Unit 4

Learning

Course Description

  • Level of learners
    Undergraduate students at level A2 based on CEFR standard.
  • Class accommodation
    30 students.
  • Objectives
    1. ask and answer about the activities they have done orally.
    2. ask and answer about past activities orally.
    3. check and clarify information with each other orally.
  • Target tasks
    1. Students understand how to use present perfect tense to ask and answer about the activities they have done.
    2. Students understand how to use simple past tense to describe past activities.
    3. Students understand how to make questions for checking and clarifying information.

PERIOD 1

Present Perfect Tense

How to Use Present Perfect

Affirmative:
[S + have/has + V3/Ved]
Ex: I have watched a horror movie.

Negative:
[S + have/has + NOT + V3/Ved]
Ex: I have not finished my report.

Question:
[(Wh-Question) + have/has + S + V3/Ved … ?]
Ex1: What have you done?
Ex2: Have you ever met my mother? 

Practice

Talk with Andy about the activities you have done:

• The films you have watched.
• The pieces of artwork you have done.
• The celebrities you have met.
• The courses you have learnt.

Ex: I have watched a lot of horror movies. I have not done any pieces of artwork…

Production

Select ONE of the given topics and talk with Andy about what you have done.

• Your favorite TV channel.
• Your favorite bookstore.
• Your favorite festival.
• Your hometown.

Ex: My favorite TV channel is Cartoon Network. I have watched movies on the channel many times. I have bought this channel with the TV cable package…

* Submit the recordings and screenshots of the chat sessions to teacher for assessment HERE.

PERIOD 2

Simple Past

How to Use Simple Past

We can use simple past tense to describe past activities.

• Affirmative:
[S + V2/Ved]
Ex: I traveled to Nha Trang last week.

Negative:
[S + did + NOT + Vinf]
Ex: My friend did not visit me yesterday.

Question:
[(Wh-Question) + did + S + Vinf … ?]
Ex1: What did you have for breakfast?
Ex2: Did you have breakfast at home? 

How to Check and Clarify Information

[Is that…?]
[Was that…?]
[Is there anything else?]
[Have you…?]

Ex: Is that the correct number?

Practice

Talk with Andy. Describe your past activities.

• A place you visited.
• A game you played.
• An activity you did at school.
• A festival you enjoyed.

Ex: I visited Da Lat. It was a beautiful and cold place. I played The Witcher 3 three years ago… 

Production

Select ONE of the given topics and talk with Andy. Describe your past activities.

• The places you visited in your hometown.
• The morning activities you did three years ago.
• The books you learnt in your major.
• The festivals you enjoyed in your country.

Ex: There are many places in my hometown. I visited Cai Rang Floating Market three years ago. I came to Binh Thuy Temple last week with my friends…

* Submit the recordings and screenshots of the chat sessions to teacher for assessment HERE.

PERIOD 3

Practice Pronunciation

Type in the words you found difficult on Cambridge Online Dictionary to listen to the pronunciation of the words and orally repeat after listening to practice pronunciation.

Production

Select ONE of the given topics and talk with Andy. Talk about what you have done, what you did, and make questions for checking information.

• Your life in your hometown.
• Your studies at Can Tho University.
• Your lifestyle now and then.
• Your close friends.

Ex: I have lived in my hometown for three years. I spent my childhood there. However, I moved to my university to study in 2021…

* Submit the recordings and screenshots of the chat sessions to teacher for assessment HERE.

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