Giáo án NLS Tiếng Anh 9 Global Success Unit 4 Communication: Everyday English: Thanking and responding; How our families keep traditions alive

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UNIT 4: REMEMBERING THE PAST

COMMUNICATION

I. OBJECTIVES

1. Knowledge and skills

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

• Learn and practice two ways of expressing thanks and responding to thanks in everyday English.
• Read for specific information about how families keep their traditions alive.
• Talk and present about how their own families observe customs and preserve family traditions.

2. Competences

General competences:

• Self-control and independent learning: actively engage in reading texts and reflecting on personal family traditions.
• Communication and collaboration: work effectively in pairs and groups to role-play, interview, and present.

Specific competences:

• Use appropriate communicative functions to thank someone and respond politely.
• Synthesize information to ask and answer questions about cultural and familial observances (anniversaries, festivals, holidays).

Digital competences:

• [2.1.TC2a]: Select multiple digital technologies to interact by inputting answers into interactive web-based platforms.
• [2.2.TC2a]: Apply suitable digital technologies to share data by distributing survey links and presenting auto-generated charts.
• [2.4.TC2a]: Select digital tools and technologies for collaborative processes in brainstorming vocabulary.
• [3.1.TC2a]: Apply methods to create and edit digital content in various formats by designing digital survey forms.
• [5.2.TC2b]: Select digital tools and technological solutions to independently access and control audio tracks.
• [6.1.TC2a]: Analyze how AI works in specific applications by interacting with an AI-driven voice chatbot for speaking practice.
• [6.2.TC2a]: Optimize the use of AI tools for higher efficiency by using Generative AI to brainstorm and structure speech outlines.
• [6.3.TC2b]: Review the results and comment on the effectiveness of AI-generated video content.

3. Attributes

• Hard work: Be diligent in practicing everyday English and completing communication tasks.
• Love and respect: Show gratitude to others and appreciate the importance of preserving family and national traditions.

II. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

1. Teacher's aids

• Textbook Global Success 9, Teacher's Book, Lesson Plan.
• Computer, projector/smart TV, audio speakers.
• Digital tools (Padlet, Google Forms, etc.) and AI tools (ChatGPT Voice, AI video generator, etc.).

2. Students' aids

• Textbook, notebooks, pens.
• Smartphones or tablets with internet access and headsets.

III. PROCEDURES

1. WARM-UP

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2. PRESENTATION

Activity 1: Listen and read the conversations. Pay attention to the highlighted parts

a. Objective: To provide students with two ways of thanking and responding.

b. Content: Students listen to track 24 and identify the structures used to express thanks and respond.

c. Product: Students can read the conversations with proper intonation and identify the target structures.

d. Organization:

Activity 2: Work in pairs, and make similar conversations to express thanks and respond in the following situations

a. Objective: To help students practise thanking and responding in different situations.

b. Content: Students role-play two situations using the structures from Activity 1.

c. Product: Students successfully create and perform short dialogues expressing thanks.

d. Organization:

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Activity 3: Read the passage and complete the table

a. Objective: To give students some practice in reading for specific information; to provide students with information about ways of keeping traditions alive.

b. Content: Students read a short passage and categorize information into Anniversaries, Festivals, and Holidays.

c. Product: A correctly completed table.

d. Organization:

Activity 4: Work in pairs, ask and answer about how your family observes customs and traditions

a. Objective: To help students practise asking and answering questions about how their family observes customs and traditions.

b. Content: Students use the information in Activity 3 as cues to ask and answer questions about their own families.

c. Product: Pair conversations sharing personal family customs.

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Activity 5: Work in groups, and give a short talk about one of the things in 4 that you and your family do to preserve traditions

a. Objective: To give students more practice in talking about what their families do to preserve their family traditions.

b. Content: Students prepare and deliver a short speech about a specific tradition their family preserves (E.g. birthdays).

c. Product: A short, coherent spoken presentation by students.

d. Organization:

3. PRACTICE

a. Objective: To consolidate the communicative functions of thanking and vocabulary related to traditions.

b. Content: Students complete two practice exercises.

c. Products: Students' correct answers for the two exercises.

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4. APPLICATION

a. Objective: To apply the vocabulary and speaking skills in a communicative, real-life context via a survey and report.

b. Content: Students carry out a group task “Our Class Tradition Survey”.

c. Product: A completed survey table and an oral report presented to the class.

d. Organization:

Step 1: Teacher assigns learning tasks

- Instead of writing on draft paper, teacher asks each group to create a quick digital survey form (E.g. Google Forms) with questions like: What is a special tradition in your family?, How do you keep it alive?, etc.

- Task: Distribute the link to classmates, interview them to fill out the form, and make sure to thank them after the interview using the structures learned (E.g. “Thanks a lot for sharing”).

Step 2: Students perform learning tasks

- Students quickly design the form and send the link to their peers.

- Students interview each other, input the data into the form, and practice the “Thanking” expressions.

- The teacher observes, ensuring students speak English and practice the “Thanking” expressions.

Step 3: Reporting and Discussion

- Teacher invites 2 – 3 groups to project their auto-generated Google Forms summary charts (pie charts/graphs) onto the smart TV and give a short oral report. 

Example report: I interviewed Lan. Her family has a tradition of making Banh Chung for Tet. They keep it alive by gathering all family members on the 28th of December...

- The class listens and can ask follow-up questions.

Step 4: Evaluation

- Teacher praises students for their active participation, fluency, proper use of thanking expressions, and excellent data collection skills.

- Teacher summarizes the lesson and assigns homework.

[2.2.TC2a]: Students apply suitable digital technologies to share data by distributing their survey links and projecting the auto-generated data charts to report their findings to the class.

 [3.1.TC2a]: Students apply methods to create and edit digital content in various formats by designing a digital survey form (E.g. Google Forms) to collect data about classmates' family traditions.

* HOMEWORK

- Review the expressions of thanking and responding learned in the lesson.

- Write a short paragraph (60 – 80 words) about one tradition your family observes based on your talk in Activity 5.

- Prepare for Skills 1.