Uni 1 COMMUNICATION IN THE
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LESSON 5: SKILL 1

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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
Task 1: Work in pairs. List as many ways of communication
as you can.

WARM-UP

VOCABULARY

• Task 2: Read an interview with two students, Minh and
Tom. Then tick () the speaker of each sentence.
• Task 3: Read the interview again. Choose the correct
answer A, B, or C.

READING

SPEAKING
CONSOLIDATION

Vocabulary

• Task 4: Work in pairs. Read the following ideas about
online calls. Put the ideas in the correct column.
• Task 5: Work in groups. Choose a way of communication
and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. Then
report your answers to the class.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

1 Work in pairs. List as many

COMMUNICATION

ways of communication as
you can. meeting face to face,
Example:
sending letters, chatting online,
etc….

PRESENTATION

telepathy (n)
/təˈlep.ə.θi/
thần giao cách cảm

PRESENTATION

keep in contact
=keep in touch
(v)

/kiːp ɪn kənˈtækt/
giữ liên lạc

PRESENTATION

think(v) thought (v, n)
/θɔːt/
suy nghĩ

PRESENTATION

tiny (a)
/ˈtaɪni/
nhỏ bé

PRESENTATION

New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

/ˈtɛləpæθi/

Thần gia cách cảm

/kiːp ɪn kənˈtækt/

Giữ liên lạc

3. thought (n)

/θɔːt/

Suy nghĩ

4. tiny (a)

/ˈtaɪni/

Nhỏ bé

1. telepathy (n)
2. keep in contact (v)

READING

2

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

MC: Hi everyone. Today, I'll ask some members of the Technology Club to predict how
people will communicate in the future. Let's meet Minh and Tom.
Minh & Tom: Hi everyone.
MC: Minh and Tom, how do you and your friends keep in contact?
Minh: Well, we mostly text each other. We also send voice messages.
Tom: I often see my friends in person, but sometimes we call via the Internet.
MC: Do you think these ways of communication will still be popular in 50 years?
Tom: Not really. We'll use more advanced ways, like telepathy. We'll pass our thoughts to
another person without talking and ...
MC: Hold on. I think only a very few people may have this ability.
Minh: Yes, but in the future, everyone will be able to use telepathy. We'll wear a tiny device
to catch our thoughts and send them to other people.
MC: Cool! But will there be any problems with telepathy?
Tom: Hmm, telepathy devices can “read” one's mind, so bad people might take advantage
of it to control someone else.
MC: Besides that, some people will be too lazy to even talk anymore.

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

Minh
✅

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

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

3. According to Tom, telepathy means ______.
A. making phone calls via the Internet
B. talking on tiny devices
C. communicating by thoughts

C. Telepathy

READING

3 Read the interview again. Choose the correct
answer A, B, or C.

4. The MC says that ______.
A. telepathy is perfect

B. not all people can do telepathy
C. she disagrees with Minh's opinion
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

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

a) They're cheap or even free.
b) There must be an Internet
connection.
c) You can talk to people from
distant places.
d) You may receive unwanted calls.
e) You can make group calls.
f) You need a smart device.

Advantages

Disadvantages

a

b

c

d

e

f

SPEAKING

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

You can start your discussion
as follows:
I think there are both advantages
and disadvantages of online calls.
On the one hand…….
On the other hand

CONSOLIDATION

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

CONSOLIDATION

2

Homework

Student's workbook

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