Warm up

Match the robot's name with its
ability
Home
Care for the elderly and
Care robot
children
robot
Worker
Worker
Repair machinery
robot
robot
Home
Doctor
Do housework
robot
robot
Doctor
Examine and prescribe
Care robot
medicine for patients
robot

6th
Grade

Unit 12
Robots
LESSON 4. COMMUNICATION

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students will be
able to:

01 Express agreement
and disagreement
02 Talk about what a
robot can do

Everyday English
How to express agreement and
disagreement?

Ex 1. (p 63) Listen and read the dialogues. Pay attention to the
highlighted sentences.

Disagreemen
t

Agreement

A: I think robots can help us
a lot in our daily life.

A: Peter says robots can do
everything like humans.

B: I agree with you.

B: I don't agree with him.

Which ones show agreement and
which ones show disagreement?

Ex 2. (p 63) Work in pairs. Express your opinions about the following
statements.
Use the highlighted phrases in the dialogues in Ex 1.

Home robots are the
most useful of all
types of robots.

Some people can
use robots to do
bad things.
- Express

Robots will use too
much electricity in
the future.

agreement or
disagreement.
- Tell me why do
you think so.

My robot's
abilities

Ex 3. (p 63) Listen to the radio programme from 4Teen News. Then fill
the blanks with the words you hear.

Speaker: Today we asked our friends: Tom from Australia, Linh from Viet
Nam and Nobita from Japan to tell us about their robots. Tom, would you like
to start?
understan
Tom: Well my robot can (1) __________ what i say. It can also understand my
d
smartest
feelings. It's the (2) __________ robot.
Speaker: Linh?
Linh: My robot is my best friend. It does a lot for me: clean the floor, (3)
put
__________ my toys away, and…
Speaker: And Nobita?
wate
Nobita: My robot is very useful. guar
It helps me a lot. It can (4) __________ my
r
plants and even work as a (5) __________.
d

Ex 4. (p 63) Interview 3 friends about what abilities they want their
robots have.

1
2
3

Friend 1

Robot's abilities

Friend 2

Robot's abilities

Friend 3

Robot's abilities

Example:
A: What is the robot's abilities you want?
B: I think home robots will do housework.

Report
your
results
to the
class

I interviewed three of my friends about the
abilities they want their robots to have. Minh
Anh wants her robots to cook meals. Ha An
wants her robot to do her homework. And Tan
Phong wants his robot to play with him.

RECAP
What have you learnt
today?

Express
agreement and
disagreement.
I agree with you.
I disagree with you.

Talk about
robot's
abilities

Thank
you!