UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION
LESSON 4. WRITING
I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims: - Students can write a letter of complaint.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: - A letter of complaint.
b. Language: - Language used in a formal letter. - Connectors.
3. Skills: - Reading: read the advertisement. - Speaking: complete the dialogue.
- Writing: complete a letter of complaint using the suggested information.
II. Anticipated problems:Students may not be familiar with complaints in English.
III. Teaching Aids: board, textbook, chalk.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Warm-up: (3 mins)
- Aims: to introduce the topic and to raise sts' interest in
the topic.
- Ask sts: "What kind of letter do you write when you feel
angry about something or unhappy with something?"
- Suggest: "A letter of complaint or a thank-you letter?"
- "Have you ever written a complaint letter?"
- "Do you know how to write a complaint letter?"
- Introduce the topic of the lesson.
2. Before you write: (20 mins)
- Aims: to help sts to prepare vocabulary and information
before they write.
+ Ask sts to work in pairs and read the advertisement.
- Explain some new words:
+ native teacher (n): teacher from English - speaking
counties (England, The USA, Australia...)
+ free (a): cost nothing
+ air-con'ditioned (a): to be equipped with air-
conditioner.
- Ask some questions to make sure that sts understand the
advertisement.
T: Do Vietnamese teachers teach in this center?
T: How many students are there in a class?
T: Do you have to pay for books and cassette tapes?
T: Are there air- conditioners in the classrooms.
T: What time do the classes start and finish?
- Give the correct answers.
+ Task 1:
- Ask sts to read the requirement of this task and make sure
they know what they are going to do.
- Ask sts to work in pairs to complete the dialogue.
- Give the first example: (ask one st to play A's role)
T:(reply) No, I'm not happy with it at all.
T: No, not all of them are native speakers.
- Ask other sts give remarks.
- Check and give the correct answers.
+ Task 2:
- Ask sts to read the letter of complaint in the book.
- Listen to the teacher's question.
- " a letter of complain"
- "Yes/ No"
- Read the advertisement in pairs .
- Copy these words into theit
notebooks.
- Listen and read after the teacher.
- Some sts stand up and read aloud,
other sts listen and give remarks.
- Answer teacher's questions:
S1: No, there are only native teachers.
S2: No more than 20 students.
S3: No, they are free.
S4: Yes, all the rooms are air-
conditioned.
S5: They start at 5.30 p.m and finish
at 8.30p.m
- St asks the teacher and other listen
carefully.
S: Are you happy with your study at
English For Today Center?
S: Are all the teachers native
speakers?
- Work in pairs to complete the
dialogue.
- Two pairs report their answers .
- Sample answers:
3. that's not true. My class has over 30
students.
4. I had to pay for them.
5. only some of them. Mine is not.
6. in fact classes often start late and
finish early.
- Do the writing task.
- Read their writing: