Unit 12: MUSIC


I. AIMS OF THE LESSON:
1. Language skills:
Reading:
Guess the meanings of new words / phrases in context.
Skim the passage to have a general understanding of the main points in the passage.
Scan the passage to locate the specific information.
Read the passage intensively.
Speaking:
Ask and answer questions regarding music as a hobby.
Oral presentation in front of the class.
Listening: (Dialogue)
Listen and understand details of a typical Vietnamese musician.
Writing:
Write a profile of a famous musician.
2. Language focus:
Pronunciation: /s/ - /z/
Vocabulary:
Nouns: kinds of music
Adjectives describing feelings and music.
Grammar:
The Infinitive of purposes. (To-V)
Review of information questions.
II. TEACHING AIDS: cassette players.
III. PROCEDURE:

PART 1: READING
Teaching aims:
Help students know the importance of music in our life.
Help students distinguish some kinds of music.
Improve sts’skills of reading through guessing the meaning of words in context, True- False information, and answering the questions…


STAGES

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

NOTES

Warmer
(3’)
Ask sts:
Do you like music? Can you complete the diagram by some kinds of music











Pre-reading (5’)
Ask students questions:
Do you like listening to music?
What band do you like best?
What kind of music do you often listen to?

Ask students to do the task in pairs.
Check the answers.

Answer questions.







1.b – 2.e – 3.d – 4.a – 5.c


While-reading (25’)
Explain the following new words.
* intergral part
* solemn
* mournful
Practice their pronunciation in chorus.

TASK 1.
Ask students to do Task 1 in pairs.
Check the answers.






TASK 2.
Ask students to do Task 2 in pairs.
Check the answers.







Copy down new words.







Do Task 1.
Task 1:
1. communicate.
2. lull
3. delights
4. intergral part
5. solemn
6. emotion
7. mournful

Do Task 2.
Task 2:
Language and music.
It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.
It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.
It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses.
It is a billion-dollar industry.





Post- reading (10’)
Ask students to work in pairs to answer the questions:
Work in pairs and talk about the roles of music . Why the st consider it is the most important.




HOMEWORK: (2’)
Prepare part B - Speaking.
Unit 12: MUSIC
Part 2: SPEAKING

Speaking : Talking about favourite kinds of music
Time allotted : 45 minutes
I. OBJECTIVES :
Educational Aim : Students should contribute their ideas to the importance of music.
Knowledge : Students are able to talk about the kind of music they like.
Skills : Students are fluent in asking and answering music-related questions.
II. METHODS : Communicative skill.
III. TEACHING AIDS : Cassette recorder , CD player, Tapes, Videos, pictures and charts.
IV. PROCEDURES :

Stages
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities


Warm-up
(3 minutes )


Task 1
(15 minutes)








Task 2
(15 minutes)







Task 3
(10minutes)








Comments and
Homework
(2 minutes)

Plays a piece of popular music
Asks students (sts) some questions:
- Do you know the tittle of the song ?
- Who sings that song ?

- Do you like it ? And why ?
Asks sts questions :
- What kind of music do you like ?
- Why do you like it ?
Asks sts to read the passage and answer the questions on page 126.
- What kind of music does Anh like ?
- Why does she listen to it ?
- What is her favourite band ?
- When does she listen to music ?

Asks sts to work in pairs.
Asks sts to look at the chart on page 127. Then the teacher asks them to talk about it.
a. What kind of music do you like ?