1. What dance is it?

Xoe dance
2. Which ethnic group does it belong to ?
The Thai people
Unit 3:

Peoples of Viet
Nam
Lesson 5: Skills 1
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Unit 3
PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
4. Communication
5. Skills 1
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading E1. Work in groups. Complete the table.

What do you know about the Thai?

Features Information
1. Population  
2. Regions  
3. Language  
4. Housing  
5. Main jobs  
6. Main products  
7. Costumes  
8. Festivals  
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading
Now read the text and check your answers.
The Thai have a population of about one and a half million people living
in the provinces of Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe
An. The Thai language belongs to the Tay- Thai group.
The Thai are experienced farmers. They dig canals to bring water to their
fields. Their main food is rice, especially sticky rice. The Thai also grow other
crops on burnt- out land. They raise cattle and poultry for their own use. They
also make bamboo items, and weave cloth. Thai cloth is well- known for being
unique, colourful and strong.
Recently, Thai men prefer to wear the Kinh’s style of dress, while Thai
women keep their traditional costumes including short blouses, long skirts,
scarves and ornaments. The Thai live in houses on stilts. Their villages
comprise 40 to 50 houses, usually built side by side.
The Thai worship their ancestors. Every year, they hold festivals and
ceremonies with alternating songs between boys and girls, and many
traditional games.
 What do you know about the Thai?
Features Information
1. Population 1,500,000
2. Regions Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, Nghe An…

3. Language Tay- Thai group

4. Housing Stilt houses
5. Main jobs Farming, cattle raising, cloth weaving
6. Main products Bamboo items, cloth
7. Costumes Short blouse, long skirt, ornaments.
8. Festivals Many traditional games.
UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
* Vocabulary:

- Poultry (n) : Gia cầm

- Weave cloth (v) Dệt
: vải
- Ornament/ˈɔːnəmənt/ (n) :Đồ trang sức
- Experienced /ɪkˈspɪəriənst/ (a) : Có kinh nghiệm
- Ancestor /ˈænsestə(r)/ ( n) : Ông cha, tổ tiên
- Unique/juˈniːk/ ( adj) : Độc đáo, độc nhất
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading

E2: Complete each sentence, E3: Answer the questions.

using a word from the text.
1/ Do the Thai people have
1. The Thai are good ______ . They
their own language?
grow different crops.
2/ What is the main food of the
2. They can make household items Thai people?
from the _____ tree. 3/ What is the Thai cloth well-
3. The Thai live in ______ houses. known for?
4. They have a rich culture including 4/ Which still wear their
folk _________ and games.
traditional costumes, Thai
men or Thai women?
5. Many festivals and ______________
5/ Who do the Thai worship?
are held by the Thai people
every year.
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading
Now read the text and check your answers.
The Thai have a population of about one and a half million people living in
the provinces of Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe
An. The Thai language belongs to the Tay- Thai group.
The Thai are experienced farmers. They dig canals to bring water to their
fields. Their main food is rice, especially sticky rice. The Thai also grow
other crops on burnt- out land. They raise cattle and poultry for their own
use. They also make bamboo items, and weave cloth. Thai cloth is well-
known for being unique, colourful and strong.
Recently, Thai men prefer to wear the Kinh’s style of dress, while Thai
women keep their traditional costumes including short blouses, long skirts,
scarves and ornaments. The Thai live in houses on stilts. Their villages
comprise 40 to 50 houses, usually built side by side.
The Thai worship their ancestors. Every year, they hold festivals and
ceremonies with alternating songs between boys and girls, and many
traditional games.
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading
E2: Complete each sentence,
using a word from the text.
1. The Thai are good farmers .
They grow different crops.
2. They can make household
items from the bamboo tree.
3. The Thai live in houses.
4. They have a rich culture
including folk and
games.
5. Many festivals and
are held by the
Thai people every year.
The Thai have a population of about
one and a half million people living in
the provinces of Lai Chau, Son La, Yen
Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe
An. The Thai language belongs to the
Tay- Thai group.
The Thai are experienced farmers.
They dig canals to bring water to their
fields. Their main food is rice,
especially sticky rice. The Thai also
grow other crops on burnt- out land.
They raise cattle and poultry for their
own use. They also make bamboo
items, and weave cloth. Thai cloth is
well- known for being unique,
colourful and strong.
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading
E2: Complete each sentence,
using a word from the text.
1. The Thai are good farmers .
They grow different crops.
2. They can make household
items from the bamboo tree.
3. The Thai live in stilt houses.
4. They have a rich culture
including folk songs and
games.
5. Many festivals and
ceremonies are held by the
Thai people every year.
Recently, Thai men prefer to wear
the Kinh’s style of dress, while Thai
women keep their traditional
costumes including short blouses,
long skirts, scarves and ornaments.
The Thai live in houses on stilts.
Their villages comprise 40 to 50
houses, usually built side by side.
The Thai worship their ancestors.
Every year, they hold festivals and
ceremonies with alternating songs
between boys and girls, and many
traditional games.
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading
E3: Answer the questions.
1/ Do the Thai people have their
own language?
Yes, they do.
2/ What is the main food of the Thai
people?
Their main food is rice.
3/ What is the Thai cloth well-
known for?
It is well-known for being unique,
colourful and strong.
4/ Which still wear their traditional
costumes, Thai men or Thai women?
5/ Who do the Thai worship?
The Thai have a population of about
one and a half million people living in
the provinces of Lai Chau, Son La, Yen
Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe
An. The Thai language belongs to the
Tay- Thai group.
The Thai are experienced farmers.
They dig canals to bring water to their
fields. Their main food is rice,
especially sticky rice. The Thai also
grow other crops on burnt- out land.
They raise cattle and poultry for their
own use. They also make bamboo
items, and weave cloth. Thai cloth is
well- known for being unique,
colourful and strong.
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Reading
E3: Answer the questions.
1/ Do the Thai people have their
own language?
Yes, they do.
2/ What is the main food of the
Thai people?
Their main food is rice.
3/ What is the Thai cloth well-
known for?
It is well-known for being unique,
colourful and strong.
4/ Which still wear their traditional
costumes, Thai men or Thai
women?
Thai women do.
5/ Who do the Thai worship?
They worship their ancestors.
Recently, Thai men prefer to
wear the Kinh’s style of dress,
while Thai women keep their
traditional costumes including
short blouses, long skirts, scarves
and ornaments. The Thai live in
houses on stilts. Their villages
comprise 40 to 50 houses, usually
built side by side.
The Thai worship their
ancestors. Every year, they hold
festivals and ceremonies with
alternating songs between boys
and girls, and many traditional
games.
Answer the questions
TOPIC 1-UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 20: SKILLS 1

The Thai have a population of about one and a half

million people.
They live in Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh,
Thanh Hoa and Nghe An.
Their language is Tay – Thai group.
They grow rice, raise cattle, poultry and weave cloth.
They hold festivals and ceremonies with alternating
songs between boys and girls, and many traditional
games.
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
II. SPEAKING
E4: Read some facts about the Bru- Van Kieu people
and the Khmer people.
The Bru-Van Kieu people
 Population: about 74,500
 Regions: Quang Binh, Quang Tri,
Thua Thien – Hue
 Language: Mon-Khmer group
 Production activities: growing
rice, terraced fields, raising
cattle and poultry
 Festivals: ceremony held
before sowing seeds
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
II. SPEAKING
E4: Read some facts about the Bru- Van Kieu people
and the Khmer people.
The Khmer people
 Population: about 1,260,600 
 Regions: provinces of Mekong
Delta
 Language: Mon-Khmer group,
writing system
 Production activities: growing
rice, raising cattle and poultry,
making sugar
 Festivals: two main holidays:
Chaul Chnam Thmey (New
Year) and Greeting-the-Moon
festival
 TOPIC 1-UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 20: SKILLS 1
II. Speaking
Work in groups. Choose one of the two ethnic groups
and talk about it.
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
II. Speaking GROUP WORK
(5 minutes)
GROUP A GROUP B
Talk about the Bru- Van Kieu people Talk about the Khmer people
The Khmer people
The Bru-Van Kieu people  Population: about 1,260,600 
 Population: about 74,500  Regions: provinces of Mekong
 Regions: Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Delta
Thua Thien – Hue  Language: Mon-Khmer group,
 Language: Mon-Khmer group writing system
 Production activities: growing  Production activities: growing
rice, terraced fields, raising rice, raising cattle and poultry,
making sugar
cattle and poultry
 Festivals: two main holidays:
 Festivals: ceremony held
Chaul Chnam Thmey (New
before sowing seeds Year) and Greeting-the-Moon
festival
 UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 20: SKILLS 1

Now I would like to talk about the …. people.Well, there are

many interesting things about ethnic group that I want to share
with you.
The ….. people have a population of about ….. people. They
mostly live ….. Their language is …..
They …., make sugar for living
They have ….festivals : Chaul Chanam Thmey (New Year)
and Greeting – the – Moon fesstival.
I’m sure if you visit the … people, you will enjoy it.
 TOPIC 1-UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 20: SKILLS 1
II. Speaking
E5. Talk about YOUR own ethnic group.

- their clothing

You - their food

can
talk - their ways of living
about: - their customs & traditions

- their festivals
UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM - LESSON 16: GETTING STARTED

-Read the passage (reading) again.

-Choose one ethnic group and
talk about it.
-Do exercise D1/ 2- P17/21
workbook.
- Prepare Unit 3 : Skills 2.
Thanks for your
attention !