LỘC HƯNG HIGH SCHOOL
A- READING
UNIT 5 : ILLETERACY
English 11
EDUCATIONAL AIM:
We should take part in the struggle against the illiteracy in our country.
2. KNOWLEDGE:
General knowledge: students learn about the fight against the illiteracy in our country .
Language: new words : words related to education
SKILL: reading for gist and for specific information.
Method: integrated, mainly communicative
Teaching aids: pictures, cassette player…..
OBJECTIVES:
4. PROCEDURE:

Warm up : 4 minutes
Look at the picture
Answer these questions:


Can you guess where this class is located ?
What is the “teacher”/ soldier doing ?
What are the children doing ?
Is the classroom in good condition ?
A) Pre- reading
Words and phrases :
1. illiteracy (n): not knowing how to read and write: n?n m� ch?
2. eradicate (v): xĩa b?
? eradication (n) ? illiteracy eradication (n): vi?c xĩa b? n?n m� ch?.
3. ethnic minority : d�n t?c thi?u s?.
4. rate (n): t? l?
5. effect (n): hi?u qu? ? effective (adj.): cĩ hi?u qu? ? effectively (adv): m?t c�ch hi?u qu?.
6. performance (n): s? th? hi?n , s? bi?u di?n

7. expand (v) : make something larger : mở rộng
8. mutual respect : tôn trọng lẫn nhau
9. campaign (v,n): (for/ against sth/sb) : chiến dịch (ủng hộ/ chống lại cái gì/ ai)
10. remote (adj.) (from sth) = far away from: xa xôi, hẻo lánh
11. mountain (n) :núi
 mountainous (adj.) thuộc vùng núi
12.spend – spent – spent : chi xài (tiền), dùng (thời gian)
spend + sth (on sth/ doing sth)
Ex: I don’t want to spend too much time on this project.
Ex: I spent a whole evening doing my homework.
B) While –reading
Task 1: Find the Vietnamese equivalents to the following expressions.

Universalisation of Primary Education:……………
The Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion:……..
Illiteracy eradication :………………….
Farming techniques:……………………..
Family planning :…………………………..
Answer key :
Sự phổ cập tiểu học
Hội khuyến học Việt Nam
Sự xoá nạn mù chữ
Những kỹ thuật canh nông.
Kế hoạch hoá gia đình

Task 2: which of the choices A, B, C, or D most adequately sums up the whole passage ?

The programme of “Universalisation of Primary Education” in Vietnam.

Illiteracy rates in Vietnam.

Ethnic minority students’ education programme.

D. The fight against illiteracy.

Task 3 : Answer the questions

What was the rate of literacy in Vietnam in 2000?
What campaign was started by the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion ?
How many students participated in the campaign in 2000 and how many in 2001?
What did the students do to help eradicate illiteracy?
What will happen if more and more people take part in the struggle against illiteracy ?
Suggested answers
94% ( ninety four percent)
A campaign for illiteracy eradication
600 students did in 2000 and 800 students did in 2001
They provided reading and writing lessons for the people who are unable to read and write. They also made relevant materials for their classes.
Illiteracy will soon be eradicated.
C) Post reading
Students:
Read the whole text silently again – Practise asking and answering the five questions in task 3 (work in pairs).
Listen to the text read by the teacher or the native speaker.
Ask and answer the questions (work in groups of four).
Are there any illiterate people in your neighborhood/ your ward/ your village?
What do you think we should do to help them read and write?


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