Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm up: Sing the song  How do you learn English?

II. New lesson:

1. Look, listen and repeat

- Tell the class that they are going to read a story. Have them look at the pictures and guess what the story is about. Check their comprehension by pointing at each picture and eliciting their answers to these questions: Who are they? What are they talking about? What foreign language does Hoa study at school? Does she like English? Why does she learn English?

- Play the recording all the way through for pupils to listen and follow in their books. Play it again for them to repeat line by line chorally.

2. Point and say

-  Tell the class that they are going to practise asking and answering questions about the importance of learning English, using Why do you learn English? Because I want to ...

- Point at each picture and ask the class Why do you learn English? for them to answer, using the prompts under each picture.

- Ask pupils to work in pairs: one asks the question and the other answers it.

- Invite one or two pairs to perform the activity.

Invite one or two pairs to perform the activity. Then give feedback

3. Let’s talk:

- Tell the class that they are going to practise talking about how and why they learn English, using How do you learn English? and Why do you learn English?

- Get pupils to work in pairs. Remind them to use the questions in their books.

- Set a time limit for them to practise. Monitor the activity and offer help, if necessary.

- Invite a few pairs to ask and answer questions about how and why they learn English in front of the class. Then give feedback.

 III. Consolidation:

- Summary the lesson

IV. Homework:

-  Do exercises in workbook, learn by heart the new words

- Sing the song

- Listen

- Look at the pictures and answer:

Akiko and Hoa are talking in the library.

In Pictures a and b, Hoa says she has English at school and Akiko says she has French.

In Picture c, Hoa says English is her favourite subject.

In Picture d, Akiko asks Why do you learn English? and Hoa answers Because I want to sing English songs.

- Listen

- Listen and repeat

- Do as directed

- Listen

- Listen and copy

+ Listen and repeat

+ Groups, individuals

- Listen and copy

- Do as directed

- Listen

- Work in pairs

- Some pairs perform in front of class

- Listen to the teacher

- Remember

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm up: Play the game: Order the words

II. New lesson:

4. Listen and number

Tell the class that they are going to listen and number the  pictures.

Ask them to look at the pictures and identify the characters and their  activities.

Play the recording all the way through for them to listen and number the pictures. Play it again for them to check their answers.

Get them to compare their answers before checking as a  class.

Play the recording a third time to confirm the answers.

Key:               a 2       b 4       c 1       d 3

5. Write about you

- Tell the class that they are going to write about where they live and who they live with. Have them read the questions and check their understanding.

Set a time limit for them to do the task. Monitor the activity and offer help, if necessary.

Get them to swap and read their writing before inviting one or two pupils to read their answers aloud and give feedback.

Key: Answers vary

6. Let’s play:

- Tell the class that they are going to play How do I learn English? Remind them how to play Charades, a guessing game using movements and facial expressions to indicate words. Call on one or two pupils to demonstrate the game. Make sure pupils understand how to play it.

- Divide the class into two teams. Show the first team a word. One pupil of this team must act  it out. If the second team guesses the word correctly, they get a point. Then let the second team act out a word while the first team guesses. Put all the words used in the game on the board.

- Set a time limit for pupils to play the game. The team with more points at the end of the game wins.

- Have the class make sentences with the words on the board.

III. Consolidation

- Summary the lesson

IV. Homework

-  Do exercises in workbook, prepare the next period.

- Play game

- Listen to the teacher

- Listen to the tape

- Listen and do the task

- Listen

- Do the task

- Individually

- Work in pairs

- Some Ps

- The whole class

- Listen

- Do as directed

- Listen

- Play in groups

- Listen

- Remember