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Unit four: School education system
LESSON 1: READING
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to guess the
meaning in context, scan for specific information and
know about school education system in England
II.: Text Books. Teacher’s handouts .
III. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities Student’s activities
Warm up:
- Ask students about ways of
communication.
Pre reading:
Vocabulary:
1. compulsory (a) ( synonym):
mandatory/ obligatory ><optional
(bắt buộc)
2. certificate (n) realia): an official
document proving that you have
completed a course of study or
passed an exam; a qualification
obtained after a course of study or
an exam.(chứng chỉ, giấy chứng
nhận)
3. curriculum ( (explanation)- pl-
curricula/ curriculums): the
subjects that are included in a
course of study or taught in a
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8. secondary education (n)
(definition) : a stage of study for
children aged from 11 to 16.(giáo

Summary: Demand students to
master: 1. The main topics in the
section.

2. The structures to say.
. Homework: - More practice the
main topics at home.
- Prepare the section
C (The speaking part of
Unit 4).
Rub out and remember
1. Task one:
Individual work
suggested answers
1. state school
2. primary school
3. secondary school
4. compulsory
5. the GCSE
6. curriculum
7. the GCE level

2. Task two:
pair work and individual work

Warm up:(3 mins)
Game: Match up( see Appendix)
- Arrange Ss to work in pairs.
- Show picture of schools and asks
Ss to match the schools with their
names.
- Call on some Ss to give the
answers and give feedback
Lead – in:
You will practice speaking about the
school education system Vietnam.
Pre speaking:( 7 mins)
- Elicit the Vietnamese meaning of
the following words from Ss.
1. nursery school (n) nhà trẻ
2. kindergarten (n) trường mẫu giáo
3. primary school.(n) trường cấp
một
4. Lower secondary school.(n)
trường cấp hai
5. Upper secondary school(n) :
trường cấp ba
While speaking: ( 20 mins)
Task1: Questions and answers:
- Let Ss work in pairs to ask and
Pair work
suggested answers:
1. Pre-school( nursery school and
kindergarten)
2. Primary school

Some questions to elicit Ss:
- When do children in Vietnam go
to ?
- How old are children when they
first go to ?
- How long is the primary school? /
How many years do children
attend primary school?
- Which level do children move to
after they finish ?
- Do all children have to go to
nursery?
Task 2:
- Break the class into groups of
four or five.
- Tell them to talk about the school
education system in Vietnam,
using the information from task 1.
- Move around the class to control
and give help if necessary.
- Invite groups’ ideas.
- Give feedback on what Ss have
done and make comments.
A: When do the children in Vietnam go

is optional. Primary school and
lower secondary school education
are compulsory in Vietnam.
Children start to go to primary
school at the age of six and
generally move to lower
secondary school at the age of
eleven. Children stay in lower
secondary school until the age of
fourteen when they finish lower
secondary school and then they
have to take an examination to go
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Post speaking:( 14 mins)
Task 3: Writing about the
similarities and differences
- Divide the class into six groups .
- Give each group a poster and a
board marker.
- Assign three groups to write the
similarities between the school
system in Vietnam and England,
and the other three groups to
write about the differences.
- Have Ss stick the posters on the
board.
- Call on some groups to report

countries have to follow the national
curriculum set by the government.
After finishing secondary schools
they all have to take the national
examination known as GCSE.
Week:
Period:
LESSON 3 : LISTENING

I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to listen for the understanding of the
passage, know more about school education system in Vietnam
II. Materials:
Text books , teacher’s book and handouts, CD player
III. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities Student’s activities
Warm up: (4mins)
- ask Ss some questions:
Individual work
Ss’ answers
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+ Ask students to look at the pictures
and talk:
+ What school subjects are you good
at?
+ Which one do you enjoy most ?
- Ask students to talk.

đấu tranh chống lại ai/ cái gì
Checking Voc.
While listening: ( 20 mins)
Task 1:
Repetition with whole class and
individual work
Copying down

Post listening:( 10 mins)
Chatting:
- Tell Ss to work in pairs to talk
about their school. If necessary,
give Ss the following questions as
help.
 How do you feel about your
school? ( Do you like it or not?)
 What things do you like and what
things don’t you like?
(uniform? Subjects? Teachers?
Punishment/ extra-curricular
activities)
 What changes would you like to
make?
Homework
- Ask Ss to write about the results
of their current exams at school
- Listen to .
Suggested answers:
1. Jenny/ Gavin
2. Gavin
3. Jenny
4.
5. Jenny. Gavin
6.


I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to describe school education in
Vietnam, write a passage about the formal school education system in Vietnam.
II. Materials:
Text books , teacher’s book and handouts, papers
III. Procedure:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm up:( 5 mins)
Game: General knowledge quiz
- Make a copy of 8 questions and cut them out.
- Arrange Ss into 4 groups.
- Explain to Ss that representatives from each group
take it in turns to draw for questions and read the
aloud to their groups.
- Set the time limit for 10 seconds for each group
to answer one question.
- One correct answer gets one point.
- If a group can’t answer the question, the chance is
given to the others
- The group who has the most points wins.
- Have Ss start the game and congratulate the
winner.
Here are the questions:
1. When does a child start school in Vietnam?
2. How many terms are there in a school year?
3. When does a school year generally begin and
end?
4. How long does it take to complete primary
education?

5. How many grade are there in Vietnamese lower
secondary school?
6. How many grade are there in Vietnamese upper
secondary school?
7. How long does the summer holiday last?
8. Is upper secondary education compulsory?
Lead – in:
I today’s lesson, you’ll get to write a short paragraph
about a formal school education system in Vietnam.
Pre-writing:
Talking about the school education system.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to talk about the national
education system in Vietnam, using the
information shown in the following diagram. (
See Appendix)
- Call on some Ss to speak out their ideas.
- Give feedback and make comments
Term 1 Term 2
from Sep to Dec from Jan to May

Academic year
National Exam for GCSE
9 months (early June)
Compulsory education

Upper secondary ( 3 years)


pass the national examination
held in early June every year.
The academic year, which has
two terms, last 9 months from
September 5
th
to the end of
May. The first term is from
September to December.
After taking the final test of
the first term, children have
teen days off for the Lunar
New Year. The second term
lasts January to May. When
finishing this term students
have three months summer
holiday

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paragraph on the formal school education system
in Vietnam based on the diagram above
- Go around to control and give help if necessary.

Post writing( 12 mins)
Peer correction
- Call a student from each group to read their
group’s writing, and ask the others to make

1. oOo
2. Ooo

Individual work
suggested answers: 1. statistics, forgetful, electric
2. chemistry, drinkable, carefully,
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3. oOoo
4. ooOo
5. oooOo
- Elicit some general pronunciation rules
from Ss
Notes:
 We can build longer words by adding
parts to the beginning or end of the shorter
words. Usually, this does not change the
stress: it stays the same syllable as in the
original words.

where the last letters is –y. in words with
these endings, the stress is placed on the
syllable two form the end.
physical, national, underpay
3. impossible
4. education
5. investigation un
for
for
for
for
for
get
get
get
gett
gett

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Ex: chemistry, astronomy, social, sociology,
personal, personality
 In words for an expert in the subject, such
as philosopher or sociologist, the stress
stays on the same syllable as in the word
ending in –y.
Ex: philosophy, philosopher
sociology, sociologist
 Many English speakers do not pronounce
the second syllable in history, so that it
sounds like this /’histri/ Oo. The first part
of the word geography may be
pronounced as one or two syllables Ooo,
oOoo. Many speakers do not pronounce
the second syllable in mathematics, so it
sounds like this oOo.
Grammar (29 mins)
Presentation: Passive:


Branston in 1975, when he was still a
teenager.
( In a profile of Virgo Records, which is the
main topic of the sentence)
3. Formals texts
Ex: It is claimed that /It is believed that
4. Alternatives to he passive
Ex: The town center is going to closed to
traffic (= from a newspaper)
I’ve just my car serviced
I must get my car serviced
Practice:
Exercise 1: Gap-fill
- Guide students how to do
- Do the first as an example.
- Ask students to the exercise.
- Call the to on board.
- Correct.
2. Exercise two: Change into passive
- Guide students how to do
- Do the first as an example.
- Ask students to the exercise.
- Call the to on board.
- Correct.

2. is set - must be followed
3. is made up
4. is paid
5. are selected

+ Exercise two:
2. this school was built in …
3. This dictionary was published …
4. A surprise party is going to be
organized
5. The kitchen is being painted now.
6. "Romeo and Juliet" was written by
7. Shakespeare's tragedies have been
translated into many languages
8. A new primary school have just been

9. English will be spoken at the…
10. The floor hasn't been cleaned …
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2. Exercise three: Fill in the spaces of the
following passage with the correct tense in
passive voice of the verbs in brackets
- Guide students how to do
- Do the first as an example.
- Ask students to the exercise.
- Call the to on board.
- Correct.

Group work