OUR SCHOOL WILL SHINE
Our school will shine today
Our school will shine
Our school will shine today
All down the line
Our school will shine today
Our school will shine
When the sun goes down
When the moon goes up
Our school will shine
WELCOME TO MY CLASS
Good morning Everybody

English 8
Ky Tan Secondary School
Welcome to our English class 8A

PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Lesson 1: Getting started
I. VOCABULARY
- terraced fields (n):
- awesome
= surprising, amazing
- costume (n):
- stilt house (n):
- festival (n):
- minority(n):
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Use the words and phrases in the box to label each picture.
five-coloured
sticky rice
terraced fields
festival
folk dance
open – air market
musical
instrument
costume
stilt house
Nick
Duong
a guide
II. Listen and read

Duong & Nick: Good morning.
Guide: Good morning. Can I help you?
Nick: Yes, we’d like to know something about the cultural groups of Viet Nam.
Duong: Right. Is it true that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country?
Guide: Exactly.
Nick: How interesting! I’m curious about them now. Which group is the largest?
Guide: Well, the Viet (or Kinh) have the largest number of people, accounting for about 86% of the population. 53 others are called `ethnic minority peoples’.
Nick: And where do they live?
Guide: All over the country. Some groups like the Tay, Hmong, Yao… live mostly in the mountainous regions in the north, and the Cham, Khmer, Ede… live in the Central Highlands and some southern provinces.
Nick: I see. And do they speak their own languages?
Guide: Yes, and they have their own ways of life, and customs and traditions.
Nick: That’s awesome! I’d like to find out more about them.
Guide: OK. I’ll show you round and tell you some interesting…
~~ At the Museum of Ethnology ~~
1. Read the conversation again and choose the best answer

In the Museum B. in the Ethnic
C. in the History D. at school
2. What do they want to know?
landscapes B. ethnic groups
C. groups ethnic D. The peoples
3. How many ethnic groups are there in Viet Nam?
A. 53 B. 86 C. 54 D. 94
4. Which ethnic group has the largest population?
A. The Viet B. Thai C. Yao D. Ede
5. Do the ethnic minority peoples have their own customs and tradition?
No information B. No, they don’t
C. Yes, they do D. Yes, he does.
1. Where are Duong and Nick?
Duong & Nick: Good morning.
Guide: Good morning. Can I help you?
Nick: Yes, we’d like to know something about the cultural groups of Viet Nam.
Duong: Right. Is it true that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country?
Guide: Exactly.
Nick: How interesting! I’m curious about them now. Which group is the largest?
Guide: Well, the Viet (or Kinh) have the largest number of people, accounting for about 86% of the population. 53 others are called `ethnic minority peoples’.
Nick: And where do they live?
Guide: All over the country. Some groups like the Tay, Hmong, Yao… live mostly in the mountainous regions in the north, and the Cham, Khmer, Ede… live in the Central Highlands and some southern provinces.
Nick: I see. And do they speak their own languages?
Guide: Yes, and they have their own ways of life, and customs and traditions.
Nick: That’s awesome! I’d like to find out more about them.
Guide: OK. I’ll show you round and tell you some interesting…
A. The girl is beautiful.
A: Does she speak Vietnamese very softly?.
B. How beautiful the girl is!
B: How exactly she does!
The festival is exciting
How exciting the festival is!
The market is too noisy
How noisy the market is!
2.Complete the following sentences with the words and phrases in the box.
heritage site stilt houses terraced fields member Ethnic festivals
1. In Viet Nam, there are 54 __________ groups.

2. My Son in Quang Nam Province has been recognised by UNESCO as a world ____________.

3. ____________ have been popular among many of Viet Nam’s ethnic groups for a long time.

4. Lunar January is the time for important __________ in the whole country, especially in the north.

5. The architect Ha Duc Linh, a __________ of the Tay ethnic group designed Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

6. The _______________ of Sa Pa have entered in the Top 11 most beautiful terraces in the world.
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B
Lucky numbers
In Viet Nam, there are 54 _________ groups.
ethnic
My Son in Quang Nam Province has been recognised by UNESCO as a world _________.
heritage site
____________ have been popular among many of Viet Nam’s ethnic groups for a long time.
Stilt houses
Lunar January is the time for important __________ in the whole country, especially in the north.
festivals
5. The architect Ha Duc Linh, a __________ of the Tay ethnic group designed Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
member
The _______________ of Sa Pa have entered in the Top 11 most beautiful terraces in the world.
terraced fields
Lucky number
Lucky number
Lucky number

1. Learn by heart:
+ Vocabulary about ethnology.
2. Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 3 - A closer look 1
Goodbye !
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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The sticky rice is colourful
The terraced fields are wonderful
The festival is funny
The folk dance is exciting
The market is too noisy
The musical instrument is
amazing
The costume is typical
The stilt house is simple
9 The flowers are beautiful