1. What dance is it?
Xoe dance
2. Which ethnic group does it belong to ?

The Thai people
Unit 3:
Peoples of Viet Nam
Lesson : Skills 1
Monday, October 25th 2021
1.Vocabulary:
1. ornament (n)
:đồ trang sức
2. weave (v)
:dệt vải
3. ancestor (n)
:tổ tiên
4. unique (adj)
:độc đáo, độc nhất
5. poultry (n)
:gia cầm
2. Complete the table.
What do you know about the Thai?
Now read the text and check your answers.
The Thai have a population of about one and a half million people living in the provinces of Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, and Nghe An. The Thai language belongs to the Tay- Thai group.
The Thai are experienced farmers. They dig canals to bring water to their fields. Their main food is rice, especially sticky rice. The Thai also grow other crops on burnt- out land. They raise cattle and poultry for their own use. They also make bamboo items, and weave cloth. Thai cloth is well- known for being unique, colourful and strong.
Recently, Thai men prefer to wear the Kinh’s style of dress, while Thai women keep their traditional costumes including short blouses, long skirts, scarves and ornaments. The Thai live in houses on stilts. Their villages comprise 40 to 50 houses, usually built side by side.
The Thai worship their ancestors. Every year, they hold festivals and ceremonies with alternating songs between boys and girls, and many traditional games.
What do you know about the Thai?
1,500,000
Lai Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, Nghe An…
Tay-Thai group
Stilt houses
Farming, cattle raising,
cloth weaving
Bamboo items, cloth
Short blouse, long skirt, ornaments.
Many traditional games.
3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box
1. The Thai are good ______ . They grow different crops.
2. They can make household items from the _____ tree.
3. The Thai live in ______ houses.
4. They have a rich culture including folk _________ and games.
5. Many festivals and ______________ are held by the Thai people every year.
bamboo
stilt
farmers
ceremonies
songs
1/ Do the Thai people have their own language?
2/ What is the main food of the Thai people?
3/ What is the Thai cloth well-known for?
4/ Which still wear their traditional costumes, Thai men or Thai women?
5/ Who do the Thai worship?
4. Answer the questions
4. Answer the questions
1/ Do the Thai people have their own language?


2/ What is the main food of the Thai people?
 Yes, they do.
 Their main food is rice.
3/ What is the Thai cloth well-known for?


4/ Which still wear their traditional costumes, Thai men or Thai women?

5/ Who do the Thai worship?
It is well-known for being unique, colourful and strong.
Thai women .
 They worship their ancestors.
E4: Read some facts about the Bru- Van Kieu people and the Khmer people.
The Bru-Van Kieu people
Population: about 74,500
Regions: Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien – Hue
Language: Mon-Khmer group
Production activities: growing rice, terraced fields, raising cattle and poultry
Festivals: ceremony held before sowing seeds
E4: Read some facts about the Bru- Van Kieu people and the Khmer people.
The Khmer people
Population: about 1,260,600 
Regions: provinces of Mekong Delta
Language: Mon-Khmer group, writing system
Production activities: growing rice, raising cattle and poultry, making sugar
Festivals: two main holidays:
Chaul Chnam Thmey (New Year) and Greeting-the-Moon festival

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
II. Speaking
GROUP WORK
(5 minutes)
GROUP A
Talk about the Bru- Van Kieu people
GROUP B
Talk about the Khmer people


The Khmer people
Population: about 1,260,600 
Regions: provinces of Mekong Delta
Language: Mon-Khmer group, writing system
Production activities: growing rice, raising cattle and poultry, making sugar
Festivals: two main holidays: Chaul Chnam Thmey (New Year) and Greeting-the-Moon festival
The Bru-Van Kieu people
Population: about 74,500
Regions: Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien – Hue
Language: Mon-Khmer group
Production activities: growing rice, terraced fields, raising cattle and poultry
Festivals: ceremony held before sowing seeds
Now I would like to talk about the …. people.Well, there are many interesting things about ethnic group that I want to share with you.
The ….. people have a population of about ….. people. They mostly live ….. Their language is …..
They …., make sugar for living
They have ….festivals : Chaul Chanam Thmey (New Year) and Greeting – the – Moon fesstival.
I’m sure if you visit the … people, you will enjoy it.
UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 20: SKILLS 1
TOPIC 1-UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM – LESSON 20: SKILLS 1
II. Speaking
E5. Talk about YOUR own ethnic group.
You can talk about:
- their clothing
- their food
- their customs & traditions
- their ways of living
- their festivals
UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM - LESSON 16: GETTING STARTED
Homework
-Read the passage (reading) again.
-Choose one ethnic group and
talk about it.
-Do exercise D1/ 2- P17/21
workbook.
- Prepare Unit 3 : Skills 2.
Thanks for your attention !