UNIT 3: MUSIC

Listening
A. AIMS
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Listen for gist and specific information in an interview about a music festival;
- Talk about why they want/ don’t want to go to a music festival.
2. Competence
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork;
- Actively join in-class activities;
- Develop presentation skills;
- Be critical in thinking.
3. Quality
- Be more interested in music and music events.
B. TEACHING AIDS
1. Students:
- Grade 10 textbook, Unit 3, Listening
2. Teachers:
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector/ TV/ pictures and cards
- Powerpoint
C. TEACHING PROCEDURES
I. Warm-up: watching video (7 minutes)
 Objectives:
- To arouse the classroom atmosphere.
- To get Ss to be actively involved in the lesson
 Content: Having some warm-up activities to create a friendly and relaxed
atmosphere to interest Ss in the lesson
 Output: Student’s interest in the new lesson
 Process:
* T released a short video related to the topic "music". Ask 2 questions: Which band
is this? Where does this show take place?
** S finishes watching the video and then answers the question.
*** T confirms, checks the answer, and leads in the lesson.
II. New lesson
1. Vocabulary
 Objectives: Provide Ss necessary vocabulary related to the audio.
 Content: learning vocabulary given.
 Output: Ss can master vocabulary related to the topic.
 Process:
* Teacher:
- Shows the words one by one, plays the recording, and has Ss repeat the sound of the
words.
- Has Ss guess the meaning of the words based on pictures, explanations, and
examples.
 + background (n): sounds that can be heard behind other sounds that are louder
+ stage (n): a raised area, usually in a theatre, etc. where actors, dancers, etc. perform
+ free of charge (adv): without having to pay
+ overcrowding (adj): the situation when there are too many people or things in one
place
+ in advance (idiom): before the time that is expected; before something happens
** Ss do as instructed
*** T confirms the meaning and calls on some individual Ss to make sentences with
each word.
2. Activities
Pre-listening (5 minutes)
Activity 1: Look at the picture and answer the following questions
 Objectives: To introduce the topic of listening and get Ss involved in the lesson.
 Content: look at the picture and answer the questions
 Output: Ss can get to know the topic
 Process:
1. What kind of event is it?
2. Where does the event usually take place?

* T asks Ss to work in pairs to look at the picture and discuss the questions.
** Ss discuss in pairs.
**** Teacher:
- Calls on some pairs to share their answers.
- Brainstorm more ideas about the picture in a whole-class discussion.
- Ask Ss what they know about this type of event or if they have been to a music
festival or an outdoor concert.
Suggested answers:
1. a music festival / an outdoor concert
2. outdoors: on a farm / at a stadium / a park / a beach
While-listening
Activity 2: Listening and tick
 Objectives: To help Ss practice listening for gist.
 Content: Listening to specific information
 Output: Ss’s comparison between their answers and the information in the listening
passage.
 Process:
* Teacher: asks Ss to look through the list of topics and guess what they are going to
hear in the recording.
 ** Ss do as instructed.
**** Teacher:
- Calls on individual Ss to talk about their predictions.
- Ask Ss to listen and check if their guesses are correct.
- Checks answers as a class and asks Ss to support their answers with clues from the
recording, e.g. A: on the beach, country park; D: sold the tickets in advance.
- Plays the recording a second time, pausing after the clues in weaker classes.
Key: A, D
Activity 3: True – False
 Objectives: To help Ss practice listening for specific information.
 Content: Listening to details
 Output: Ss can listen and do the given task
* Teacher:
- Ask Ss to read the sentences and underline the key words.
- Has Ss identify the True / False statements based on what they have remembered
from the first listening in 2.
- Plays the recording and encourages Ss to note down key words or phrases.
** Ss do as instructed.
*** Ss work in pairs or groups to compare answers.
**** Teacher:
- Checks answers as a class and plays the recording again, pausing at the sentences
that contain the clues in weaker classes.
- Has Ss correct the false sentences.
Key: 1. F (first -> second)
2. F (They are still setting up the main stage and there’s still a lot to do.)
3. T
4. F (They have sold the tickets in advance.)
5. T
Post-listening
Activity 4: Discussing
Do you want to go to a music festival? Why or why not?
 Objectives: To give Ss an opportunity to personalize the language and ideas from
the listening in a speaking task.
 Content: Discussing
 Output: Ss can listen and do the given task
* Teacher:
- Ask some lead-in questions to see whether Ss have taken part in any music festivals,
and how much experience they have, e.g. Have you ever taken part in a music
festival? How many times have you participat
ed in such events? What did you do there? How did you feel?
- Put Ss in groups to discuss the two questions.
- Remind them that they can use the ideas from the warm-up activity and the ideas in
their homework in the speaking lesson.
** Ss do as instructed
*** Ss share their ideas with the rest of the class.
**** T invites some individuals to share their ideas with the whole class, and give
 comments.
3. Consolidations
Teacher asks: What have you learned today?
- We have listened to an interview about preparations for a music festival.
4. Homework
- Exercises in the workbook
- Prepare for Writing lesson
5. Teaching experience
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 UNIT 3: MUSIC
Communication and Culture
A. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Make and respond to suggestions;
- Identify chau van singing and other types of traditional music in Viet Nam.
2. Competence
- Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork;
- Access and consolidate information from a variety of sources;
- Be creative and imaginative in making conversations
- Actively join in class activities.
3. Quality
- Be willing to learn about national folk music;
- Be responsible for maintaining national folk music and national culture.
B. TEACHING AIDS
1. Students:
- Grade 10 textbook, Unit 3, Listening
2. Teachers:
- Computer connected to the Internet
- Projector/ TV/ pictures and cards
- Powerpoint
C. TEACHING PROCEDURES
I. Warm-up: watching video (7 minutes)
 Objectives:
- To arouse the classroom atmosphere.
- To get Ss to be actively involved in the lesson
 Content: Having some warm-up activities to create a friendly and relaxed
atmosphere to interest Ss in the lesson
 Output: Student’s interest in the new lesson
 Process
* T divides the class into two teams and plays the recording.
** Ss watch the video and say the names of some types of traditional music in Viet
Nam.
**** Teacher:
- Call the team members who raise their hand first and confirm the correct answers.
- Ask Ss if they know anything about these types of music.
- Decide the winner.
Suggested answers: Tuong, Cai Luong, Cheo, Ca Tru, Xam, Quan Ho, Chau van
II. New lesson
1. Activities
Activity 1: Listening and completing the conversation (7 minutes)
 Objective:
- To review expressions for making and responding to suggestions.
- To provide Ss with an example conversation in which people make and respond to
suggestions about going to a music show.
  Content: listening and completing the conversation
 Output: The complete conversation
 Process:
* Teacher:
- Has Ss look at the four options A - D and check if they understand their meanings
and use: phrases to make suggestions (How about ..., Shall ...) and respond to
suggestions (I’d love to ..., Let’s ...).
- Explains the task, asks Ss to read the conversation and find clues for the missing
expressions, then has them complete the gaps.
- Plays the recording for Ss to listen to and complete the conversation between Ann
and Mai at the same time.
** Ss do as instructed.
**** Teacher:
- Plays the recording again and confirms the correct answers.
- Has Ss read the expressions the speakers use to make and respond to suggestions.
- Puts Ss into pairs to practice the conversation.
- Invite some pairs to role-play the conversation in front of the class.
Key: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D
Activity 2: Forming a conversation
 Objective: To help Ss practice making and responding to suggestions.
 Content: Forming a conversation
 Output: Students’ conversation
 Process:
* Teacher:
- Has Ss brainstorm some ideas about what kind of music show they want to go to,
where and when it happens, and who performs;
E.g. + music shows a traditional music performance, a pop music show, a jazz
music show, a rock music show, an IDM music show…
+ locations: Hanoi Opera House, Thang Long Art Performance Centre, Viet Xo
Palace, Performing Arts Theatre Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City Opera House,
…
- Asks Ss to work in pairs to make similar conversations about going to a music show,
using the expressions for making and responding to suggestions and the ideas above.
- In stronger classes, encourage Ss to use the expressions for declining a suggestion
first, then they can make a new suggestion.
** Ss do as instructed and practice their conversations.
**** Teacher:
- Invites some pairs to role-play their conversations with the class.
- Praises for good effort, clear pronunciation, fluent delivery, and interesting
Activity 3: Vocabulary Introduction
 Objectives: To pre-teach the meaning and pronunciation of some words/phrases, so
that Ss can use them in their presentation later and can understand the reading
passage.
 Content: learning vocabulary given.
 Output: Ss can master vocabulary related to the topic.
 Process:
 * Teacher:
- Shows the words one by one, plays the recording, and has Ss repeat the sound of the
words.
- Has Ss guess the meaning of the words based on pictures, explanations, and
examples.
Vietnamese
Form Pronunciation Meaning
equivalent

praise (v) /preɪz/ say that you approve of and admire ca ngợi
somebody/something

chanting /ˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ the activity of singing a prayer or song to a vịnh xướng,

psychic (n) /ˈsaɪkɪk/ a person who claims to have strange mental bà đồng, ông
powers so that they can do things that are not đồng
possible according to natural laws, such as
predicting the future and speaking to dead
people

saint (n) /seɪnt/ a person that the Christian Church recognizes as vị thánh, vị
being very holy, because of the way they have thần,
lived or died thần linh
** Ss do as instructed.
**** T confirms the meaning and calls on some individual Ss to make sentences with
each word.
Activity 4: Reading the text and completing the table
 Objective:
- To introduce a type of traditional music in Viet Nam;
- To help Ss practice summarising the main points of a passage using a mind map.
 Content: Reading the text and completing the table
 Output: Ss can do the given task
 Process:
* Teacher:
- Asks Ss if they like traditional music and what types they are familiar with.
- Have them look at the picture and describe it, e.g. how many people are performing,
what musical instruments the musicians are playing, and what they are wearing.
- Introduces the type of music they will read about in this section.
- asks Ss to read the text and complete the mind map individually.
** Ss do as instructed.
*** Teacher:
- Divide class into 4 team, each team has a handout, and each team complete the
excersise. Then which team complete the fastest, correct is win
- Confirms the correct answers.
Key:
Activity 5: Discussion
 Objective: To help Ss practice expressing opinions about a traditional type of music.
 Content: Discussing
 Output: Ss can do the given task
 Process:
* Teacher:
- Asks Ss to work in pairs and share what they find most interesting about Chau van
singing.
- Suggests that they can talk about Chau van’s performance, types, musical
instruments, costumes, psychics, and their importance.
** Ss do as instructed.
**** T calls on some pairs to share their ideas with the whole class.
Suggested answer: What I find most fantastic about the chau van is that the psychic’s
costumes are very colorful and the style of clothes, hats, and belts depend on the rank
of the gods or saints the performers worship.
2. Consolidations
Teacher asks: What have you learned today?
- Making and responding to suggestions;
- Identifying Chau van singing.
3. Homework
- Exercises in the workbook
- Prepare for Looking back and Project lesson
4. Teaching experience
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