Uni 4 ETHNIC
ETHNICGROUPS
GROUPSOF
OFVIET
VIETNAM
NAM
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LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

I'm from the Tay ethnic group

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LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
WARM-UP

Name the pictures
PRESENTATION

Task 1: Listen and read.
Task 2: Read the conversation again and circle the best
answers.
Task 3: Match the pictures with the word and phrases from
the conversation.
Task 4: Complete the sentences with the words and phrases
from the box.

PRACTICE

FURTHER
PRACTICE
CONSOLIDATION

Vocabulary

Task 5: Game: Where are they?
Wrap-up
Homework

WARM-UP: NETWORK
Muong
Bru-Van
Kieu
Bahnar
Hmong

Koho

Giay
Tay

Ethnic
groups

Hani

Nung
Dao

Brau

Kinh

PRESENTATION

ethnic (group)
(adj)

/ˈeθnɪk / (/gru:p/)
(nhóm) dân tộc

PRESENTATION

post (n)
/pəʊst/
cột

PRESENTATION

stilt house (n)
/stilt haus/
nhà sàn

PRESENTATION

costume (n)
/'kɔstju:m/
trang phục

PRESENTATION

terraced field (n)
/ˈterəst fiːld /
ruộng bậc thang

PRESENTATION
Form
1. ethnic (group) (adj)
2. post (n)

Pronunciation

Vietnamese equivalent

/ˈeθnɪk / (/gru:p/) (nhóm) dân tộc
/pəʊst/

cột

3. overlook (v)

/ˌəʊvəˈlʊk/

nhìn ra

4. stilt house (n)

/stilt haus/

nhà sàn

5. costume (n)

/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

6. terraced field (n)

/ˈterəst fiːld /

ruộng bậc thang

PRESENTATION
Form

Vietnamese equivalent

1. ethnic (group) (adj)

nhìn ra

2. post (n)

nhà sàn

3. overlook (v)
4. stilt house (n)
5. costume (n)
6. terraced field (n)

(nhóm) dân tộc
cột
ruộng bậc thang
trang phục

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read.
- What do you think Lai and Tom talking about?
- Do you know anything about the Tay ethnic group?

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read.

Tom: Hi, I'm Tom. You look new here.
Lai: I am. I'm Lai from Ha Giang.
Tom: Oh, I've heard about beautiful Ha Giang. Do you live in the mountains?
Lai: Yes, I do. I'm from the Tay ethnic group. We are the second largest ethnic group in Viet
Nam, only after the Kinh.
Tom: Oh … I once saw a bamboo house on high posts in a travel brochure. Do you live in a
home like that?
Lai: Yes, we call it a “stilt house”. Our house overlooks terraced fields.
Tom: Awesome. What is life in your village like?
Lai: It's peaceful. There are 16 houses in my village. We live very close to nature.
Tom: I love it. Can you tell me something about your culture?
Lai: Certainly. We have our own culture. You can see it in our folk dances, musical instruments
like the dan tinh, and our special five-colour sticky rice.
Tom: It sounds interesting. I hope to visit Ha Giang one day.

PRACTICE

2 Read the conversation again and circle the best answers.
1. What are Tom and Lai talking about?
A. Minority groups in Viet Nam.
B. Ha Giang.
C. Life of the Tay people.
2. A “stilt house” ______.
A. is a multi-storey home
B. is on high posts
C. always faces a field
3. Lai mentions ______ of the Tay people.
A. folk dances
B. popular festivals
C. costumes

PRACTICE

3

Match the pictures with the word and phrases from the conversation.

1. stilt house
2. terraced fields
3. bamboo
4. five-colour sticky rice

PRACTICE

4

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.

overlooks
musical instrument
groups
folkmua
dance
traditional
1. I love
sap, a popular _________
of the Thai people.
folk dance

ethnic

2. Their beautiful stilt house _________
overlooks a large rice field.
3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay's __________________?
musical instrument - B: It's dan tinh.
4. Every ethnic group has their own __________
traditional culture.
5. Of the 54 ______________
ethnic groups in Viet Nam, the Kinh is the largest

FURTHER PRACTICE

5

Hmong
Nung

Game: Where are they?

Ede
Bahnar
Khmer
Cham

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
ETHNIC
Topic of the
unit OF
GROUPS
VIET NAM

About ethnic
Vocabulary
groups

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Learn by heart all the learnt words.
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare for the Project of the unit.

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