Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 8: Tourism - Lesson 4: Communication

Week 22
Period 64
Planning: 
Teaching: 
UNIT 8: TOURISM 
Lesson 4: Communication
I. OBJECTIVES. 
1. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to discuss a place/ country you would like to visit on holiday.
2. Competences: 
- Co-operation: work in pairs, groups
- Self- study: work individually.
- Using language to talk about tourism.
3. Quality: Ss are interested in tourism and more responsible for protecting and preserving places which they travel.
II. TEACHNG AIDS.
T: Textbook, lesson plan, English room.
Ss: Learn the old lesson, prepare Unit 8: Communication.
III. PROCEDURE. 
1. Warm up: ( 5’)
- Organization (1’) 9A:....................... 9B:............................. 9C:...........................
a. Goal: To attract Ss’ attention to the lesson and to lead in the new lesson.
b. Content: Talk about the famous landscapes/ places of Viet Nam that foreign tourists would like to visit most.
c. Expected result: Ss know about the famous landscapes/ places of Viet Nam.
d. Performance:
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
- Teacher asks Ss to brainstorm the landscapes/ places of Viet Nam that foreign tourists would like to visit most, and ask them why. 
- Teacher gives them some cues if needed.
*Chatting.
Ex: Ha Long Bay/ World Heritage Site/ UNESCO
2. Presentation (5’) 
a. Goal: Help Ss to know some vocabularies. 
b. Content: Ss learn vocabulary. 
c. Expected result: Ss understand the meanings of the words in the Extra Vocabulary. 
d. Performance:
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
- Teacher writes the words and phrase from the Extra vocabulary on the board. 
- Teacher asks more able Ss to explain them, or give the Vietnamese equivalent. Otherwise, explain them yourself.
- Ss find out the extra words and underline them.
- Ss guess the meaning from the context.
- Ss listen to the teacher’s explaination.
- Ss repeat, stress and copy.
*Extra vocabulary.
- breathtaking (adj.): very surprising, exciting and impressive
 - affordable (adj. from the verb afford): not expensive, cheap enough for you to buy
 - not break the bank: an idiom used to say that sth won’t cost a lot of money, or more than you can afford:
We can go to Thailand for a holiday if you want – that won’t break the bank!
3. Practice (25’)
a. Goal: Help Ss to discuss about famous places/ things in the world that many people visit for a holiday.
b. Content: Discuss the visitors’ opinions in the text and complete the table about one or two famous things that visitors can see or do in each country.
c. Expected result: Ss can know about famous places/ things around the world.
d. Performance:
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
1. a. Read the following information about tourism in Viet Nam.
- Teacher asks Ss quickly read the information about tourism in Viet Nam. 
- Then teacher tell them to look at the pictures and read what these foreign visitors say about their choice of Viet Nam as a holiday destination.
b. Work in groups. Discuss the visitors’opinions above. Do you agree?
Add two more reasons to the list.
- Teacher puts Ss in groups of five or six.
and discuss the visitor's opinions in 1a. 
- Ss may or may not agree with these oponions. 
- Teacher asks for the class's agreement by a show of hands for each tourist's opinion. 
- If any Ss do not agree, ask them to explain why. 
- Then teacher lets each of the Ss two more reasons to the list. T may give some cues:
2. These are the top-ten most visited countries according to the figures published by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
Work in pairs. Complete the table by writing one or two famous things that visitors can see or do in each country.
- Teacher has Ss read the facts about the top-ten most visited countres. 
- Ss work in pairs and complete the table by writing one or two famous things that visitors can see or do in each country (but the more the better). 
- Teacher asks them write on a large sheet of paper. 
- As Ss have already prepared for this, it will not take much time, so give them them a few minutes only. 
- After each pair finishes, they swap pairs. Continue until they have filled all the ten countries.
1. a. Read the following information about tourism in Viet Nam.
b. Work in groups. Discuss the visitors’opinions above. Do you agree?
Add two more reasons to the list.
- cultural diversity
- beautiful beaches
- easy and various means of transport
- traditional festivals
- natural beauty
. . .
2. These are the top-ten most visited countries according to the figures published by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
Work in pairs. Complete the table by writing one or two famous things that visitors can see or do in each country.
* Possible answer:
2. Visit the Statue of Liberty, visit the Grand Canyon, shop in New York, go surfing in Hawaii
3. Tour Madrid, visit the legendary land of Don Quixote, visit the Olympic Ring in Barcelona
4. Climb the Great Wall, tour Beijing National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), tour the Forbidden City, visit the Stone Forest
5. Visit the Vatican City, visit famous museums, tour Florence, tour Venice
6. Enjoy Turkish cuisine in Istanbul, go sightseeing in the Bosphorus (the strait separating two continents - Europe and Asia), visit Buyuk Ada (Big Island in Prince’s Islands)
7. Visit the ‘ Jewel of the Middle Ages’ - Rothenburg ob der Tauber (= Rothenburg above the Tauber), visit the famous ‘ Cinderella Castle’ , go up the Berlin Tower, take the Berlin Segway Tour
8. Go sightseeing in London, visit Stonehenge, visit Liverpool, home of The Beatles.
9. Tour Moscow (the Kremlin, Red Square, Moscow Metro ), visit St.
Petersburg: Hermitage Museum, cruise on Neva River, experience the white nights.
10. Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Antigua, have a boat tour on the water in Rio Dulce, try the delicious local speciality tapado (= seafood coconut soup), climb some of the tallest Mayan temples.
4. Production (8’) 
a. Goal: Help Ss to talk about a country/ place they would like to visit for a holiday. 
b. Content: Discuss which country/ place you would like to visit for a holiday.
c. Expected result: Ss can talk about a country/ place they would like to visit for a holiday. 
d. Performance:
Teacher’s and students’activities
Content
3. Work in groups. Discuss which country/place you would like to visit for a holiday.
- Ss work in groups of five or six to talk about their choice of holiday. 
- Teacher asks Ss to give the reasons why, and say what they can do there. 
- Teacher encourages them to talk as much as possible. Walk around to observe and give help if needed.
3. Work in groups. Discuss which country/place you would like to visit for a holiday.
* Homework. (2’)
- Learn by heart all the vocabularies.
- Look for names of famous caves in Viet Nam and in the world (better still, some information about them)
- Prepare: Unit 8. Skills 1.