Unit 5: BEING PART OF ASEAN
LESSON 4: SPEAKING
ASEAN member states
Activity 1: Match each country with its capital and listen to check your answers.
1. Brunei Darussalam
2. Cambodia
3. Indonesia
4. Laos
5. Malaysia
6. Myanmar
7. The Philippines
8. Singapore
9. Thailand
10. Vietnam
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
i
h
j
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Bandar Seri
Begawan
Nay Pyi Taw
Phnom Penh
Vientiane
Jakarta
d
h
j
i
a
g
c
b
e
f
Activity 2. Listen to a brief introduction to an ASEAN member state and complete the text with the correct numbers.
Indonesia is a country in Southest Asia with an area of one million, nine hundred and four thousand, five hundred and sixty-nine square kilometres (1,904,569 km2). It has a population of two hundred and (1) ………………………, four hundred and (2) ……………………….., three hundred and (3) ……………. people (2…,4….,3….).
thirty-seven million
twenty-four thousand
sixty-three
37
24
63
Activity 3: Work in pairs. Student A uses the table on page 63 and student B uses the table on page 69. Ask each other questions to fill the gaps in your table.
St A: Can you tell me what the population of Laos is?
St B: It’s 6,477,211. And what is the area of Laos?
St A: It’s 236,800. Do you know the currency unit in Laos?
St B: The currency unit in Laos is the Lao kip. How about its
official language?
St A: It’s Lao.

Activity 4: Work in pairs. Use the information in the table to talk about one ASEAN country. Report to the class.
St A: Laos is a country in the Southest Asia. It has an area of
236,800 square kilometres.
St B: Its population is 6,477,211. Vientian is the capital city.
St C: The currency unit in Laos is the Lao kip and its official
language is Lao
St D: And the country joined ASEAN in 1997.
Write a short paragraph about one ASEAN country (120-150 words)
Look up 7 vocabulary you don’t know in LISTENING