Answer the questions:
Which high school do you choose to attend next year?
Why do you choose that school?
Thursday, November 4th 2010.
Unit 4: Learning a foreign language
Lesson 3: Listen ( Page 35)
A. Vocabulary:
- useful (adj):
hữu ích
- national bank (n):
- excellent (adj ):
- international bank (n) :
ngân hàng nhà nước
ngân hàng quốc tế
xuất sắc
B. Listening:
1. True/ False statements prediction:
Thursday, November 4th 2010.
Unit 4: Learning a foreign language
Lesson 3: Listen ( Page 35)
Rub out and remember
- useful (adj):
hữu ích
- national bank (n):
- excellent (adj ):
- international bank (n) :
ngân hàng nhà nước
ngân hàng quốc tế
xuất sắc
NGA
KATE
Please guess! What is Nga talking to Kate about?
Nga is talking to Kate about her studying English
True/ False Statements Prediction:
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1. Nga’s studying English for her work.
2. She learned English at school and university .
3. She works for a national bank in Hanoi.
4. She needs to improve her writing.
6. She hopes she can talk to people from all over the world, and understand her favorite English songs
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5. Her listening is excellent.
True/ False Statements
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1. Nga’s studying English for her work.
2. She learned English at school and university .
3. She works for a national bank in Hanoi.
4. She needs to improve her writing.
6. She hopes she can talk to people from all over the world, and understand her favorite English songs
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5. Her listening is excellent.
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She works for an international bank in Hanoi.
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Her listening is terrible.
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Answer the questions:
1. Where is Nga studying English?
2. Why does she want to improve her writing skill?
3. What is her biggest problem in learning English?
4. Does she like studying English?
5. Why does she like studying English?
6. Why does Nga think English is useful?

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Answer : She is studying English in London.

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Question a:

Where is Nga studying English?

Question e: Why does she want to improve her writing skill?
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Answer :
Because she sometimes has to write letters in English.
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Question 3: What is her biggest problem in learning English?
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Answer : People talk very quickly and she can’t understand.
Question d: Does she like studying English?
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Answer : Yes, she does


Question f:
Why does she like studying English?
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Answer : Because English is an interesting language and it’s useful.

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Congratulations !

Questions c: Why does Nga think English is useful?

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Answer :
Because she can talk to people from all over the world and understand the words of her favorite songs


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Tape scripts:
Host: Kate, can I introduce you to Nga? She’s studying English here in London.
Kate: Hello, pleased to meet you.
Nga: Pleased to meet you, too.
Kate: Where are you from?
Nga: I’m from Vietnam.
Kate: Why are you studying English here?
Nga: I need it for her job.
Kate: Really? So, what do you do?
Nga: I work for a bank, an international bank in Hanoi.
Kate: Oh, I see. Did you learn English at school?
Nga: Yes, and at university, too. But I’ve forget- forget.
Kate: forgotten.
Nga: Yes, of course. I’ve forgotten a lot of it. I want to improve my writing skills. You know, sometimes I have to write letters in English.
Kate: What about listening, Nga?


Kate: What about listening, Nga?
Nga: It’s terrible. This is my biggest problem. People talk very quickly and I
can’t understand them.
Kate: Do you like studying English?
Nga: Oh, yes. It’s an interesting language and it’s very useful; and I can talk
to people from all over the world...and I can understand the words of my
favorite songs, too.
Kate: Well. That’s very good. Good luck to you, Nga.
Please fill in each gap with one suitable word.
Nga is studying English in .She works for an bank in Ha Noi. She leans English at school and at university but she has forgotten a lot.
Her listening is terrible and her writing is not good. So she wants to improve her skill. She thinks English is very .English helps her to talk to people from all over the world and understand the of her favorite songs.
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London
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London
international
(3)
writing
(4)
useful
(5)
words
Change the following sentences into indirect speech:
“I work for a bank in Ha Noi”
=> Nga said............................................................
she worked for a bank in Ha Noi
“Why are you studying English here ?”
=> Kate asked Nga............................................................
why she was studying English there.
“I want to improve my writing skill ”
=> Nga said............................................................
she wanted to improve her writing skill
“Do you like studying English? ”
=> Kate asked Nga............................................................
if she liked studying English
Homework:
Learn all new words by heart.
- Prepare for reading.