UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION
LESSON 5. LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
1. Education Aims:
- The sound /a/ from the sound / ɔ:/ and pronounce them correctly.
- " the + adjective" as a noun, review "used to + infinitive" and combine "which".
2. Knowledge:+ Language:
- Pronunciation: /a/ and / ɔ:/
- The + adjective.
- Used to + infinitive.
- Which as a connector.
3. Skills: + Speaking: Work in pairs to discuss the exercises.
+ Reading: - Read words and sentences aloud.
- Read the sentences silently to do the exercises.
II. Anticipated problems: pronounce sound /a/ correctly.
III. Teaching aids: board, chalk, textbook.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
1. Homework checking: (5mins)
- Ask one st to do the homework on the board
- Ask one st to give remarks.
- check and give a mark.
2. Pronunciation: (10 mins)
- Aims: to introduce two sound /a/ and / ɔ:/ and help sts to
practise these sounds.
a. Write two sounds on the board and pronounce them clearly
twice, then ask sts to repeat.
- Tell sts the difference between two sounds.
- Ask them to look at the textbook, listen and repeat.
- Then ask sts to work in pairs to read the words again so that
they can check for each other.
- Move around to help .
- Ask two sts to read again and give remarks.
b. Ask sts to look at sentences in page 52 in the book.
- Ask them to work in pairs to read the sentences and then find
out the words containing sound /a/ and the words containing
sound / ɔ:/.
- Ask some sts to read these sentences aloud.
- Listen and give remarks.
3. Grammar: (29 mins)
a. Aims: to introduce " the + adjective"as a noun and have sts
do Ex 1.
- Present the use of " the + adjective" by giving examples.
E.g: The young are very active.
Her real joy is looking after the old.
- Focus sts on the underlined words and ask them to try to guess
their meaning.
- Give the answer: "we use " the + adjective "to describe a
group of people."
- Ask sts to look at Ex1 and to do the task.
- Listen to the teacher and repeat.
- Look at the book, listen and
repeat.
top call
boss sport
doctor four
.................
- Read these words in pairs and
check for their partners.
- Look at the book and work in
pairs.
- Answers:
/a/ / ɔ:/
socks lost
on doctor
top walking
box called
job sport
................
- Read the examples.
- Try to guess the meaning
S: - The young = young people
- The old = old people.
- Copy these words.
- Listen and repeat.
- Some sts read again.
EX 1:
1. the injured
2. the unemployed
3. the sick
4. the rich..... the poor