PPT ESP 1

Unit 4 Socializing

Grammar note: „Would‟ and „Could‟ • Would‟ is used to make an invitation or offer in a polite way. • eg: Would you like to go out for lunch? • Would you like a coffee? • „Could‟ is used to request something in a polite way. • eg: Could you pick me up? • Could I have some paper, please?

Speaking • A:Would you like to go for a picnic this Sunday? • B: Sorry. I can‟t go on Sunday because I‟m visiting my mother. • A: Could you pick me up at 10? • B:OK. I‟ll pick you up at 10. • A:Thanks. See you then. • A: Would you like some coffee? • B: Yes, please. • A: Could I have some papers, please? • B: Yes, here you are.

Making an arrangement • Soumaly: Hello, Julie. • Julie: Hello, Soumaly. • Soumaly: Nice to see you again. How was the workshop yesterday? • Julie: Great! It was a very _____________________ because many different ideas were discussed. • Soumaly: Oh, really? • Julie: Yes, Soumaly, ___________ to go out for dinner sometime this week? • Soumaly: Yes, of course. • Julie: Are you free on Friday night? • Soumaly: Oh, Sorry! I can‟t go out on Friday night because I am going to a Baci ceremony. • Julie: Well, what about ______________ night? • Soumaly: That‟s fine. What time? • Julie: How about 6:30? • Soumaly: 6:30 is fine. Is it possible for you to pick me up? • Julie: Of course. I‟ll pick you up at __________ at your house. • Soumaly: Thanks. See you then. • c) Follow the recording and repeat each phrase or sentence of the dialogue. • d) Half the class is Julie and the other half is Soumaly. Practice the dialogue together. • e) Practice the dialogue in pairs. Practice it until you can say it without looking at your book

Work in pairs. Complete the conversation below. Use your own words, • A:Would you like to ……………………………………………………… ? • B:Yes, of course. • A:Are you free ………………………………….. ? • B:Sorry, …………………………….. because ……………………………. • A:What about ………………………………..? • B:Yes, ……………………………. is fine. • A:Could you ……………………………. ? • B:Yes, ………………. on ……………… at …………………………...….. • A:Yes, ………………. then.

Some of the sentences below are about work and some about social life. Write the sentences under the correct headings. • Last weekend, I went fishing at Thalat. How‟s work? • Are you busy at work at the moment? • I don‟t often play sport. • What do you do on the weekends? • Do you often travel for work? • Do you like your job? • What did you do last weekend? • How often do you go to the provinces for work? • Do you often watch a video in the evenings?

Work Social

Unit 4 (continue) Socializing

Grammar note: Reminder-simple past tense In the simple past tense the verb changes. Most verbs are regular verbs and change by adding „ed‟ to the end of the verb. • Example: In Laos, I work at the Office of the HRD • 1. Regular verbs: usually we add – ed to the verb. • worked, wanted, finished, listened, watched and played • Other spelling rules: • Verb Rule Example • Ends in –e (lived) + d She lived in Australia. • Ends in a consonant double the final He stopped work at 5.30

• + vowel + consonant consonant • (stop) • Ends in consonant change y to ied I studied economics. • + y (study)

2. Irregular verbs: many common verbs have an irregular past form • go-went, have-had, meet-met, know-knew. • Brainstorm: Do you know the meaning of these words? Discuss the meaning with a partner • and then check against the vocabulary list on the first page of this Unit. • director responsibilities planning training supervising organising • travelling meeting conferences interesting people reports

a) Listen to the presentation about Julie‟s work in Australia and complete the text below Thank you for asking me to give a talk about my work in Australia. I will talk about where I worked, my position, my (1)…………………………………………. , and what kind of things I did in my job. In Australia I worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra. Canberra is the capital city of Australia. I was deputy (2)…………………….. of the Human Resources Development Department. I was responsible for finding out the (3) ……………………………. needs of staff and then (4)…………………………. and (5)……………………….. training. I was also responsible for (6) ………………………. the work of the 15 staff in the HRD department. Every week, I had many (7)……………………………. with staff and wrote training plans and (8)……………………………. After training courses, I met with the staff to hear a report about the training. I often had to travel to other cities in Australia for meetings and (9)…….………………. . My work was very (10)…………………… , so I liked my job. I liked (11) ………………………… for work because I met many (12) …………........................ , but sometimes I felt tired because I attended too many meetings. So, that’s a short description of my work in Australia. Do you have any questions for me? Afterlistening, check your answers with a partner and then with the whole class.

Survey:Walk around and ask others about how often they do things. Write the information in the survey table below. Work responsibilities Name How often Khamsene once a month write reports go to meetings attend workshops travel to another country use the computer inspect projects use English at work organise training have lunch in a restaurant have a baci at home play sport go on picnic read the newspaper

Unit 5 Food and drink



1. Look, listen and repeat 1. Vocabulary salad grilled 1.1. Food (eat) soup chicken fried pock stir beef fish mango Vegetable cucumber jujube 1.2. fruit (eat) coconut apple tamarind Orange guava a bottle of water melon a can of pine apple a glass of a cup of 1.3. drinks( drink) water juice soft drinks alcohol

Dragon fruit



Work in pairs. Make a list of five foods that you think are healthy and unhealthy. Healthy food Unhealthy food

• A bowl of • A plate of • A cup of • A glass of • A bottle of • A can of • A dish of • A big plate of

Talking about food and drinks 1. What kind of food do you like to eat/have? 2. What kind of drink do you like to drink/ have ? 3. What kind of fruits do you like to eat? 4. What kind of vegetable do you like to eat? 5. Do you eat meat? 6. what will you cook for dinner this evening? 7. Can you cook ? 8. What kind of food do you cook? 9. What is your favorite food? 10. Do you usually cook?

At the kitchen A: What is your favorite food? B: My favorite foods is/are chicken soup and grilled beef A: can you cook? B: Yes, I can / No, I can not A: What kind of food do you like to cook? B: I like to cook soup and fry especially chicken soup and fried eggs A: when do you usually cook? B: I usually cook in the evening A: what time do you usually have dinner? B: I usually have dinner about 7 o’clock. A: Do you sometimes eat out? B: yes of course. I sometimes eat out with my friends.

Conversation A: what would you like to eat ? B: I like to eat a bowl of chicken soup fried mixed vegetable and two basket of sticky rice A: Do you like papaya salad B: yes, of course A: what about drink, what would you like to drink? B: I would like to drink a can of Pepsi and a glass of water

3. Read and answer the questions • What would you like to eat ? • What would you like to drink? • Do you like to eat papaya salad? • Do you like to drink orange juice?

3. Read and answer the questions • What would you like to eat ? I would like to eat …………………… I would like to eat an apple I would like to eat chicken soup • What would you like to drink? I would like to drink……………………. I would like to drink a can Pepsi

3. Read and answer the questions • Do you like to eat papaya salad? Yes, I do, but I don’t like spicy No, I don’t • Do you like to drink orange juice? No, I don’t. But I like apple juice yes, I do.

4. Look and write ( Describe what you would like to eat and drink you) Example: I would like to eat papaya salad every after noon, grilled fish and cool water, I also would like to drink mixed fruit, but I don’t like to drink hot water and

5. Let’s talk( ask your partner about the food and drink they would like to eat and drink Example What would you like to eat ? do you like to eat pock soup ? What would you like to drink? do you like to drink Mirinda Do you like to drink orange juice?

Homework 1. Read the following conversation and fill in the gap with appropriate vocabulary give 2. Make the question with the answer 3. And answer the question by your own information ( what you like to eat and drink and what you don’t like to eat and drink?)











Reading • 1. All around Vientiane Capital, you can see food stalls on the street selling different kinds of Lao food. Papaya salad is a popular snack. It is very spicy, and people like eating it at any time of the day. • 2. On the street stalls, you can buy grilled chicken or fish. Another favourite Lao food is laap. This is chopped meat or fish mixed with vegetables. Noodles are also very popular. People often go to noodle shops at lunchtime. • 3. Laos is famous for sticky rice. This is a special kind of rice and you eat it with your fingers. Another food is kao lam. This is rice cooked with coconut milk in bamboo. People like eating it as a snack at festivals especially at Boat Racing and Thatluang Festivals. Kaiphean (river weed) is well known and goes with Cheobong (Chilli sauce)and sausages from LuangPrabang. • 4. Along the Mekong Bank you can find many bars and restaurants, you can also eat food from many other countries in Vientiane Capital. There are French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean and Indian resturants and Swedish House near Namphou. Most of the international restaurants are in the centre of the city. They are usually more expensive than the Lao food restaurants.

a) Answers to these questions based on the information in the text: • 1) How many different kinds of Lao dishes are there in the text? What are they? • 2) What is laap? • 3) Where do people often go to eat at lunchtime? • 4) Do you eat food at a street stall? Why? / Why not? • 5) What kind of international restaurants are there in Vientiane? • b) Look at the sentences about some popular Lao dishes. Can you write the missing words? The first two letters of a word are given. • 1. Laap is ch……………….. meat or fish mixed with ve……………………………. • 2. St…………….. rice is a special kind of rice. You eat it with your • fi……………….…… • 3. Kao lam is rice cooked in ba………………….. People like eating it at festivals. • 4. Pa…………… sa……… is very spicy. People like eating it at any time of the day.

Unit 6 Sports and Exercises

Match the sports in the table below with the pictures • playing football playing tennis doing aerobic • running cycling playing volleyball



a) Make conversation between Julie and Soumaly talking about the sport and places for exercise. • Julie: Soumaly, where should I go 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 go to the Mekong River • bank where a large number of people do some jogging, running, walking and • can enjoy fresh air at the same time. • Julie: Really! I may go there after work. • Soumaly: For football matches, you‟d better go to the Sea Games football stadium. • There‟s going to be a junior match between Malaysia and Cambodia soon. • Julie: I will go there beause I love watching football. • Soumaly:Julie, I‟m going to join you.

Grammar note: like/love/enjoy • After like/love/enjoy + to or V-ing • I love to watch or I love watching badminton • I like to play badminton after work. Or I like playing badminton after work • (More on ideas; more on actions) • We can use like/love/enjoy + 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.

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 sports that both of you • like/enjoy/love playing.

Unit 7 Attending the meeting

The Agenda • An agenda is a 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, ASEAN 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 • 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? • 8. What is the last item on the agenda?

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: Khamsene, could you tell me more about Sayaboury Province before the • meeting? • Khamsene: Yes, of course. I was born in Sayaboury Province. What do you want to • know? • Julie: Well, first – where is it? • Khamsene: I‟ll 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. • Julie: Really? That‟s interesting! Only two! Is Sayaboury a big province? • Khamsene: Its area _____________________________________. Only a few • provinces: Bokeo in the north, on the border with China, Saravan, Sekong • and Attapeu in the south, are smaller. • Julie: I see. And is it in the mountains? • Khamsene: Yes, ______________________________________________ so it‟s • difficult to get to some villages. I think they need more roads. • Julie: Mmm. What else do they need? • Khamsene: Many things! But let‟s go to the meeting now and find out more. • Julie: Yes, it‟s 8: 45 already!

Look at the map and the questions below. Guess the answers to the questions and discuss them with your classmates. • 1. Where is Sayaboury Province? North, south, east, or west? • 2. How far is it from your province? • 3. What is its area? / How big is it? / What size is it? • 4. What is its capital city? • 5. What is its population? • 6. What is the name of the river? • 7. What country does it share border with? • 8. Is it mountainous? • 9. Does it have forests? • 10. How prosperous is the province