Nick
Duong
a guide
Duong & Nick: Good morning.
Guide: Good morning. Can I help you?
Nick: Yes, we’d like to know something about the cultural groups of Viet Nam.
Duong: Right. Is it true that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country?
Guide:  Exactly.
Nick:  How interesting! I’m curious about them now. Which group is the largest?
Guide:  Well, the Viet (or Kinh) have the largest number of people, accounting for about 86% of the population. 53 others are called `ethnic minority peoples’.
Nick:  And where do they live?
Guide:  All over the country. Some groups like the Tay, Hmong, Yao… live mostly in the mountainous regions in the north, and the Cham, Khmer, Ede… live in the Central Highlands and some southern provinces.
Nick: I see. And do they speak their own languages?
Guide:  Yes, and they have their own ways of life, and customs and traditions.
Nick:  That’s awesome! I’d like to find out more about them.
Guide:  OK. I’ll show you round and tell you some interesting…
1a. Find the opposite of these words in the conversation.
boring ><
smallest ><
majority ><
northern ><
interesting
largest
minority
southern
Duong & Nick: Good morning.
Guide: Good morning. Can I help you?
Nick: Yes, we’d like to know something about the cultural groups of Viet Nam.
Duong: Right. Is it true that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country?
Guide:  Exactly.
Nick:  How interesting! I’m curious about them now. Which group is the largest?
Guide:  Well, the Viet (or Kinh) have the largest number of people, accounting for about 86% of the population. 53 others are called `ethnic minority peoples’.
Nick:  And where do they live?
Guide:  All over the country. Some groups like the Tay, Hmong, Yao… live mostly in the mountainous regions in the north, and the Cham, Khmer, Ede… live in the Central Highlands and some southern provinces.
Nick: I see. And do they speak their own languages?
Guide:  Yes, and they have their own ways of life, and customs and traditions.
Nick:  That’s awesome! I’d like to find out more about them.
Guide:  OK. I’ll show you round and tell you some interesting…
1c.Can you find the following expressions in the conversation? Try to explain what they mean.

1. Exactly =>

2. How interesting! =>

3. I see =>

4. That’s awesome!=>
Được sử dụng như một câu trả lời, đồng ý với những gì đã nói, hoặc nhấn mạnh rằng điều đó là chính xác.
Được sử dụng để nhấn mạnh sự thú vị của vấn đề một cách mạnh mẽ và vấn đề đó làm ta phải chú ý.

Được sử dụng khi người nghe đã hiểu những gì người nói diễn tả.
Diễn tả sự ngạc nhiên, mang tính tích cực, được sử dụng để chỉ ra rằng vấn đề người nói trình bày là rất tuyệt vời.


1b. Read the conversation again and answer the questions
1. Where are Duong and Nick?

2. What do they want to know?


3. How many ethnic groups are there in Viet Nam?

4. Which ethnic group has the largest population?

5. Do the ethnic minority peoples have their own customs and traditions?
They are in the Museum of Ethnology.
They want to know about the ethnic groups of Viet Nam.
There are 54.
The Viet (or Kinh) have the largest population.
Yes.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
2. Use the words and phrases in the box to label each picture.
costume stilt house terraced fields
open-air market folk dance musical instrument
festival five-coloured sticky rice
five-coloured sticky rice
terraced fields
festival
folk dance
open – air market
musical instrument
costume
stilt house
How interesting!
How amazing!
How beautiful!
How peaceful!
How + adj/adv!
* Grammar
d. Work in pairs. Use facts from the conversation to make short role – plays using the expressions in.


How interesting!
2. A: Is it true that the Kinh speak Vietnamese?
B: _________________________
3. A: We got the scholarship to study in the U.S
B: _________________________
1. A: Some groups live in mountainous regions.
B: _________________________
How exactly!
How amazing!
* People:
is used as the plural of ‘person’ to refer to men, women, and children.
* Peoples:
ethnic groups of people who belong to a particular country, race, or area.
3.Complete the following sentences with the words/phrases in the box.
heritage site stilt houses terraced fields member Ethnic festivals
1. In our country, it is against the law to discriminate against any __________ or religious group.
2. My Son in Quang Nam Province has been recognised by UNESCO as a world ____________.
3. ____________ have been popular among many of Viet Nam’s ethnic groups for a long time.
4. Lunar January is the time for important __________ in the whole country, especially in the north.
5. The exhibition building of the Museum of Ethnology was designed by the architect Ha Duc Linh, a __________ of the Tay ethnic group.
6. The _______________ of Sa Pa have entered in the Top 11 most beautiful terraces in the world, according to Touropia.
ethnic
heritage site
Stilt houses
festivals
member
terraced fields
4. GAME: QUICK QUIZ
Work in pairs. Ask and answer, using these cues.
Which/ smallest population?
______________________________________________
- The Odu group.
The Hmong/ own language?
______________________________________________
- Yes.
Where/ the Coho/ live?
______________________________________________
- Lam Dong Province.
What colour/ the Nung’s clothing?
______________________________________________
- Dark indigo.
Which/ larger population/ the Tay or the Thai?
__________________________________________________
- The Tay.
Whose arts/ displayed/ a museum/ Da Nang?
______________________________________________
- The Cham’s.
Which ethnic group has the smallest population?
Do the Hmong own have their language?
Where do the Coho live?
What colour is the Nung’s clothing?
Which group has a larger population, the Tay or the Thai?
Whose arts are displayed at a museum in Da Nang?