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Unit 7
Economic reforms
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Period No 37 - Lesson 1: Reading

I. Objectives:
1. Educational aim:
- Students read and guess the meaning of words in contexts.
- They read and answer questions about the texts.
- They practice scanning for specific information in the texts.
2. Knowledge:
- General knowledge: The changes brought about by the economic reforms.
- Language: Common knowledge of education, healthcare, agriculture
- New words: Words related to the topic (economic, medical and agricultural terms).
3. Skills:
- Guessing meaning in context, scanning for specific information and passage comprehension.
II. Method:
- Integrated, mainly communicative.
III. Teaching aids:
- Picture, board, chalks, textbook, handouts
IV. Procedure:

Time

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Teacher’s activities

- ask Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer the questions on page 74.
- go around the class to offer help if necessary.
- call on some Ss to ask and answer in front of the class.
- give suggested answers.
- lead in the new lesson.




- read word by word.
- ask Ss to repeat in chorus and individual and writes them on the blackboard.












- say some words in English and ask Ss to speak them out in Vietnamese.

- ask Ss to read the passage in silence and do task 1.
- give Vietnamese equivalents and asks Ss to match.
- ask Ss to compare the answer with a partner.
- call on some Ss to answer in front of the class.
- comment and give correct answer.




- let Ss work in pairs to read the text again and decide which statements are true or false.
- have Ss compare their answers with another pair.
- call on some Ss to answer in front of the class.
- give feedback and correct answers.
- ask Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about the passage
- go around the class and offer help if necessary.
- call on some Ss to answer in front of the class.
- comment and give correct answers.









- ask Ss to work in groups of four or five to discuss the task
- tell each group to choose one secretary to write down their ideas.
- call on the representative of each group to report their ideas to the class.
- give feedback and comments.


















- summarize the main points.
- assign homework.
Content

A. Warm- up: Ask and answer the questions
Suggested answers:
- Houses were small with thatched roofs.
- Farmers worked on the field with their buffalos.






Lead- in: Today, the reading passage will provide you with some information about economic reforms.
B. Pre- reading
I. Vocabulary:
- stagnant (adj) [`stægnənt] : not developing: trì trệ
- inflation (n) [in`flei∫n] : sự lạm phát
- to eliminate (v) [i`limineit] : remove: loại bỏ, loại trừ
- subsidy (n) [`sʌbsidi] : sự bao cấp
- intervention (n) [,intə`ven∫n] : the act of intervening in a situation: sự can thiệp
- to dissolve (v) [di`zɔlv] : officially end: giải tán, giải thể
- substantial (adj) [səb`stæn∫əl] : considerable: đáng kể
- to dominate (v) [`dɔmineit] : control: chi phối, thống trị
- commitment (n) [kə`mitmənt] : a promise to do something: lời hứa, cam kết
II. Check vocabulary



C. While- reading