Uni 4 ETHNIC
ETHNICGROUPS
GROUPSOF
OFVIET
VIETNAM
NAM
Uni
tt
LESSON 1: GETTING
STARTED

I'm from the Tay ethnic
group

* Vocabulary:

- ethnic group:
nhóm dân tộc
/ˈeθnɪk / (/gru:p/)

* Vocabulary:

- post
(n):
/pəʊst/

cột

* Vocabulary:

- overlook (v):
nhìn ra
/ˌəʊ.vəˈlʊk/

* Vocabulary:

- stilt house
(n):
/stilt haus/

Nhà sàn

* Vocabulary:

- costume
(n):
/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

* Vocabulary:

- terraced field
ruộng(n):
bậc thang
/ˈterəst fiːld /

PRESENTATION
Form
1. ethnic (group)
(adj)
2. post (n)

Pronunciation Vietnamese equivalent
/ˈeθnɪk / (/gru:p/) (nhóm) dân tộc
/pəʊst/

cột

3. overlook (v)

/ˌəʊvəˈlʊk/

nhìn ra

4. stilt house (n)

/stilt haus/

nhà sàn

5. costume (n)

/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

6. terraced field (n)

/ˈterəst fiːld /

ruộng bậc thang

CHECKING VOCABULARY

1 Listen and read.

Tom

Lai

1 Listen and
read.

Tom: Hi, I'm Tom. You look new here.
Lai: I am. I'm Lai from Ha Giang.
Tom: Oh, I've heard about beautiful Ha Giang. Do you live in the
mountains?
Lai: Yes, I do. I'm from the Tay ethnic group. We are the second largest
ethnic group in Viet Nam, only after the Kinh.
Tom: Oh … I once saw a bamboo house on high posts in a travel brochure.
Do you live in a home like that?
Lai: Yes, we call it a “stilt house”. Our house overlooks terraced fields.
Tom: Awesome. What is life in your village like?
Lai: It's peaceful. There are 16 houses in my village. We live very close to
nature.
Tom: I love it. Can you tell me something about your culture?
Lai: Certainly. We have our own culture. You can see it in our folk dances,
musical instruments like the dan tinh, and our special five-colour sticky
rice.

2 Read the conversation again and circle the best
answers.
1. What are Tom and Lai talking about?
A. Minority groups in Viet Nam.
B. Ha Giang.
C. Life of the Tay people.
2. A “stilt house” ______.
A. is a multi-storey home
B. is on high posts
C. always faces a field
3. Lai mentions ______ of the Tay people.
A. folk dances
B. popular festivals
C. costumes

1.What are Tom and Lai talking
about?
A. Minority groups in Viet
Nam.
B. Ha Giang.
C. Life of the Tay
people.

Congratulation!

Tom: Awesome. What is life in your village like?
Lai: It's peaceful. There are 16 houses in my village.
We live very close to nature.

2. A “stilt house” ______.

A.is a multi-storey home .
B. is on high posts

Congratulation!

C. always faces a
field
Tom: Oh … I once saw a bamboo house on
high posts in a travel brochure. Do you live in

3. Lai mentions ______ of the Tay
people.

A. folk
dances
B. popular
festivals
C.
costumes

Congratulation!

Lai: Certainly. We have our own culture. You can see
it in our folk dances, musical instruments like the dan
tinh, and our special five-colour sticky rice.

2 Read the conversation again and circle the best
answers.
1. What are Tom and Lai talking about?
A. Minority groups in Viet Nam.
B. Ha Giang.
C. Life of the Tay people.
2. A “stilt house” ______.
A. is a multi-storey home
B. is on high posts
C. always faces a field
3. Lai mentions ______ of the Tay people.
A. folk dances
B. popular festivals
C. costumes

3 Match the pictures with the word and phrases from the
conversation.

4. Five
2. terraced
– colour sticky
fields rice

3 Match the pictures with the word and phrases from the
conversation.

1. stilt house

3 Match the pictures with the word and phrases from the
conversation.

3. bamboo

3 Match the pictures with the word and phrases from the
conversation.

2. terraced fields

1. stilt house

4. five – colour sticky rice

3. bamboo

4 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
overlooks

musical instrument
ethnic groups
folk mua
dance
traditional
1. I love
sap, a popular _________
of the Thai people.
2. Their beautiful stilt house _________ a large rice field.
3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay's
__________________?
B: It's dan tinh.
4. Every ethnic group has their own __________ culture.
5. Of the 54 ______________ in Viet Nam, the Kinh is the
largest

4 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
overlooks

musical instrument
ethnic groups
folk mua
dance
traditional
folk dance
1. I love
sap, a popular
_________
of the Thai people.
overlooks
2. Their beautiful stilt house
_________ a large rice field.
3. A: What is the name of a popularmusical
Tay's
__________________? - B: It's dan tinh. instrument
4. Every ethnic group has theirtraditional
own __________ culture.
ethnic
5. Of the 54 ______________
in Viet Nam, the Kinh is the
groups
largest

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Rotation Luck

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Question 1: Which ethnic group is it?.

Answer: The Tay ethnic group

HOME

Question 2: .

Answer: terraced field

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Question 3:

the name of a popular
Tay's musical instrument.

Answer: Dan Tinh

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Question 4:
of Thai people.

is a popular folk dance

Answer: Mua sap

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Question 5:

is Tay's special food .

Answer: Five – colour sticky rice

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Question 6: Tay is the
largest ethnic group in Viet
Nam, only after the Kinh.
A. first
B. second
The

Answer: second

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1 Wrap-up

ETHNIC
Topic of
the unit OF
GROUPS
VIET NAM
About
ethnic
Vocabulary
groups

2 Homework
- Learn by heart all the words that they have just
learnt.
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare for the Project of the unit.

a.The Kinh
b.The Thai

1

4

7

c. The Tay
d. The Cham

the Thai

the Yao

g.The Yao
h.The Muong

the HMong

2

3

i.The Hre

the Muong

ethnic
groups

5

the Kinh

8

the Tay

e. The Khmer
f.The H'Mong

the Hre

6

9

the Cham

the Khmer