Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh lớp 11 - Unit 13: The 22nd sea games - Lesson 5: Language focus

Date: 7/8/08
Period:
Unit 13. THE 22nd SEA GAMES
Lesson 5. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Aims: Through the lesson, Ss will be able to: 
	- practise linking in pronuciation in sentences or conversations.
	- understand and use double comparatives correctly.
II. Teaching aids: extra boards, handouts
III. Procedure
Teacher’s activities
Students’s activities
WARM-UP ( 4’)
Hang on the extra board.
Ask Ss to practise the conversation.
 Son: What time is it, Mom? 
 Mother: It’s six o’clock. It’s time to get up.
 Son: Oh, my God. I’m late. I have a date at 6:30.
Correct Ss’ pronunciation.
Introduce lining in pronunciation.
What time is it?
It’s six o’clock. It’s time to get up.
I have a date at 6:30
Work in pairs
Whole class
PRONUNCIATION ( ...’)
Explain how to link the sounds.
“ the last consonant sound of the previous word is linked with the first vowel of the following one”
Ask Ss to look at the sentences in the book.
Read or play the tape 2 times.
Have Ss practise in pairs.
Call on Ss to practise aloud.
Whole class
Work individually
Work individually
Work in pairs
Work individually
GRAMMAR (...’)
Presentation (...’)
Lead in: in exercise 1 in column B we see some words: more, bigger, better, heavier, 
What grammar point is it?
 It is comparative 
Who can retell the forms of comparative?
.. (short) adj/adv + er + than
.. more + (long) adj/adv + than
Remind shortly the rules: 
big bigger 
 fat fatter
Heavy heavier
Easy easier
.. ..
Exceptions
Good/well better
Bad/badly worse
Much/many more
Little less
Introduce double comparatives.
a/ Ngày càng . hơn.
Comparative + and + comparative
Eg. . 
He is getting stronger and stronger.
She speaks English more and more fluently.
b/ Càng càng. ..
The + comparative ......, the + comparativ .....
Eg.
The older they get, the happier they are.
The more you have, the more you want. 
Work individually
Work individually
Work individually
Work individually
Practice
Exercise 2: 
Ask Ss to look at the example.
Explain how to do.
Have Ss do the exercise individually.
Call on Ss to read out the answers.
Suggested answers:
 shorter and shorter ..
.more and more expensive .
.worse and worse 
.more and more complicated 
.better and better ..
.more and more active 
.more and more difficult 
.closer and closer 
Exercise 3: 
Ask Ss to look at the example.
Explain how to do.
Have Ss do the exercise in pairs.
Call on Ss to read out the answers and understand the meaning.
Suggested answers:
the better I feel.
the faster you will learn.
the more impatient he became
the higher you bill will be.
the better the service.
the more I liked him.
Work individually
Work individually
Work individually
Work in pairs
Work individually
Production 
Hand the handouts.
Ask Ss to do individually
Choose the best option (A,B,C or D) to fill in the gap:
1. The younger you are, ..it is to learn.
A. easier B. you are easier 
C. the easier D. the easy
2.  the man gets, .. he becomes.
A. The more old/ the more weak
B. The older/ the weaker 
C. The older/ the weakest
D. Older/weaker hardest
3. ... difficult the lesson is, . we try.
A. The more/the harder B. The more/the hardest
C. The most/the harder D. The more/the most hard hardest
4. He speaks English ..
A. quicklier B. more and more quickly
C. more quickly D. more quickly than
5. The problem seems to be .
A. most serious B. more serious than
C. more serious D. more and more serious
Suggested answers:
1. C . 2. B .3. C
4. A 5. D
Work individually
HOMEWORK
Practise pronunciation fluently.
Learn the grammar point by heart.
Do exercise 1 and redo the exercises 2,3 carefully.
IV. Feedback.