Giáo án Tiếng Anh 7 Unit 12 (Global Success 2023): English-speaking countries

Form

Pronunciation

Meaning

Vietnamese equivalent 

1.     island (n)

/ˈaɪ.lənd/

a piece of land completely surrounded by water

Hòn đảo

2.     sunset (n)

/ˈsʌn.set/

the time in the evening when you last see the sun in the sky

Hoàng hôn

3.     landscape (n)

/ˈlænd.skeɪp/

a large area of land, especially in relation to its appearance

Phong cảnh

4.     penguin (n)

/ˈpeŋ.ɡwɪn/

a black and white bird that cannot fly but uses its small wings to help it swim

Chim cánh cụt

Anticipated difficulties

Solutions

1. Students may lack knowledge about facts and cultures of English-speaking countries.

–   Provide suggestions on vocabularies and structures to describe people and places in English-speaking countries.

2. Students may may not have sufficient listening, speaking and co-operating skills.

–   Play the recording, the replay depends on student’s need.

–   Encourage students to work in pairs, in groups so that they can help each other.

–   Provide feedback and help if necessary.

UNIT 12: ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Lesson 1:  Getting started – A holiday in Australia.

*Warm-up

Flags matching

I. Vocabulary

1. island  (n)

2. sunset (n)

3. landscape (n)

4. penguin (n)

II. Practice

Task 1: Listen and read (p. 124).

Task 2: What are Phong and Mark talking about? (p. 125).

Task 3: Read again and tick the information you can find in the conversation. (p. 125)

Task 4: Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box. (p. 125)

Task 5: Matching game: What’s its capital city? (p. 125)

* Homework

Find more English-speaking countries.

Stage – Stage aim

Procedure

Warm-up

To introduce the topic of the unit.

Flags matching

* Teacher divides the class into 2 big groups and asks them to match the flag illustrations with names of the countries.

** Students work in groups to discuss and do the matching.

*** Teacher allows students to share their answers before discussing as a class and encourages them to pronounce the names of the countries correctly.

**** Teacher asks students to explain their choice, checks the answers as a class, gives feedback then introduces the similarity of these countries à “English-speaking countries”.