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UNIT 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
A: READING
A. Aims:
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
- Understand some more about the English education system.
- Use vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson through exercises.
B. Teaching aids: Pictures, poster, handouts and real objects
C. Teaching method: Communicative approach
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm – up.
Network

- Work individually
- Expected words :
- terms
- grades

schooling

- curriculum
- subjects

Ask Ss to find as many words related to schooling as - examinations
possible.
- pre – school
II. Presentation.


- Correct and give feedback.
2, While reading :
Task1. Find words or phrases meaning
- Ask Ss to read the passage again to find out the
feedback
words or phrases.
1. T

- Have Ss compare with partners .

- Call on some Ss go to the board and write the words 2. F
or phrases
3. T
- Correct and give feedback.

4. F
5. T

Task 2. Answer the questions.
- Check if Ss can answer the comprehension Qs
without reading the text again. If Ss cannot, T gets
them to read the Qs carefully and underline the key - Read the passage to find out the words or phrases
words to do task.
- Work in groups
- Get S to check theirs answers and explain their
feedback
choices.
- Call some Ss to read theirs answers and explain
their choices.
- T comments and gives feedbacks.


3. Which school subjects/ you
think/ the most difficult/?/

or “public” school systems
( English)

4. Yes.
5. There are 3 core subjects (English, Maths,
Science)

4. What/ you/ do / improve /it/ ?/ practice every
day/take part

6. When the students finish the secondary school,
they can take an examination called the General
Certificate of Secondary Education

in English club/
ask teacher/

- Work in pairs.

friends to help

Feedback :

5. Your English
be better/ now



III. Consolidation and Homework.
- Ask Ss to learn vocabulary
- Prepare section B

A: I think your English is better now.


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B: Thanks.

- Learn vocabulary
- Prepare section B


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UNIT 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
B: SPEAKING

A. Aims:
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
- Talk about the school education system in Vietnam.
- Talk about the similarities and differences between the school system in Vietnam and in
England.
B. Methods: Communicative approach
C. Teaching aids : Textbook, posters….
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities


- “What do you know about the school education
systems in Vietnam?”
T introduces new lesson.

- Work in groups.

II. Presentation:

Expected answers :


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1. pre-reading:

- Many kinds of school

- Ask Ss to study the table in task 1 then find out the - Ages of going to school
new words
- Compulsory subjects
- Help Ss with the vocabulary and pronunciation
......
* GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary
Education
- Elicit some useful expressions:
+ When do children in Vietnam go to school lower
school ?

- Work in pairs.

+ How old are children when they first go to - When do children in Vietnam go to lower secondary

are only 3 or 4 years old.
2. After nursery, they go to kindergarten and stay there


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until they are 5.
3. At the age of 6they move to primary school. All
primary schools in Vietnam are coed – male and
female students together in the same class room. It take
them 7 years to finish high school. Children leave high
school at the age of 17.
4. They prepare for their higher study at colleges or
universities.
Task 3: Talk about the similarities and
differences between the school systems in
- Work in groups.
Vietnam and England.
- Ask Ss to work in groups and compare

suggested answers:

- Call on some Ss to present their answers.

Similarities:

- Give comments and feedback.

- Both countries have to follow the national curriculum
set by the government
- After secondary schools, Ss all have to take the

- Get information from conversation Jenny and Gavin about their studying at school.
- Improve their listening skill.
B. Methods: Communicative approach
C. Teaching aids : Textbook, posters….
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm – up: Finding words
- Ask Ss to work in groups, writing down things - Work in groups.
that they do in school days.
Expected words:
- Call some Ss to write on the board.
- doing exercises
- Correct and give comments.
- learning lessons
- taking tests, exams
-> school days
II. Presentation.
1. pre-listening
* Pair works
- Ask Ss to work in pairs.
- Discuss and answer these questions in the book.
- Call some pairs to act out in front of the class.
- Give comments.
* Vocabulary

- wearing uniform
- obeying school rules
- making friends

- Call some Ss to give the answers.
- Check and give feedback.

- Work individually to do the task
- Compare the answers
Feedback:
Questions

Jenny

Gavin

1

√

√

2
3

√
√

4
5
6
*Task 2: Answering

√

questions , so I barely passed it.

III. Consolidation and Homework.

I think I have to spend more time in studying history to
get a higher grade in the coming exam.

- Call some Ss to present in front of the class.

- Write about your school days in secondary
school ( 9 grade ).


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UNIT 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
D: WRITING
A. Aims :
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Write a short paragraph about the education system in Vietnam.
- Improve the Ss’ writing skills.
B. Methods : Communicative approach and leaner- centered approach.
C. Teaching aids : Pictures, textbooks, handouts
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm – up.
Network
- Work individually
Suggested words :

- community college

* Elicit structures:

- university


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+ Tenses : Simple present
+ Vocabulary :
1. The academic year runs from..... to....
2. A school year consists of .... terms
3. Children start grade 1 when they....
4. Duration of the academic year
5. A national examination for GSCE
6. University / college entrance examination
* Outline :

- Work in groups

- Ask Ss to work in groups to write outline, using
the information in Speaking Task to give ideas for
Outline :
their writing.
- Call a student to write on the board.
- Correct and give feedback.

1. Introduction : - 2 levels of education in Vietnam:
primary and secondary education
* Primary school : - at the age of 6

correct some serious mistakes
Children in Vietnam go to primary school at the age of
six and move to secondary school when they are 11.
Then they spend four years in lower secondary and 3
years in upper secondary. They usually finish
secondary school at the age of 17.
Schooling is compulsory for Vietnamese children until
they finish lower secondary. It take 9 years for the
children to finish compulsory education.
The duration of the academic year is 35 weeks or 9
months. It runs from September to May and is divided
into two terms. The first term is from the beginning of
September to late December and the second term starts
in early January and ends in May.
A national examination for GCSE is usually held in
June for all students who finish high school. And then
those who pass the GCSE exam are able to sit for the
university or college entrance examination in July.
Probably, students will take only an examination for
finishing high school and for university or college.
- Rewrite in the notebooks.
III. Consolidation and Homework .
- Ask Ss to rewrite in the notebooks.
- Prepare part D

- Prepare part D


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UNIT 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM


4. NGOCUPMIT

POLITICS

- Correct and give feedback

COMPUTING

-> What’s common about them?
-> Stress in three – syllable words

- They are all three – syllable words.

II. Presentation.
A. Pronunciation
* Listen and repeat
- Read the model some words and ask Ss to repeat.
- Get some Ss to pronounce these words
- Correct pronunciation (if any)
- Ask Ss to put these words in the correct column.

- Read the words aloud


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- Add some more words, engineer, lemonade,
entertain, employee, Vietnamese, cigarette
- Correct and give feedback.
Remarks : Words ending in - ade, - ain,- ee, - eer, ese, - ette has the main stress on these syllable (3 rd

physical

compulsory

employee

* * Practice reading the sentences

chemistry

Vietnamese

- Play the tape

academic

cigarette

- Ask Ss to read after the tapes.

primary

- Call some Ss to read and correct mistakes.

cinema

B. Grammar

Reading aloud the sentences.


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S

V

O

- A: S

+ V

+ O

->S: These cakes have been made by my mother.
S

V

O

2. A: My friend can answer this question.
S

V

V

+ be + V3/ed

+ by O

Exercise 2 : Rewrite ,using the passive voice.
1. This school was built in 1997.
2. This dictionary was first published in 1870.
3. A surprise party is going to be organized by the
students in my class tomorrow evening.
4. The kitchen is being painted now.
5. “ Romeo and Juliet” was written in 1605.


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6. Shakespeare’s tragedies have been built in my
village.
7. A new primary school has just been built in my
village.
8. English will be spoken at the conference.
9. The floor hasn’t been cleaned yet.
10. The house will be repainted soon.
Exercise 3: Fill with correct tense in passive
1. was built

6. can be used

2. were sold

7. is kept

3. has been made

8.are done