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Teacher : Lê Thị Hồng Quế
Date: March 12th, 2026

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WARM-UP

What do you call it in English?

chips

flats

biscuits

sweets

holiday

mobile phone

jumper

trainers

Do people speak English the same in every country?

UNIT 9

WORLD ENGLISHES
LESSON 5. SKILLS 1

VOCABULARY

model (n)
/ˈmɒdl/
mẫu, mô hình

something that a copy can be
based on because it is an
extremely good example of its
type
E.g. The educational system
was a model for those of
many other countries.

VOCABULARY

model (n)
/ˈmɒdl/
mẫu, mô hình

something that a copy can be
based on because it is an
extremely good example of its
type
E.g. The educational system
was a model for those of
many other countries.

VOCABULARY

standard (n) a moral rule that should be
obeyed

/ˈstændəd/

chuẩn mực

E.g. Most people agree that
there are standards (of
behaviour) that need to be
upheld.

CHECKING

New words
1. model (n)
2. standard (n)

Pronunciation

Meaning

/ˈmɒdl/

mẫu, mô hình

/ˈstændəd/

chuẩn mực

Tiếng Anh như một ngôn ngữ toàn cầu: 'Ba vòng tròn tiếng Anh của Kachru' là gì?
Braj Kachru là một giáo sư ngôn ngữ học, người đã đặt ra thuật ngữ 'Tiếng Anh toàn cầu'. 
"Tiếng Anh toàn cầu" đề cập đến thực tế rằng tiếng Anh đã được sử dụng như một phương
tiện giao tiếp toàn cầu với nhiều phương ngữ khác nhau trên khắp thế giới. Nó cũng đề cập
đến phong trào hướng tới một "tiêu chuẩn quốc tế" cho tiếng Anh. 
Kachru đã xây dựng một mô hình về các cách sử dụng tiếng Anh khác nhau trên thế giới. Mô
hình này bao gồm ba vòng tròn đồng tâm, mà ông đã đặt tên là:  vòng tròn bên
trong ,  vòng tròn bên ngoài  và  vòng tròn mở rộng. 

READING

1 Look at the diagram. Put the names of the countries where English is
spoken in the correct circle.

Viet Nam
Singapore
Russia
New Zealand
Malaysia
The UK

3.

Expanding Circle
Russia
Viet Nam

Outer Circle
2. Singapore Malaysia
Inner Circle
1. New Zealand
The UK

READING

2 Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
Braj Kachru was a Professor of Linguistics who invented the term
'World Englishes'. The term refers to the fact that English has become a
global means of communication with a lot of varieties.
In 1985, Kachru proposed a model of the different uses of English
around the world. There are three concentric circles in the model.
The first of these circles is the Inner Circle, which consists of the
traditional English-speaking countries, such as the UK, the USA,
Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. In these regions, English is the
first language, and their speakers provide the standards of English.

READING

2 Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
The next circle is the Outer Circle where English is not the first
language but the second or official language. The countries in this
circle include India, Singapore, the Philippines, Pakistan, Malaysia, etc.
The speakers of these places follow the standards which the countries
in the Inner circle provide.
The last circle is the Expanding Circle. People in this circle speak English
as a foreign language. Some of the countries in the Expanding Circle
are Brazil, Japan, Russia, and Viet Nam. Speakers of English in these
places follow the rules which the people in the Inner Circle have
established.

2

Read the text and choose the
correct answer A, B, C, or D.

READING

2 Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
1. What is the text mainly about?
B. The three circles of World Englishes.
A. Professor Braj Kachru.
D. The development of English.
C.
Native
speakers
of English.
2. The
word
“model”
in paragraph 2 means ______.
A. an excellent person
C. a small copy of something

B. an example to copy
D. a description of a system

3. The phrase “this circle” in paragraph 5 refers to the ______.
B. Inner Circle
A. model
D. Expanding Circle
C. Outer Circle

4. According to the passage, which country belongs to the Inner
Circle?
A. India
B. Singapore
C. Canada
D. Viet Nam
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. English is the first language in India.
B. Countries in the Outer Circle follow standards from the Inner
Circle.
C. Vietnam belongs to the Inner Circle.
D. English is not used internationally.

GAME

LUCKY THINGS

chips

flats

biscuits

sweets

holiday

mobile phone

jumper

trainers

QUESTION 1
What is the text mainly about?
A. Professor Braj Kachru.
B. The three circles of World Englishes.
C. Native speakers of English.
D. The development of English.
The first of these circles is …
The next circle is …
The last circle is…

QUESTION 2
The word “model” in paragraph 2 means ______.
A. an excellent person
C. a small copy of something
B. an example to copy
D. a description of a system
(sự mô tả của hệ thống)

QUESTION 3
The phrase “this circle” in paragraph 5 refers to the
______.
A. model
B. Inner Circle
C. Outer Circle
D. Expanding Circle
The last circle is the Expanding Circle. People in this
circle speak English as a foreign language.

QUESTION 4
According to the passage, which country belongs to
the Inner Circle?
A. India
B. Singapore
C. Canada
Viet circles
Nam is the Inner Circle, which
The first ofD.these
consists of the traditional English-speaking
countries, such as the UK, the USA, Australia, New
Zealand, and Canada.

QUESTION 5
Which of the following is TRUE according to the
passage?
The next A.
circle
is the
Outer
where
English is
English
is the
firstCircle
language
in India.
not the B.
first
language
but Outer
the second
or official
Countries
in the
Circle follow
language.standards
The countries
in this
circle
include India,
from the
Inner
Circle.
Singapore,
Philippines,
Malaysia,
C. the
Vietnam
belongsPakistan,
to the Inner
Circle. etc.
The speakers
of these
places
the standards
D. English
is not
used follow
internationally.
which the countries in the Inner circle provide.

You are lucky!

You are lucky!

You are lucky!

READING

2 Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
1. What is the text mainly about?
B. The three circles of World Englishes.
A. Professor Braj Kachru.
D. The development of English.
C.
Native
speakers
of English.
2. The
word
“model”
in paragraph 2 means ______.
A. an excellent person
C. a small copy of something

B. an example to copy
D. a description of a system

3. The phrase “this circle” in paragraph 5 refers to the ______.
B. Inner Circle
A. model
D. Expanding Circle
C. Outer Circle

READING

2 Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
4. According to the passage, which country belongs to the Inner
Circle?
A. India
B. Singapore
C. Canada
D. Viet Nam
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. English is the first language in India.
B. Countries in the Outer Circle follow standards from the Inner
Circle.
C. Vietnam belongs to the Inner Circle.
D. English is not used internationally.

READING

3 Read the text again and fill in each blank in the summary
with no more than TWO words.

Read each sentence +
underline the
keywords

Locate the keywords
in the text and decide
which words needed
to fill in each blank.

READING

3

Read the text again and fill in each blank in the summary with no
more than TWO words.
Kachru's Model

Inner Circle
Outer Circle
Expanding
Circle

– English is the (1) ________________.
first language
– Countries: the UK, the USA, Australia, etc.
– Speakers provide the standards.
– English is the second or (2) _________
official language.
– Countries: India, Singapore, the Philippines, etc.
– Speakers (3) ________
the
standards.
follow
– English is a (4) _________________.
foreign language
– Countries: Brazil, Russia, Viet Nam, etc.
– Speakers follow the (5) _____ established.
rules

SPEAKING
Work in pairs. Read the following words. What do all the words
4 have in common?

They are the words
sushi
which English
borrowed from
other languages.

Bánh mì

piano

kung fu

robot

What does BánhMEANINGS
mì
WORDS
Where does ORIGIN
Bánh mì
mean?
come from?
Bánh mì
rice with raw fish.
Chinese
sushi

a musical instrument

Czech

kung fu

a machine that works
automatically

Italian

robot

a Vietnamese sandwich.

Japanese

piano

Chinese martial arts.

Vietnamese

Role-play: Loanwords in
English
Lan: Do you know
that English borrows many words from other languages?
Minh: Really? Can you give some examples?
Hoa: Sure! For example, bánh mì comes from Vietnamese. It means a
Vietnamese sandwich.
Lan: Oh, I know another one. Sushi comes from Japanese. It means rice
with raw fish.
Minh: Interesting! Kung fu comes from Chinese. It means Chinese martial
arts.
Hoa: What about robot?
Lan: It comes from Czech. It means a machine that works automatically.
Minh: And piano comes from Italian. It means a musical instrument.
Hoa: Wow! English really borrows words from many languages.
Lan: Yes, that's why English is a global language.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrapup
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Read for general and specific
information about the three
circles in English;
 Talk about borrowed words.

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CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework

Do exercises in
the workbook.