UNIT 3 WAYS OF SOCIALISING
Period 14 A.READING Teaching date…../……/2008
A. Aims: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
-understand and use non – verbal forms of communications appropriately to attract one’s
attention in some social situations.
-use vocabulary related to the topic of the lesson through exercise.
B. Teaching aids: Pictures, poster, handouts and real objects
C. Teaching method: Communicative approach
D. Procedure:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
I. Warm – up : Matching
- Hang a poster.
-Ask Ss to match the verbs in A with its subject
in B .
- Call a student to write on the B.B , correct.
- Explain the meanings of these expressions.
-Today our lesson is about ways of attracting
someone’s attention.
II. Presentation (35min.):
1, Pre – reading :
* Pair work:
-Ask Ss to work in small groups and describe the
pictures.
- Call some Ss to present Ps to present their
answers . Give feedback if necessary.
* Vocabulary :
1. verbal (adj) bằng lời nói, bằng miệng
> < non – verbal
2. nod ( n) * cái gật đầu; sự cúi đầu (chào);
- to give someone a nod gật đầu (cúi đầu) chào
( V ) gật đàu

they are busy talking to someone else, we can
catch his eyes and nod to let him know we
want to speak to him.

poster of task 1
A
1. verbal
2. non – verbal
3. attract someone’s attention
4. impolite
5. rude
6. informality
7. approach
A with its definition in B
- Call some Ss to give answers and give
feedback.

Task 2: Passage title
-Ask Ss to read the passage more carefully &
choose the best title for it.
- Let Ss discuss their answers with a friend. - -
Call one student to give answer and encourage
the to explain their choice.
- Further explain & give correct answer.
Task 3: Answer the questions
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and ask and answer
the questions .
- Call some Ss to answer the questions
- Give feedback.
3, Post – reading : Discussing

Suggestion:
A. ( Attracting Attention: Non- verbal Cues)
because in the passage different forms of non –
verbal communication are mentioned.
feedback:
1. When we want to attract someone’s
attention we can use verbal or non – verbal
communication.
2. They are strong actions that can easily be
seen.
3. We can wait until he passes near us, catch
his eyes, and nod slightly to let him know we
would like him to come to our table. Or we
can raise our hand slightly to show that we
need assistance.
4.You can use a small friendly wave to attract
his /her attention.
5. Because pointing at someone is usually
considerable rude.
Expected answers:
- In Vietnam people often whistle when they
are in good spirit if they want to attract
someone’s attention. When they are in at a
performance, they usually whistle to give their
compliments on the performance of someone.
But in some case this cause impoliteness or
rudeness
Hand – clapping is often used to give
compliments or express our agreement with
someone’s ideas or opinions. Sometimes

people give and respond compliments in each
situation .
- Call on some Ss to read theirs notes .
- Give feedback
2, While- speaking:
Task 2: Practise giving compliments to….
- Ask Ss to work in pairs, practise giving
compliments to suit the responses.
- Move around to give help.
- Call on some pairs to act out their
conversation in front of the class.
- Give comments on their conversations.
- Work in group.
- Take note compliments and responding.
feedback
* Compliments :
- You really have a beautiful blouse.
- I have never seen such a perfect thing on you.
- Your hairstyle is terrific, Cindy!
- Your game was a lot better today.
* Responding :
Accepting:
- Thank you. That’s a nice compliment.
- Thanks.
Rejecting:
- You ‘ve got to be kidding. I thought it was
terrible.
Feedback: The answers may vary
1.+ The dress looks nice on you.
+ I have never seen such a beautiful dress. It


+ I love your bike! It's really wonderful.
+ Congratulation! You have a beautiful
motorbike.
3. + Congratulation! You played a great game.
+ That’s fun! You played a great game.
+ I thought your badminton game was a lot
better today.
+ You played a fantastic game of badminton
today.
+ I didn’t know you could play badminton
was so well.
Feedback : The answers may vary
Accepting:
1. You are too kind .
2. Thank you for saying so.
3. Thank you. I’m glad you like it/ you think so/
you enjoyed it.
…..
Rejecting
1. You’ve got to be kidding! I’m an awful
dancer.
2. You’ve got to be kidding! I thought it was
terrible.
3. No, I don’t. I look as awful as I feel.
Sample dialogue :
2) Lan: What a new and expensive watch you
have, Tam.
Tam: I'm glad you like it. I bought it
yesterday.

- Play the tape and then ask Ss to repeat after
the tape in chorus and individually.
- Correct errors, if necessary
- Check that Ps know the meaning of these
words
1. Absolute (a) hoàn toàn, tuyệt đối
2.Starling (n) làm giật mình
3. Chitchat (n) chuyện phiếm, tán gẫu
4. duration (n) khoảng thời gian
5. stick (v) chịu đụng ,chấp nhận
2,While-listening:
Task 1: T / F statement
- Ask Ss to read through all the statements to
find out what they might hear, underline key
words.
- Asks Ss to guess the answers in pairs.
- Ask Ss to do individually then compare the
answer with a partner.
- Play the tape again, have students listen and
check the answers
- Call some Ss to give the answers
- Suggested words:
- lights
- food
- water
- electricity
- TV
- telephone,
- bicycles
- motorcycles