WELCOM
E TO OUR
CLASS
Teacher:
…………………….

How many ethnic
groups
are there in Viet Nam?
Who
are they?

Which ethnic group is mentioned in the
video?

TAY ethnic group

……, October ….., 202….

Unit 4:
ETHNIC GROUPS
OF VIETNAM
Lesson 1: Getting

VOCABULAR
Y

VOCABULARY
ethnic (group)
(adj)
/ˈeθnɪk /
(/gru:p/)

(nhóm) dân tộc

VOCABULARY

post

(n)
/pəʊst/

cột

VOCABULARY
stilt house
(n)

/stilt haus/

nhà sàn

VOCABULARY

costume
(n)

/'kɔstju:m/

trang
phục

VOCABULARY
terraced field
(n)

/ˈterəst fiːld /

ruộng bậc
thang

VOCABULARY
- ethnic (group)

/ˈeθnɪk /

(adj)

(/gru:p/)

- post (n)

(nhóm) dân tộc

/pəʊst/

cột

- stilt house (n)

/stilt haus/

nhà sàn

- costume (n)

/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

/ˈter.əst fiːld

Look and answer:
Who are they?
What can you
see in the
picture?
dan tinh

five-colour
sticky rice
Tom

Lai

Listen and check
- What do you think Lai and Tom talking

-about?
Do you know
anything about
the Tay ethnic
group?

I'm from Tay ethnic group
Tom: Hi, I'm Tom. You look new here.
Lai: I am. I'm Lai from Ha Giang.
Tom: Oh, I've heard about beautiful Ha Giang. Do you live in the mountains?
Lai: Yes, I do. I'm from the Tay ethnic group. We are the second largest ethnic
group in Viet Nam, only after the Kinh.
Tom: Oh … I once saw a bamboo house on high posts in a travel brochure.
Do you live in a home like that?
Lai: Yes, we call it a “stilt house”. Our house overlooks terraced fields.
Tom: Awesome. What is life in your village like?
Lai: It's peaceful. There are 16 houses in my village. We live very close to
nature.
Tom: I love it. Can you tell me something about your culture?
Lai: Certainly. We have our own culture. You can see it in our folk dances,
musical instruments like the dan tinh, and our special five-colour sticky rice.
Tom: It sounds interesting. I hope to visit Ha Giang one day.

2.Read the conversation again and
circle the best answers

1. What are Tom and Lai talking about?
A. Minority groups in Viet Nam.
B. Ha Giang.
C. Life of the Tay people.
2. A “stilt house” ______.
A. is a multi-storey home
B. is on high posts
C. always faces a field
3. Lai mentions ______ of the Tay people.
A. folk dances
B. popular festivals
C. costumes

2.Read the conversation again and
circle the best answers

1. What are Tom and Lai talking
about?
A. Minority groups in Viet Nam.
B. Ha Giang.
Title: I'm from the Tay ethnic group.
C.Tom:
LifeAwesome.
of the Tay
people.
What is life in your village
like?
Tom: I love it. Can you tell me something
about your culture?

2.Read the conversation again and
circle the best answers

2. A “stilt house” ______.
A. is a multi-storey home
B. is on high posts
C. always faces a field
Tom: Oh … I once saw a bamboo house on
high posts in a travel brochure. Do you
live in a home like that?
Lai: Yes, we call it a “stilt house”. Our
house overlooks terraced fields.

2.Read the conversation again and
circle the best answers

3. Lai mentions ______ of the Tay people.
A. folk dances
B. popular festivals
C. costumes
Lai: Certainly. We have our own culture.
You can see it in our folk dances, musical
instruments like the dan tinh, and our
special five-colour sticky rice.

Look at the answers again
1. What are Tom and Lai talking about?
A. Minority groups in Viet Nam.
B. Ha Giang.
C. Life of the Tay people.
2. A “stilt house” ______.
A. is a multi-storey home
B. is on high posts
C. always faces a field
3. Lai mentions ______ of the Tay people.
A. folk dances
B. popular festivals
C. costumes

3. Match the pictures with the words and
phrases from the conversation

1. stilt
house
2. terraced
fields

3. bamboo
4. fivecolour

WHAT'S BEHIND
THE
BINOCULARS?
PLAY

Photo courtesy of Lisa L Wiedmeier (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

terraced

Photo courtesy of Lisa L Wiedmeier (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

five-colour sticky

Photo courtesy of Lisa L Wiedmeier (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Stilt house

Photo courtesy of Lisa L Wiedmeier (@flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence - attribution

bamboo

Look at the answers again

terraced fields

five-colour sticky rice

stilt house

bamboo

mua sap

4. Complete the sentences with the words and
phrases from the box.
overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
traditional
ethnic groups

1. I love mua sap, a popular _________ of the Thai
people.
2. Their beautiful stilt house _________ a large rice field.
+
3. - A: What is the nameverb
of a popular Tay's

__________________?
- B: It's dan tinh.

4. Every ethnic group has their own __________ culture.
5. Of the 54 ______________ in Viet Nam, the Kinh is the

1 point

Double your
points

2 points

Steal other
team's points.

3 points
4 points
5 points

Lose all points!

A

B

C

D

E

F

overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
traditional
ethnic groups

1. I love mua sap, a popular

folk
dance
______________ of the Thai
people.

overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
traditional
ethnic groups

2. Their beautiful stilt house
overlooks
_______________
a large rice
field.

overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
traditional
ethnic groups

3. - A: What is the name of a

musical
instrument
popular Tay's
___________________________?
- B: It's dan tinh.

overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
traditional
ethnic groups

4. Every ethnic group has

traditional
their own ________________
culture.

overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
traditional
ethnic groups

ethnic
groups
5. Of the 54
_____________________ in Viet
Nam, the Kinh is the largest.

Steal other team's points.

Double your points.

Lose all points.

1.
I
love
mua
sap,
a
popular
folk
dance
of
the
Look at the answers again
Thai people.
2. Their beautiful stilt house overlooks a large
rice field.
3. - A: What is the name of a popular Tay's
musical instrument?
- B: It's dan tinh.
4. Every ethnic group has their own
traditional culture.

NETWORK

The
Muon
The Brug
Van Kieu
The
Bahnar
The
Hmong

The
Koho

Ethnic
groups

The
Hani

The
Giay
The Tay
The Nung

The
The Yao
The
Kin
Brau
h

Where are they?
Hmong Bahnar
Ede

Nung

Khmer

Cham

WRAP UP
Listen
and
read
for
LISTEN AND
information
about
Tay
READING
ethnic groups
Gain some vocabulary
VOCABULAR related to the topic
Y