Unit

9

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

What do you mean?

WARM-UP

OPTION 1
Questions:
+ How long have you learnt English?
+ In your opinion how many types of
English are there?
+ Do you know any differences between

THINK

American English and British English?

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

Let's watch a video clip.

Tell me some differences.

PRESENTATION

exchange
student
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ
stjuːdnt/
học sinh trao đổi

a student from one
country who attends a
school in another country

PRESENTATION

immigrant (n)
/ˈɪmɪɡrənt/

người nhập cư

a person who has come to a
different country in order to liv
e there permanently.

PRESENTATION

New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. exchange student

/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ
stjuːdnt/

học sinh trao
đổi

/ˈɪmɪɡrənt/

người nhập
cư

2. immigrant (n)

PRACTICE
- Look at picture and Answer the questions:
1. Who do you see in the picture?
2. What does the picture show?
What does it mean?

PRACTICE
Task 1: Listen and read (p.92)
Teacher: Hi class. I'd like to introduce an exchange student who comes
from New York. Welcome Jack!
Students: Hello, Jack. Nice to meet you.
Jack: Nice to meet you all. This is my first time in Viet Nam.
Teacher: Now you can ask Jack any questions you would like to ask.
Phong: Do American students wear school uniforms every day, Jack?
Jack: No, most American students don't wear school uniforms. Most
students at my school wear pants and T-shirts.
Phong: What do you mean by 'pants', Jack?
Jack: Ah, I mean trousers. In AmericanEnglish, 'pants' mean 'trousers'.
Phong: I see.

PRACTICE
Task 1: Listen and read (p.92)
Teacher: Yeah, there are some differences in vocabulary between
American English and British English. Are there any more questions?
Mi: Yes. I want to know about the students in your school. Are all of you
American? And do all of you speak English?
Jack: Good question. Most of us are American, but some are immigrants
from other countries like Viet Nam, India, and Mexico. Their first
language is not English, but they all speak English at school.
Mi: That's interesting!

PRACTICE

2 Read the conversation again. Fill in each blank with no more than
TWO words from the conversation

1. Jack is an exchange student from _______________________
New York

first time
2. This is the _______________________
Jack has visited Viet
Nam.
pants and T-shirts.
3.Most students at Jack's school wear _____________
4.
American
English
and
some differences in vocabulary
___________________

British

English

have

American
5.Not all students in Jack's school are ________________,
but
they all speak English.

PRACTICE

3 Match the words and phrases with their definitions.

1. exchange student a. all the words in a language
2. mean

1. B

b. a student who attends a school in a 2.
foreign country for a period of time
E

3. vocabulary

c. people who have come to live
3.
permanently in a different country
A

4. immigrants

d. the language someone learns to
4.
C
speak from birth

5. first language

e. to express or represent something

5. D

PRACTICE

4 Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from 3.
1. – What does your name ____________,
mean Mi?
– It's the name of a bird.

vocabulary is increasing because it
2. English ____________
borrows words from other languages.
3. In Australia, there are a lot of immigrants
___________ who
have come from other countries.

PRACTICE

4 Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from 3.
4. His _______________is
first language Vietnamese, but he can
speak English and French fluently.

student
5. This year our school has a(n)exchange
_______________
from Britain. She will study with us for one month.

PRODUCTION

5 QUIZ:

Match the words in British English with those in American
English so that they mean the same. Who is the quickest?.

PRODUCTION
BRITISH ENGLISH

AMERICAN ENGLISH

flat
holiday
jumper
chips
football

sweater
apartment
soccer
vacation
French fries

PRODUCTION
Some similar pairs of words
British English
American English
lift
elevator
lorry
truck
petrol station
gas station
crisps
chips
biscuit
cookie
sweet
candy
rubbish
trash
chemist's
pharmacy

Extension activity:

- There is the definition of a word
- You give out the word, in both British and
American English.

BRITISH ENGLISH VS AMERICAN ENGLISH

It's a place where you buy medication and
other health-related items.

UK: Chemist's

US: Pharmacy

BRITISH ENGLISH VS AMERICAN ENGLISH

It's a small device you use to light up a
dark place.

UK:

torch

US: flashlight

BRITISH ENGLISH VS AMERICAN ENGLISH

It's a paved circle intersection where traffic
flows one-way around a central island.

UK: roundabout

US: traffic circle

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the workbook.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Prepare for the Project of the unit
- Open book p.101, look at the picture and say what the
topic of the project is
- Work in groups to design a poster.
- You will show and present in Lesson 7 – Looking back and
Project.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

CONSOLIDATION

2
Model:

No of English speakers
Other official languages
Roles of English

About 4 million
Malay, Mandarin and Tamil
- Official language
- 48.3% of the population speak English
at home (as in 2020)
-Working language for government and
business
- Medium of instruction for all schools
- Playing a more and more important
role in society

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