Good morning
PRONUNCIATION
INTONATION
Falling tune :
at the end of a Wh_Question e.g: where are you from?
Statements e.g: I come from England.
Commands e.g: put that down!
Rising tune :
at the end of a yes/ no question
e.g. Have you ever visited Thailand?
Requests for clarification (indicates uncertainty) e.g. really ?
Functions of Mixed Intonation
Offering a choice of two (high to low intonation)
e.g. black or white?
Listing items (gradually rise then fall on the last word)
e.g. milk, bread, butter and cheese
1. The Constitution of ASEAN is the ASEAN Charter.
2.Did the Charter come into force on December 15th, 2008?
3.The Charter is a legal agreement among the ten ASEAN member states.
4.Does the Charter set out the basic guiding principles for its member states?
5.One of the Charter’s principles is the `Right to live without external interference`.
Listen and repeat
1. Manila is the capital of the Philippines.
2. Are Malay, English and Tamil used in Malaysia?
3. Tom took many pictures of beautiful islands in Ha Long Bay.
4. The Braille alphabet was invented by Louis Braille.
5. Have you collected the gifts for disadvantaged children?
6. Students with disabilities should be offered support to do the things they like.
Listen and repeat
Vocabulary + grammar
1. Kahoot
2. Handouts
Use the words in brackets in the correct tenses or in correct forms
Many Vietnamese parents believe that their children study English because they
(recognize) ___________________ its importance.
I (know) ___________________ that the beaches in Bali, Indonesia, are always full of tourists
who are attracted by their beauty.
3. Ven Keo, my pen pal in Laos, changed his mind again. Now he (think)___________________
of studying at a university in Vietnam, not in Singapore.
4. _____________ ( you remember) visiting the Chocolate Hills, one of the top tourist attractions in
the Philippines?
5. “How _____________ (you feel) now, Mai?” – “Oh, much better. Thanks a lot, Dr. Lam.”
6. Linda was born in London. She (live) ___________________ there all her life.
7. My grandparents (get)___________________ married in Ho Chi Minh City.
8. Albert Einstein (develop)___________________ the general theory of relativity.
9. Now that we (reach)___________________ an agreement, we can relax.
10. The weather (be) ___________________ very nice recently, don’t you think?
recognize
know
is thinking
Do you remember
are you feeling
has lived
got
developed
have reached
has been
People with (disable) ___________________ should be given the same opportunities as non-disabled
people.
12. Students with (vision)___________________ impairments may need Braille textbooks.
13. You can give a cash (donate) ___________________ to the charity or do some voluntary work for them.
14. Using (respect) ___________________ language can make disabled people feel insecure.
15. The school provides (hear) ___________________ aids for deaf children.
16. She enjoys (watch) ___________________ TV in her free time.
17. Would you like (go) ___________________ to the birthday party?
18. He felt very hungry after work so he suggested (have) ___________________ dinner early.
19. Don’t forget (post) ___________________ the letter I gave you.
20. I look forward to (hear) ___________________ from you soon.
disabilities
visual
donation
disrespectful
hearing
watching
to go
having
to post
hearing
READING
HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP DISABLED PEOPLE TO LEAD A BETTER LIFE
Today, people with disabilities can lead a better life with the help of technology. Devices that help them to perform an activity are called (1) ___________technology.
A telephone may not be attractive to persons with hearing impairments, but it can help them to send text messages over a phone line with the use of a (2) ____________. This will enable them to send and receive messages like non-disabled people and communicate quickly and effectively.
People with visual impairments can have (3) _____________ read out loud electronically on their computer. (4) ___________________programmes allow people to give voice commands to their computer or have their words turned into print.
To make shared reading possible, children’s books can have both Braille and print text. This way, parents of a child with visual impairment can read the same book out loud while the child reads with fingers.
assistive
teleprinter
documents
speech recognition
SPEAKING
or four years
academic results
bad behaviors
renewed annually
English skills
air ticket
UNIVERSITIES IN SINGAPORE
• National University of Singapore (NUS)
– ranks 24th in the world (2013)
– subjects ranked within the top 10 worldwide: mechanical engineering, geography, law, computer science, accounting and finance, pharmacy, communication and media studies
• Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
– ranks in the top 50 in the world
– a lot of focus on research
– enrols undergraduate and postgraduate students in the colleges of engineering, business, science and humanities, arts & social sciences.
• Singapore University of Technology and Design
– a new university developed in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and Zhejiang University, China.
If you had a chance, which university
would you like to go to?
LISTENING
A and B
A: handout 1
B: handout 2
Listen and fill in the gaps with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS
Hero - Mariah Carey
There`s a hero
If you look (1) _________ your heart
You don`t have to be afraid
Of what you are
There`s an answer
If you reach into your (2) _________
And the sorrow that you know
Will (3) _________ away
(*) And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you (4) _________ your fears aside
And you know you can (5) _________
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you`ll finally see the (6) _________
That a hero lies in you
It`s a long road
When you (7) _________the world alone
No one (8) _________ out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the (9) _________you felt
Will (10) _________
(*)
Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don`t let anyone
Tear them away
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You`ll find the way
(*)
That a hero lies in you...
inside
soul
melt
cast
survive
truth
face
reaches
emptiness
disappear
WRITING
Make meaningful sentences from the given words
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Shaped/ elongated S/ Viet Nam/ land area/ 331,212 km2. Population/ about 93,000,000/ most speak Vietnamese.
Capital/ Ha Noi.
Shaped like an elongated S, Viet Nam covers a land area of 331,212 km2. Its population is about
93,000,000 people, most of whom speak Vietnamese. The capital is Ha Noi.
Viet Nam/ economy/ develop/ rapidly. Become/ leading agricultural exporter/ main export products/ crude oil,
marine products/ rice/ coffee. Currently,/ Viet Nam/ lower-middle/ income country.
Viet Nam’s economy has developed rapidly. Becoming a leading agricultural exporter,
its main export products include crude oil, marine products, rice and coffee.
Currently, Viet Nam is a lower-middle income country.
Popular sports/ Viet Nam/ football/ cycling/ boxing/ swimming/ badminton/ tennis/ aerobics/ Vovinam.
Vietnamese athletes/ compete/ regionally/ internationally/ hold/ high ranks/ many sports.
Popular sports in Viet Nam are football, cycling, boxing, swimming, badminton, tennis, aerobics
and Vovinam. Vietnamese athletes compete regionally and internationally and
hold high ranks in many sports.
One/ oldest cultures/ region/ Viet Nam/ known/ ancestor worship. Vietnamese/ appreciate/ family values/
education. It/ home/ 54 ethnic groups/ own/ languages/ lifestyles/ customs.
Being one of the oldest cultures in the region, Viet Nam is known for ancestor worship.
The Vietnamese appreciate family values and education. Viet Nam is home to 54 ethnic groups
with their own languages, lifestyles, and customs.
Viet Nam/ attract/ millions/ visitors/ around the world. Tourist attractions/ World Heritage Sites/ Ha Long Bay/
Hoi An Ancient Town. Beautiful sights/ Sa Pa/ Mui Ne/ Ha Noi/ contribute/ country/ magical charm.
Viet Nam attracts millions of visitors from around the world. Tourist attractions include not only
World Heritage Sites like Ha Long Bay and Hoi An Ancient Town. The beautiful sights in Sa Pa,
Mui Ne and Ha Noi all contribute to the country’s magical charm.
nguon VI OLET
