Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Unit 5: Higher Education - Lesson 4

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

Warm-up: (3 minutes)

- Ask students some questions about how to write a letter of request.

- Give feedback and lead Ss to new lesson.

Pre-writing: (15 minutes)

- Teacher introduces the task: You want to apply for an undergraduate programme in a university in England. Write a letter of request (about 150 words) to UCAS to ask for the information about the admission requirements to the university, using information in the Reading and Speaking section on page 52 & 56. You may follow the outline below:

- Guide Ss to write outlines.

a) Introduction:

- State the reasons why you are writing, your interest in tertiary study in England (mention the name of the programme/the universities/ ... )

b) Request:

- State what information you would like them to provide: tuition fee, accommodation, exams,

Further information:

- Say you would be happy to supply further information about yourself such as your English proficiency and record of secondary education study, ...

c) Conclusion:

- End with a polite closing.

- Walk round the class to give Ss assistance.

While-writing: (20 minutes)

- Ask Ss to write

- Call on some Ss to read out their writing in front of the class.

- Ask Ss to exchange their writings for peer correction

- Correct mistakes.

Suggested answer.

475/57 Le thanh Ton St. District 1

Ho Chi Minh City

March 15^th, 2008

Dear sir/madam,

I’ve read a lot about tertiary study in the UK and very impressed by the reputation of many famous universities there. Now I am tin last year of the high school and will finish secondary education in 3 months. I am very much interested in an undergraduate course in economics in Birmingham University. Could you please send me some information about the admission requirements, tuitions fees, accommodation and details of the course? I am ready to supply any information about myself if necessary.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Hoang Thanh Nam.

Post- writing: (5 minutes)

- Ask Ss to read the letter again.

- Give remarks on the writing

Homework: (2 minutes)

- Rewrite the letter at home.

- Prepare the section D (The Language focus part of Unit 5).

- Work in pairs, discuss and find out the answers.

1- 3

2- Primary: 5 years/

Lower secondary- 4 years/ upper secondary - 3 years

- Understand the aim of the lesson.

- Study the task carefully.

- Work in pairs to give outlines

a) Introduction:

- State the reasons why you are writing, your interest in tertiary study in England (mention the name of the programme/the universities/ ... )

b) Request:

- State what information you would like them to provide: tuition fee, accommodation, exams,

Further information:

- Say you would be happy to supply further information about yourself such as your English proficiency and record of secondary education study, ...

c) Conclusion:

- End with a polite closing.

- Walk round the class to give Ss assistance.

- Use main ideas in the outline to write a letter of request (about 150 words) to UCAS to ask for the information about the admission requirements to the university

- Exchange their writings for peer correction

- Correct mistakes.

- Read the letter again

- Correct mistakes

- Rewrite the letter at home.

- Prepare the section D (The Language focus part of Unit 5).