PERIOD 3&4
(Listening)
I. Aim
Listening for gist and specific information about life and career of Alexandre Yersin
II. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- Be updated with background information about a famous doctor – Alexandre Yersin
- Improve listening skill through true or False and Multiple Choice exercises.
III. Materials
Textbook, cassette,
Pictures about Alexandre Yersin
IV. Anticipated problems
Ss may have difficulty in listening to a long talk.
V. Procedure
Time Steps
Work
arrangement
10’
WARM-UP
Group Discussion
Ask Ss to work in groups and look at the pictures.
Tell Ss to ask and answer the following questions:
What cities do you think are shown in the pictures?
Group work
Time Steps
Work
arrangement
Why do you think so?
Who discovered the city in picture a?
Who founded the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang?
Gather ideas and lead in the Listening.

have a guess before listening to the tape.
Play the tape more than once if necessary.
Call on some Ss to explain their answer in front of the class.
Make necessary corrections.
Give correct answer:
1. F (He was born in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region>.)
2. T
3. F (His home is in Nha Trang.)
Time Steps
Work
arrangement
1. F (He built the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang)
2. F (He was built in Nha trang.)
3. T
Task 2 – Gap-filling
Play the tape again. Ask Ss to listen to the tape and answer the question:
What happened to Yersin in the following years?
1888
1891
1940
1943
Ask Ss to compare their answers with a friend.
Call on some Ss to read their answers in front of the class.
Pause the tape appropriately to check Ss’ answers.
Give correct answers.
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.D
Tape script
ALEXANDRE YERSIN
A

Encourage to use the in formation in the tape.
Gather ideas and give suggested answer:
Yersin’s contributions:
o Discover Da Lat and many water sources in this region.
o Raise horses to do research in immunology
o Contribute to the Vietnamese rubber industry by introducing the
Brazilian rubber tree to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Viet
Nam</st1:country-region>
o Set up the first quinquina plantation in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Viet Nam</st1:country-region>
o .....
Group work
5’
WRAPPING
Summarize the main points
Assign homework.
Whole class
PERIOD 5
(Speaking)
I. Aim
Talking about people’s backgrounds
II. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about people’s backgrounds by using given
prompts and answering questions.
III. Materials
Text book, whiteboard markers, ....
IV. Anticipated problems
Ss may have difficulty in collecting information about people’s backgrounds.
V. Procedure
Time Steps

Make certain that Ss understand the meanings of these words.
Whole class
20’
WHILE-SPEAKING
Ask Ss to work in pairs. S1 makes questions about Louis Pasteur; S 2
reads the information in the box and uses them to give full answers to s
1
,
s questions.
Call on some pairs to conduct the conversation in front of the class.
Ask for comments from other pairs.
Gather ideas and make corrections.
Give suggested answers:
When and where was he born?
What did he do?
What did he develop?
What qualification / degree did he get?
What did he found in 1888?
When did he die?
.....
Note: Encourage Ss to use their own background knowledge in the
conversation. The information in the box is only suggestion.
Pair work
10’
POST-SPEAKING
Keep Ss working in pairs: Ask and answer about their favorite person’s
background. Use the suggested questions in the book.
Give Ss 5 to 10 minutes to prepare before doing the task.
Encourage Ss to ask and answer about their idols such as pop stars
(Britney Spear, ...), movie stars (Tom Cruise, ...)