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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

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

Warm up: Video watching

READING

- Task 1: Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
- Vocabulary teaching
- Task 2: Read the brochure introducing different places with special
products. Match each highlighted word with its definition.
- Task 3: Read the brochure again. Decide which place each detail
below belongs to.
- Task 4: Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a speciality in your
neighbourhood, your home town, or the area you know. Use the
questions below.
- Task 5: Work in groups. Give a short presentation about the
speciality you discussed in 4.

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

WATCH THE VIDEO
VIDEO
WATCHING

WARM-UP

BAT TRANG POTTERY VILLAGE

PRE READING

1 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1. What can you see in each picture?
2. Do you know any place(s) where people make the thing(s) in each picture?

PRE READING

1 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
Picture a: cốm (young sticky rice)from Vong Village, Ha Noi
Another place which makes com: Tu
Le Commune in Yen Bai Province

PRE READING

1 Work in pairs. answer the questions.

Picture b: pottery – from Denby,
England.
In Viet Nam, there are some
pottery villages: Bat Trang, Bau
Truc, Phu Lang, …

VOCABULARY

preserve (v)

/prɪˈzɜːv/

bảo tồn

maintain (something) in its original or
existing state.

VOCABULARY

fragrance (n) /ˈfreɪɡrəns/
a sweet or delicate odor

hương thơm

VOCABULARY

New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. preserve (v)

/prɪˈzɜːv/

bảo tồn

2. fragrance (n)

/ˈfreɪɡrəns/

hương thơm

WHILE READING

2 Read the brochure introducing different places with special products. Match each
highlighted word with its definition.

WHILE READING

2 Read the brochure introducing different places with special products. Match each
highlighted word with its definition.

1. b
2. c
3. e
4. a
5. d

WHILE READING

3 Read the brochure again. Decide which place each detail below belongs to

Vong: 2, 3, 5
Denby: 1, 3, 4

SPEAKING

4

Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a speciality in your neighbourhood, your home
town, or the area you know. Use the questions below.

1. What speciality is it?
2. What do people make it from?
3. Do people make it in the traditional way?
4. What can people do with it?
5. Is it well known in only your country or around the world?

SPEAKING

5 Work in groups. Give a short presentation about the speciality you
discussed in 4.

I live in Tay Ho Village, 12 kilometres from Hue
City. My village is famous for its conical hats. We
make conical hats from goi leaves. We still follow
15 traditional steps to make a hat. A conical hat
protects us from the sun and the rain as well as
makes us more graceful. What is special about
our conical hats is that each of them carries a
poem. Tay Ho conical hats are not only famous in

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Read for specific information about special
products in some areas.
 Give a short presentation about a speciality.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the Workbook.

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