GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE !!!

Unit 3: Peoples of Viet Nam
Lesson 7: Looking back +
Project

VOCABULARY
1. Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases from the box.
costumes
unique

activities
communal

ethnic
diverse
cultural groups

cultural groups
1. At the Museum of Ethnology, you can see many ways of life of different _______________ in
our country.
communal
2. In each village of the Bahnar there is a  _______________ house,
where
activities
public _______________
are held.
3. Young women of each ethnic group in Viet Nam have their own characteristics and
costumes
diverse
_______________,
making the beauty of the 54 ethnic groups more  _______________ and
attractive.
4. Many special schools have been built to improve the education standards of 
ethnic
_______________ people.

unique
5. Although ethnic groups have their own  _______________
culture, they have established good
relations and cooperation with each other.

2. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences.
1. Everywhere in our country we can find elements of the (culture)  _______________
cultural
values of different ethnic groups.
peaceful
2. The peoples of Viet Nam are diverse but very (peace) _______________.
3. The Muong in Hoa Binh are well-known for the (rich) _______________
of their folk
richness
literature and traditional songs.
diversity
4. The exhibition in the museum shows the (diverse)  _______________ of
different
cultural groups.
traditional
5. The Raglai people have a (tradition)  _______________ musical
instrument made of
bamboo called the chapi.

3. Make questions for the underlined parts in the passage.

Most of the ethnic minority peoples in the Central Highlands
live in stilt houses. These houses are built on columns and
beams. They have two or four roofs, and some have
decorations on the peaks and the sides. The entrance is on
the side.
The communal house is usually the largest, tallest and most
elaborate building in the village. It is used for village
meetings, receiving guests, or as a place of worship, and
village festivities. Single men can sleep in this house.

What are these houses built on?
1. ___________________________________________________________________
Where is the entrance?
2. ___________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________
Which house is the largest, tallest and most elaborate building in the village?
What is it used for?
4. ___________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________
Who can sleep in this house?

4. Each sentence has an error. Find and correct it.
1. They travel to a nearest town to go shopping.
2. Some ethnic minority children of this region are studying at the boarding school in a city.
3. Although they speak different languages, an ethnic groups in this region live near to one
another.
4. In the past, some ethnic groups lived the semi-nomadic life.
5. All an ethnic peoples of Viet Nam have equality in every field.

KEY
1. a
2. a
3. an
4. the
5. an

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the
the
the
a
the

5. Fill each gap with a, an, or the to complete the passage.
If you are in Ha Noi and you want to have (1) ______ overview
an
of the ethnic groups of
Viet Nam, you should visit the Museum of Ethnology. It is situated in Nguyen Van Huyen
a
Street, Cau Giay District. The Museum is (2) ______ valuable
centre for the exhibition
the
and preservation of the cultural heritage of (3) ______ 54
ethnic groups in the whole
country. There are thousands of objects and photographs representing ways of life and
creative activities of these peoples. Moreover, typical houses have been taken from their
the
the
original sites and rebuilt in (4) ______ museum
gardens. These house model (5) ______
traditional architecture of ethnic minorities. The museum also has a lot of information
the
about all (6) ______ different
ethnic peoples in Viet Nam.

COMMUNICATION
6. GAME:

CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE CHALLENGE

Work in pairs. See how much you can
remember about the cultural groups of Viet
Nam. Take turns to ask each other questions
about the topic. The person asking can look at
the book. The first person to get five correct
answers is the winner.

Example:
A:  Are you ready?
B:  Yes.
A:  What is the population of the largest ethnic group?
B:  About 74 million. It's the Viet or Kinh.
A:  Very good! Your turn.
B:  OK. What is the population of the smallest group?
A:  I think it's about 400 people. It's the Odu group.
B:  Exactly!

Finished! Now I can...
• talk about different ethnic
groups
• ask and answer different
question types
• use articles: a, an, and the
• pronounce words containing
clusters /sk/, /sp/, and /st/
correctly in isolation and in
sentences
• write a paragraph about how to
cook a traditional dish

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PROJECT
1. Look at the different costumes of some ethnic groups. Which costume do
you like best? Why?

Ethnic Fashion Show!

2. Design a costume based on an ethnic style you like, using cardboard, paper
or cloth, and colours.

Ede

Muong

Tay

3. Organise an exhibition of the costume designs you have made among your
group or class members. Talk about them.