Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Unit 2: Cultural diversity - Lesson 3

Teacher’s activities

Student’s activities

Warm-up: (5minutes)

Checking the last lesson

- Call two students to go to the board.

Students 1 and 2: Talk about the differences between a traditional family and a modern family they’ve written at home.

- Ask the other students to comment about the talking.

- Feedback and give correction if necessary

- Lead the whole class to the topic of the lesson.

Pre-reading: (8 minutes)

Task 1:

We are going to talk about the differences among cultures.

- Ask students to express their point of view on the followings ideas, using the words or expressions in the box.

* In Vietnam, three or even four generations may live in home.

* A happy marriage should base on love.

* In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage not precede it.

* In some countries, a man and a woman may hold hands and kiss each other in public.

- Listen to the students and give remark

While –speaking: (16munites)

Task 2:

- Ask students to work in pairs to discuss about the differences between the culture in America and in Vietnam.

+Give the culture in America:

- Two generations (parents and children) live in a home.

- Old- aged live in nursing home.

- It is not polite to ask questions about age, marriage and income.

- Americans can greet anyone in the family first.

- Groceries are bought once a week.

- Christmas and New Year holidays are the most important.

- Children sleep in their own bedrooms.

+ Listen to the students and give more the ideas about the differences.

Post-reading: (14 minutes)

Task 3:

- Ask students to work in pairs or work in groups to talk about the similarities and differences between Vietnamese and American cultures, using the features discussed in the task 2.

- Listen and give remarks on their opinions

Homework: (2minutes)

-Students write a paragraph about the cultures in Vietnam.

- Do the exercises in the workbook

- Prepare for the next lesson

- Listen to the teacher

-Read the paragraph in front of the class

- Listen to the teacher

- Read the sentences given and work in groups to discuss.

A: In my opinion, it is not good for three or four generations to live in a family because they will find it difficult to sympathy their interests and habits… and I agree that love is supposed to follow marriage not precede it.

B: I don’t agree with your ideas, I think it is good to have three or four generations living under one roof because they can help each other a lot

- Work in pairs to discuss and give their ideas about the differences

+ Give the culture in Vietnam.

-There are more generations in a home (grand parents, parents and children ...)

- Elders live with their children and are taken care of by their sons.

- Can ask the questions about the age, marriage and income...

- Have to greet the older first.

- Do the shopping everyday.

- Tet holiday is the most important.

- Children can share bedrooms with the other in a family.

- Work in groups or in pairs to compare.

Ps: - There are differences and similarities between Vietnamese and American cultures .In America, two generations (parents and children) live in a home. In Vietnam, two, three or even four generations live under one roof… etc.

-Listen and copy