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Ethnic
groups

ETHNIC GROUPS OF VIET NAM
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Uni 4 ETHNIC GROUPS OF VIET NAM
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LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
I'm from the Tay ethnic group

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PRESENTATION: LISTEN AND READ.

1 Listen and read.
Nick
Lai

1. Where is Lai from?
2. What ethnic group is he from?

1 Listen and read.
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.

1. Where is Lai from?
He is from Ha Giang

2. What ethnic group is he from?
He is from theTay ethnic group

PRESENTATION

stilt house (n)
/stilt haus/

PRESENTATION

costume (n)
/'kɔstju:m/ trang phục

PRESENTATION

terraced field (n)
/ˈterəst fiːld /

Folk dance
/foʊk/ /dæns/

Musical instruments
/ˈmjuːzɪkl/ /ˈɪn.strə.mənt/

PRESENTATION
Form
1. Musical
instruments

Pronunciation
/ˈmjuːzɪk/
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/

Vietnamese equivalent
nhạc cụ

2. overlook (v)

/ˌəʊ.vəˈlʊk/

nhìn ra

3. stilt house (n)

/stilt haus/

nhà sàn

4. costume (n)

/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

5. terraced field (n)

/ˈter.əst fiːld /

ruộng bậc thang

6. Folk dance (n)

/foʊk/ /dæns/

Múa dân gian

Form

Vietnamese equivalent

1. Musical instruments

a. múa dân gian

2. folkdance(n)

b. nhà sàn

3. overlook (v)

c. Nhạc cụ

4. stilt house (n)

d. Nhìn ra

5. costume (n)

e. ruộng bậc thang

6. terraced field (n)

f. trang phục

PRACTICE

3

Match the pictures with the word and phrases from the conversation.

1. stilt house
2. terraced fields
3. bamboo
4. five-colour sticky rice

PRACTICE

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

Read, then complete the passage:
ethnic
Ha Giang
Lai is from the Tay (1)_________group
in (2)__________.The
Tay
second
is the(3)_________largest
group in Viet Nam. They live
stilt
in(4)________house

overlook
which(5)_________terraced
fields. There
peaceful They live(8)
16
are(6) ______houses
in his village. It is(7)__________.
close
culture
_______to
nature. The Tay have their own(9) __________:
folk
Dan Tinh
dances, _________musical
instruments, five color sticky rice.

PRACTICE

4

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

musical instrument
traditional

ethnic groups

dance of the Thai people.
1. I love mua sap, a popular folk
_________

2. Their beautiful stilt house overlooks
_________ a large rice field.
instrument
3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay's musical
__________________?
- B: It's dan tinh.

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

FURTHER PRACTICE

5

Hmong

Game: Where are they?

Nung

Ede
Bahnar

Khmer
Cham

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
ETHNIC
Topic of the
unit OF
GROUPS
VIET NAM

About ethnic
Vocabulary
groups

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Learn by heart all the words that they have just learnt.
- Do exercises in the workbook.
- Prepare for the Project of the unit.