UNIT 12: MUSIC

PART B: SPEAKING
I. OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

- Develop speaking skill as they can ask and answer questions about the music
topic.

- Express and develop their love for music.

II. METHODS:

- CLT oriented.

III. TECHNIQUES:

- Game: guessing game

- Pair-work: Repetition Drill

- Individual work: taking note and performing before class.

- Group work.

IV. LEXICAL ITEMS:

- Structures:

Both A and B + Vpl

S + prefer N/V-ing to N/V-ing

- Expressing similarity:

A likes sth, and so does B

A likes sth and b does, too

A likes, but B prefers

V. TEACHING AIDS:

- Textbook.

- Board.

- Chalk.
 - Word cards: sad, happy, bored, lonely, excited, relaxed

- Pictures:

+ sad, happy, bored, lonely, excited, relaxed

+ study, tired, meeting, relaxed.
- Handouts

VI. TIME: 45 minutes.

VII. PROCEDURES:

A. Greeting

B. Checking students attendance

C. New lesson

Steps Activities
Warm-up Game: GUESSING GAME
(3 minutes)
1. Warm-up:
Aims: get used to the topic.
- Give sts some pictures of singers and ask sts about their names.
- Ask sts what they know about these singers and name some of their songs.

Lead in:
Presentation - T asks many ss the question: Do you usually listen to music in your free time?
1 to elicit the answer Yes to lead into the lesson.
( 5 minutes) - Listening to music in free time is quite a common hobby. People listen to
different kinds of music for many different reasons. Today well learn about the
way to ask and answer about music.

Task 1: Brainstorm ideas

Activity 1: provide ideas:
- TExcited
divides class into 3 groups.
- T delivers some word cards aboutRelaxedpeoples feeling to each group.Sad
- T shows some pictures about the peoples feelings; the groups match the word-
cards with the pictures and stick them on the board.

Lonely Happy
Bored
 - T introduces These are some pictures showing peoples feeling. Maybe when
people feel so, they listen to music. These are some reasons why people listen to
music.
Activity 2: provide the way to ask and answer:
- T calls some students answer some questions.
- T asks students some questions through a conversation about himself/herself and
sticks the questions on the board at the same time.
(some questions:
+ Do you like listening to music?
Practice 1 + What kind of music do you like? (Do you like pop, rock or classical music?)
(10 minutes) + What are your favorite songs?
+ Which bands or musicians do you like?)
- T asks the whole class some questions:
+ Which questions did I use to ask about kind of music?
+ Which questions did I use to ask about the reason for listening to music?
+ To ask about favorite band/ musician or favorite song/ piece of music, which
question did I use?
Answer:
+ What kind of music do you like?
+ Why do you like it?
+ What are your favorite songs?
+ Which band or musician do you like?

- T asks ss to work in pair to practice these questions in 5 minutes.

- T reviews some structures and provide some more phrases to express their
opinion:
Presentation
Same interest in music Different interest in music
+ Both A and B + V (plural) + S + prefer N/V-ing to N/V-ing
+ A likes sth, and so does B + A likes, but B prefers
+ A likes sth and B does, too
2
(5 minutes)

- T asks ss to make examples for each structure.

- T asks ss to work in pairs to practice task 2 in textbook in 7 minutes. (one asks and
one answers, and then switch the role to get information.)
Practice 2 - T calls some pairs to perform before class. Before one pair practice, T asks other
( 15 minutes) ss to take note what they are going to listen to the conversation.
- T demonstrates the report of the first pair for students.
- From the second pair on, T calls randomly one ss report what they have found out
about their friends.
- T and the class give feedback and T corrects some important errors of students.

Task 4: Story telling

- T divides class into 4 groups.
Production - I have 4 pictures which make an exciting story. The story relates to music. You
(10 minutes) will work in group to arrange these pictures in your own order so that they make
an interesting story. After 7 minutes, I will call a group to perform your story in
front of class.
- T sticks 4 pictures on the board.

- T asks ss to discuss in group. While ss are discussing, T goes around giving help if
necessary.
- After 7 minutes, T calls each group to perform their story in front of class.
- T listens and corrects some important errors.
(Suggested story:
 Paul has been studying hard recently. He feels very tired and stressful. One day,
he met his friend, Robin on the way from school. He told Robin about his state. He
wanted Robin to give him some advice on how to get out of this tiredness. Robin
said You should listen to music, especially pop music; because it will make you
refresh and get rid of stress. Robin listed some songs of Britney Spears to Paul.
Paul tried listening to music and he felt relaxed and comfortable after studying.

Reserved - T asks ss to write the story by themselves.

activity
(5 minutes)
Homework - T asks ss to prepare new lesson : Listening