Unit

VIETNAMESE
LIFESTYLE:
6
THEN AND NOW

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

LESSON
4: COMMUNICATION
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
• Option 1: Promise Chain
• Option 2: Promise Role-play

WARM-UP

EVERYDAY
ENGLISH

• Task 1: Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to
the highlighted parts.
• Task 2: Work in pairs. Make promises for the following
situations.
• Task 3: Read the passage about changes. Then match the
people with the topics they are talking about.
• Task 4: Work in groups. Read the passages in 3 again and
discuss.
• Task 5: Work in pairs. Read the list below. Tell your partners
which of them has remained the same and which has
changed over the past five years. Take notes of your
partner's answers and report them to the class.

CHANGES
AROUND YOU

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

Promise chain

OPTION 1

- Work in teams.
- The first student from each team listen to the teacher.
- The student must then turn to their teammate and repeat
the sentence exactly as they heard it.
- The next student in line must repeat the sentence to their
teammate, and so on, until the sentence reaches the end of
the line.
- The first team to correctly repeat the entire sentence wins
points.

WARM-UP

OPTION 1

LET'S PLAY

WARM-UP

Promise:

OPTION 1

I promise to be nice.
I promise to give you the PS5.
I promise not to trick you.
I promise not to cheat in the test.

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

Promise Role-play

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

How to play:
- Work in pairs.
- Each students will have their roles , such as parent
and a child, teacher and student, or friend and friend.
- Each pairs has a scenario that involves making
a promise.
- Act out the scenario.

WARM-UP

OPTION 2

Scenario
A child promising to clean their room
A student promising to study for a test
A friend promising to keep a secret

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

1 Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the highlighted parts.
Mike: I will share with you the links about the ancient village of
Duong Lam.
Phong: Thank you.
Mi: I promise not to bring my dog to the picnic.
Ann: Great! I appreciate it.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Structures
Making promises:
I will …
I promise to / not to …
Responding:
Thank you.
I (highly) appreciate it.
Great!

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

2 Work in pairs. Make promises for the following situations.
- Work in pairs to make similar dialogues, using the
language you have learnt.

1. You are going out with friends. Promise your parents
to return before 9 p.m.
2. Promise your friend that you will be on time for the
performance.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Suggested dialogues:

I will return / I promise
to return before 9 p.m.
I appreciate it.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Suggested dialogues:

I will be / I promise to be on
time for the performance.
I highly appreciate it.

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Some promises you usually make in life.

Example:
I'll finish all my homework before I go
out, Mum. I promise not to let you down.

CHANGES AROUND YOU
Read the passage about changes. Then match the people with the topics
3 they are talking about.

1. Aki from Tokyo
Children used to go to temple schools. Monks,
samurai, doctors, and people of other professions
served as teachers. Nowadays, children study in
modern schools with teachers who get professional
training in the subjects they teach.

CHANGES AROUND YOU

3 Read the passage about changes. Then match the people with the topics
they are talking about.

2. Sanjay from New Delhi
Once, it was easy to say which country a person was
from because people wore their own traditional
costumes. Now, trends, comfort, and style are more
important. More people are wearing western
clothes like jeans and T-shirts instead.

CHANGES AROUND YOU

3. Asim from Cairo
In the past, people used animals such as horses and
camels for travelling. Now, airplanes, ships, and trains
have replaced them. Transportation has become faster
and easier.
PEOPLE
1. Aki
2. Sanjay
3. Asim

TOPICS
a. Transportation
b. Education
c. Clothes

CHANGES AROUND YOU

4 Work in groups. Read the passages in 3 again and discuss.
- Work in groups.
- Look at two suggested questions and express your idea.

1) focus on aspects of life in the past and choose the
one they would like to experience.
2) Choose the change which they think is for the
better and explain why.

CHANGES AROUND YOU

5

Work in pairs. Read the list below. Tell your partners which of them has
remained the same and which has changed over the past five years. Take
notes of your partner's answers and report them to the class.

- Work in pairs.
- Talk and take notes of their partner's ideas.
– Your style of clothes
– Your eating habits
– Your hobbies
– Your favourite actor / singer / book / movie

CHANGES AROUND YOU

Sample structure:

There have been some changes in … lifestyle.
The first change is her / his …. However, her /
his … has / have not changed over the past
five years.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Know how to make promises;
 Talk about changes in lifestyle.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the workbook.

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