Unit 15: CITIES
Lesson A: Reading (English 10, p. 156 – p. 158) Shape of the lesson Activities/Tasks

Comments “Before you read”
- Work in pairs. Below are
some well-known places in
New York. Match the names
to the pictures.
- Answer the questions.
- The task is for introducing the
topic, the new lesson, not for
pre-reading.
- Use task 2 for pre-reading
activity.

“While you read”
-

Task 1:

York is not familiar to the
students.
- Change the task: Talk about a
city in Vietnam that you want to
visit. Via analyzing some Reading lessons of the textbook English 10, something wrong
was found as following:
- The shape of the reading lessons often has no pre-reading activity.
- The suggested activities are not very plentiful.
- The orders of the tasks are not very proper.
- Some tasks are over students’ ability.
4.1.2 Results of questionnaires
4.1.2.1 Questionnaire for students
Table 4.1.1 The students’ habit of reading

Question 1

Every day Once to twice

Never
Other ideas

C
1


0

The number of the students who read everyday is much less than the others who
rarely read. It is the fact that a large amount of the student (79.2%) has no habit in
reading.

Table 4.1.2.a The students’ interest in reading
Question 2 Yes No
C % C %
Do you like reading? 151 76.6 46 23.4

The answers to the questions reveal that the number of students who like reading
is more than those who do not like reading three times. It means the students may still
like reading.

Notes:
1
count / number of responses
2
percent

Table 4.1.2.b The students’ interest in reading
Question 3

The content is
poor



More than half of the students support the content and the topics of reading text in
the textbook. However, the others (38.1%) do not agree, they maybe want the text to be
changed.

Table 4.1.2.c The students’ interest in reading
Question 4 Difficult

Easy

Very difficult

Very easy

C % C % C % C %
In your opinion,
learning reading
is…

91

46.2

21

10.7

28

14.2
52 26.4 96 48.7 0 0

The table shows that 26.4% of the students “sometimes” prepare vocabulary for
reading, and 48.7% of them “never” do. It means 75.1% of them do not prepare well and
24.9% of them do well. After all, there is no doubt that the students do not prepare for
their reading lessons may be one of the problems in reading.

Table 4.1.3.b The students’ preparation vocabulary for reading

Question 6
Every day Sometimes Never Other ideas

C % C % C % C %

vocabulary “everyday”. It means many the students do not learn the vocabulary at home.
This problem can make the students lack vocabulary for better reading.

Table 4.1.4.a The students’ memory in learning vocabulary

Question 7
More than
70%
50% - 70% Less than 50%

Nothing
C % C % C % C %
How many
percents of new
words you can
learn by heart in
class?
21
10.7
86


50%
Other ideas

C % C % C % C % C %
You can
remember
about … of
the words,
you learn.
12
6,1
7
3.6
86


Always Often Sometimes Rarely Other ideasC % C % C % C % C %
How often
does your
teacher elicit
the words in
reading
lessons?
31
15.7
57
28.9
68


Table 4.1.6.a The students’ skills in reading Question 10
What you have
already known
about the topic

Vocabulary
related to the
topic
Predict what
the text will
give you

Nothing
C % C % C % C %
Before reading,
what do you
think of?

41

20.8

96

48.7