ChuÈn kiÕn thøc, kÜ n¨ng ENGLISH 9
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Chñ ®iÓm (Theme)1: You and me
Unit 1
Topics:
Friends & Pen pals
Competencies :
Introducing people
Making and responding to introduction
Skills:
Speaking
- Make and respond to introductions
Listening
Listen to monologues / dialogues within 130-150 words for general
or detailed information
Reading
Read passages within 150-180 words for general or detailed information
Writing
Write an exposition of 80-100 words from picture and word cues
Grammar
Past simple: regular and irregular verbs
To talk about a past action or event that is finished.
Past simple form of regular and irregular verbs in the past (adding ed)–
- Used to (review)
Past simple with wish
Vocabulary:
- Words to describe the geography of a country:
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climates, population, religions, languages, social customs, habits
Unit 2
Topic: Clothing

- Describe directions / location
Listening
Listen to monologues / dialogues within 130-150 words for general
or detailed information.
Reading
Read passages within 150-180 words for general or detailed information
Writing
- Talk about a picnic to the country
Language focus:
Modals: could, would (review)
Prepositions of time
Adverb clause of result : so (to talk about the result of an action)
Vocabulary:
- Words to describe the country/ a trip to the
country: natural landscapes, location, direction, outing activities
Unit 4
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Topic: Learning a foreign language
Competencies: Expressing opinions
Seeking information for learning a foreign language.
Giving advice to someone.
Skills:
Speaking
- Ask for and give information about language study /
language courses
- Express opinions / preferences
- Talk about methods of study
Listening
Listen to monologues / dialogues within 100-120 words for general
or detailed information

Read passages within 150-180 words for general or detailed information
Writing
Write a passage within 80-100 words expressing opinions based on
a model and guidelines given
Language focus:
Tag questions
Gerunds after some verbs: like doing, enjoy doing
Vocabulary:
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- Words to talk about the media: history,
development, different uses
- Words to express opinions about the media: like,
dislike, advantages, disadvantages

Chñ ®iÓm (Theme) 4: Nature
Unit 6
Topic: The environment
Competencies : Expressing reasons
Persuading
Writing a lerter of complaint
Speaking
- Ask for and give reasons
- Persuade
- Talk about the problems of environment pollution and solutions to the
problems
Listening
Listen to monologues / dialogues within 100-120 words for general
or detailed information
Reading
Read passages within 150-180 words for general or detailed information

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Language focus:
Connectives:
and, but, so, or, therefore, however
Phrasal verbs:
turn off, turn on, look for, look after
Suggestions:
suggest + V-ing
suggest (that) + S + should
Vocabulary:
- Words to talk about energy waste problems
around students life and solutions to save energy’
Chñ ®iÓm (Theme)5: Recreation
Unit 8
Topic:
Celebrations & festivals
Competencies :
Giving and responding to complements
Describing events
Expressing opinions
Writing a letter to a friend
Skills:
Speaking
- Give and respond to compliments
- Describe events
- Talk about popular celebrations in Viet Nam and in
other countries
- Express opinions on different events
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