GENERAL ENGLISH I STUDENT’S TEXTBOOK For The 1st YEAR ICT STUDENTS 12+4 SYSTEM, SEMESTER I

Lao People Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity ............. ............ Ministry of Education and Sports Teacher Development Department Luangnamtha Teacher Training College GENERAL ENGLISH I STUDENT’S TEXTBOOK For The 1st YEAR ICT STUDENTS 12+4 SYSTEM, SEMESTER I Writer: Aj. MA. Sihnnakohn SRIMUANG Academic Year 2017-2018

Lao People Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity ............. ............ Ministry of Education and Sports Teacher Development Department Luangnamtha Teacher Training College GENERAL ENGLISH I STUDENT’S TEXTBOOK For The 1st YEAR ICT STUDENTS 12+4 SYSTEM, SEMESTER I Editors: 1) MA. Somlath SOMSAVATH 2) MA. Onnith Sitthilarth Academic Year 2017-2018

Preface Education is really essential to human resource development. According to the curriculum of Luangnamtha Teacher Training College, the textbook compilation has to be created belong to the course outline for using in teaching-learning bachelor degree. To reach the goal of that curriculum, the writer attempts to collect the contents of lesson that mix and match to the learners’ levels, for helping them to achieve goal. It means learners are able to communicate with others in English basically. This textbook consists of 14 lessons. It can be used for teaching in the 1st year mathematic student of 12+3+2 system, semester one To combine the textbook, the writer had spent a semester to classify the appropriate information, to make the textbook completely. However, more or less, it may miss some advantage points to this textbook. Therefore, I also hope that the users and readers will have a good cooperation by inform me for editing better in the future. Last but not least, as a writer I feel grateful to get the useful comments and recommendation to develop my writing in the future. i

Content Items page Preface ………………………...…………………………………………………………….i 1. Lesson 1 what’s your name ……………………………………...……………………...9 2. Lesson 2 I’m from Laos ………………………………………………………...…….13 3. Lesson 3 I’m sixteen years old …………………………...…………………………...18 4. Lesson 4 I am a student ……………………………………………………..………...24 5. Lesson 5 This is a pen on the table ……………………………..……………………..28 6. Lesson 6 Houayxai is a town in Bokeo province………………...…………………….31 7. Lesson 7 London is a big city …………………………………………………...…….33 8. Lesson 8 There is a hospital in Pasan…………………………………………..………36 9. Lesson 9 Where’s the post office? ………………………………………………….…38 10. Lesson 10 She’s Khanthaly’s mother…………………………………………………..43 11. Lesson 11 my brother’s fifteen and he’s a student ………………………...…………..46 12. Lesson 12 I have two brother and a sister……………………………………………...52 13. Lesson 13 do you have a motorbike?…………………………...……………………...56 14. Lesson 14 I have a headache…………………………………………….……………..60 References …………………………………………………………….…………………...61 ii

Unit I: Greetings and self-introduction Lesson 1 Greetings In this lesson students learn to greet each other 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Hi Good evening ( ຾ລຄ) Hello Good morning Nice to meet you (ງຌິ ຈ຋ີ ໃ ອີ ູ຅ໄ ກັ ) Good afternoon Pleased to meet you (ງຌິ ຈ຋ີ ໃ ອີ ູ຅ໄ ກັ ) ຍໃ Note: Hi/Hello ເຆ຾ໄ ຍຍຍໃ ຽຎັຌ຋າຄກາຌ Good morning/ Good afternoon/ Good evening ເຆຽໄ ຎັຌ຋າຄກາຌ 2. Dialogue Listen and read the dialogue. A: Hello. My name‟s Linda. What‟s your name? B: My name‟s Noly. Where are you from Linda? A: I‟m from Australia. B: Nice to meet you. A: Nice to meet you, too. Task 1: Listen to the teacher and repeat. Task 2: Half of the class is A. Half the class is B. Practise the dialogue again. Task 3: Practise the dialogue again using above expressions. Task 4: Practise the dialogue. Use your own names. A: __________. My name‟s ____________. What‟s your name? B: My name‟s ________________. 1

Where are you from ___________? A: I‟m from ___________________. B: Nice to meet you. A: Nice to meet you, too. Task 5: Stand up and walk around the class. Introduce yourself to your classmates. 3. Language focus Possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her My name‟s Noly. His name‟s Phouvong. Her name‟s Khonevilay. Spoken Written What‟s What is My name‟s My name is Her name‟s Her name is His name‟s His name is (Contractions) What‟s/ My name‟s / Her name‟s ພາສາ ຂຼຌ ພວກຽອາ຺ ຠກັ ຂຼຌຉວ຺ ຽຉຠັ ຽຆໃ ຌັ What is/ My name is /Her name is Personal pronouns Possessive adjectives I My Your You His He Her She Its It Our We Their They 2

3. Practise Task 1: Stand in a circle. Take turns to say, „My name‟s …‟. Then point to a classmate and say, „Her name‟s ….‟ or „His name‟s …‟. Task 2: Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives: 1. Where is (I) my book? 2. Here is (we) _________teacher. 3. (They) _________father works in a school. 4. (You)__________ book is very expensive. 5. (He)_________ favourite sport is tennis. 6. (I)__________ husband and I want to go to Vientiane. 7. Baby likes (she)_________ dog ! 8. (It)_________ name is Bobby. 4. Look and write ________________________________ ________________________________ Task 1: Correct these sentences. ________________________________ my name is john smith ________________________________ this is my wife ________________________________ her name is mary this is my son his name is tom 3

Lesson 2 self-introduction In this lesson students learn to introduce each other. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Pleased to meet you, too ) fine ( ) Nice to meet you (ງຌິ ຈ຋ີ ໃ ອີ ູ຅ໄ ກັ ) very well ( ) Nice to meet you, too (ງຌິ ຈ຋ີ ໃ ອີ ູ຅ໄ ກັ ) Thank you ( ) Thank you very much 2. Listen and repeat 2. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat the dialogue after the teacher. Good morning, Boun. I‟m fine. How are you? Thank you. Fine, thanks. And you? Boun, this is Keo. Hello, Boun Hello, Keo. Pleased to meet Pleased to meet you. you too. 3. Read and Say. Work in a group of three. Practise the conversation above. 4

4. Practise Practise the conversation by using your own names. Good morning, ……. I‟m fine. How are you? Thank you. Fine, thanks. And you? Boun, this is …... Hello, …… Hello, ……. Pleased to meet Pleased to meet you. you too. 5. Read and write Rewrite the following dialogue in the right order. The first one has been done for you. A: Good morning, Silisack. A: I‟m fine, thank you. And you? A: Hello, Khamhou. Nice to meet you. B: Good morning, Bouapha. How are you? B: I‟m fine. Silisack, this is Khamhou. C: Nice to meet you too, Silisack. A: Good morning, Silisack. B:............................................................................................................. A:............................................................................................................. B:............................................................................................................. A:............................................................................................................. C:............................................................................................................. 5

Unit II: Countries and Nationalities 1. Vocabulary Match the names of countries to nationalities Nationalities Countries Thai e.g.: Laos Chinese China Indonesian Indonesia Singaporean Brunei Darussalam Vietnamese Thailand Malaysian Singapore Cambodian Malaysia Lao Cambodia Burmese Myanmar/Burma Bruneian Vietnam Activity 1: Group works Ask students in groups of 5 to match the names of counties to correct flags Activity 2: Jumble letter Students to work in pairs to order the correct words Aols = Laos; lnadtaih = _________________; ietvman = ___________________ 6

Activity 3: mini dialogue A: where are you from? / Where do you come from? B: I‟m from Laos/ I come from Laos. A: what nationality are you? B: I am Lao Students practice mini-conversation Activity 4: listen and tick 1. I am from Vietnam Cambodia 2. I am Malaysian Indonesian 3. They are from Myanmar Singapore 4. He is Lao Laos 5. She is Thailand Thai 6. We are from China Chinese 7. He is Philippines Philippi no 8. We are from India Indian 7

Unit III: Occupations and Workplaces In this lesson students learn new vocabularies of occupations and verb to be. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. occupation : ຬາຆຍີ student businesswoman/man / policeman government official soldier policewoman shop keeper doctor teacher factory worker ໂ farmer 2. Look and write Task 1: Write the word under the pictures. 1..................... 2. ............. 3. ........... 4. ................. 5........................ 6................. 7................. 8................... 9........................... 10........................ 11.................... 12................... 8

Pronunciation Focus 1: // ‟ch‟- / / ຳ“ teacher” À- xò- È. Listen to the teacher and repeat “teacher” ‟sh‟- Pronunciation Focus 2: “ shop keeper” // // - È Shhhhhh! // -ci- official ti- occupation listen to the teacher and repeat “shop keeper”, “official”, “occupation” 3. Read and match Task 1: Match the English and Lao words. Example: 1. g 1. Teacher a. 2. Doctor b. 3. Student c. 4. Farmer d. 5. Soldier e. ໂ 9

6. Policeman f. 7. Businessman g. 8. shop keeper h. 9. factory worker i. 10. government official j. 11. Businesswoman k. 12. Policewoman l. 4. Language focus: Verb “to be” I Positive statements You am doctor. She are farmer. He Somdy nurse. Thongda A soldier. is teacher. It student. You table. We is my ruler. They dog. Teachers Are are students Is farmers Yes/No questions you doctor she farmer he nurse Somdy A soldier ? Thongda teacher student 10

table? Is it A ruler? dog? Are you students? we farmers? they Short answers Yes, I am. / No, I‟m not. Yes, you are. / No, you aren‟t. Yes, he is. / No, he isn‟t. Yes, she is. / No, she isn‟t. Yes, it is. / No, it isn‟t. Yes, we are. /No, we aren‟t. Yes, they are. / No, they aren‟t. Full forms Contractions I am I‟m You‟re You are He‟s He is She‟s She is It‟s It is We‟re We are They‟re They are Task 1: Write the sentences under the pictures. 1. He is a business man. 2. ................................. 3. .................... 11

5. ................................. 5............................ 6.......................... 7.......................... 8........................................ 9...................... Singular and plural: Plural Singular noun + s a/an + noun four farmers two advisers eg. a farmer an adviser Note: a man-men a woman-women a policeman-policemen Task 2: Put a line under all the singular nouns and a circle all the plural nouns in sentences. e.g. He is a teacher. They are farmers Task 3: Write the following sentences in plural‟ 1. I‟m a soldier. ....................................................................................................................................... 12

2. She is a government officer. ....................................................................................................................................... 3. We are shop keepers. ....................................................................................................................................... 4. They are policemenen. ...................................................................................................................................... 6. Somdy and Noy are doctors. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13

Unit III : Occupations and Workplaces (con) 1: Occupations 1. Vocabulary accountant ຌກັ ຍຌັ ຆີ work ວຼກ ministry ກະຆວຄ manager ຏູຍໄ ລຫິ າຌ lawyer ຌກັ ກຈ຺ ໝາງ friend ໝໃ ູ (ໝໃ ຽູ ພຬື ຌ) secretary ຽລຂາ dentist ໝຎ຺ວ຾ຂວໄ meet ພຍ຺ , ຽຫຌັ ຫົື ກຬຄຎະຆຸຠ think ຃ຈິ engineer ຌກັ ວສິ ະວະກຬຌ village ໝໃ ຍູ າໄ ຌ director ຏູຬໄ າຌວງກາຌ vet ສຈັ ຉະວະ຾ພຈ live ຬາເສມໃ ູ vice director ອຬຄຏູຬໄ າຌວງກາຌ Note : Veterinarian = Vet  Speaking: What’s your ….? Task 1: Listen and read. lawyer accountant secretary engineer dentist vet manager director vice director 2. Dialogue tasks Task 1: Listen and complete the dialogue. 14

Tom: Hello, Susan. _________________? Susan: I _______ fine, thanks. And you? Tom: Very well, thanks. Susan: This is _________ friend, Khamsy. Khamsy, this is Tom. Khamsy: Pleased to meet you. Tom: Pleased to meet you, too. ________ do you do, Khamsy? Khamsy: I‟m a ___________. Tom: Where do you work? Khamsy: I work for the Ministry of Home Affairs. Task 2: In groups of three, practise the dialogue. Practise it until you can say it without looking at your book. Task 1: Listen and number the pictures. 1 Grammar Focus: Articles – a/an In English we use: ‘a’ before a noun beginning with a consonant, e.g. a manager, a secretary, a director. ‘a’ ເຆຉໄ ໃ ໜາໄ ຃າຌາຠ຋ໃ ຂີ ຌືໄ ຉຌ຺ໄ ຈວໄ ງພະງຌັ ຆະຌະ 15

‘an’ before a noun beginning with a vowel (a/e/i/o/u), e.g. an engineer, an orange, an actor ‘an’ ເຆຉໄ ໃ ໜາໄ ຃າຌາຠ຋ໃ ຂີ ຌືໄ ຉຌ຺ໄ ຈວໄ ງສະຫະົ . Task 3: Look at the pictures and write their occupations. e.g. 1. He is a policeman. 2. _____________ 3. ____________ 4. _____________ 5. ______________ 6. _______________ 7. ______________ 8. _______________ 9. _______________ Notes: What do you do? = What’s your occupation? „What do you do?‟ ຾ລະ „What‟s your occupation?຾ຠໃ ຌຠ຃ີ ວາຠໝາງ຃ກື ຌັ ຾ຉໃ „What do you do?‟຾ຠໃ ຌແຈຌໄ າແຆຽໄ ຂາ຺ ໄ ເຌກາຌສຌ຺ ຋ະຌາເຌພາສາຬຄັ ກຈິ ຫາົ ງກໃ ວາເຌກາຌຂຼຌ. 16

Task 4: Work in group of 3 to play a role of various jobs. Take turn to ask each other. A: What‟s your occupation? B: I‟m a lawyer. What do you do? A: I‟m an engineer. C: A is a lawyer, B is an engineer. 3. Workplaces 1. Speaking: Where do you work? Task 1: Match Lao and English workplaces. a. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ____ກະຆວຄງຸຈຉ຋ິ າ b. Ministry of Communications, ___ກະຆວຄຬຸຈສາຫະກາ ຾ລະ ຫຈັ ຊະກາ Transport, Post and Construction ___ກະຆວຄກາຌ຃າໄ ຾ລະ ຋ໃ ຬຄ຋ໃ ຼວ c. Ministry of Foreign Affairs d. Ministry of Information and Culture ___ກະຆວຄກາຌຽຄຌີ e. Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts ___ກະຆວຄ຃ຠ຺ ຠະຌາ຃ຠ຺ ,ຂຌ຺ ສຄ຺ ,ແຎສະຌີ ຾ລະ ກໃ ສາໄ ຄ f. Ministry of Labour and Social ___ກະຆວຄສາ຋າລະຌະສຸ ກ Welfare a ກະຆວຄກະສກິ າ ຾ລະ ຎໃ າແຠ ໄ g. Ministry of National Defence h. Ministry of Education and Sports ___ກະຆວຄ຾ອຄຄາຌ ຾ລະ ສະຫວັ ຈຈກີ າຌສຄັ ຃ຠ຺ i. Ministry of Finance ___ກະຆວຄຊະ຾ຫຄົ ຂໃ າວ ຾ລະ ວຈັ ຋ະຌາ຋າ j. Ministry of Security ___ກະຆວຄຎຬໄ ຄກຌັ ຎະຽ຋ຈ 17

k. Ministry of Justice ___ກະຆວຄກາຌຉໃ າຄຎະຽ຋ຈ l. Ministry of Public Health ___ກະຆວຄສກຶ ສາ຋ກິ າຌ ຾ລະ ກລິ າ m. Ministry of Trade and Tourism ___ກະຆວຄພາງເຌ N Note: Capital letters We use capital letters for the names of workplaces, e.g. Ministry of Communications, Transport, Post and Construction. Task 2: Read and complete the dialogue. Tom: Do you work for the Ministry of Health, Khamsy? Khamsy: No, I don‟t. I work at the _________________________. Tom: And _________ do you live? Khamsy: Dongpalan village. Note: works at … / works for … Khamsy works at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This means his office is in the MAF building in Vientiane. ຊາໄ ວໃ າເຆໄ at ມໃ ູເຌຎະ຿ຫງກໝາງ຃ວາຠວໃ າຫຬໄ ຄກາຌຂຬຄຏູກໄ ໃ ຼວມໃ ູ຋ໃ ກີ ະຆວຄຌຌັໄ . Khamsy works for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This means his office is not in the MAF building. ຊາໄ ວໃ າເຆໄ for ມໃ ູເຌຎະ຿ຫງກໝາງ຃ວາຠວໃ າຫຬໄ ຄກາຌຂຬຄຏູກໄ ໃ ຼວຍໃແຈມໄ ໃ ູ຋ໃ ກີ ະຆວຄ ຌຌັໄ ຾ຉໃ ຏູກໄ ໃ ຼວ຾ຠໃ ຌພະຌກັ ຄາຌສຄັ ກຈັ ມໃ ູກະຆວຄຌຌັໄ . Task 3: Practise the dialogue. Use your own workplace and village. 18

2. Grammar focus ( Present Simple) Positive form Work at the Ministry of .. I Works You We They He She It Negative form Contractions I don‟t I do not You don‟t You We don‟t We They don‟t They He doesn‟t She doesn‟t work at the Ministry of.... It doesn‟t He She does not It Note: Mr Mrs Miss Ms Mr – man Mrs - married woman Ms – woman Miss - single woman Mr, Mrs, Miss ຾ລະ Ms ສວ່ ຌຫຼາງ຿ມຌ່ ໄຆກ້ ຍັ ຌາມສະກຌຸ ຍ່ ຿ມຌ່ ໄຆກ້ ຍັ ຆ່ ຊາ້ ວາ່ Khamsy Soulivong ຢ຋່ ່ ຎະ຾຋ຈ ຬຈົ ສະຉາລ ລາວ຅ະຊກ຾ຬຌ້ ວາ່ Mr. Soulivong. 19

-຿ຉວ່ າ່ ຢຎ່ ະ຾຋ຈລາວ Mr, Mrs, Miss ຾ລະ Ms ສໃ ວຌຫາົ ງ຾ຠໃ ຌແຆກໄ ຍັ ຆໃ ຽື ພຬື ໃ ສະ຾ຈຄ຃ວາຠ ຌຍັ ຊ.ື ຉວ຺ ມໃ າຄ: Khamsy Soulivong ມໃ ູ຋ໃ ຎີ ະຽ຋ຈລາວ ລາວ຅ະຊກື ຽຬຌີໄ ວໃ າ- Mr. Khamsy. ຌ຾ີໄ ຠໃ ຌເຆແໄ ຈຽໄ ພາະວໃ າກາຌເຆ຾ໄ ຉໃ ຆໃ (ື e.g. Khamsy) ເຌລາວ ຾ຠໃ ຌຊວື ໃ າຍໃ ສຸພາຍຎາຌເຈ. 3 Writing: Personal Information Task 1: Ask five people and write their answers on the chart and report back to the class. Example: His full name is Mr Khampheng Sengsoulivong and he‟s forty years old. He‟s an accountant and he works for the Ministry of Education and Sports. Full name? Age? Occupation? Workplace? accountant Mr. Khampheng 40 Ministry of Education and 1. Sports Sengsoulivong 2. Task 2: Write about you. Use the text about Khamsy as a model. e.g. My name is _____________________. I am _________________ ______________________ and _____________________. ______ Task 3: Read and check your partner‟s writing. Can you understand it? Check: 20

Unit IV: Classroom Objects What is this in English? 1. Classroom objects In this lesson students learn to use simple statements and ask simple questions about classroom objects. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. book bag eraser/rubber calculator board broom ຟ chair pen CD player rubbish bin table ໂ pencil pencil case dust –pan desk ໂ sharpener ໂ classroom 1. Dialogue Task 1: Listen and read the dialogue. A: Is this your pen Sack? B: No, it isn‟t. It‟s Boua‟s (pen). A: Boua, can I borrow your pen, please? C: Of course. A: Thanks. C: You‟re welcome. Task 2: Listen and repeat. Task 3: Practise the dialogue in group of 3 Task 4: Practise the dialogue. Use your own pens and pencils. 2.Language Focus ‘This’ and ‘These’ We use: „This‟ with singular nouns, e.g. “This is a pen.” What‟s this in English? „These‟ with plural nouns, e.g. “These are pencils.”What are these in English? Task1: Write the words under the pictures. 21

1. bag 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _________ 6. ____________ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. ____________ 11. _______ 12. ________ 13. _____________ 14____________ Task2: Listen and repeat each word after the teacher. 3.Practise Task1: Point at things in the classroom. Ask and answer: A: „What‟s this in English?‟ or „What are these in English?‟ B: „It‟s a ______________.‟ or „They are ______________.‟ Task2: Look at the picture and complete the question. Is this No, it Is this Yes, Are these Yes, they your ......? isn‟t. your .......? it is. your ........? are. Spoken Written No, it isn’t. No, it is not. No, they aren’t. No, they are not. 22

5. Look and write Look at the pictures, then write two questions and answers for each picture. Example: Questions Answers Is it a pen? No, it isn‟t. It is a door. Is it a door? Yes, it is. .......................pencil?. No,............................... ........................... ..................................... ............................ ..................................... ........................... ..................................... ................................ ...................................... ............................... ........................................ 23

2. Classroom languages In this lesson students learn to follow and give instructions in the classroom. 1.Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. repeat open the door look at point at listen ຟ stand up draw say come here sit down copy this late close the door write read 2. Look and write Task 1: Write the correct word on the pictures. 1................... 2......................... 3............................ 4............................. 5.................... 6..................... 7......................... 8...................... 3. Listen and do Task 1: Listen and follow what the teacher says. Example: Teacher says: Open the door. Student A opens the door. Task 2: Work in groups of three or four. Take turn to give and follow the instructions. Example: A says: Look at the window. 24

B and C: Look at the window. C says: Stand up. A and B: stand up. (Students can replace: open the book, look at the board…) 3. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat after the teacher. Student: I‟m sorry. I‟m late. Teacher: That‟s all right. Student: Thank you. Task 1: Practise the dialogue above and take turns. 4. Write Write the words from the jumbled letters. Example: ewrti write 1. nope ________ 2. rrosy ________ 3. reda ________ 4. trpaee ________ 5. wdra ________ 6. nelits ________ 7. elat ________ 25

Unit V: Time and Daily Routines 1. Times New vocabulary clean (verb): ຬະຌາແຠ every day: ຋ຸກໂຠືໄ Time: ຽວລາ house: ຽອຬື ຌ after: ຫົຄັ ຅າກ o‟clock: ຉຄ຺ (ເຆກໄ ຍັ ຿ຠຄ) feed (verb):ຽກຬື /ເຫຬໄ າຫາຌ late: ຆາໄ , ຍໃ ຋ຌັ ຽວລາ half past: ຽ຃ໃ ຄິ quarter past: ຎາງສຍິ ຫາໄ chicken: ແກໃ weekend: ຋າໄ ງສຍັ ຎະຈາ quarter to: ງຄັ ສຍິ ຫາໄ get up: ຉໃໃ ຌື ຌຬຌ bed: ຉຼຄຌຬຌ market: ຉະຫາົ ຈ shower (verb): ຬາຍຌາໄ morning: ຉຬຌຽຆາ຺ໄ motorbike: ລຈ຺ ຅ກັ breakfast: ຬາຫາຌຽຆໃ າ຺ lunch: ຬາຫາຌ຋ໃ ຼຄ afternoon: ຉຬຌສວາງ car: ລຈ຺ ຽກຄ dinner: ຬາຫາຌ຃ໃ າ television: ຿຋ລະ຋ຈັ evening: ຉຬຌ຾ລຄ Tuk Tuk: ລຈ຺ ຉຸກຉຸກ night: ຉຬຌ຃ໃ າ bus:ລຈ຺ ຽຠ midday ຉຬຌ຋ໃ ຼຄ foot: ຉຌີ midnight:຋ໃ ຼຄ຃ຌື bicycle:ລຈ຺ ຊຍີ 1.Speaking: What’s the time? Task 1: Listen and repeat. 26

2. Dialogue task Task 1: Listen and read the dialogue. A: What‟s the time? B: It‟s quarter past four. A: Oh, I must go. I‟m late for my English class. B: What time does it start? A: Four o‟clock. See you later. B: OK. See you later. Task 2: Practise the dialogue in pairs. Notes: You can say: See you later. tomorrow. on Monday. on the weekend. this evening. 8 o‟clock. next week. Repeat the time phrases (ຄຳວະີລ) after your teacher. Task 3: Practise the dialogue again using the different time phrases. 27

Task 4: Listen and draw the times on the clocks. 1._______________ 2._______________ 3._______________ 4._____________ Task 5: Write the times under the clocks. Note: Check with your partner. Note: Two ways to say the time. half past eight = 8.30 (eight thirty) 8.15 (eight fifteen) quarter past eight = 8.45 (eight forty five) quarter to nine = Task 6: Write these times. e. g 10.15 It is a quarter past ten 11.15 ________________________________ 12.30 ________________________________ 7.45 ________________________________ 9.30 ________________________________ 10.45 ________________________________ Note : Check with your partner. Task 7: Barrier game Don‟t look at your partner‟s clocks. Take turns to ask for the missing times. Draw the missing times on your clocks. e.g. A: What‟s the time on clock 2? B: It‟s _________________. 28

Student A 2 34 1 ______________ ______________ _____________ ____________ 56 78 ____________ ______________ _______________ ______________ 2 34 Student B 1 _____________ ______________ _______________ ______________ 5 6 78 ___________ _______________ _______________ _______________ Note : Check with your partner. Write the times under the clocks. 29

2. Daily routines 1. Listening: Manivanh’s Day Task 1: Listen and repeat get up have a shower go to work have lunch have dinner go to bed watch television clean the house Task 2: Listen and write the times. e. g She gets up at 6 o‟clock . 1. She feeds the chickens at _______________ 2. She cleans the house at _______________ 3. She has a shower at _______________ 4. She has breakfast at _______________ 5. She goes to work at _______________ 6. She has lunch at _______________ 7. She goes home at _______________ 8. She has dinner at _______________ 9. She goes to bed at _______________ Note : Check with a partner. 3. Language Focus Irregular verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to go’ “to go” “to have” Singular Singular Plural Plural 30

I have We I go We You have You have You go You go He They He They She has She goes It It Task 1: Complete these sentences. 1. She ___________breakfast at 8.30 a.m.. 2. What time do you __________breakfast? 3. They ___________to work in the morning. 4. He _____________to work by motorbike 5. I ______________dinner at 6 p.m. 6. You ____________lunch at 12.30. Task 2: Stand up and walk around the class then ask five people and write their answers on the chart. What time do you _________? Names......................... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Task 3: Each student talks about one person from their survey. e.g. Manivanh gets up at ________________ 31

She has a shower at ________________ Task 4: Write four sentences about one person from your survey. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3 Reading: Manivanh’s Day Note: More ways to talk about time midday (ຉຬຌ຋ໃ ຼຄ), midnight (຋ໃ ຼຄ຃ຌື ) in the morning = a.m. (from midnight to midday) in the afternoon = p.m. (from midday to about 6.00 p.m.) in the evening = p.m. (from about 6.00 to about 7.30 p.m.) at night = p.m. We say: half past eight in the morning eight thirty in the morning eight thirty a.m. We do not say „half past eight a.m.‟ Task 1: Write these times: 4 a.m. = 4 o‟clock in the morning 8.30 a.m. = _______________________________ 8.30 p.m. = _______________________________ 9.45 a.m. = ________________________________ 6.30 p.m. = ________________________________ 7.30 a.m. = ________________________________ 5.30 p.m. = ________________________________ 10.45 a.m. = _______________________________ 32

Task 2 : Write the number of the pictures in each sentence below Manivanh‟s Day 1 23 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 10 Every day Manivanh gets up at 6 o‟clock in the morning. _____ She feeds the chickens at 6.15 in the morning. _____ She cleans the house at 6.30 a.m. _____ She has a shower at 7.00 a.m. _____ She has breakfast at 8.00 a.m. _____ She goes to work at 8.15 a.m by motorbike. _____ She has lunch at midday. _____ After work she goes to the market. 33

_____ She has dinner at 6.00 p.m. with her family. _____ After dinner she watches television. _____ She goes to bed at 9.45 p.m. Task 3: Read these sentences: She goes to work by motorbike. He goes to his English class by bicycle. They go to school by bus. I go to the ministry by car. We go to market by Tuk Tuk. He goes to the rice field on foot. Task 4: Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers in the chart. Do you go to work by / on ____________? Names 34

1. 2. 3. 4. 5 4 Writing: Your day Task 1: Read „Manivanh‟s Day again, then take turn to read to your partner. Task 2: Write about your day. e.g. Every day I …………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………….…………………………………………………………… Task 3: Give your writing to your partner. Take your partner‟s writing. Read your partner‟s writing. Can you understand it? Check:  The grammar  The spelling  The full stops  The capital letters  Give your partner‟s writing back. Take your writing. Correct your writing. 35

Unit VI: An Important Date I. Number 11-90 In this lesson students learn the numbers 11-90. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. equal divide by minus multiply plus 2. Listen and repeat Listen to the numbers 11-90 and repeat after the teacher. 11 12 13 14 15 16 fifteen sixteen eleven twelve thirteen fourteen 21 30 17 18 19 20 twenty-one thirty seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty 80 90 eighty Ninety 40 50 60 70 forty fifty sixty seventy 3. Dialogue It‟s thirty. What number is it? 30 36

Is it thirty? Yes, it is. 30 Is it forty? No. It‟s sixty. 60 Task 1: Listen to the teacher and repeat. Task 2: Half of the class is A. Half of the class is B. Practise the dialogue again. Task 3: Practise the dialogue again using numbers above. 4. Listen and write Listen to the teacher and write numbers you hear. a._____20__________ b._________________ c. _________________ d. _______________ e. _________________ f. _________________ g. _______________ h. _________________ i. _________________ j. ________________ k. _________________ l. _________________ 5. Look and write Task 1: Complete these sums with your partner. plus + minus – equal = 37

5 15 50 40 + + - - 15 == + 30 20 == == 20 + 12 == 60 -- 90 Task 2: Now say and write with your partner. Example: Student A: fifteen plus five equals twenty. Student B writes 15+5=20 Student B: fifty minus thirty equals twenty. Student B writes 50-30=20 Task 3: Write the following number in words. Example: 12+13=25 Twelve plus thirteen equals twenty-five. 1. 17+30=47 ____________________________________________________ 2. 40+30=70 ____________________________________________________ 3. 50+12=62 ____________________________________________________ 4. 30-20=10 ____________________________________________________ 5. 90-60=30 ____________________________________________________ 6. Games Bingo game Task: Write nine numbers (11-90) on the chart. Listen to your teacher. Put  on the number you hear. Say “Bingo” when you have 5‟s 38

II. Months 1. Vocabulary January ຾ຈຬຌມຄັ ກຬຌ September ຾ຈຬຌກຌັ ງາ Cool ຾ຢັຌ February ຾ຈຬຌກມຸ ພາ October ຾ຈຬຌຉລຸ າ Dry ຿ຫຄ້ (຿ຫຄ້ ຿ລຄ້ ) March ຾ຈຬຌມຌາ November ຾ຈຬຌພະ຅ກິ Hot ອຬຌ້ April ຾ຈຬຌ຾ມສາ December ຾ຈຬຌ຋ຌັ ວາ Wet ຎຽກ (ຎຽກຆຌ້ ) May ຾ຈຬຌພຶຈສະພາ Year ຎ First ລະຈຍັ ຋ໝ່ ຶຄ June ຾ຈຬຌມ຋ຌຸ າ Month ຾ຈຬຌ Second ລະຈຍັ ຋ສຬຄ July ຾ຈຬຌກລະກຈົ Season ລະຈກາຌ Third ລະຈຍັ ຋ສາມ August ຾ຈຬຌສຄິ ຫາ Weather ສະພາຍຬາກາຈ Fourth ລະຈຍັ ຋ສ 2. Speaking: Months Task 1: Listen and read. January February March April May June July August November December September October Note: Capital letters (ຉວ຺ ພຠິ ເຫໃ ງ) ກາຌຂຼຌ຃າສຍັ ຂຬຄຽຈຬື ຌເຌພາສຬຄັ ກຈິ , ຉວ຺ ໜຄັ ສ຋ື າຬຈິ ຂຬຄ຃າສຍັ ຉຬໄ ຄຉຽີ ຎັຌຉວ຺ ພຠິ ເຫໃ ງສະຽໝ.ີ ຉວົ ຢາ່ ຄ: My date of birth is on the 16th of January, 1975. Task 2 : Listen and tick. 39

 Follow-up task Task : Complete the sentences below. cool, dry season hot, dry season wet season 1. The cool, dry season is in December, January and _______________________ 2. The hot, dry season is in ___________________________________________ 3. The wet season is in ______________________________________________ 3. Grammar focus 40

Adjectives for describing things We use adjectives for describing things. These adjectives describe weather: hot (35º) warm (25º) cool (15º) cold (5º) wet dry We use „like‟ to ask for descriptions, e.g. „What‟s the weather like?‟ Task 1: Look at the calendar for the year 2014. Read and answer the questions. 2013 Calendar 1. What‟s the first month of the year? January. 2. What‟s the last month? ____________ 3. What day is the first of July? ____________ 4. What day is the last day in June? ____________ 5. What month comes before November? ____________ 6. What month comes after October? ____________ 7. How many days are there in January? ____________ 8. How many months have 31 days? ____________ 41

9. How many Fridays are there in January? ____________ 10. What date is the first Friday in January? ____________ 11. What date is the second Friday in January? ____________ 12. What day is the last day of the year? ____________ Task 2: Write answers to these questions. (The names of festivals have capital letters.) What month is Lao New Year in? Lao New Year is in __________. When is the Rocket Festival? The Rocket Festival is in May or ______________ __________. When is the That Luang Festival? ____________________. When is the That Luang Festival? ____________________. Check your answers with a partner  The correct information  Capital letters for the name of the festival and for the name of the month  A capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and a full stop at the end of the sentence  The correct grammar and correct spelling Task 3: Write the words and number of the months in the box. 42

a. l u j y July 7 b. r a y u j a n _______________ c. l a i p r _______________ d. d e m e b e r c _______________ e. r c o b o e t _______________ f. y b r f r e a u _______________ g. b e m e p e s t r _______________ h. n u e j _______________ i. t u u a s g _______________ j. a h m c r _______________ k. e r b n e o m v _______________ l. y a m _______________ III. Dates 1. Speaking : Ordinal number and dates Task 1: Listen and repeat. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th First second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth Note: Ordinal numbers (຾ລກລາຈຍັ ) ກາຌຂຽຌ຾ລກລາຈຍັ ໃຌພາສາຬຄັ ກຈິ ຿ຉລ່ າຈຍັ ຋ໜ່ ຶຄຫາສາມ: 1st = first 2nd = second 3rd = third 43

ສວ່ ຌກາຌຂຽຌ຿ຉ຾່ ລກລາຈຍັ ຋ສ່ ຂຌຶ້ ຾ມ່ຬ຿ມຌ່ ໃຫຉ້ ່ ມ ‘th’ ໃສ຋່ າ້ ງ຃າ. ຉວົ ຢາ່ ຄ: 4th = the fourth 7th = the seventh 10th = the tenth 5th = the fifth 8th = the eighth 6th = the sixth 9th = the ninth ພະງຌັ ສະຌະ຃ວຍ th ຢ຋່ າ້ ງ຃າຬຬກສຽຄ / / Task 2: Listen and repeat. 11th = eleventh 12th = twelfth 13th = thirteenth 14th = fourteenth 15th = fifteenth 16th = sixteenth 17th = seventeenth 18th = eighteenth 19th = nineteenth 20th = twentieth Task 3: Write the ordinal numbers 21st to 31st in words. 21st = twenty-first 22nd = _______________ 23rd = _______________ 24th = _______________ 25th = _______________ 27th = _______________ 28th = _______________ 26th = _______________ 29th = _______________ 30th = _______________ 31st = _______________ Task 4: Ten students stand in a line, one behind the other. The first person in the line says: „I‟m first.‟ The second person says: „I‟m second,‟ and the last person says: „I‟m last.‟  Follow-up task Task 1: Listen and tick () the dates you hear. 1. 23rd July 2. 3rd June 3. 22nd May 44

4th July 13th June 24th May 3rd July  22nd June 2nd May 4. 1st August 5. 9th April 6. 6th November 21st August 19th April 5th November 31st August 29th April 25th November Note: How to write and say the dates Written form Spoken form 1st August, 1999 The first of August, nineteen ninety-nine 23rd May, 2000 The twenty-third of May, two thousand 11th June, 2001 The eleventh of June, two thousand and one Task 2: Listen and complete. 1. A: ____________________ today? B: It‟s _______________________. A: Sorry? B: The ______________________. A: Thanks. 2. A: ___________________________ birth? B: The _______________________, 1968. Task 3: Listen and repeat . 1985 1965 2000 2002 45

1995 1999 2001 2020 Task 4: Listen and write. 1. 1997 3. ______________ 5. ______________ 2. ______________ 4. ______________ 6. ______________ Task 5: Listen and complete. 1. 19/6/1996 4. …../3/20 ….. 7. 30/…../19….. 2. 10/8/19 ….. 5. …../10/1953 8. 29/…../ 19….. 3. …../1/19 ….. 6. …../…../ 2002 9. …../…../…….. 2. What’s your date of birth? Task 1: Barrier Game One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don‟t look at your partner‟s chart (cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask for the missing dates. Write the missing dates on your chart. Remember you can ask “Sorry?” e.g. A: What‟s the date in A1? B: It‟s the third. A: Sorry? B: The third. (Student A writes 3rd on his/her chart) Student A: What‟s the date in …? C D EF AB 18th 30th 2nd 1 9th 2 4th 11th 24th 3 15th 46