Giáo án tiếng Anh lớp 8 Tuần 29 sách mới

Teacher’s activities

Ss’ activities

Contents

Warm – up.( 5’)

YOUR VIEWS On kinds of communication.

Communication breakdown Presentation(5’)

Pre-teach vocab:

Introduction

First have Ss guess what they think communication breakdown means. Refer to the Look out! box. Remind Ss of what happened in the text in GETTING STARTED. Ask Ss why they think this communication breakdown happened and how to avoid it. T can share with Ss an experience of communication breakdown that T has had.

Then go through the Extra vocabulary box with Ss. Give examples to furture explain each word where needed.

Practice(20’)

1. Match the following possible reasons for communication breakdown with the examples. Can you add in some more reasons and examples?

Do the first item with Ss. Then Ss work in pairs to complete this task. Once they have finished, encourage them to add in some more reasons and examples.

2. If you don’t understand body language, communication breakdown may happen. Match the body language with the meaning. Add more examples if you can.

Elicit from Ss what body language is. Explain that understanding body language can help people avoid communication breakdown. T may give an example and ask Ss to guess what trying to say.

Ask Ss to cover the text and just to look at the pictures. In pairs Ss work out the messages from the pictures. Then Ss can uncover the text and do the matching.

Confirm the correct answers.

If time allows, ask Ss if they have ever used these body communication ways before. Ask them to add more examples and demonstrate these for the class to guess their meaning.

3. Using abbreviations for online chatting and texting is not always easy to understand. Can you decode the following sentences written in texting/ chatting style without looking at the cues?

Write on the board some of the language for online communication learnt in Unit 1 and ask Ss if they can read them in the full form. Explain that using abbreviations for online chatting and texting is not always easy to understand. Ss then work in pairs to complete this task.

If time allows, ask Ss to add more online communication shorthand that they know and write a short message to their partner using this language.

Further practice(12’)

4. Ideas Bank. Work in groups. For each communication breakdown mentioned in 1, think of a future technology idea that will help avoid it. Share your ideas with the class.

Ss work in groups to make their group’s ideas Bank by discussing a technology solution that will help people avoid the communication breakdown mentioned in 1. The groups then make a short presentation of their ideas to share with the class to make a big ideas Bank.

Homework(3’):

Prepare for unit 10 lesson 5

Class work

Whole class

Whole class

Work in pairs

Work in pairs

Abbreviations for online chatting and texting:

1. Where r u?

We r @ Lotte on 2/F.

2. I’ll b 5 mins late. CUS.

3 Wanna c a movie this wkd?

4. Pls call me rite bck. Thx.

5. Hi! Wox r u doin 2nite?

6. Did u c it: LOL.

Ss work in groups

Warm – up.( 5’): Chatting

*Vocabulary:

- Language barrier: When people can’t communicate because they don’t talk the same language.

- cultural difference:

-communication channel

- shrug (shoulders)

to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about sth

- glance(n, v): a quik look/ to look quikly at st/sb.

Key:

1. A 2. B 3 C 4. C 5. A 6. B

Key:

1. c 2. A 3. e 4. b 5. d

Key:

1. Where are you? We are at Lotte on the second floor.

2. I’ll be 5 minutes late. See you soon.

3 Do you want to see a movie this weekend?

4 Please call me right back. Thanks.

5. Hi! What are you doing tonight?

6. Did you see it? Laugh out loud!

Teacher’s activities

Ss’ activities

Contents

Warm – up.( 5’)

- Before Ss open their books, ask the question: ‘What can we do to avoid communication breakdown?’

- What do you think of communication in the future?

- See if any Ss can come up with some ideas.

- Make notes on the board.

- As an option, this could be done in Vietnamese with T showing how to express these ideas in English.

- Now have Ss open their books.

Pre-reading(5’)

Set the scene:

1. Look at the letters the children from Viet Nam and Sweden sent to each other in a penfriend project. Why do you think they chose this way to communicate with each other?

Ask Ss when was the last time they sent somebody a real letter, to whom, and on what occasion. Then ask Ss to look at the photos. Explain that these are the letters Ss from two schools in Viet Nam and Sweden sent to each other in a penfriend project. Ask Ss to brainstorm the reasons why they think these Ss chose this way to communicate with each other.

Then ask Ss what they think is happening in the two other photos in the text.

While-reading(15’)

2. Read the text.

COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE: WHAT IS THERE FOR US?

Look at the highlighted words and match them with their meanings.

Ss read the text quickly for the first time. Ask them to pay attention to the highlighted words and do the matching task.

3. Answer the following questions.

Ss try to find the answers individually first then compare the answers in pairs. Once they have agreed on the answers they can practice asking and answers with each other.

Post-reading(12’)

Speaking

4. In small groups, decide whether you agree with the author of this text. Why/ why not? Share your ideas with the class.

First ask Ss where in the text the author’s opinion is expressed. Then they work in pairs or small groups to tell each is they agree with the author’s opinion or not, and explain why. Then call on some pairs/ groups to share what they have discussed.

5. Class survey. What ways of communication do you use for the following purposes now and what will they be in the year 2030?

This can be done as a mingle activity where Ss stand up and talk to different classmates to complete the survey. Otherwise, Ss can do it in groups of five or six where each member completes the survey himself/ herself and shares it with the group. The group leader will then report to the class either the ways of communication that are most mentioned or the ways of communication that the group likes best.

Homework(3’):

Prepare for unit 10 lesson 6

Class work

individual work

Pair work

Pair work

Work in groups

Work in groups

Warm – up.( 5’): Chatting

Key:

1. in real time 2. interact 3. three - dimensional images 4. cyber world 5. network

Teacher’s activities

Ss’ activities

Contents

Warm – up.( 5’)

Ask Ss to tell about communication in the future.

Pre-listening(5’)

Pre-teach vocab:

Discussing:

Netiquette

1. Look at the way this message is posted on an e – learning message board. Can you find any problems with it?

Ask Ss to look at the message board. Ask them who posted the message and who they think the massage is for. Ask them to try to identify what problems in terms of communication politeness they think the message has.

While-listening(20’)

2. Listen to this interview between a 4 Teen magazine reporter and Dr Minh Vu about netiquette and answer the questions.

Write on the board ‘netiquette’ and ask Ss what they think it means. Explain they are going to listen to a researcher talking about the way we communicate online. Explain CAPSLOCK in the box if necessary.

Have Ss look at the questions first. Encourage them to give some answers. Then play the recording. Ss work individually then in pairs to compare their answers.

3. Listen again to the interview and complete the following grid.

Before playing the recording again, first ask Ss to look at the grid and try to complete it with as much information from the recording as they can remember. Elicit the answers from Ss. If their answers are correct, move to the next activity. Otherwise, play the recording again.

Post-listening(12’)

Writing

Writing an email using netiquette.

Draw Ss’ attention to the REMEMBER! box. If possible, illustrate each of the bullet points mentioned by an example you find from the Internet, or those that you create yourself.

5. Put the following parts in their correct place to make an email.

6. Write a short email to your teacher to submit your group homework for this week. Check if you have used the netiquette learnt.

First Ss work in groups to discuss what information they would include in the mail. They may look at the email in 5 for ideas. Then Ss work individually on this task. Ask them to pay attention to the netiquette they have learnt. When Ss have finished, they swap the writing with their partner to check before handing it in to T. For a more able class, T may ask Ss to try the following tasks as homework (Ss may look at 4 for more ideas): Write a short post on your class message board to ask how many words the final essay should be.

Write a short post on a message board to help somebody answer the question what does communication breakdown mean?

Homework(3’):

- Write the news report in the notebooks.

Prepare for unit 10 lesson 7

Class work

Group work

Pair work

Pair work

Work in groups

Audio script:

Reporter: Dr Minh Vu, what exactly is ‘netipuette’?

Dr Minh Vu: The word is a combination of ‘net’ and ‘etiquette’. It’s a set of rules for behaving

properly online.

Reporter: Could you tell us the main rule of netiquette?

Dr Minh Vu: Remember that the people we’re communicating with online are real people. Don’t

say and do unpleasant things online, just like in real life.

Reporter: But sometimes perhaps it’s not what we communicate, but how we communicate…?

Dr Minh Vu: Absolutely. For example, if you write emails, or post comments using caps lock, this means you are shouting at people!

Reporter: Of course it’s not polite at all. What else should we do when sending emails?

Dr Minh Vu: Check your message for spelling mistakes before you send it. It shows respect towards the other person. Don’t use too much shorthand. This may confuse your reader.

Reporter: How about behaviour in chat rooms and on message board?

Dr Minh Vu: Follow discussion rules. Use polite language. People may not know who you are but you’ve judged by the quality of your writing.

Individual work

REMEMBER:

- Always check that you’ve completed the Subject line and/ or have included the attachment.

- An email to a senior person should be more formal than to a friend.

- Keep the message short and accurate.

- Always check your work for mistakes.

Individual work

Warm – up.( 5’): Chatting

*Vocabulary:

netiquette

/ˈnetɪket /

no

the rules of correct or polite behaviour among people using the Internet

COPS LOCK: a function that turns all letters into capital form.

Key:

1. The word is a combination of ‘net’ and ‘etiquette’. It’s a set of rules for behaving properly online.

2. Don’t say and do unpleasant things online, just like in real life.

3. It’s how we communicate with each other online.

Key:

Should Shouldn’t Why/ why not

1. Use CAPS LOCK in email, posts, and comments v It looks like are shouting at people

2. Check your email for mistakes or errors v It shows respect for your reader.

3. Use a lot of shorthand v This may confuse your reader.

4. Respect discussion rules and use polite language v People may not know who you are but you’ve judged by the quality of your writing