UNIT 1: LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 5: Skills 1

UNIT 1: LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
I. Vocabulary:
tính xác thực

authenticity (n):
layer (n)
:

lớp ( lá )

preserve (v)

:

bảo vệ, bảo tồn

treat ( v)

:

xử lí (chất thải…)

income (n)

:

thu nhập

1. Work in pairs. One look at Picture A and other look at picture B. Ask each other
question to find out the similarities and differences between your pictures

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Similarities: conical hat, string
Differences

Picture A: light green,
pictures between layers,
blue string, look lighter

Picture B: white, no
decoration, pink
string, look heavier

2. Mi visited Tay Ho village in Hue last month. She has decided
to present what she knows about this place to the class. Read
what she has prepared and match the titles with the paragraphs
Paragraph A:

Paragraph B:
Paragraph C:

1. Present status of the craft
2. Location and history of conical hat
making village
3. How the conical hat is made

2. Mi visited Tay Ho village in Hue last month. She has decided to
present what she knows about this place to the class. Read what she
has prepared and match the titles with the paragraphs
1. Present status of the craft
2. Location and history of conical hat making village

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3

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3. How the conical hat is made

3. Read the text again and answer the questions
1. Why is Tay Ho the most well-known conical hat making
village?
Because it is the birthplace of the conical hat in Hue.
2. How far is it from Tay Ho to Hue City?
It's 12 km from Hue City.
3. What is the first stage of conical hat making?
It's going to the forest to collect leaves.
4. What is special about the hat layers?
They're very thin.
5. What is special about the bai tho conical hat?
It has poems and paintings of Hue between the two layers.
6. Who can make conical hats?
Everybody can, young or old.

SPEAKING
4. Read the following ideas. Are they about benefits of traditinal
crafts (B) or challenges that artisans may face (C). Write B or C
1. providing employment
2. losing authenticity

B
C

3. providing additional income

B

4. relying too much on tourism

C

5. treating waste and pollution

C

6. preserving cultural heritage

B

Can you add some more benefits and challenges

Can you add some more benefits and challenges that
artisans may face?
Other benefits:

Other challenges:

- Creating national/regional - limited designs,
pride
- natural resources running
- helping develop tourism
out,
- helping improve local - competition from other
infrastructure and services,
countries
- Creating cohesion between
craft
families
and
communities

5. Imagine that your group is responsible for promoting traditional
crafts in your area. Propose an action plan to deal with the challenges
Our group want to propose an action plan for promoting conical hat, a
well-know traditional crafts of our country.
The first part of the plan, we want to provide young people, especially
students like us, with knowledge about this product. Young people should
know about conical hat's history, symbolization, the making process, ect…
so they understand why we need to promoting it and keep it alive even in
the current modern life. After that, we should organize some fairs or
festival for conical hat and even other traditional crafts to increase the sale
of these products. Last but not least, we can produce conical hats for
different purposes instead of only for wearing. In this days and age, conical
hats are no longer a conventional accessory for the majority of our
population. However, we can create more unique and artistic conical hats
for decorating home or dance and music performance. It can also be a way
to increase the sale of this product.
We hope our plan can help to promote conical hats in the future. Thanks
for listening!

Activity 5. Imagine that your group is responsible for
promoting traditional crafts in your area. Propose an
action plan to deal with the challenges.

Square Sticky Rice Cake:
Tranh Khuc village, Hanoi 

Silver carving in Hang Bac
street, Hanoi

Ngu Xa Bronze casting Ba
Dinh District, Hanoi
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Embroidery: Quat Dong
village, Ha Tay province 

Silk: Van Phuc village, Ha
Tay province

Sedge Mats : Dinh Yen
village, Dong Thap province

Ceramics: Bat Trang
village, Hai Dung province

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Poonah-Paper: Yen Thai
village, Quang Binh province 

Conical Hats: Chuong
village, Ha Tay province

Folklore Painting: Dong Ho
painting, Bac Ninh province 

Green Young Sticky Rice: Vong
village, Bac Ninh province
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- Do D 1,2,3 (WB)
- Prepare: Skills 2