1. Green papaya. ໝາກຽລໃ ຌັ 2. Chilly. ຒັກ 3. Tomato. ໝາກອໃ ຸ ຄຈຍ 4. Lemon. ຆຬງ 5. Salt. ຌາໄ ຎາ 6. Sugar. ໝາກຽຏຈັ 7. Fermented fish. ຽກຬື 8. Fish ໝາກຌາວ 9. Chop. ຌາໄ ຉາຌ 10. Slice. ຎາຈກ a) Write a recipe and steps of how to make/cook your favourite dish in your note book. b) Share the description of the dish with your partner and then discuss with each other about unclear areas. Start your description with: e.g. The name of a dish “ Instant noodle soup ” Ingredients: - a pack of instant noodle - some vegetables: morning glory, leek, coriander - one egg 1. Boil half a litre of water. 2. Put instant noodle's seasoning, a little of salt and sugar into the boiling water. 3. Add noodle, some prepared vegetables and egg. 4. Wait until the mixture boils and leave it for one minute. 5. Pour all the mixture into a bowl and serve. The name of the dish: .......................................................................................................................................... Ingredients: .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................... 47
Unit 6 Sport and Exercise In this unit u will: Talking about sport and exercise Study vocabulary about sport and exercise Listen to a man talking about favorite sport and exercise Read and for specific information of the text about sport and exercise Conduct and report a small surver Language focus: Like/enjoy/love + to/ ing and like48 enjoy/love + noun Present simple tense with third person singular ( end-s and es ) Time expression: every morning/afternoon/evening, once/twice…a week/mouth/year. Adverb of frequency: always, often, sometimes, , rarely/occasionally and never. Write a short paragraph about sport and exercise vocabulary aerobics ກາຌຬຬກກາລຄັ ກາງ petanque ກລາຉຍູຌ badminton ກລາຉຈຬກຎີກແກໃ play/player ຫຌົີ ກລາ / ຌກັ ກລາ competition ກາຌຂໃ ຄຂຌັ popular ຽຎັຌໃ ຂີ ຌງຓ຺ / ຓີ ຌ຺ ຓກັ ຫົາງ cycling ຂລີໄ ຈ຺ ຊຍີ exercise ກາຌຬຬກກາລຄັ ກາງ public ຂຬຄລຈັ /ສາະາລະຌະ finish ສາຽລຈັ river bank ຓຌາໄ sepaktakraw/ratten ball ກລາກະຉຫໄ ວາງ football ກລາຽຉະຍາຌ sport ກລາ games ກາຌຂໃ ຄຂຌັ stadium ສະໜາກກລາ swimming ກລາລຬງຌາໄ healthy ສຸຂະຑາຍຈີ lose weight ກາຌຫຸົຈຌາໄ ໜກັ traditional ຎະຽຑຌີ / ອຈຬຄ organize ຈັ ຉຄັໄ volleyball ກລາຍາຌສໃ ຄ຺ watch ຽຍໃ ຄ / ຆຓ຺ park ສໃ ວຌສາາລະຌະ patusay Mounment ຎະຉູແຆ Speaking a) work in pairs: make a list of sport and exercise that you know and then share your list with other pairs. b) Match the sports in the table below with the pictures. 48
playing football playing tennis doing aerobic running cycling playing volleyball 3……………. 1…………… 2……………... 4…………... 5……………... 6……………. Listening a) Listen to the conversation between Julie and Soumaly talking about yhe sport and places for exercise. Julie: Soumaly, where should I get for exercise? Soumaly: oh! Do you like playing sport or doing exercise? Julie: I enjoy both. Soumaly: what kind of sport do you like to play? Julie: I like playing tennis and watching football. Soumaly: oh! It sounds interesting. To exercise you‟d better to go the Mekong River bank where a large number of people do some jogging, running, walking, and can enjoy fresh air at the same time. Juline: Really! I may go there often work. Soumaly: for football matches, you‟d better go to the Sea Games football stadium. There going to be a junior match between Malaysia and Combodia soon. Julie: I will there because I love watching football. Soumaly: Julie, I‟m going to join you. b) Listen to the conversation again and repeat each sentence after the recording. Speaking Practice the dialogue in pairs. Practice in unite you can say it without looking at your book. You can add your own information for sport and exercise and place conversation. Grammar note: like/enjoy/love After like/enjoy/love + to or v-ing I love to watch or I love to watching badminton I like to play badminton after work. Or I like playing badminton after work. ( more one ideas; more one actions ) We can use like/enjoy/love + a noun: I like football. I love badminton. Common mistake I enjoy with my family. I enjoy going out with my family. I enjoy with my friends. I enjoy going out with my friends. 49
Practice a) Make three sentences using like, love and enjoy base on the rules above. 1. ……………………………………………………………………………… 2. ……………………………………………………………………………… 3. ……………………………………………………………………………… b). share your sentences with your partner about the kinds of sport that both of you like/enjoy/love playing. Prs-Listening Ask your partner: What kind of sport and exercise do you enjoy doing? When/where do you play sport/do exercise? Who do you play sport/do exercise with? Listening Listening to the conversation Julie and Khamsone talking about sport and exercise. Take note of what kind of sport and exercise Khamsone enjoy doing. You can listen to the conversation three times. Use the question below to help you with the note talking. Khamsone enjoy:…………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………… He dose……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Share your note with your classmates and then check your notes with the whole class. Writing a). Use the ideas below to write about yourself on a piece of paper. Give yours to the teacher. Fact File Sport: I enjoy………………………………………………………………….I also Love……………………………………………………………………….………… ………………………………………………………………………………………. Exercise: I always…………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Name:………………………………………………………………………………. b). Ypor teacher will give you another student‟s paper. Tell the class about this person. So the other students can guess who/he/she/it. Example: This person enjoys playing and watching football, he also loves to play badminton with his friends 5a0fter work. He usually does aerobics at weekends. Who is it?
Grammar note Present simple 1. Whit of the following sentence describes: – habit – something that is also true. a. Julie like to go jogging evening. b. Julie comes from Australia. Adding - s , – es or - ies and change its from when a word follow he/she/it Notice these: have he has a dog. Go she goes to work every day. Try: Kham tries every hard to win the game. Watch: my son watches TV every evening. Spend: Khamsone spends with his family at weekends. Reading Pre-reading a). match the vocabulary with the correct translation: 1. exercise ………. 1) ກາຌຂຄຂຌັ 2. health ………. 2) ຈັ ຉຄັໄ 3. to lose weight ………. 3) ແຎລຌຬຬກກາລຄັ ກາຌຆາໄ ໂ 4. to organize ………. 4) ຑະຌກັ ຄາຌ 5) ຑຌືໄ ຍາໄ ຌ 5. a competition ………. 6. staff ………. 6) ກລາຈຬກຎີແກໃ 7. badminton ………. 7) ກລາຍາຌສໃ ຄ຺ 8. volleyball ……….. 8) ຫຸຈົ ຌໃ າໄ ໜກັ 9. traditional ……….. 9) ສຸຂະຑາຍຈີ 10. jogging ……….. 10) ກາຌຬຬກກາລຄັ ກາງ Reading task a). Read the text below and answer the question. 1. How many kind of sport and exercise are there in the text? 2. What are they? Make a list. 3. When do most people do exercise? 4. Why are people are doing sport and exercise? 5. What do some workplaces organize for their staff? 6. What kind of sport do most people take up at their workplaces after work? 7. What traditional sport can you see around the city? 8. What kind of exercise do people do Patuxay Monument in the evening? 51
Sport and exercise a) Mors and more people are doing sport and exercise now in Vientianebecause want to be health and lose weight. Mose people do exercise in the evening after work or at the weekend. A lot of people go to parks to exercise or they play sport at their workplaces. Some workplaces organize sports competition for their staff. b) one of the most popular sport in Laos is football. People also like playing badminton and volleyball. Another very popular sport is petanque. Around the city, you can see many people playing petanque at their workplaces after work. You can also sometimes see young men playing the traditional sport of sepaktakraw. c) the jogging is a popular kind of exercise and sport in the city. People usually go jogging early in the morning when the street are not so busy, or they go after work. At Patuxay Monument around 5.00 p.m you can see people of all ages walking or jogging around the park. d) Read the taxt again and decide whether the sentence below aretrue or false. write T or F next to each sentence is false, correct it. Eg…False... More people do sport and exercise in Vientiane. 1. ………… Many people do exercise at their workplaces or in public parks. 2. ………… A lot of people like playing petanque. 3. ………… people go jogging late in the morning when the streets are busy. 4. ………… only young people do exercise at Patuxay Monument in the evening c). Write the correct word in each sentence, the Lao tradition in the brackets. Eg. I do ..exercise.. every morning before work. ( ກາຌຬຬກກາລຄັ ກາງ ) 1. It is important to cat …………………………. Food. ( ສຸຂະຑາຍຈີ ) 2. I don‟t cat much because I want to …………….. ( ຫຸຈົ ຌາໄ ໜກັ຺ໄ ) 3. We can ………………………….. at meeting next week. ( ຈັ ຉຄັໄ ) 4. They are playing in the football………………….( ກາຌຂໃ ຄຂຌັ ) 5. There are ten………………. In my office. ( ຑະຌກັ ຄາຌ ) 6. Sepaktakraw is a…………………………sport ( ຑຌືໄ ຍາໄ ຌ ) Writing Use the notes to write a paragraph about your partner. Start your paragraph like this. Sport and exercise Many people enjoy sport and exercise to stay health. Khamsene‟s favorite sport are 52
Unit 7 Attending a meeting Pre-reading Work in group of four to find out and take note of how meeting are organized and run in different workplaces for example, topics of the meeting, agenda/activating during the meeting roles chairperson and minute taker….etc. Then share the list with the class. Reading The Agenda An agenda is list of topics to be discussed at a meeting. It includes the name of the meeting and when and where it will be held. Read the agenda of the meeting and answer the questions. Human Resource Development Committee Meeting Date: Tuesday, 7 February, 2015 Time: 9:00-11:00a.m Place: Meeting room ASAEAN Department Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Correspondence 3. Reports 3.1 background information about Sayaboury province 3.2 Development assistance in AEC preparation 4. Issues 4.1 Development needs 4.2 Current projects 4.3 Future projects 4.4 Issues 5. Any other issues 6. Date and time of next meeting Questions: 1. What is the name of this meeting? 2. When is it being held? 3. Where is it being held? 4. What are they going to talk about in the first item on the agenda? 5. What are they going to talk about in the second item on the agenda? 6. What are they going to talk about in the next item on the agenda? 7. What are they going to talk about in the fourth item on the agenda? 53
8. What is the last item on the agenda? Apologies Members unable to attend the meeting is expected to inform the chairperson before the meeting, and give their reasons. For item 1 on the agenda, the chairperson presents their apologies to the meeting. The chairperson says (for example): “Mr Souksakhone and Ms lattana send their apologies to the meeting. They have left for the provinces and cannot attend the meeting.” Who is absent for your class today? Take turn to be the chairperson and give apologies (with reasons) to the class. Listening Pre listening Agenda item 3 is a report “Background information on Sayaboury province”. As a class, brainstorm what you think of the report to be about. Listening task Listen to the dialogue and answer the question below. Do not read while you are listening, you can listen to the dialogue up to 3 times. Julie and khamsene are discussing the UNDP meeting that they are about to attend. a) What 3 things does Julie want to know about Sayaboury province b) Listen to the dialogue again and complete. Cheek your answer with the teacher. A. Khamsene, could you tell me more about Sayaboury province before the meeting? B. Yes, of course. I was born in Sayaboury province. What do you want to know? A. Well, first - where is it? B. I‟II show you on the map. Look, it‟s…………………………………….. . But it‟s not …………………………………………………….. Only sayaboury and Champasack province, in the south, are on the other side of the Mekong. A. Really? That‟s interesting! Only two! Is Sayaboury a big province? B. Its area ………………………………………………………. . Only a few provinces: Bokeo in the north, on the border with China, Saravan, Sekong and Attapeu in the south, are smaller. A. I see. And is it in the mountains? B. Yes, ……………………………………………………… so it‟s difficult to get to some villages. I think they need more roads. A. Mmm. What else do they need? 54
B. Many things! But let‟s go to meeting now and find out more. A. Yes, it‟s 8: 45 already! Practice the dialogue in pairs. Practice it until you can say it without looking at your book. Then some pairs perform the dialogue for the class. Practice Do you know these words? Square kilometers ( ) Class discussion: look at the map and the questions below. Guess the answers to the questions and discuss them with your classmates. 1. Where is Sayabury province? North, south, east, west? 2. How far is from your province? 3. What is its area? / How big is it ? / What size is it? 4. What is it capital city? 5. What is its population? 6. What is the name of river? 7. What country dose it share border with? 8. Is it mountainous? 9. Does it have forests? 10. How prosperous is in the province? 55
Practice Agenda item 3: Background information of Sayabury Province. a) In groups, read the following questions about Sayabury Province and guess the answers. Try to come to an agreement on the answer in your groups. 1.What is the area of Sayabury Province? a. 17,389 km2 b. 60,389 km2 c. 16,389 km2 2. How mountains is in Province? a. 56% b. 65% c. 69% 3. How much of the Province is forested? a. 32% b. 42% c. 52% 4. What is Sayabury‟s population? a. 291,705 b. 291,507 c. 219,705 1. The districts in the north. The district in the north are underdeveloped and Sayabury needs more roads, schools and ……………….services there. In 2013, Sayabury founded a new direct named Sayabury located in relatively remote area.The economic potential of Sayabury is to build Hydro power along the Mekong Rever to generate the local income and to alleviat the poverty in line with the government‟s policy. 2. e) Read the text again and fill in the table below with the information n Sayabury. 3. Description 4. Province 1:…………………. 5. Location 6. 7. Area 8. e. g 16,389km2 9. Mountains 10. 11. Forest 12. 13. Capital 14. 15. Population 16. 17. No. of district 18. 19. No. of village 20. 21. Ethnic groups 22. 23. Important / Interesting facts 24. 25. Needs 26. 56
Grammar note: Approximations Sayabury‟s population of 338,669,338,669is an exact number. Sometime the exact number is not available and can only approximate instead.Hence,Wecan use: More than Less than About / approximately For example: 291,705 is more than 250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand) 291,705 is less than 300,000 (three hundred thousand) 291,705 is about 2090,000 (two hundred and ninety thousand) Sone needs road more in his Province Writing a) Brainstorm: On the board, brainstorm other development needs. After brainstorming write down the needs on your notebooks. hospital Development needs school b) Group discussion: Work in group three or four. Discuss the following information on Laung Prabang Province Discuss the borders, the development needs and other important or interesting information about the province. Laung Prabang Province Capital = Laung Prabang Area = 15,370km2 Forest = 30% T0tal population = 210,820 Districts =7 Village = 803 Ethnic = 60%km2 57
Location = (north? south? east? Borders?) Important /interesting facts? Needs? c) Work in group of three , write an introductory paragraph for a report on Laung Pra bang Province in your notebook. Read through the Sayabury reading text again and then use it as a model of how to write a report on Laung Prabang. d) Put up your photograph on the wall of classroom. Read the paragraph of the other groups. Is the information the same in each paragraph? Can you see any grammar or spelling mistakes in any of the paragraphs? Tell the class with mistakes you have found. Do others agree or disagree? e) Ass a class, decide whether the grammar and spelling are correct and write them on the board. Ask the group to rewrite the report necessary. Writing a) Work on your own. 1. Look at the Sekong‟s statistics below. 2. Add more information on Sakong‟s location, important / interesting facts and needs. 3. Write an introductory paragraph for a report on Sekong Province. Try to use more. Practice a) Rewrite these sentences about Sayabury using more than, less than on the board. After writing, compare your sentences with a partner‟s sentences. 1. Sayabury has a total population of 338,669. 2. ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Sayabury has a total area of 16,389 square kilometers. ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. 65% of the land is mountainous. ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5. 42% of the land is forested. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. Sayabury comprises 543 villages. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 7. 38% of the poeple live in the south of Sayabury. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 8. 27% of the people settle in the north of Sayabury. ………………………………………………………………………………………. Speaking Look at the list of needs below. Find someone who needs these things in his / her Village/ district/province. 58
Stand up and go around the class to ask difference student: “Do you need …..in your province village/ district/ province?‟‟ If someone answers “Yes‟‟, write his/her name next to the need. If he/she says “No‟‟, ask some else. Try to get someone‟s name next to each need. a) Find who……………………………………………………………………………………. Name: Needs more roads in his/her………………………………………… Needs more bridges in his/her……………………………………… Needs more primary schools in his/her…………………………….. Needs more secondary schools in his/her…………………………. Needs more hospitals in his/her……………………………………… Needs more health clinics in his/her………………………………… Needs more airports in his/her………………………………………. Needs more doctors in his/her………………………………………. Needs more nurses in his/her……………………………………….. Needs more teachers in his/her…………………………………….. Needs more irrigation systems in his/her…………………………… b) Report your finding, Stand up in a circle. Your teacher and / or students may ask, -who needs………? “Listen to each other‟s answer. e.g. Khamphone needs more teachers in his district. Sengkoe needs more clinics in her village. Chart A: Provincial populations 1 112,120 2 Bokoe 227,301 3 280,938 4 Champasack 145,310 5 265,179 6 Khammouane 7 8 Laung prabang 9 Grammar note: Comparisions We can compare numbers using more than (ເກີ ນ,່ືລນ) and less than (ໜ້ ອຍ,ລຸ ດ). For example: The population of Attapeu is 87,812. The population of Bokoe is 113,493. The population of Bokoe is more than the population of Attapeu. The population of Attapeu is less than the population of Bokeo. Chart B: Provincial populations. 59
1 Attapeu 145,263 2 607,370 3 Borikhamxay 337,390 4 407,039 5 Houaphan 6 7 Laung namtha 8 9 Oudomxay Than‟, „less than‟, and „about‟ as well as numbers. Description? Province 1: ….Sekhong….. Province 2: ……………. Location? Area 7,665km2 Mountains 60% Forest/Plateau 35% Capital Lamarm Population 63,836 No. of districts 4 Number of villages 278 Lao Loum 3% Important/interesting fact Needs? c) Add more information on one more province which has not been mentioned. Fillin the table above and then compare the information with that of Sekong province and Sayabury. Write sentences about the population, area and number of villages in the three provinces using „more than‟ or „less than‟. Write your comparisons in your notebook and then check with a partner. e.g. The population of Oudomxay is more than that of Sekong less than that of Sayabury. The area of ……………………………………………………………………………........ …………………………………………………………………………………………… The number of villages …………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Questions: 60
1. What is the name of meeting? 2. When is it being held? 3. Where is it being held? 4. What are they going to talk about in the first item on agenda? 5. What are they going to talk about in the second item on the agenda? 6. What are they going to talk about in the next item on agenda? 7. What are they going to talk about in the fourth item on agenda? 8. What is the last item on the agenda? Apologies Member unable to attend the meeting is expected in the form the chairperson Before the meeting, and give their reasons. For item 1 on the agenda, the chairperson presents their apologies in the meeting. The chairperson says (for example): “Mr. Souksakhone and Ms. Lattana send their apologies. They have left for the Provinces and cannot attend the meeting,‟‟ Who is absent from your class today? Take turns to be the chairperson and give Apologies (with reason) to the class. Listening Pre listening Agenda item 3 is a report “Background and information on Saysbury province‟‟. As a class, brainstorm what you think the report to be about. Listening task Listen to the dialogue and answer the question below. Do not read while you are listenning . You can listen to the dialogue up to 3 times. Julie and Khamsene are discussing the UNDP meeting that they are about to attend. a) What 3 things does Julie want to know about Sayabury province? b) Listen to the dialogue again and complete. Check your answer with your teacher. Julie: Khamsene. Could you tell me more about Sayabury province before the meeting? Khamsene: Yes, of cause. I was born in Sayabury province. What do you want to know? Julie: Well, first –where is it? 61
4. How many villages are there in Sayabury province? a. 595 b. 955 c. 559 5. What is the percentage of the people living in rural regions? a. 90% b. 195 55 6. Where do 305 of the people live? a. North b. South c. East Listen to agenda item 3 and check your guesses at the above questions. Circle the answer you hear. You can listen to the text up to 3 times. After listening, check your answer with the others in your group and then with the whole class. Practice – numbers a) Practice with large numbers. Look at how we say and write large numbers in English: 16,389km2 = sixteen thousand, three hundred and eighty-nine square 2-1,705km2 kilometers. = two hundred and ninety-one thousand, seven hundred and And five square kilometers. 559 = five hundred and fifty-nine. d) Write those numbers in words: 29% = …………………………………………………………………………………… 100% = …………………………………………………………………………………… 672% = ………………………………………………………………………. 6,666km2 = ……………………………………………………………………………. 16,300 = ……………………………………………………………………………. 404,707 = …………………………………………………………………………….. Speaking a) Pair work: Look at the charts provincial populations. Student A looks at the chart „A‟ Student B Looks at the chart „B‟ on the next page. Student A and student B complete their charts by asking each other for the missing information. Write the answer on the chart. e.g. A: What province is the number 1 ? B Attaeu, What is the population of Attapeu? A: 112,120 (eighty-seven thousand, eight hundred and twelve ) 62
b) Look again at the provincial populations charts complete these sentences by comparing the populations of the provinces. 1. The population of Champasack is ………………the population of Laung prabang. 2. The population of Houaphan is ………………..the population of Champasack. 3. The population of Oudomxay is …………….the population of Khamouane, but …………………………..the population of Bolikhamxay. 4. The population of Laung namtha is ………………the population of Attapeu, but …………………….the population of Houaphan. Check your sentences with the partner and with whole class. Reading Pre reading The whole class discussion: discuss Sayabury province with the use of the questions below: 1. Where is Sayabury? 2. How is it from vietaine? 3. What other information on Sayabury do you have? Reading task a) Use the words in the box below to complete the missing information in this report about Sayabury province. Check the answer with the class. Area border districts east forest heath live Mountainous population province rural west Sayabury province Sayabury province is in the …………………….of Laos. It shares an international …………………….with Thailand to the west. The Mekong River forms the border the between Sayabury province and Oudomxay…………………...to the east, and between Laung prabang province and Vietaine province to the …………………...Sayabury province has a total……………………….of 16389 km2, but 65% of the land is ……………..and 42% is………………………………the province has a total of eight district and a ………………………….of 338,669 people living in 543 villages ninety (90%) of the people live in ………………………regions: 38% in the districts in the south, 35% in the centre and 27% in………………….region. 63
Unit 8 ASEAN Countries In this unit you will: Read a dialogue about Laos Practice Asking for and make suggestions Read about ASEAN development Talk about Laos and some other ASEAN countries Language focus: Revision of WH Question connectors Study of a paragraph structure Practice of writing a good paragraph relating to the Laos as a member of ASEAN Vocabularies Courage ວາຓກາໄ ຫາຌ Advantage ກາຌແຈຎໄ ຼຍ Anniversary ວຌັ ຍ຺ ອຬຍຎີຂຬຄຽຫຈກາຌສາຌັ Assume ອຍັ (ຑາລະ) Attract ຽອຈັ ເຫສຌ຺ ເ Base ຑຌືໄ ຊາຌ Benefits ຏຌ຺ ຎະຫງຈ Boost ຆຸກງູ,ໄ ສໃ ຄ຺ ຽສຓີ Border ຽຂຈຈຌ, ສາງຈຌ Budget ຄຍ຺ ຎະຓາຌ Capita ຽຓຬື ຄຽຬກ Challenges າາໄ າງ,ກາຌາໄ າງ Consistent ຍໃ າຎໃ ຼຌຎຄຫຓຌັໄ ຄ຺ Contributing ຍໃ ລາກ, ເຫກໄ າຌຆໃ ວງຽຫຬົື Cooperation ກາຌອໃ ວຓຓື Decrease ຫຸຈົ ລຄ຺ Establish ສາໄ ຄຉຄັໄ ຂຌືໄ Disadvantage ວາຓຽສງຎຼຍ Establishment ກາຌກຉຄັໄ , ກາຌສາໄ ຄຉຄັໄ Flag ຸຄ Friendship ຓຈຉະຑາຍ Gap ຆໃ ຬຄວໃ າຄ Human resource development (HRD) ກາຌຑຈັ ະຌາຫົຄຆຍັ ຑະງາກຬຌຓະຌຸຈ Independence ວາຓຽຬກະລາຈ International ຌາ ຆາຈ,ສາກຌ຺ Investment ກາຌລຄ຺ ຌຶ Issue ຍຌັ ຫາ Logo ຽຬື ຄໝາງ Natural resource ຆຍັ ຑະງາກຬຌາຓະຆາຈ Opportunity ຬກາຈ Peace ວາຓສະຄຍ຺ Production ຏະລຈຏຌ຺ Profile ຎະຫວຈັ ງໄ Prosperity ວາຓະຽລຌີ ກາໄ ວຌາ Raise ງກ຺ ລະຈຍັ , ກເຫຽໄ ກຈີ 64
Recognize ອຍັ ອູ,ໄ ງຬຓອຍັ Represent ຽຎັຌສຌັ ງາລກັ Revenue ລາງແຈ,ໄ ລາງອຍັ Stability ວາຓຓຌັ ຄ຺ໄ ,ສະຊຼຌລະຑາຍ Support ສະໜຌັ ສະໜຌູ , ຆໃ ວງຽຫຬົື Tariffs ຬຈັ ຉາຑາສ(ີ ຂາຽຂາ຺ໄ -ຬຬກ) Trade ກາຌາໄ Unheard ຍໃ ຽງີ ແຈງໄ ຌີ Transnational crime ຬາຆະງາກາຂາໄ ຓຆາຈ Speaking a) Brainstorming: what countries does Laos PDR share the border with? Work in pairs to add countries that share borders with Laos Practice a) listen twice to John asking Julie about Laos and then practice it with your partners until you can remember the dialogue b) role play to act out the conversation in front of the class Conversation John is asking Julie about Laos while they are working in the office in Australia. John: Julie I would like to visit Laos on my New Year holiday .can you tell me about Laos? Julie: yes of cause. Laos is a small country sharing border with five neighboring countries John: oh really! What are they? Julie: there are Thailand to the west, Vietnam to the East, Cambodia to the South and china and Myanmar to the north John: Interesting what is the capital of Laos? Julie: Vientiane is not so big but there are many Interesting things to see. 65
John: I am looking forward to visiting Laos. Julie: I am sure you will have a good time there Practice a) Pair work: the countries in the region – write sentences describing difference countries sharing borders with Lao PDR. Exam: Where is Vietnam? Vietnam is in the east of Laos 1 Where is Cambodia? 2 where is Thailand? 3 where is china? 4 where is Myanmar? Pair work: borders with neighboring countries – write sentences describing the countries sharing international borders with Laos Example: Laos shares an international border with Vietnam to the east. Write about: Cambodia shares an international border with Laos to the south China Shares an international border with Laos to the north Thailand shares an international border with Laos to the west Myanmar shares an international border with Laos to the north Listening a) Look at the map of ASEAN countries below. Ask your Partner: do you know these countries? Laos / Thailand / Philippines / Malaysia / Myanmar / Singapore / Cambodia / Indonesia / Brunei / Vietnam 66
b) Now listen to the pronunciation of the countries and repeat c) Write each countries‟ name next to the flag 67
b) Ask your partner the following questions: 1. How many ASEAN countries have you visited? Talk about your exercise. 2. What does the ASEAN logo represent? PEACE STABILITY COURAGE DYNAMISM PURITY PROSPERITY 68
The blur represents peace and stability. Red depicts courage and dynamism. White shows purity and yellow symbolizes prosperity. Listening a. Listen to the women talking about the development gap of the young ASEAN countries and then fill in the missing word. Share the answers with your partner and then check them as the whole class. The development Gap ASEAN members have recognized that there is development gap between the ASEAN six (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) and the (1)……… ………………..of newest ASEAN member: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and (2)……… ……………Know as the CLMV therefore, in order to give CLMV a (3) …………………..to catch up with the rest, the CLMV countries have an (4) ……………….three years until end of 2018, to implement all of the listed tariff (6) ……………………. Practice a) Work in pair discuss with your partner about the development gap text above 1. What is the full name of ASEAN? 2. What does CLMV stand for? 3. Which countries was the first founding Member? 4. Which countries are the newest ASEAN members? 5. What do you think of the benefits to be gained by Laos PDR from being the member of ASEAN? Grammar 1. There are many two-word question with how, what, which Exam: how long….? Which city…..? What kind of….? 2. Can you remember? Choose the correct alternatives We use how many with countable nouns. We use how much with uncountable nouns. 3. We use what when there are a large number of possible answers. What is the population of China? We use which when there are only a few possible answers. Which country has no access to the sea? 69
Laos in ASEAN A. Laos, along with Myanmar, became a member of ASEAN on July 23 1997 in a speech to mark the 47th anniversary of the establishment of ASEAN, the prime minister of Laos, Mr. Thongsing. Thammavong noted that Laos, ASEAN membership is the fruit of our consistent foreign policy of peace independence friendship cooperation aimed to contributing to the building of Southeast Asia as a region of peace stability and cooperation for development (LNTV news) B. membership of ASEAN has given Laos the opportunity to take part in discussion with other ASEAN nation on important regional issue such as trade and transnational crime. Laos can learn from the experience of the more industrially develop ASEAN nation, and has received technical support as well as help with human resource development from ASEAN member states and other dialogue partners, such as Australia New Zealand C. as ASEAN establishes itself as a single market and production base, Laos will be better placed to attract foreign direct investment. In recent years, there has already been an increase in trade, investment and foreign tourist arrivals in the country. Laos‟ successful chairmanship of ASEAN in 2014-2015 raises the country‟s profile internationally subsequently, Laos was entrusted to chair and host various important regional and international meetings. In 2016, Laos will assume the ASEAN chairmanship for the second time. D. there are also, however, Challenge for Laos in being a member of ASEAN namely a lack of funds and a lack of skilled staff. Attending ASEAN meeting is expensive. There are more than 500 ASEAN meetings every year, and as there is no funding Provide by ASEAN to attend these meetings all ASEAN member countries have to pay for themselves. Travel and per Diem costs as well as contribution to the ASEAN budget, costs the country more than US 3 million a year E. Another challenge for Laos is its lack of skilled human resource. A large number of English-Speaking Lao government official are needed to attend ASEAN meetings. They also need to have a good understanding international law and international economics. This Remain a significant challenge for Laos as it mark its 17th anniversary of ASEAN membership. As ASEAN moves forward to form an ASEAN economics community by the end of 2015, it is important that the voice of Laos does not go unheard. Read the text again and answer the following question 1. When did Lao become a member of ASEAN? 2. Which four words describe Laos‟ foreign policy? 3. In what area has Laos received assistance from its ASEAN partners? 4. What has increased in Laos in recent year? 70
5. What raises Laos‟ profile internationally? 6. Which two challenges does Lao face in being a member of ASEAN? 7. How many ASEAN meeting are there per year? 8. What skilled Does Lao government official required to take part in ASEAN meeting? Writing: Grammar: connectors Connectors are used to add new ideas: and, also, in addition, moreover, furthermore, Exam: not everyone enjoys staying at home watching television. Some people prefer going out to movies instead. Also / in addition some people prefer staying at home doing other things such as reading books and working around the house. However, some people love to stay home Connectors are also used to contrast our ideas: but, although, while, in contrast however Sentence structure a) Group discussion: being and ASEAN community could bring several Advantages for ASEAN nations. What are the possible benefits for ASEAN member states? b) Brainstorm: work in group of four or five and have discussion on the topic below with your group and then take notes of what your group has talked about and write it down in the table below: Benefits of ASEAN Community Possible problems of Community boost foreign direct investment (FDI), . Govt. will lose some revenue by lowering tariffs Therefore bringing more jobs on imports Writing a) Work in pairs: Write a paragraph about the benefits and possible problems of the ASEAN nations. Topic: The benefits and possible problems of the ASEAN nations Topic sentence: There are some benefits and possible problems of the ASEAN nations. Benefit 1: what is it? Give at least one example. 71
Benefit 2: what is it? Give at least one example. Problem 1: what is it? Give at least one example. Problem 2: what is it? Give at least one example. Concluding sentence You can start the paragraph as the below There are some benefits and possible problem of the ASEAN nation. First the nation will boost their foreign direct investment (FDI) therefore bringing more jobs for their citizens. Second………………………………………………………………………………… However………………………………………………………………………………. Activity……………………………………………………………………………… a) Exchange your paragraph with the other partners to share idea and cheek whether there are mistakes or not b) Edit your text and then rewrite it c) Post it on the wall of the class so it can be read by the whole class 72
References 1. English language for Laos, beginner, student‟s book, Carolyn Conway and Sengmany Sosingdala, teacher training department, Ministry of Education and sport, lao PDR and voluntary service overseas, 2002 2. English for Lao government officials, students book, module 1 Australian aid, 2015 3. New interchange intro, English for international students, Jack C. Richards with Jonathan Hull and Susan Proctor 1997 P a g e | 73
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