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UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF......
LESSON 3: LISTENING

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I. Objectives:
Students know how hard manual labourer in Vietnam work and appreciate them.
II-Language focus:
1.Vocabulary: - Words concerning daily activities of people.
2.Grammar: - The present simple tense.
- The past simple tense.
- Adverb of frequency.
III- Skills: + Listening comprehension.
- Students listen and number the pictures in their correct order.
- Students listen and decide whether the statements are true or false.
IV- Teaching aids: - Tape, board, chalk, textbook.
V-- Procedures:

Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities

5’ 1. Homework checking:( 5 mins)
Two Ss tell the whole class about their
daily routines
2. Before you listen:
Aims: focus sts on the topic and review/
10’ introduce the words and phrases used to
describe a cyclo driver’s daily activities.
a. T asks sts to work in groups and make a - work in groups and recall the
list of vehicles and the people who operate vehicles and their operators then
them, then compare their list with other make a list on a sheet of paper
groups’ - compare theirs notes.
- listen to the T and open their
- Introduce the topic of the listening text: ‘A books
day in the life of a cyclo driver’ and asks sts
to open their books.
- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer - Work in pairs to ask and answer.
the questions in the textbook - Some pairs stand up and report.
Have you ever traveled by cyclo? S1: Have you ever traveled by cyclo?
When was it? S2: Yes, I have.
Is it interesting to travel by cyclo? S3: When was it?
Which do you prefer, going by bicycle or S4: Last summer holiday...
 by cyclo? Give reasons. S5: Is it interesting to travel by
- Move around to help sts then ask some cycle?
pairs to report. S6: Yes, it is.
- Give remarks. S7: Which do you prefer, going by
bicycle or by cyclo?
S8: I prefer traveling by cyclo
because I have time to look around
and I’m not tired.

b. T asks S to look at the words in the book - look at the words and read after
and read after T . T.
- Introduce some new words - copy the words and phrases.
- 'passenger (n): (in the pictures)
- 'district (n): e.g.: Ba Dinh district,
Thanh Mien district
- drop (v): when the passenger gets off
the cyclo.
- 'pedal (v) = cycle (v)
- 'purchases (n) = the shopping: The
things someone has bought
- food stall (n) : (In the picture) - listen and repeat.
- Read the words aloud and asks sts to - Some individuals read the words
repeat. aloud
- Ask some sts to read the words again.
3. While you listen:
20’ + Task 1:
Aims: Practise listening and ordering
pictures.
- Ask sts to work in pairs, look at the - look at the pictures and listen to
pictures in the textbook and describe each the T.
picture.
- Do the first example: - describe the other pictures in
In the first picture, a cyclo driver is cycling pairs.
his cyclo and taking a woman to somewhere.
- listen to the teacher.
- Introduce the situation about Mr. Lam, a
cyclo driver in Hochiminh city talking
about his daily routines. T asks sts to listen
to the tape/ teacher and number the - listen to the tape / the teacher and
pictures in the correct order. do the task
- play the tape/ read the text twice. - Share their answers.
- give feedback.
- Ask sts to share their answers in pairs. - check their answers , and then
- Get sts’ answers. correct their work if they have any
- play the tape once again, stop where wrong answers.
necessary and conduct the correction. Key: 5 – 6 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 4
 + Task 2:
Aims: Practice listening for specific
information by deciding if the given
statements are true or false.
- ask sts to have a look at the statements
and read them in pairs and make sure they
understand the statements.
-Ask sts to listen to the tape/T again and
tick the box to indicate if the statements
are true or false.
- Ask sts to compare their answer in pairs.
- Checks sts’ answers.
- Play the tape once again, stop where
necessary and conduct the correction.
- Read the statements , underline
the key words in each sentence.
- Try to guess whether each
sentence is true or false.
- Listen and do the task.
- Share their answers with their
partners.
- Give answers.
- Listen again and check.
Key: 1F; 2T; 3F; 4F; 5F.

4. After you listen:

- Ask sts to work in pairs and use the - Work in pairs to ask and answer
8’ suggested words to ask and answer about questions such as:
the cyclo driver. " What is the man's name?"
- Move round to check the activities and to " What does he do?"
make sure that sts are working effectively. .............
- Ask one or two sts to retell the cyclo
driver’s routines in front of the whole class.
2’ - Check and give remarks.
5. Homework:
- Write a short paragraph about Mr. Lam's
routines