 WARM-UP

CHAIN GAME!!
EXPERIENCES

1. Play in 2 teams
2. Each team play rock paper scissors to
decide who will go first.
3. The winner say a sentence about their past
experience then choose the second one in the
other team. The second repeats and say their
past experience and so on.

 WARM-UP

CHAIN GAME!!
EXPERIENCES

4. The team can't repeat the prior players'
answers in 10 seconds will lose the game.

 WARM-UP

CHAIN GAME!!
EXAMPLE

EXPERIENCES

Option 1

Student 1 from team 1:
I had an unpleasant experience of a sports competition
at school.
Student 2 from team 2:
She had an unpleasant experience of a sports
competition at school and i accidentally felt while
leaning to skate.
Student 3 from team 1:
She had an unpleasant experience of a sports
competition at school. He accidentally felt while leaning
to skate and i had a very good in the last summer camp…

 WARM-UP

Option 2

 Chatting
• Have you ever gone camping?
• Have you ever travelled to a new place without parents like this?
• Have you ever attended an army course/ joined any performances?

+ How do you feel about that experience?
+ What was that experience like?

Uni 5 OUR EXPERIENCES
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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

 READING
 SPEAKING

I. READING

1 Tick (√) the experiences you have had.
1. Joining a performance
2. Attending an army course
3. Travelling to a new place without parents


VOCABULAR
Y

 VOCABULARY

- touching (adj)
/ˈtʌtʃɪŋ/
gây xúc động

 VOCABULARY

- soldier (n)
/ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/
người lính

 VOCABULARY

army-like (adj)
/ɑːmi- 'laɪk/
như trong quân đội

 VOCABULARY

- strict (adj)
/strɪkt/
nghiêm khắc

 VOCABULARY

- theme (n)
/θiːm/
chủ đề

 Vocabulary
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

/ˈtʌtʃɪŋ/

gây xúc động

2. soldier (n)

/ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/

người lính

3. army-like (adj)

/ɑːmi- 'laɪk/

như trong quân đội

4. strict (adj)

/strɪkt/

nghiêm khắc

5. theme (n)

/θiːm/

chủ đề

1. touching (adj)

* Checking vocab

What and Where

theme

army-like

soldier
touching

strict

2 Read the texts and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.

2

Read the texts and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.

1. Duong and Akiko talked about ______.
A. their English summer courses B. experiences at summer courses
C. activities in summer

D. their army training

2. What didn't Duong do during his course?
A. Get up early.

B. Work as a leader.

C. Receive letters from home.

D. Work in teams.

2

Read the texts and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.

3. The word “theme” means ______.
A. Performance

B. environment

C. activity

D. topic

4. The experience at Rockefeller Centre was ______ for Akiko.
A. unforgettable

B. enjoyable

C. special

D. touching

5. The word “that” refers to ______.
A. travelling to America

B. touring the Thornwood campus

C. visiting Rockefeller Centre

D. viewing the city below

3

Read the texts again and tick Duong or Akiko.

Experiences

Duong

1. attending an English course
2. attending an army-like course
3. joining a performance
4. touring a campus
5. receiving letters from home

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Akiko

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I. spEAkING

Match the questions in a with the answers in B. Share your answers with
4 a classmate
A
B
1. What course did you attend? a. It was in June.
2. When was that?
b. I felt that grew up a lot after that course.
3. What did you do?
c. I attended a course on soft skills with a
group of young trainers.
4. What do you remember most d. We worked in groups on different projects.
about it?
We also learned to solve problems. We had
various experiences.
5. How did you feel?

e. I remember being so embarrassed at first.
But the trainers and my peers were great and
they helped me a lot.

5

Work in pairs. ask and answer about a course you have experienced.
use the questions in 4 as cues. then report your partner's answers to
the class.

Example:
Minh attended a memorable summer course last year. It
was a presentation skill course. He learnt how to
organise the talk, and how to use visual aids. He also
practised using gestures, and having eye contacts with
the audience. He felt that the course was so impressive
and memorable.

 CONSOLIDATION
 What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Read about Duong and Akiko's experiences
in their last summer.
 Talk about a course you have experienced.

Homework
 Do exercises in the workbook
 Write down your friend's experiences
in your notebooks.

LESSON
5: SKILLS 1
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
WARM-UP

Chain game

READING

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

Reading
• Task 1: Write an activity next to each picture.
• Task 2: Complete each sentence with an adjective in the
box.
• Task 3: Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Speaking
• Task 4: Listen and repeat the words. Pay attention to the
sounds /j/ and /w/.
• Task 5: Listen to the sentences. Underline the words
with /j/ and circle the words with /w/. Practise the
sentences.
• Wrap-up
• Homework