1. HANOI UNIVERSITY
POST-GRADUATE STUDIES DEPARTMENT
TECHNOLOGY IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
FINAL PROJECT
LESSON PLAN WRITE-UP
Instructor: Nguyễn Quang Vịnh
Student: Nguyễn Thị Thu Hương
Class: K19A1
Date of birth: 23/02/1989
Email: thuhuonganha42tue@gmail.com
Mobile phone number: 0975 945 693
Hanoi, June 2012

2. Table of contents
Period 1........................................................................................................5
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3. 1. Description of the students
At Thai Nguyen University of Education, English has been taught on the credit-
based system. English is divided into three units of study: unit one and two are for
General English (GE), unit three for English for Specific Purposes (ESP). In the same GE
class, there are students from different faculties, learning different majors. They can be
first, second, or third year students. However, they do not differ in terms of their English
proficiency level. The size of a class ranges from 30 to 70 members. Only in an ESP
class, the students are from the same major. A student has to take the three units
respectively; the two GE units must be done before the ESP one. For GE, students have
three lessons on the same day every week. For ESP, they meet twice a week, two lessons
at a time.
The students in this project are GE students at Thai Nguyen University of
Education. They are required to learn English using the textbook New Cutting Edge.
They are all at pre-intermediate level although they come from different falculties.
Each module in New Cutting Edge is divided into 7 to 9 periods, 50 minutes for
each. This lesson plan is designed for the first four periods of module 1. (The lesson titles,
objectives and duration is given clearly in each lesson plan).
2. Materials and resources
The New Cutting Edge Student Textbook, overhead projector, board and handouts
are the main materials to be used in the lessons. The activities are designed based on the
student textbook. Overhead projector is used to support the teacher’s presentation.
Sometimes the teacher needs the board to write draft. In period 2 (Language focus 1),
handouts on how to make questions will be given to the students. In period 4 (Language
focus 2), worksheets will be delivered to the students so that they can take part in the
additional practice.
In the first period, the students will have to listen to a small monologue. The
teacher will use her laptop and loudspeaker to support the lesson in order to save time and
make the lesson easier to be implemented.
Besides, some of the Web 2.0 tools are used to design additional practice, which is
expected to assess students’ understanding and participation. An exercise resource
developed using the software Hot Potatoes is uploaded on the blog http://autumn-
perfume.blogspot.com. The presentations of the four lessons are shared on Slideshare (the
URL is given in each lesson plan).
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4. 3. Web-based resources
Information and communication technology has been developing strongly in
recent decades. It has been proved to be an effective aid to all the fields of life,
particularly in teaching and learning. In this case, ICT is employed to support the teaching
and learning of English language.
Web 2.0 tools such as Hot Potatoes, Blogger, Slideshare, and Gmail have a variety
of advantages. They keep the teacher and all the members of the class in touch. The
students may share their ideas, learning resources and experiences through the interactive
Web tools. Web 2.0 makes it easier and quicklier to assess all the students’ understanding
after the class, which helps both the teacher and the students save time. Last but not least,
Web 2.0 tools allow the students to share the multimedia resources less time-consuming
and costly.
The software Hot Potatoes is used to help design additional exercises for the
students to do after class. Those exercises will be uploaded onto the blog http://autumn-
perfume.blogspot.com so that every student can complete them. All the presentations of
the lessons are available on http://www.slideshare.net/autumn-perfume (detail links will
be given inside each of the lesson). The students writing for homework will be collected
via the gmail thuhuonganha42tue@gmail.com.
4. Assessment and evaluation
The GE final test is divided into two parts: part 1 for grammar and vocabulary,
and part 2 for interview between a student and a tester.
In part 1, a student will have to make 3 questions for 3 underlined words/phrases
in a short paragraph and write 3 complete sentences from the promts given. Time
allocation for this part is 15 minutes. After that, in part 2, he/she has 2 minutes to talk
about a topic written on their test paper. The students have to prepare 20 topics
beforehand during the term.
Therefore, to help the students prepare for the final test, all the topics that the
teacher requires them to write as their homework should relate directly to those for the
final test. Moreover, the types of questions in the Web-based resources should also match
with those in the final test.
5. Lesson plan
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5. PERIOD 1
MODULE 1: LEISURE AND LIFESTYLE
VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
• Know more vocabulary on leisure activities;
• Talk about their own activities.
II. Materials:
• New Cutting Edge Pre-intermediate textbook, board, overhead projector.
III. Time: 50 minutes
Please go to the following website for the presentation of the lesson:
http://www.slideshare.net/autumn-perfume/module-1-leisure-activities
IV. Procedure:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
a. Look at the pictures. Which of the In groups
leisure activities can you see? Suggested answers:
- Match the pictures to the correct Skiing, jumping, football,
vocabulary. rollerblading, playing the guitar,
skateboarding, swimming, running,
surfing the Internet.
Picture 2
Warm – up
Picture 4
b. Discuss the following questions in
pairs or small groups.
- Which of these things do you enjoy?
- Which of these don’t you enjoy?
- What else do you do in your free
time?
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6. * Listen to the results of a survey of In pairs
leisure activities among people aged Suggested answers:
sixteen to thirty and complete the Playing video games 11%
missing information on page 7. Going for a run/to the gym
- Play the recording for the students to 28%
listen to. Then ask them to exchange Going to the cinema 46%
the answers to check. Renting a video/DVD 40%
Listening
Reading a newspaper/ magazine
100%
Going for a walk 93%
Going to a restaurant 64%
Listening to the radio 71%
Playing a musical instrument
8%
* According to the survey, which In groups
activities are the most/least popular? Suggested answers:
Which results are surprising/different The most popular: Reading a
from your country? newspaper/magazine, Going for a
walk Listening to the radio, Going to
Speaking a restaurant
The least popular: Playing a
musical instrument, Playing video
games, Going for a run/to the gym,
Going to the cinema, renting a video/
DVD
Vocabulary * Look back at the phrases in task 1 In pairs
and 2 and complete the diagram. Suggested answers:
Going to: the gym, the cinema, a
restaurant, a football match, a yoga
class
Going for a: run, walk
Going + -ing: swimming, clubbing,
skateboarding, snowboarding,
rollerblading, skiing
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7. Playing: video games, the guitar,
football, a musical instrument
Doing: yoga
Other verbs: renting a video/DVD,
surfing the Internet, reading a
newspaper/magazine, listening to the
radio
- Work with a new partner. Make a list - work in pairs
of six leisure activities that you both
do. Compare with other students.
- Homework: write a short paragraph
(about 120 words) about your leisure
Sum – up
activities and submit it via
thuhuonganha42tue@gmail.com
Also, please go to http://autumn-
perfume.blogspot.com and do
Vocabulary exercises.
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8. PERIOD 2
MODULE 1: LEISURE AND LIFESTYLE
LANGUAGE FOCUS 1 – REVISION OF QUESTION FORMS
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
• Make questions using correct question words and correct grammar
II. Materials:
• New Cutting Edge Pre-intermediate textbook, board, overhead projector, handouts
III. Time: 50 minutes
Please go to the following website for the presentation of the lesson:
http://www.slideshare.net/autumn-perfume/module-1-language-focus-1
IV. Procedure:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
* Discuss the following questions. In groups
- Make a list of ten sports and games
that are popular in Vietnam.
Warm – up - Which sports do you play?
- Which sports do you watch on TV?
- Do you play any games like chess or
cards?
Grammar * Answer as many questions in the quiz Suggested answers:
as you can in five minutes. a. National Basketball
Association
b. Japan
c. 2000
d. oval ball
e. 4 years
f. Japan
g. 21
h. white player
i. no one really knows, but one
idea is that there is one card for
every week of the year.
j. giving three long blows on his
whistle
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9. k. three periods of 20 minutes
l. yellow shirt
Suggested answers:
* Question words: Question words:
Which question word(s) do we use to 1. Who
talk about: 2. Where
1. a person? 3. What/ which
2. a place? 4. When
3. a thing? 5. How long
4. a time? 6. What kind
5. a period of time? 7. How often
6. the class or type of thing? 8. How
7. the number of times you do
something?
8. the way you do something?
* Word order in questions: Word order in questions:
Put the words in the correct order to 1. Is James good at sport?
make questions. 2. Do you friends play
1. good at/ is/ James/ sport? football?
2. football/ play/ your friends/ do? When does the match start?
3. start/ the match/ does/ when?
-> wh-question + aux verb + S + main
verb …?
* Handouts: (see the atttached
document) - Study the handouts with the
instructions of the teacher.
Practice * Exercise 1: find the correct answers Individual then exchange to a
to the questions in the box. partner to check
a. 1. When do you play football? Suggested answers 1:
2. Who do you play football with? a) 1. On Sunday morning.
3. Where do you play football? 2. My friends from college.
4. Why do you play football? 3. In the local park.
My friends from college. On Sunday 4. Because it’s fun and it’s
morning. Because it’s fun and it’s good exercise.
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10. good exercise. In the local park.
b. 1. How often do you have English b) 1. Twice a week.
lessons? 2. Ninety minutes
2. How long are the lessons? 3. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
3. Which days do you have lessons? 4. Two.
4. How many teachers do you have?
Two. Twice a week. Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Ninety minutes
c) 1. Nearly three o’clock.
c. 1. What time is it?
2. Five forty-five.
2. What time does the train leave?
3. Monday.
3. What day is it?
4. The sixteenth of May.
4. What date is it today?
The sixteenth of May. Monday. Nearly
three o’clock. Five forty-five.
* Exercise 2: Write the questions for
Suggested answers 2:
these answers.
1. How often do you go to the
1. I go to the cinema once a month.
cinema?
2. I come to school by bus.
2. How do you come to school?
3. My birthday is in August.
3. When’s your birthday?
4. I like rock and jazz.
4. What kind of music do you
5. My favorite colour is blue.
like?
6. There are five people in my family.
5. What’s your favorite colour?
7. My journey to school takes about
6. How many people are there in
half an hour.
your family?
8. I would like to visit India and
7. How long does your journey
Australia.
to school take?
8. Where would your like to
visit?
Sum – up * Additional exercise: Work in groups - In groups of three
of three. Three of you have three - They must work out the
different cards. Ask each member in questions in their card and ask
your group questions on these things: them to their friend to get the
a. 1. I usually get up at …… on answers.
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11. Sunday.
2. I go to the cinema …… times a
month.
3. My favorite food is ……
4. My journey home from school
takes …… minutes.
b. 1. At the weekend, I usually ……
2. I want to learn English because
……
3. I’ve got …… cousins.
4. I like action films/ horror films/
thrillers/ science-fiction films/
comedies/ romantic films.
c. 1. My favorite actor is ……
2. I usually go to bed at ……
3. I like spring/ summer/ fall/ winter
the most.
4. I go shopping for new clothes
…… times a month/year.
- Homework: please go to
http://autumn-perfume.blogspot.com
and do Question exercise 1.
Student handout:
Đặt câu hỏi
1/ Who : ai
a/ Who làm chủ ngữ trong câu hỏi.
Who + trợ động từ + động từ chính + … ?
Who + động từ chính …?
eg: David can fix this car. -> Who can fix this car?
They are in the class. -> ………………………………………….
I cooked dinner last night. ->………………………………………
b/ Who làm tân ngữ trong câu hỏi.
Who + Trợ động từ + chủ ngữ + động từ chính …?
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12. eg: They are talking to Mary.-> Who are they talking to?
She lives with her family. -> ………………………………
We travelled to France with some of our friends.
->……………….……………………………………
2/ Whom: ai
Whom chỉ làm tân ngữ trong câu hỏi
Whom + Trợ động từ + chủ ngữ + động từ chính + …?
eg: Our parents are talking to our new neighbour. -> Whom are our
parents talking to?
He was thinking of his girlfriend. -> …………………………….
3/Whose: của ai
a/Whose làm chủ ngữ trong câu hỏi
Whose + N + động từ chính + …?
eg: The pen on the table is mine -> Whose pen is on the table?
The trousers over there is hers. -> ………………………………
They are Mr. Brown’s sons. -> …………………………………
b/ Whose làm tân ngữ trong câu hỏi
Whose + N + trợ động từ + chủ ngữ + động từ ?
eg: He is going to marry my daughter.
-> Whose daughter is he going to marry?
They tried to save Daniel’s sister.
-> ……………………………………………………………….
4/ What : cái gì
a/ what làm chủ ngữ trong câu hỏi
What + động từ + …?
eg: My dog is in this drawer. -> What is in this drawer?
An accident is happening here. -> ………………………………..
Lotus became the symbol of Vietnam Airline.
-> ……………………………..
b/ What làm tân ngữ trong câu hỏi
What + Trợ động từ + chủ ngữ + động từ chính + …?
eg: They are playing games -> What are they doing?
Peter buys apples at the supermarket.
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13. -> …………………………………….
She was writing a letter. -> …………………………………...
5/ Which : cái nào
Which thường dung trong câu hỏi lựa chọn
eg: I like the red hat, not the yellow one.
-> Which do you like, the red hat or the yellow one?
Which dung khi có một giới hạn nào đó về câu trả lời.
e.g. They went to Australia last year. -> Which country did they go to last year?
She was born in June. -> …………………………….
We have got two cars, a red and a brown one. We drove the red car to New
York. -> …………………………………………………
6/When: khi nào
When dung để hỏi về thời gian
eg: I have lunch after I finish my class.
-> When do you have lunch?
They went to the supermarket before they came to my house.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
We moved to Hanoi when I was ten.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
She often plays badminton with her friend in the afternoon.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
He was born in 1992.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
7/ What time: mấy giờ
I have lunch at 11 o’clock
-> What time do you have lunch?
We left home at eleven.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
I arrived in America at 11 p.m.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
8/ Where: nơi nào
Where được dùng để hỏi về nơi chốn
eg: I am going to Hanoi tomorrow.
-> Where are you going tomorrow?
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14. The children are learning English at school.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
We lived in Vietnam when we were young.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
9/ Why: tại sao
Why dung để hỏi về nguyên nhân
eg: Because I get up late
-> Why do you go to school too late?
She was late for work because she missed the early bus.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
He can’t do the exercise because it is too difficult.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
10/ How : như thế nào
How thường dùng để chỉ cách thức, phương thức của hành động, có thể được theo sau bởi
tính từ hoặc trạng từ
eg: I was nervous when I took the exam yesterday.
-> How did you feel when you took the exam yesterday?
She got bored when she stayed at home alone.
-> ……………………………………………………………….
They go to school by bus. -> …………………………………………
The river is 2300 m long. -> …………………………………………..
He is 1.78 m tall. -> ………………………………………...................
It is 45 km from my house to school.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
11/ How often: thường xuyên như thế nào
Mary goes to the zoo once a week.
-> How often does Mary go to the zoo.
They play tennis every afternoon.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
He learns Spanish on Mondays.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
We clean our house most mornings.
-> ……………………………………………………………….
12/ How much / How many? Bao nhiêu?
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15. How much dùng để hỏi cho danh từ không đếm được
We need a little water.
-> How much water do you need?
How many dung để hỏi cho danh từ đếm được
They’ve got two T-shirts.
-> How many T-shirts have they got?
She lived in four different countries.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
John has got a billion dollars in his account.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
He knows how to play three musical instruments.
-> ………………………………………………………………..
They exported two tons of rice last month.
-> ………………………………………………………………
PERIOD 3
MODULE 1: LEISURE AND LIFESTYLE
READING
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
• Answer the questions on the text
• Learn vocabulary on keeping fit
II. Materials:
• New Cutting Edge Pre-intermediate textbook, board, overhead projector.
III. Time: 50 minutes
Please go to the following website for the presentation of the lesson:
http://www.slideshare.net/autumn-perfume/module-1-reading
IV. Procedure:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
* Discussion: In groups
Before you - What are your favorite ways of keeping fit?
read - What other ways of keeping fit are popular in
Vietnam?
While you * Match the pictures to one of the paragraphs. In groups of three
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16. Suggested answers:
Korfball – picture c
Tai-chi – picture a
Gaming for fitness –
picture b
* Exercise 1: Read the text and make a note of
the following for each activity.
- Where it began
- When it began
- Adjectives/phrases to describe it
Answers:
Where When Description
korfball Netherlands 100 years Fast,
ago exciting,
terrific
Tai-chi China Thousands Very gentle
read of years
ago
Gaming Japan Brand-new Physical
for
fitness
* Exercise 2: Here are some phrases from the
text. What do the words in bold refer to?
Suggested answers:
a. It’s also a great way to keep fit! (line 3)
a. Korfball
b. It’s a terrific sport and a great way to meet
b. Korfball
people … (line 11)
c. tai-chi
c. … it is very gentle. (line 16)
d. tai-chi
d. … it is an excellent way of getting rid of
e. tai-chi
stress … (line 21)
f. most gamers
e. … you can do it anywhere, any time … (line
18)
f. … when they play a video game … (line 35)
After you * Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. Discuss in pairs
read - Would you like to try any of these ways of
keeping fit? Why?
- Do you know of any other unusual ways of
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- Give an example:
I’d like to try tai-chi because it helps to keep fit
and refresh my mind at the same time and I can
do it anywhere I want.
You can keep fit by going cycling. What you
need is a bicycle, then you can do exercise
whenever you want
- Homework: write a short paragraph (about 120
words) about your ways of keeping fit and
submit it via thuhuonganha42tue@gmail.com
Also, please go to http://autumn-
perfume.blogspot.com and do Question exercise
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PERIOD 4
MODULE 1: LEISURE AND LIFESTYLE
LANGUAGE FOCUS 2: PRESENT SIMPLE
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
• Write sentences in the present simple correctly.
• Use the present simple to talk about their habit or something that is usually true.
• Ask and answer questions about their habits, using appropriate time phrases, or
adverbs of frequency.
II. Materials:
• New Cutting Edge Pre-intermediate textbook, board, overhead projector, handouts
III. Time: 50 minutes
Please go to the following website for the presentation of the lesson:
http://www.slideshare.net/autumn-perfume/module-1-language-focus-2
IV. Procedure:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warm-up Ask students to look at three pictures Work in groups of three
(in the textbook) of three
sportspeople, and read the statements,
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18. and make guessing
Grammar 1. Which of the following sentences Suggested answers:
describes: a. a habit
- A habit? b. something true
- Something that is always true?
a. He has a big lunch and then goes to
sleep for a few hours.
b. Ania comes from Lublin in Poland.
-> Use: present simple to describe a
habit or something that is always true
2. Question and negative form.
- Put these sentences into question Suggested answers:
and negative forms. a. Does Ania come from Lublin in
Poland?
Ania doesn’t come from Lubin
in Poland.
b. Does he have a big lunch and
then go to sleep for a few hours?
-> (?) Does/do + S + V ? He doesn’t have a big lunch and
(-) S + doesn’t/don’t + V. then go to sleep for a few hours.
3. How often Suggested answer:
- Match the two halves of the phrases: Every month
every a week On Sundays
on Sundays Five times a week
five times month
- Explain more:
Every month/ year/ week/ hour/ …
On Sundays/ Mondays/ …
Five times a week
Once a month
Twice a day …
Eg. I go to the cinema every month.
Every month, I go to the cinema.
-> stands at the end or the beginning
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19. of the sentence.
4. Frequency Suggested answers:
- Put the words into the order from 1. Always
most often to least often 2. Usually
3. Often
4. Sometimes
5. Occasionally
6. Never
Eg. She usually plays tennis on
Sundays.
She is often tired after school.
-> stands before a normal verb, after
‘to be’
Practice Exercise 1 : Write complete sentences Suggested answers:
using these prompts: a. All of them train for many
a. for many hours / all of them / train / hours every day.
every day b. Ania and Toshi don’t earn
b. much money / Ania and Toshi / not much money.
earn c. Ania usually gets up at seven.
c. Ania / at seven / get up / usually d. She never goes to bed before
d. never / before midnight / go to midnight.
bed / she e. Toshi lives in a special training
e. live in / Toshi / a special training camp called a Heya.
camp called a Heya f. He often sleeps on the floor.
f. on the floor / he / sleep / often g. He receives lots of fan letters
g. lots of fan letters / receive / every every week.
week / he h. Joao doesn’t play in every
h. not play / Joao / in every match match.
i. two sports cars / own/ he i. He owns two sports cars.
j. miss / he / his family in Brazil j. He misses his family in Brazil.
k. phone / about four times a week / k. He phones his mother about
he / his mother four times a week.
* Exercise 2: work in pairs, student A * In pairs, practice asking and
and student B. Each of you will have answering, using question words
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20. a worksheet (see below) about the “how often” and adverbs of
same people but with different blanks. frequency.
Ask your partner questions with
“How often …?” and give answers
with adverbs of frequency to fill in the
blanks.
- Homework: please go to
http://autumn-perfume.blogspot.com
and do Present Simple exercise.
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21. * Student worksheets:
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