Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 (CTC) Theme: Education Topic: Illiteracy
Week: Period: Date:
UNIT 5 : ILLITERACY
Part A: Reading
I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to :
- Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas, identifying main ideas, and
identifying meaning in context.
- Use the information they have read to discuss illiteracy issues.
II. Materials
Textbook.
III. Anticipated problems
Ss may need to be provided vocabulary related to illiteracy so that thay can complete various learning
tasks.
IV. Procedure
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Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 (CTC) Theme: Education Topic: Illiteracy
Time Steps Work
arrangement
5’
WARM UP
- T writes the word “ILLITERACY” on the board.
- T divides the class into groups of 10 and introduces the game : The groups
should generate as many words related to this word as possible in 5 minutes.
- T divides the board into as many sections as the number of groups is. When
time is up, T calls on the representative of each group to come to the board and
write their list. Then T gets the whole class to count. Each correct word gets one
point. Which group has more points wins the game.
Suggested words:
Illiteracy rate, literacy rate, ethnic minority groups, poverty, mountainous areas,
reading and writing, eradicate illiteracy, illiterate, volunteer teacher, drop out,

given phrases on the board (i.e family planning, farming techniques, etc.) and
asks Ss to go back to the passage to locate and read around these phrases so
that they can guess their meanings. For example, the phrase “illiteracy
eradication” found in lines 3 and 5 may refer to “teaching people to read and to
write”. Ss can understand this meaning thanks to the idea that 6 % of the
Individual
work,pair work
& whole class
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Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 (CTC) Theme: Education Topic: Illiteracy
population was able to read and write, so more work needs to be done to solve
this problem.
- T checks Ss’ understanding of the phrases by calling on some Ss to tell their
equivalents in Vietnamese.
- T checks the answers with the whole class and gives corrective feedback.
- T might want to get Ss to make sentences with important vocabulary items
such as “eradicate illiteracy”, “ farming techniques”.
5’
8’
Answers:
1. Phỉ cËp gi¸o dơc tiĨu häc
2. Héi khun häc ViƯt Nam
3. Xo¸ mï ch÷
4. Kü tht canh t¸c
5. KÕ ho¹ch ho¸ gia ®×nh
TASK 2
- T gets Ss to read the task requirement and do the task individually and then
find a peer to compare their answer with. If Ss can’t do the task without reading
the passage again, T might want to give them some time re-read the passage.
- T might also want to give Ss some strategies to find the main idea of the

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 (CTC) Theme: Education Topic: Illiteracy
- T gives the correct answers:
Answer:
1. 94 % of the population (line 1, paragraph 1)
2. The campaign for illiteracy eradication (lines 1-2, para 2)
3. 600 in 2000 (line 3, para 2) and 800 in 2001 (lines 5-6, para 2)
4. They willingly / voluntarily spent their vocations teaching ethnic minority
illiterate people to read and write (lines 3-4, para 3)
5. illiteracy will soon be eradicated (lines 5-7, para 4).
10’
AFTER YOU READ
- T introduces the task : SS work in small groups of 3 or 4 and discuss the
question “How to help illiterate people in the disadvantaged areas to read and
write ?”
- T reminds Ss of some structures that can be used for giving suggestions. E.g
“perhaps we could” , “we might want to...”, “How about...”, etc.
- T provides Ss necessary vocabulary such as “poverty-stricken areas”, “sense
of responsibility and duty”, etc.
- T goes around to check and offer help.
- T calls on the groups to tell and explain their answers.
- T gives corrective feed back
Suggested Answer:
Mnay people (children and adults) in disadvantaged areas (e.g remote, poverty
– stricken areas) do not have a chance to go to school. To help them participate
in the society , along with other things (e.g. improvement their knowledge of
their rights and responsibility), we need to teach them how to read and write.
We could do this by:
+ Opening schools/ upgrading schools in these areas.
+ Sending teachers / volunteer teachers there
+ Buying book for children

hanhouts for Ss to do the matching task in their own groups. Which group
finishes first and has appropriate answers(*) will be the winner.
(*) The purpose of this task is to get Ss to think about school problems and there
should be no strictly right or wrong answers.
- T introduces the topic of the lesson: talking about school problems.
Match the photos with the problems they describe:
List of problems:
1. many ethnic minority children do not speak fluent Vietnamese, so they have
problems when doing their studies in this language.
2. Many children from low-income families drop out of school to earn their
living.
3. Many children live too far away from school and they walk miles to class and
back home everyday.
4. Classesn are large, so Ss are not given enough individual attention.
5. Some Ss cheat in exams. For example, they sit next to a friend who knows the
subject well and copy this person’s answers.
6. Mnay schools don’t have good library facilities and they rely on book
donations from patrons.
7. Many schools don’t have spacious playgrounds for children, so when some
groups are playing, there is little room left for other groups.
Suggested answers: 1. g 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. e 7. f
Group work &
whole class
7’
TASK 1
- T introduces the task and gets Ss to do it in pairs. T should encourage Ss to
guess the meanings of the new words, if any.
- T calls on a student to read out the answers.
- T checks with the class and gives corrective feedback. T should explain the
new words now or check Ss’ understanding by getting them to translate the

in Task 1 and add as many as they want to.
- T goes around to check and offer help.
- After checking that Ss have finished the task, T calls on different groups to
present the problems and solutions they have identified.
- T writes these ideas on the board as Ss talk. Then T elicits comments from the
class and provides feedback.
Pair work,
group work &
whole class
17’
TASK 3
- T introduces the task: Ss are going to work together to identify the problems
of their own classroom and offer solutions. T gets Ss to look at the given cues,
elaborate on them and elicits some more problems, of possible. T writes the
ideas on the board. E.g:
+ Class size: large class (over 50), so Ss don’t get enough individual attention
from teachers. Ss don’t feel close because they often work in their own groups
rather than work with the whole class.
+ Desks: not enough desks, so 3-4 share one and there is hardly enough space
for everyone.
+ Poorly equipped: no electric fan / aircon, lights, broken windows / doors, so
it’s dark and cold in winter and hot in summer, no learning facilities such as TV,
Overhead Projector, computers and so on, so T and Ss rely on textbooks and the
blackboard for the lesson.
- Then T puts Ss into groups of 3-4 and gets them to add more problems if they
Group work &
whole class
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