Uni 1 COMMUNICATION IN THE
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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
WARM-UP

Task 1: List as many ways of communication as you can.

READING

*Vocabulary
Task 2: Read an interview with Minh and Tom. Tick the
speaker of each sentence.
Task 3: Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer
A, B, or C.
Task 4:. Read the ideas about online calls. Put the ideas in
the correct column.
Task 5: Choose a way of communication and discuss its
advantages and disadvantages. Report your answers to the
class.

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

Wrap-up
Homework

WARM-UP

1 Work in pairs. List as

many
ways
of
communication as you
can.

COMMUNICATION

Example: meeting face
to face, sending letters,
chatting online, etc….

READING

telepathy (n)
/təˈlepəθi/
thần giao cách cảm

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keep in contact (v)
/kiːp ɪn kənˈtækt/
giữ liên lạc

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thought (n)
/θɔːt/
suy nghĩ

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tiny (a)
/ˈtaɪni/
nhỏ bé

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New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. telepathy (n)

/təˈlepəθi/

thần giao cách cảm

2. keep in contact (v) /kiːp ɪn kənˈtækt/

giữ liên lạc

3. thought (n)

/θɔːt/

suy nghĩ

4. tiny (a)

/ˈtaɪni/

nhỏ bé

READING

2

Read an interview with two students, Minh and Tom. Then tick the speaker of
each sentence.

Who says that…?

1. he sends voice messages to friends
2. he calls his friends by using the Internet
3. everyone will be able to use telepathy in the
future
4. people need a small device to send their thoughts
to others
5. bad people can make use of telepathy to harm
others

Minh

Tom

READING

3 Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C.
1. What is the interview mainly about?
A. One way of future communication.
B. Voice chats and online calls.
C. Problems of telepathy.

2. Which way of communication below is NOT mentioned
in the interview?
A. Meeting face to face
B. Writing an email
C. Telepathy

READING

3 Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C.
3. According to Tom, telepathy means ______.
A. making phone calls via the Internet
B. talking on tiny devices
C. communicating by thoughts
4. The MC says that ______.
A. telepathy is perfect
B. not all people can do telepathy
C. she disagrees with Minh's opinion

READING

3 Read the interview again. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C.
5. What does the MC think may be a problem with telepathy?
A. People won't want to meet each other.
B. Telepathy devices can be expensive.
C. Some people won't want to talk anymore.

SPEAKING
in pairs. Read the following ideas about online calls. Put the ideas in the
4 Work
correct column.

Advantages

Disadvantages

a
c
e

b
d
f

SPEAKING

5

Work in groups. Choose a way of communication and discuss its advantages and
disadvantages. Then report your answers to the class.

- To start a talk about advantages and disadvantages: 
+ I think there are both advantages and disadvantages
of online calls. 
- To introduce the advantages:
+ In terms of the advantages / good points, ...
+... can be beneficial in many ways. First, ...
- To introduce the disadvantages:
+ However, ... has some drawbacks. For example, ... 

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 read about telepathy
 talk about future communication

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
Do exercise in the workbook.

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