and show them on Padlet

Formula 1 Brazilian
sportman driver
astronaut Italian
great handsome
helmet woman
fast dead

P.2
Listen and repeat the years. Match the years with the people.
Listen and check your answers from Exercise 2
“BINGO!” 2000 - 2023

2004 2010 2011

2009 2016 2019

Activity 2: Grammar Practice
 Ferdinand Magellan.
Roald Amundsen
Yuri Gagarin
Valentina
Tereshkova

Junko Tabei

Ann Bancroft
 was
were was
were
was
was
was
were
was

were
6. Pronunciation
was/were weak forms

Listen and repeat

three sentences
from Exercise 5.

1. Yuri Gagarin was born in 1934.

2. His parents were farmers.
3. He was a pilot.

Task 1
May 1986

May 1975
8. Look at Important dates in exploration. Listen and repeat the ordinal numbers.
9
.

Listen and repeat

the date. What
words do we use
with the ordinal
numbers? ‘the first of May 1986’

Listening
10.
Work in pairs. Look at
Important dates in
exploration. Take turns
• Student A: Say a
date
• Student B: Say the
event Student A: The first of May 1986
Student B: The first woman at the North Pole
Student B: The second of June 1953
Student A: news of first men at the top of Everest
Pair Work
11.
Say these ordinal
numbers. Listen and
check.

21st 22nd 23rd 24th

25th 26th 27th 28th
29th 30th 31st

Pair Work
12. Work in pairs. What are three important dates in your country?

The 1st of The 30th of April is

January in the the Reunification
lunar calendar is Day in Vietnam.
Vietnamese’s
Lunar New Year.

Speaking
 13. Work in pairs.

What are three The first of

important dates September, 1990
from your past? was my first day at
school.

Speaking
 Listening

Work in pairs.
Who was your
best friend when
you were young?
Is he/ she your
best friend now?

Task 1
 Listening

Read the
information about
the radio
programme.
Answer the
questions

Task 2
1. When’s the programme on the radio?
2. What’s the programme about?
3. Who’s on the programme today?
 Listening

Listen to Joe and

Aneta. Complete
the sentences with
these words

animals
on TV

meerkats
Task 3 reading
a writer
Frankenstein
 Listening

Listen again.
Choose the correct
answer to the
interviewer’s
questions.

Task 4
5. Work in pairs

What were you

good at school?
Tell your partner
and answer
questions.

Pair work
Grammar be: was/were negative and question forms

Now look at page 176

 Listening

Complete the
interview with Olga
with was, were, Was
wasn't or weren't. was
Listen and check.
Were

weren’t
Were

Task 7-p.121 was

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Who was the first British
queen?
 Pair work

Work in pairs. Think

about when you
were young. Ask and
answer the question
in Exercise 8.

Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.

Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.

Task 9-p.121
 Pair work

Work in pairs. Look at

the words in bold
in the sentences.
Write the name of a
person you both
know for each word.

Task 10-p.121
lived

studied

worked
visited
watched
 Speaking

Who was important

to you when you
were young? Write
three names on three
pieces of paper.
Think about the
answers to these
questions.

Task 11-p.121
 Speaking

Work in groups. Mix

the pieces of paper
from Exercise 11.
Take turns to read a
name. Ask and
answer the questions
about the names.

Task 12-p.121
 Reading

Work in pairs. Do F 1. The Inca Empire was in North

you think these America.
sentences are true T 2. The Maya people were from
(T) or false (F)?
Central America.
F 3. The Aztecs were from Peru.
F 4. The Apache people were from
South America.
Task 1
 Reading

3. Read the rest of

the article. Find:

Task 1
Reading

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 Vocabulary activities

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f d
c a

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Vocabulary activities

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Task 1
 Writing

Read these email

and write an email

Task 3
 Writing

Read these email

and write an email

Hi Best wishes
Best regards
Task 3
Love
 Writing

Read these email

and write an email
Dear

All the best,

Hi

Task 3
Love
 Writing

Read these email

and write an email
Dear

All the best,

Hi

Task 3
Love
Homework:
- Read pages from 122 to 128
- Answer what you have known so far on p. 128
- Write a paragraph about an important person
in your life.
Thanks
for paying attention!