UNIT 14: THE WORLD CUP
UNIT 14 – LESSON 1: A. READING
I. Objectives:
1. Education aims: Students know more about the World Cup.
2. Knowledge: a. General knowledge: Knowledge about the World Cup.
b. Language: The passive. Vocabulary concerning sport: tournament, final, trophy......
3. Skills: - Speaking: talk in pairs and in groups.
- Reading comprehension: sentence completing and marking true/false statements.
II. Anticipated problems: Knowledge and words/phrases about sport.
III. Teaching aids: board, textbook, chalk, some pictures.
IV. Procedures:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1. Warm-up: (5 mins)
- Show sts some pictures of the 2006 World Cup
tournament.
- Ask sts what they know about the 2006 World Cup
tournament.
- Get feedback and check.
2. Before you read: (12 mins)
Aims: To introduce the topic and provide sts with words/
phrases about the World Cup.
a. Answering questions:
- Ask sts to work in pairs to ask and answer the questions
in Before you read.
- Go round to help if necessary.
- Ask some sts to give answers.
- Listen and check. Sts may give different answers.
b.Vocabulary.
- Provide sts with the new words/phrases:
+ 'tournament (n): + 'final (n):
+ 'witness (v): chøng kiÕn + elimi'nation game (n): +
'honoured title (n):
+ 'victory (n):
- Read each word/phrase 3 times and ask sts to repeat it.
- Leave sts 1 minute to self-practice.
- Ask 4-5 sts to read all the word/phrases aloud in front
of the class( 1 st/ 1 time)
- Listen and help sts to read the words/phrases correctly.
3. While you read: (18 min)
Aims: Read for information to match the words in A with
the definitions in B, to do sentence completing and to
mark true/false statements..
+ Task 1: Matching:
- Ask sts to read the passage independently then read the
words as well as the definitions given in task 1 and scan
the passage to match.
- Tell sts to refer to Vocabulary for help and encourage
them to try to guess the meanings of the words in
contexts of the reading.
- Ask sts to share their answers with their partners.
- Look at the T's pictures .
- Stand up and say aloud what they
know about the latest World Cup
tournament.
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- Work in pairs to ask and answer.
- Give answers orally.
1. It was held in Japan and Korea.
2. Brazil did.
3. Germany was.
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- Others listen
- Listen and read after the T.
- Write down these words into their
notebooks.
- Listen and repeat.
- Read these words and check for their
partner.
- Read the words aloud.
- Listen to the T.
- Work individually.
- Report their answers one by one.