 WARM-UP

EXPERIENC
ES

Who is
faster?!

1. Play in 2 teams
2. Each team has a set of phrases on
slips of paper about the experiences
of Duong and Aikiko.
3. Distinguish between Duong's
activities and Akiko's
4. The fastest and most correct one
wins.

 WARM-UP
 LET'S CHECK
Duong:
1. Join a performance
2. Read books
3. Join team activities
4. Call his/her parents once a day
5. Received letters from our
parents
6. Travelled without his/her
parents
7. Wake up at 5 a.m.

Who is
faster?!
Akiko:
1. Attend English classes
2. Join team activities.
3. Communicate in English
4. Played board games
5. Play billiards
6. Go hiking
7. Enjoy the city view at the
mountain top.
8. Travelled without his/her
parents

Uni 5 OUR EXPERIENCES
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LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

 LISTENING
 WRITING

I. LISTENING

 LISTENING

1 Which of the following is a bad experience?
1. failing an exam
2. being bullied
3. winning a competition
4. lacking confidence

 Vocabulary

- confidence (adj)
/ˈkɒnfɪdəns/
sự tự tin

 Vocabulary

- lack (v)
/læk/
Thiếu

 Vocabulary
New words

1. confidence
(adj)
2. lack (v)

Pronunciation

Meaning

/ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ niềm tin, sự tự tin
/læk/

thiếu 

2

 LISTENING
Listen to the conversation between Minh
and his dad and tick T (true) or F (False).

1. Minh's peers bullied him.

F
______

2. Dad could always get things back.

T
______

3. Dad's peers got his money.

T
______

4. Minh had an embarrassing experience.

T
______

5. Minh understood the lesson well.

F
______

2

 LISTENING
Listen again and choose the correct answer A, B, or C.

1. Dad and Minh are talking about ______.
A. dad's experience

B. Minh's experience

C. experiences of Minh and his dad
2. Dad's classmates often ______ him.
A. bullied

B. helped

C. argued with

2

Listen again and choose the correct answer A, B, or C.

3. Minh's dad ______ the bullies.
A. ran away from B. shouted at

C. fought

2. Minh got a low mark because he ______.
A. reviewed the lesson
B. learnt the lesson by rote
C. learnt the lesson by heart

 Audio-script

- Dad, what was your worst experience at school?
- A classmate bullied me.
- Really? What happened, Dad?
- A big boy in my class was always taking my things. I could never get
anything back. Once, he and his friends waited for me outside the school and
snatched my backpack. They got all my money.
- What did you do then?
- I was so angry that I fought back.
- Wow. What happened next?
- He was totally surprised. But then he returned my money and went away.
What about you?
- Well, it was just last week. My biology teacher checked our understanding of
the previous lesson. My mind suddenly went blank. I stood there and couldn't
say anything. I felt so embarrassed.
- So what happened then?
- I got a zero.

II.
WRITING

4

Work in pairs. put the phrases from the box in the correct column.

a. taking wrong things

unpleasant
______________

b. doing community service

pleasant
______________

c. not revising lessons
d. winning a competition
e. arguing with a friend
f. coming to school late

unpleasant
______________
pleasant
______________
unpleasant
______________
unpleasant
______________

5

Write a paragraph (100 – 120 words) about the most pleasant or
unpleasant experience you have had at school.

 SAMPLE 1:
I had very pleasant experiences at my school. The first lovely experience I had
was when I did community service last year. I joined the school English club,
and tutored some primary school students for a semester. Their English
became better, and they were much more confident in English lessons. The
second memorable experience I had was going on a camping trip with my
classmates. We went to a village about 20 km from our school. Here, we put up
tent, decorated it and we also won the competition of tent decoration. We
sang and danced and took a lot of photos. I also remember winning the first
prize in the school chess competition that year. The school then presented me
with a chess set. All these pleasant experiences will go with me forever.

5

Write a paragraph (100 – 120 words) about the most pleasant or
unpleasant experience you have had at school.

 SAMPLE
2:
I still remember the most pleasant experience I have had at school. It was

winning a competition. The happiness of hearing my name announced as
the winner along with the cheers of my classmates filled me with a sense
of pride. It wasn't just about the victory itself, but also the recognition of
my hard work honing skills and dedication. The moment I held the medal
in my hand was unforgettable, etched in my memory as a highlight of my
school years. Winning that competition taught me the value of
perseverance and determination, creating a feeling of confidence and
boosting my motivation to pursue my goals.

 CONSOLIDATION
 What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Listen about experiences of Minh and his
dad.
 Write about the most pleasant or
unpleasant experience you have had at
school.

Homewo
rk

 Do exercises in the workbook
 Rewrite the paragraph in the
notebooks

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