English 8
Class :
8

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

The
Giay

Ethnic
groups

The Hani

The
Tay
The
Nung
The
Yao
The Kinh

The Brau

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

I'm from the Tay ethnic
group

* Vocabulary:

- ethnic (group)
(adj):
/ˈeθnɪk / (/gru:p/)

(nhóm) dân
tộc

* Vocabulary:

- post
(n):
/pəʊst/

cột

* Vocabulary:

- stilt house
(n):
/stilt haus/

Nhà sàn

* Vocabulary:

- costume
(n):
/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

* Vocabulary:

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

* Vocabulary:

- overlook (v):
nhìn ra
/ˌəʊ.vəˈlʊk/

* Vocabulary:
1. ethnic (group)
(adj)
2. post (n)

/ˈeθnɪk /
(/gru:p/)
/pəʊst/

(nhóm) dân tộc
cột

3. overlook (v)

/ˌəʊ.vəˈlʊk/

nhìn ra

4. stilt house (n)

/stilt haus/

nhà sàn

5. costume (n)

/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

6. terraced field (n)

/ˈter.əst fiːld / ruộng bậc thang

* Checking vocabulary:
Form

Vietnamese equivalent

1. ethnic (group) (adj)

a. nhìn ra

2. post (n)

b. nhà sàn

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

c. (nhóm) dân tộc
d. cột
e. ruộng bậc thang
f. trang phục

1 Listen and read.
-

Who are they in the picture?
What can you see in the picture?
What do you think Lai and Tom talking about?
Do you know anything about the Tay ethnic group?

- a village in the
mountains
- a few stilt houses
- dan tinh
- five-colored sticky
rice
…….

- Tom is a foreigner.
- Lai is an ethnic
Vietnamese.

Tom

Lai

They are talking about the ethnic group of Viet Nam ( The Tay ethnic
group)

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.

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

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

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

folk dance

musical instrument
ethnic groups
traditional

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

THE BIG WHEEL GAME

QUESTIONS

1
3
5

2
4
6

4 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
ethnic groups
traditional

1. I love mua sap, a popular
folk
_________
dance of the Thai people.

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

folk dance

musical instrument
ethnic groups
traditional

2. Their beautiful stilt house
overlooks
_________ a large rice field.

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

folk dance

musical instrument
ethnic groups
traditional

musical
3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay's
__________________?
instrument
B: It's dan tinh.

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

folk dance

musical instrument
ethnic groups
traditional

traditional
4. Every ethnic group has their own
__________ culture.

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

folk dance

musical instrument
ethnic groups
traditional

groupsin Viet Nam, the Kinh is the largest
5. Of the 54ethnic
______________

4 Fill in .the blank box with one suitable word to complete the sentence
6. The Tay is thesecond
_________ largest ethnic group in Viet
Nam, only after the Kinh.

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

folk dance

musical instrument
ethnic groups
traditional

1. I love mua sap, a popular
folk
_________
dance of the Thai people.
2. Their beautiful stilt houseoverlooks
_________ a large rice field.
musical
3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay's
__________________? - B:
instrument
It's dan tinh.
traditional
4. Every ethnic group has their own
__________ culture.
groupsin Viet Nam, the Kinh is the largest
5. Of the 54ethnic
______________

5

Game: Where are they?
Hmon
g
Nung

Ede
Bahna
r
Khme
rCham

1 Wrap-up
ETHNIC
TopicGROUPS
of the unit OF
VIET NAM
About ethnic
Vocabulary
groups

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