Unit 9
WORLD ENGLISHES
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
o Say good luck and respond.
o Talk about WORLD ENGLISHES and tourism

LESSON
4: COMMUNICATION
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Option 1: Brainstorm
Option 2: High Five Chain

WARM-UP

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Task 1: Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the
highlighted parts.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise saying good luck and responding in
the following situations
Task 3: Work in pairs. Read the interesting facts below about
English. Order them from the most interesting to the least
interesting.
Task 4: QUIZ: Work in groups. Work out the answers to the
questions in the quiz.
Task 5: Share your group's answers with the class. Which group
has the most correct answers?.

INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT ENGLISH

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

WARM-UP

OPTION 1

Brainstorm

OPTION 1

WARM-UP
- Look at the picture:
- What this gesture mean?

'GOOD LUCK'

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

High Five chain

WARM-UP

How to play:

OPTION 2

- Form the class into a circle. (maybe many circles).
- Stand in a circle with your classmates, facing each other.
- The teacher (or a designated student) starts by raising their
hand and saying, "Good luck on ..............!" while raising their
hand for a high five.
- The person to the left of the person who started raises their
hand, high fives them, adds their own "Good luck on..."
statement and raises their hand for a high five with the next
person in the circle.

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

Example:
- Good luck on your test.
- Good luck on staying awake during today's
lecture!

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

1 Listen and read the conversations below. Pay attention to the
highlighted parts.

Tom: Good luck with your English exam.
Mi: Thanks. I'll try my best.
Phong: I've heard that you're moving to the US. I wish you all the
best of luck.
Neighbour: Thank you so much.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Structures:
Saying Good Luck:
Good luck with + noun/noun phrase
I wish you + all the best of luck.
Respond:
Thanks / Thank you…
Some other ways to say good luck in English:
+ Best of luck with your....
+ Fingers crossed.
+ Break a leg

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Work
in
pairs.
Practise
saying
good
luck
and
responding
in
the
2
following situations.

- Study the instructions.
-Work in pairs to make similar dialogues, using the
language you have learnt.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH
Work
in
pairs.
Make
similar
conversations
to
ask
for
permission
2
and respond in the following situations.

Situation:
1. Your friend is giving a presentation in English this
week.

2. Your cousin is taking the university entrance exam
next week.
3. Your English teacher is going to the UK for further
study.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Suggested dialogues:
Good luck with your
English presentation this
week
Thanks. I'll try my
best.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Suggested dialogues:
Good luck with your
university entrance exam
next week.
Thanks. I'll try my
best.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Suggested dialogues:
I've heard that you're going to
the UK for further study. I wish
you all the best of luck
Thank you so much.

Transition from Everyday English to
Interesting facts about English
- Tell me any interesting facts about English.
Suggested answers:
- The English language borrows words from all over the world. This is
why we have words like "pasta" from Italian, "gymnasium" from
Greek, and "sushi" from Japanese.
- English is spoken by over 1.35 billion people around the world,
making it the third most spoken language globally.

LESSON
4: COMMUNICATION
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Option 1: Brainstorm
Option 2: High Five Chain

WARM-UP

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Task 1: Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the
highlighted parts.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise saying good luck and responding in
the following situations
Task 3: Work in pairs. Read the interesting facts below about
English. Order them from the most interesting to the least
interesting.
Task 4: QUIZ: Work in groups. Work out the answers to the
questions in the quiz.
Task 5: Share your group's answers with the class. Which group
has the most correct answers?.

INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT ENGLISH

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
Work in pairs. Read the interesting facts below about English.
3 Order them from the most interesting to the least interesting.
1. The most common letter in English is 'e'.
2. Only two English words in current use end in '-gry'. They are
'angry' and 'hungry'
3. The word 'uncopyrightable' is the longest English word in
normal use which contains no letter more than once.
4. The longest English word without a true vowel (a, e, i, o, or u) is
'rhythms
5. 'Queueing' and 'cooeeing' are the two words with five
consecutive vowels(five vowels in a row).

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
Work in pairs. Read the interesting facts below about English.
3 Order them from the most interesting to the least interesting.

- Work in pairs to order them from the most interesting to
the least interesting.
- Explain your order.
- Do you know any fun facts about English?

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
Some fun facts:
1.The most common vowel in English is "e", followed by "a".
2.The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by
"t".
3.Every syllable in English must have a vowel (sound). Not all
syllables have consonants.
4.More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any
other letter.
5.The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of
the Greek alphabet: alpha and bēta.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
QUIZ::
Work
in
groups.
Work
out
the
answers
to
the
questions
4
in the quiz
1. Which of these languages has the highest number of native
speakers?
A. English

B. Chinese

C. Spanish

2. Which language do people use the most at international events?
A. English

B. Chinese

C. Spanish

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
QUIZ::
Work
in
groups.
Work
out
the
answers
to
the
questions
4
in the quiz
3. Americans call it “truck”. What do the British call it?
A. Car

B. Bus

C. Lorry

4. The British call it “chemist's”. What do Americans call it?
A. Shop

B. Drugstore

C. Store

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
QUIZ::
Work
in
groups.
Work
out
the
answers
to
the
questions
4
in the quiz
5. Which is the longest word in English which has only one vowel?
A. Length

B. Strengths

C. Depth

EXTRA ACTIVITY

QUIZ:

1. The four languages most spoken in the world are Chinese,
___________, English and Hindi.
A. Spanish
B. French
C. German
D. Arab
2. Apart from Wales, the Welsh is also spoken in _______.
A. Scotland
C. Ireland

B. Argentina
D. Sweden

EXTRA ACTIVITY

QUIZ:

3. Which European language gave us the words 'cookie', 'nitwit'
and 'sleigh'?
A. Norwegian
B. Dutch
D. German
C. Czech
4. What language is the most common one in Europe because of a
number of native speakers?
A. French
C. Russian

B. German
D. English

EXTRA ACTIVITY

QUIZ:
5. What are the official languages of Canada?
A. French and English
C. English and German

B.German and French
D.English and Dutch

LESSON
4: COMMUNICATION
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
Option 1: Brainstorm
Option 2: High Five Chain

WARM-UP

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Task 1: Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the
highlighted parts.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise saying good luck and responding in
the following situations
Task 3: Work in pairs. Read the interesting facts below about
English. Order them from the most interesting to the least
interesting.
Task 4: QUIZ: Work in groups. Work out the answers to the
questions in the quiz.
Task 5: Share your group's answers with the class. Which group
has the most correct answers?.

INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT ENGLISH

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Say good luck and respond.
 Talk about WORLD ENGLISHES and tourism

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the workbook.

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