Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh khối lớp 11 - Unit 15: Countries - Sections A, B, C

	UNIT 15: COUNTRIES
SECTIONS A: WE ARE THE WORLD
AIMS
Students learn about other countries and their capitals, how to use their names, nationalities and languages exactly.
Students can introduce their nationality and language and ask others 
about these.
PRESENTATION OF STRUCTURES
Structures
I’m from Viet name 
Where are you from?
What’s his / her nationality?
Vocabulary
Country	USA – American
Nationality	great Britain – britsh / english. 
Language 	Australia – Australian
	France – French
	Japan – Japanese.
	China – Chinese.
	Viet Nam – Vietnamese.
TEACHING AIDS 
Maps, pictures, and cassette.
TEACHING STEPS:
Teacher
Students
A.1
Use a world map and show students the locations of Viet Nam, USA, France, Japan, china, Australia, great Britain.
Introduce oneself and others, using the following structures. I’m 	(teacher’s names). I’m from Vietnam. And this is john. He’s from the USD.
Let students listen to the cassette and repeat.
Let them introduce themselves, look at the picture and play the roles of Laura, Marie, lee, john, yoke, Susan, Bruce, and Minh.
Introduce the wh-question “where is  from?” and the answer “she’s / he’s from”
Let students practice in pairs ask and answer about the places they come from.
Show them pictures of some famous people and ask them about their countries and nationalities (Uncle Ho, Lenin)
Look at the map and listen to the teacher attentively
Try to take part in practicing how to introduce oneself, using the cues given
Listen to the cassette then repeat.
Look at the picture and listen to the teacher’s request, then introduce people as the teacher shows.
Notice the new structures given by the teacher.
Practice in pairs, ask and answer questions about the countries.
Look at picture. Try to find out what he or she is and where they are from.
A.2
Read the sentences and ask them to listen attentively.
Ask them to retell Minh’s introduction.
Introduce new structures: “I speak Vietnamese.”
Ask some more questions about Susan (English), yoke (Japanese), lee (Chinese), Bruce (Australia) and let them answer.
Have them build up new sentences and write in their notebooks.
Listen to the teacher as requested.
Try to retell Minh’s introduction
Listen to the new structures “I speak ”, “He speaks”
Practice in pairs, ask more questions about people in the picture.
Write new sentences in the notebooks.
A.3
Let them listen to the cassette twice and repeat chorally, then individually.
Listen to the cassette, then repeat chorally, and after that individually
A.4
Write the table on the board
A: who’s that?
B: that’s  (names)
A: where’s he / she from?
B: he’s/ she’s from.(country)
What’s his/her nationality?
B: he’s/she’s (nationality)
Call a student, practice with her/him as model
Call some other pairs of students to practice before the class and correct the mistakes if there are any.
Let them practice in pairs
Copy the table in the notebooks and complete the sentences. Pay attention to each question.
Listen to other students’ dialogue.
Practice with the partner.
A.5
Show them some postcards.
Read the postcard aloud.
Mention the situation when the writer writes the postcard 
Look at the postcards shown by the teacher.
Read the postcard.
Listen to the teacher’s emphasis.
Try to answer the questions about the content of the postcards.
A.6
Help students to write their own postcards. Explain how a postcard is written.
Dear, (the beginning)
I’m on vacation in loon. 
the weather is 
I’m going  by (means of transport) and (visiting)
Tomorrow, I’m going to
Ask some students to read their postcards aloud.
Correct if there are any mistakes.
Encourage the goof students to put more detail in their postcards if possible
Write postcards as requested. Follow the instructions of the teacher.
Use the model to rewrite.
Put more details in the postcards if possible.
Some students read their postcards aloud.
Correct the mistakes if there is any. 
Try to write as many sentences as possible.
A.7
Tell them to practice asking and answering the following questions and write a short report.
What’s your name?
How old are you?
Where are you from:
Which language do you speak?
Which school do you go to?
Which grade are you in?
Practice in pairs. Ask and answer the questions given.
Write a report about each on partner in the exercise notebook.
Notes
Where are you from?
I’m from Vietnam
Which language does he speak?
He speaks English.
A.8
Ask students to write the notes and learn by heart.
Have them do exercises on page 124, 125, 126 in the workbook
Do exercises as directed.
SECTION B: CITIES, BUILDING AND PEOPLE 
AIMS 
Students can compare things: building, constructions, cities, the growth of population.
Students learn how to use the comparatives and superlatives of some short adjectives indicating sizes.
PRESENTATION OF STRUCTURES
Structures
Big, bigger, biggest.
Ho Chi Minh city is bigger than Ha Noi
Mexico city is the biggest city in the world.
Vocabulary.
Population	bigger	biggest
Capital	taller	tallest
Structures	smaller	smallest
TEACHING AIDS.
Pictures, cassette
TEACHING STEPS:
Teacher
Students
B.1
Show students a picture in which 3 things were drawn in 3 exactly different size.
Choose three students who have different height and ask them to stand before the class. Ask students to observe and tell about each one
Write the words on the board and ask them to repeat.
a big building
a bigger building
The biggest building
a small house
a smaller house
a tall building
a taller building
The tallest building
Let students observe the three different adjectives. Ask them to say what the difference is and give the formation of the comparative and superlative from.
Let them copy the models and the formations, and memorize
Look at the picture. Notice the different size of things presented.
3 chosen students stand in font of the class, others look at them and tell the teacher about the appearance of beach one.
Look at the board and repeat the new words as the teacher requests.
Observe and notice the difference of the phrases given.
Take notes and learn by heart.
Notes.
Comparative from of sort adjectives
Short adjective + ER
Superlative form of short adjectives.
The + short adj + EST
In the superlative form, the definite article THE is write before the adjective.
B.2
Read the passage and ask students questions about some big cities they know in Vietnam, then in the world.
Ask them about the population of these cities.
Let them listen to the cassette
Ask some students to read the passage aloud.
Make a chart and give the numbers of the population in some cities, then ask students
Ask them questions (yes – no) to check their vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Explain how to make question with WHICH to ask about choice. Mention how to pronounce.
Ask some models and let them answer.
Let them practice in pairs.
Listen to the teacher, try to name as many cities as possible.
Tell the number of the population of each city mentioned.
Listen to the cassette 
Read the passage aloud
Look at the chart given by the teacher and try to make a good comparison.
Listen to the teacher and answer the questions.
Listen to the teacher then practice asking wh-question WHICH.
Try to answer the questions, then work in pairs.
B.3
Ask students to name some tall building they know in Vietnam as well as in other countries.
Let them listen to the cassette without looking at the book.
Ask them some questions about the names of the buildings, the height, the places where they are then mark it on the board.
Sears tower – Chicago used 442m high
Patrons twin tower – Kuala Lumpur Malaysia – 452m high.
Show them some more pictures of the tall building and let them make the comparison
Name some tall pairs buildings in Vietnam and in other countries.
Listen to the cassette attentively without looking at the book.
Listen to the teacher than answer the questions.
Look at the pictures shown by the teacher and do as directed.
B.4
Show them a picture of the Great Wall of china, ask them some questions about it (the country, the area where it locates)
Let them listen to the cassette then read the passage.
Explain the new words if necessary.
Let them practice in pairs, ask and answer the questions
Look at the picture of the Great Wall of China and answer the questions of the teacher.
Listen to the cassette. Read the passage.
Listen to the teacher’s explanation.
Practice in pairs. Ask partner as many questions as possible.
B.5
Let them write the notes and learn by heart
Take notes
Notes.
Long, longer, the longest.
Big, bigger, the biggest
Tall, taller, the tallest.
SECTION C: NATURAL FEATURES
AIMS 
Students can talk about special points of the Vietnamese Geography, learn the meanings of the geographical words such as mountain, river, forest, beach, desert, compare the geographic sports they have learnt and widen their knowledge on geography.
PRESENTATION OF STRUCTURES
Structures
It has many / a lot of / lots of
It doesn’t have
We have much / a lot / lots of rain.
Vocabulary
Beach
Desert
Lake
Mountain
River
TEACHING AIDS
Maps, pictures and cassettes
TEACHING STEPS:
Teacher
Students
C.1
Show them a map of Vietnam introduce some interesting places such as Da Lat, Vung Tau, Hue, Sapa.
Show them pictures in which there are “mountain, river, forest, beach” to define the meanings of each item.
Let them listen to the cassette and repeat, sentences by sentence.
Show them a piture of a desert and ask them if they know why there isn’t a desert in Viet Nam.
Ask some more question to make sure students all know the meanings of the geographical words.
Look at the map of Vietnam and listen to the teacher’s introduction.
Look at the pictures and say the names of each item shown by the teacher.
Listen to the cassette and repeat chorally.
Look at the picture of a desert and answer the question key: “Because we have lots of rain / the country is overt green, we have big forests, lots of lakes and rivers.”
C.2
Ask students to look at the pictures in the book. Read the passage and then find correct words to complete the sentences.
Ask some students read aloud the exercises.
Correct if there are any mistakes
Look at the pictures and find out the words indicating each item, then complete the sentences.
Read aloud the passage, sentence by sentence.
Correct the mistakes.
C.3
Let them join the game, ask and answer the questions, review the words studied.
Let them practice in pairs freely.
Join the game, try to ask as many questions as possible.
Do some free practice as requested.
C.4
Introduce the three rivers: the red river, the Mekong river, the Amazon river and the two famous maintains: Phanxinpang and mount Everest. Ask them to tell something they know about these rivers and mountains.
Let them listen to the cassette while looking at the books to get the information about these rivers and mountains.
Let them read the passage by themselves in a few minutes.
Ask questions to check their comprehension.
Let some pairs practice asking and answering about these rivers and mountains with wh-questions.
Give the key answers. 
Have them practice again with correct information .
Let students do some more practice on other rivers and mountains they know.
Let them copy the passage and translate into Vietnamese.
Have them take into and memorize.
Ask students to do exercises on page 127, 128, 129 in the workbook.
Listen to the teacher’s introduction. Note where the three rivers and the two mountains are. Try to tell something about these rivers and mountains.
Listen to the cassette attentively and try to remember the information read through the cassette.
Read the passage carefully in a few minutes as requested.
Listen to the teacher and try to answer his questions.
Some pairs practice asking and answering before the class, using Wh-question.
Listen to the teacher’s answers.
Practice with the partners, try to ask as many questions as possible.
Do some free practice with other rivers and mountains in Vietnam or other countries.
At home, copy the passage and do the translation.
Do as requested.
Notes
We have many beaches 
We have a lot of beaches
We have lots of beaches 
We have much of rain
We have a lot rain.
We have lots rain.
Use “many” with countable noun.
Use “much” with uncountable noun.
Use “a lot of, lots of” with countable noun or uncountable noun