Unit 3: WAYS OF SOCIALISING
Part E: LANGUAGE FOCUS:

* Stress in two-syllable words
*Reported speech review
Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
-Put the right stress on the two-syllable words
-Report the speech
Aids: BB, handouts, textbooks …
Procedure:

Content T’s activity Ss’ activity
3’

17’
Warm-up:
Discuss-signal-report-instance-between-
polite-student-across-language-waiting-
famous

First syllable Second syllable

*PRESENT
Principles for putting stress on two-syllable
words: Stress may fall on the first or second
syllable
-For verbs, adjectives, adverbs or even
prepositions that consist of long vowel or
dipthong (except /əu/) in the second syllable,

and check Read out the
special cases and
ask ss to copy
Listen and copy
then check
Listen and copy
then check Listen and copy
then check


-For nouns or adjs, stress is put on the first.
*PRACTISE :
1.Linda Cupple is a social worker in my
village
2.Shakespeare was a famous English writer
3.David Warren is Linda’s teacher’s doctor
4.Janet is having a number of problems
5.Michael is sailing across the river
6. Jenny is waiting for Michael to return.
*PRODUCTION.
1.discuss
2.language
3. between
4.instance
5. report
II/Reported speech review:
*PRESENT:
Handouts
Ask ss to look at
the textbook as
well as to listen
and repeat

Ask ss to make


Work
individually-in
pair-group

1’

*PRACTISE
Exercise 1:
2.he worked for a big company
3.he was their marketing manager
4.the company had opened an office in
HCMC
5.it had been very successful
6.he had been chosen to run an office in Ask ss to work
in a group of two
then three Work in pair-
group
Listen Work in a
group of two
then three