1. KLAWING ____walking______ 2. BLATFOOL ________________ 3. MADBINNOT ________________ 4. LLOVEYLLAB ________________ 5. NATEPQUE ________________ 6. NIGGOJG________________ b) Ask your classmate to find out someone who likes doing sport and exercise. e.g. 1. Do you go swimming at the weekend? If yes, fill in the name. 1. ……………………… goes swimming at the weekend. 2. ………………… …… likes walking along the Mekong riverbank. 3. ……………………… plays football with his friends. 4. ……………………… plays petanque. 5. ……………………… enjoy doing exercise. c) Work in pairs to ask each other about the favorite sport and exercise eg: 1. What is your favorite sport/exercise? 2. How often do you do each one? 3. When and where do you do it? 51
Unit 7 Attending a meeting 1. Language focus: Future with „going to‟ Time sequencing words Comparisons „more than‟ and „less than‟ Approximations 2. Vocabulary attend border area capacity capital city east ethnic group kilometers (km) north percent (%) percentage plateau poor population province region rich rural south square statistics strengthen west 3. Reading 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 52
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? 8. What is the last item on the agenda? 3. Listening 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. Check your answers with the teacher. 53
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! 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 (km2) percent (%) Class discussion: Look at the map and the questions below. Guess the answers to the 54
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 55
4. Grammar note: Approximations Sayaboury‟s population of 338,669. 338,669 is an exact number. Sometimes the exact number is not available and can only be approximate instead. Hence, we can 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 290,000 (two hundred and ninety thousand) 4. Reading a) Use the words in the box below to complete the missing information in this report about Sayaboury Province. Check the answers with the class. Area border districts east forest health live mountainous population province rural west Sayaboury Province Sayaboury Province is in the ……………………… of Laos. It shares an international ………… with Thailand to the west. The Mekong River forms the border between Sayaboury Province and Oudomsay …………….. to the east, and between Luang Prabang province and Vientiane Province to the ……….. Sayaboury Province has a total …….…of 16389 km2 ,but 65% of the land is ……………. and 42% is ……………… Theprovince has a total of eight districts 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% inthe districts in the north. The districts in the north are underdeveloped and Sayaboury needs more roads, schools and ……………. services there. In 2013, Sayaboury founded a new district named Saysathan located in a relatively remote area. 56
The economic potential of Sayaboury is to build the Hydro Power along the Mekong River to generate the local incomeand to alleviate the poverty in line with the government‟s policy. a) In groups, read the following questions about Sayaboury Province and guess the answers. Try to come to an agreement on the answers in your group. 1. What is the area of Sayaboury Province? a. 17,389 km2 b. 60,389 km2 c. 16,389 km2 2. How mountainous is the province? a. 56% b. 65% c. 69% 3. How much of the province is forested? a. 32% b. 42% c. 52% 4. What is Sayaboury‟s population? a. 291,705 b. 291,507 c. 219,705 5. How many villages are there in Sayaboury Province? a. 595 b. 955 c. 559 6. What is the percentage of the people living in rural regions? 57
a. 90% b. 19% c. 5% 7. Where do 38% of the people live? a. North b. South c. East Read the text again and fill in the table below with the information on Sayaboury . Description Province 1: ……………………. Location _________________________________ Area e.g. 16,389 km 2____________________ Mountains _________________________________ Forest __________________________________ Capital ________________________________ Population ___________________________________ No. of districts __________________________________ No. of villages __________________________________ Ethnic groups ________________________________ Important/Interesting facts ____________________________________ Needs 5. Speaking Look at the list of needs below. Find someone who needs these things in his/her village/ district/ province. Stand up and go around the class to ask different students: “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 someone else. Try to get someone‟s name next to each need. a) Find someone who………… Names: _______________ needs more roads in his / her ……………………………...….. _______________ needs more bridges in his / her ………………………......…… _______________ needs more primary schools in his / her …………………....… 58
_______________ 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 …………………... 59
Unit 8 ASEAN country 1. Language focus: Revision of “WH‟ questions connectors Study of a paragraph structure Practice of writing a good paragraph relating to the Laos as a member of ASEAN. 2. Vocabulary advantage anniversary courage assume attract base benefits boost border budget capital challenges consistent contributing cooperation decrease disadvantage establish establishment flag friendship gap human resource development (HRD) independence international investment issue 3. Speaking a) Brainstorming: What countries does Lao P D R share the border with? Work in pairs to add countries that share borders with Laos. Cambodia Lao PDR 60
4. Grammar 1. There are many two-word questions with how, what, and which e.g. how long….? Which city….? What kinds 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? 5. Reading a) Can you explain the meaning of the Lao flag in English? Do you know when did Laos join ASEAN? b) Find out all of the capital cities of the ASEAN member countries and write them below. c) Discuss with your partner: What does being a member of ASEAN mean for Laos? Read the text and match the heading below with the paragraphs. Note that there is one extra heading you do not need. 1. __B__ Laos can learn from its ASEAN partners. 2. _____ Laos faces funding challenges. 3 _____ PM‟s speech notes Laos‟ foreign policy success on ASEAN anniversary. 4. _____ Laos needs more skilled officials with strong background of English. 5. _____ ASEAN provides budget for travel and per diem expenses. 6. _____ Laos raises international profile and attracts more FDI. Laos in ASEAN A. Laos, along with Myanmar, became a member of ASEAN on July 23, 1997. In a speech to mark the 47thanniversary 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 policyof peace, independence, friendship, and cooperation, aimed at contributing to 61
the building of Southeast Asia as a region of peace, stability and cooperation for development.” (LNTV News, 2014) B. Membership of ASEAN has given Laos the opportunity to take part in discussions with other ASEAN nations on important regional issues, such as trade and transnational crime. Laos can learn from the experience of the more industrially developed ASEAN nations, and has received technical support as well as help with human resource developmentfrom ASEAN member states and other dialogue partners, such as Australia and New Zealand. C. As ASEAN establishes itself as a single marketand production base, Laos will be better placed to attractmore foreign direct investment. In recent years, there has already been an increase in trade, investment and foreign tourist arrivals in the country. Laos‟ successful chairmanshipof ASEAN in 2004-2005 raised the country‟s profileinternationally. 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, challenges for Laos in being a member of ASEAN, namely a lack of fundsand a lack of skilled staff. Attending ASEAN meetings is expensive. There are more than 500 ASEAN meetings every year, and as there is no funding provided by ASEAN to attend these meetings, all ASEAN member countries have to pay for themselves. Travel and per diem costs, as well as contributions to the ASEAN budget, cost the country more than US$3 million a year. E. Another challenge for Laos is its lack of skilled human resources. A large number of English-speaking Lao government officials are needed to attend ASEAN meetings. They also need to have a good understanding of international law and international economics. This remains a significant challengefor Laos as it marks its 17thanniversary of ASEAN membership. As ASEAN moves forward to form an ASEAN Economic Community by the end of 2015, it is important that the voice of Laos does not go unheard. a) Read the text again and answer the following questions. 1. When did Laos 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 years? 5.What raised Laos‟ profile internationally? 6. Which two challenges does Laos face in being a member of ASEAN? 62
7.How many ASEAN meetings are there per year? 8.What skills do Lao government officials require to take part in ASEAN meetings? b) Decide if the sentences below are trueor false. If the sentence is false, correct it. 1. _T_Laos and Myanmar became members of ASEAN in 1997. 2. ____ Trade and investment in Laos has decreased in recent years. 3. ____ Successfully chairing the ASEAN Summit in 2004 raised Laos‟ international profile. 4. ____ Laos will assume the ASEAN chairmanship for the third time in 2016. 5. ____ ASEAN will form an ASEAN Economic Community by the end of 2015. 6. ____ It is important that the voice of Laos is heard at ASEAN meetings. Listening a) Listen to the women talking about the development gap of the young ASEAN countries and then fill in the missing words. Share the answers with your partner and then check them as the whole class. The Development Gap ASEAN members have recognized that there is a “development gap” between the ASEAN six (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand) and the (1)………………………….. of newest ASEAN members: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and (2)……………………………., known as the CLMV. Therefore, in order to give CLMV a (3)……………………………….. to catch up with the rest, the CLMV counties have an (4)……………………………… three years, until end of 2018, to implement all of the listed tariff (6)……………………….............. . Practice a) Work in pairs; discuss with your partner about the Development Gap text above. 1. What is the full name of ASEAN? 63
2. What does CLMV stand for? 3. Which countries were the first founding members? 4. Which countries are the newest ASEAN members? 5. What do you think of the benefits to be gained by Lao PDR from being a member of ASEAN? 5. Grammar point 1. There are many two-word questions with how, what, and which e.g. how long….? Which city….? What kinds 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? 64
Reference 1. The Academic Skills Centre, Trent University 2. www.trentu.ca/academicskills [email protected] 705-748-1720 3. Module 2 65
ໂຄອຸ່ າຄຫກສູຈລາງວຆິ າ ຊື່ ວຆິ າ:English for Specific Purpose I System/Semester ຫກສູຈສາັ້ ຄມູ ຈທະງມລະບບ 12+4 ລະຫຈວຆິ າ:0910507 12+4 part 1 year 3 Time period 2 hours/week, 32 hours /semester Credits 2(2-0-0) 2 credits Credit value There are two credits, teaching two hours in a week, 32 hours of the total teaching within 16 weeks in a semester and the teachers have to manage your time to teach theories and practice at the same time. Synopsis The first English for Special Purpose contains some of the socio – economic development in Laos, including introduction to the workplaces, organizations, working week, socializing, attending meetings and development assistance. Objectives After learning this subject, students will be able 1. to participate in the infrastructure development of Laos, 2. to collect Lao socio – economic development issues, 3. to teach this subject for the secondary school students from the grade one to the grade seven. Methods This subject there are 6 units, start teaching in the third semester of the 12 + 4 system, two hours a week, 32 hours a semester, including lectures, seminars and evaluating tasks. Teaching methods usually combine four skills, begins from vocabularies, speaking, reading and writing skills. The classroom activities the teachers can put students to work in individuals, in pairs and in groups of three, four, five, or six. But do not let students work in the large groups because they might 66
be lost the control of learning. In addition, to get successful teachers have to choose and create the appropriate activities for the students to learn. They cannot follow page to page in the textbook. Week 01 Unit 01: Introduction to the workplace Activity 01: Teachers provide students to study difficult words they might be found while studying the lessons. To be successful, the teachers can choose about 15 vocabularies from the textbook page 1 and 4. This activity will take an hour to finish. The teachers can provide games to make learners happy. Activity 02: Teachers provide students to work individuals to practice writing sentences by using grammar form in the follow up task “be + for + v – ing” page 7. This exercise will take around one hour to complete. The teachers may choose a suitable exercise (b) from page 7, 16, or exercise (a) from page 17. Week 02 Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.1 – 18 Unit 01: (cont.) Activity 03: Teachers provide students to work in pairs to practice conversations page 2 and 6, it will take around one hour to finish. The teachers may choose dialogue A or B. In addition, teachers can create their own conversations to practice conversation strategies on page 8 and 9. 67
Week 03 Activity 04: Teachers provide students to work in groups of Week 04 four/five to do exercise on page 10 and 11. The teachers should not spend more than an hour to finish this activity. After learning there are a few extra exercises chosen for the students study more. Look at the vocabularies on page 11, 14 and grammar on page 12. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.1 – 18 Unit 02: Activity 01: Teachers provide students to study difficult words they might be found while studying the lessons. To be successful, the teachers can choose about 15 vocabularies from the textbook page 19. To finish and succeed this activity, the teachers do not spend more than an hour, but they can provide a few suitable games to make learners happy as they are studying. Activity 02: Teachers provide a city map for students to study direction. Look at Vientiane map on page 22 as a model. To make the students happy while studying, the teachers have to draw a city map where the students may know and understand well. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.19 – 32 Unit 02: (cont.) Activity 03: Teachers provide students to work in groups of four/five to complete direction on page 23. Activity 04: Teachers provide students to work in groups of four/five to do exercises on page 28 by reading the brochure on 68
Week 05 page 27. To go over this lesson, the teachers should suggest the Week 06 students to learn the topics left. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.19 – 32 Unit 03: The working week Activity 01: Teachers provide students to work individuals to complete someone‟s diary. This activity bases on everyday routines/every day during the weekdays, from Monday to Friday. Look at Kelly‟s diary on page 39 as a model. Activity 02: Teachers suggest students to write sentences by using present continuous tense on page 38 and someone‟s diary from the activity 01. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.33 – 46 Unit 03: The working week (cont.) Activity 03: Teachers ask students to read the text on page 41 by answering 5 questions in the reading task and doing exercises on page 42. Activity 04: To achieve the objective, students to work in pairs to practice inviting and refusing dialogues. Student A invites student B to go out in somewhere and the student B tries to refuse until the last invite to give him/her offer. Look at page 37 as a model. On the other hand, the teachers can provide a few appointing conversations by using Somdy‟s and Kelly‟s conversations on page 35 as an example. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.33 – 46 69
Week 07 Unit 04: Socializing Activity 01: Teachers provide students to work individuals to learn Week 08 adverbs of frequency, single words (always, usually, often, Week 09 sometime, seldom, hardly, ever, never) and phrases (every day, every morning, afternoon, evening and so on). The students may Week 10 take an hour to pronounce and spell. Look at the exercise (a) on page 59 as guideline. Activity 02: Using phrases in the follow-up task, exercise (a) on page 61 and grammar note on page 59 to practice writing sentences by adverbs of frequency and adverbial phrases Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.47 – 66 Mid-term test covers vocabularies, general grammar (prepositions of place and languages of the direction), grammar tenses: present simple and continuous, reading and writing tasks. Unit 04: Socializing (cont.) Activity 03: Teachers provide students to work in groups of four/five to do the reading tasks in the page 59 and 60 about Somsinh‟s work. Activity 04: Teachers provide students to work in pairs to practice short conversations about Somsinh‟s work on page 63 by using adverbs of frequency and adverbial phrases. For example, student A: How often does Somsinh go to meeting and attends the workshop? Student B: He goes to meetings every day and attends workshops once a month. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.47 – 66 Unit 05: attending a meeting Activity 01: Teachers provide students to study words to describe 70
Week 11 provinces in Laos, including location, area, population and some Week 12 words they might be found while studying the lessons. To be successful, the teachers can choose about 15 vocabularies from the textbook page 67. To finish and succeed this activity, the teachers do not spend more than an hour, but they can provide a few suitable games to make learners happy as they are studying. Activity 02: ask students to work in groups or individuals to complete the text on page 75 and spend an hour to finish. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.67 – 80 Unit 05: (cont.) Activity 03: Write a paragraph about a province in Laos where the students know well, including location, areas, population and socio-economic development. Use the information on page 79 to be guideline. Activity 04: To get information about a province in Laos, the students have to ask a friend to answer some questions about the location, capital, village, district, ethnic groups, area, forest, mountain, economic development, interesting places and needs. Look at the questions on page 71 and 72 as guideline. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.67 – 80 Unit 06: Development assistance Activity 01: Teachers provide students to study words to describe provinces in Laos, including location, area, population and some words they might be found while studying the lessons. To be successful, the teachers can choose about 15 vocabularies from the textbook page 81. To finish and succeed this activity, the teachers do not spend more than an hour, but they can provide a few suitable games to make learners happy as they are studying. 71
Week 13 Activity 02: ask students to do the reading task on page 90 and 91 Week 14 Week 15 Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.81 – 94 Unit 06: Development assistance (cont.) Activity 03: Ask students to compare two provinces in Laos by using comparative adjectives on page 84 as guideline. The information they may use: area, population, village, district, weather, forest, mountain, economic growth and so on. Look at the questions below as guide 1. Which province is bigger between Vientiane and Borikhamxay? 2. What province is more developed between Borikhamxay and Vientiane? The questions are not fixed; we can use many different styles. For example, do you agree with me Vientiane is not more developed than Borikhamxay? Activity 04: Prepare students to write a paragraph of comparing development of a province in Laos, in the past and present. The core story covers education, economic, transportation, agriculture development, pollution and health condition. Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.81 – 94 Review vocabularies about: socializing, attending a meeting and socio-economic development from unit 4 to 6. Review grammar: past modal verbs, adverbs of frequency and adverbial phrases, comparative and superlative adjectives, indefinite article a/an and present simple, continuous and perfect, 72
Week 16 past simple and continuous tense from unit 4 to 6. Final examination covers I. Vocabularies: socializing, attending a meeting and socio- economic development from unit 4 to 6. II. General grammar: past modal verbs, adverbs of frequency and adverbial phrases, comparative and superlative adjectives, indefinite article a/an III. Grammar tenses: present perfect simple, past simple and continuous tense IV. Reading and writing tasks: socio-economic development in Laos. Evaluation 1. Participation 10 % 2. Individual test 10 % 3. Group test 5% 4. Unit Assignments 25 % 5. Mid-term examination 25 % 6. Final Examination 25 % Reference: Reference English for Lao Government Officials, Module 2, p.1 – 94 Written by Mr. Phoxay Philavong Savannakhet Teacher Training College (STTC), 2013 Mobile: 2243 2339 email: [email protected] 73
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