UNIT 9 THE POST OFFICE 
LESSON 3: LISTENING 
A)Objectives: 
-By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to 
1. Listen to the paragraphs for the specific information. 
2. Understand the development of the telephone networks 
in Vietnam. 
3. Summarize the contents of the lesson. 
 
B) Language focus: 
*Vocabulary: 
 -courteous, fascimile, notify, spacious, speedy, recipient 
* Skill: Listening comprehension 
C)Techniques: 
-Chatting ,RO & R, multiple choice, ask and answer, discussion 
D)Teaching aids:- text book , hand outs, boards, 
-Textbook, Cassette, Pictures, Real objects. 
E) Time: 45 minutes 
F) Procedures: 
T
 
Contents T & Ss’ activities 
 
Warm up (2 minutes) 
 
- Let students see the cellphone 
and some pictures of the post 
office the ask students some 
questions to lead in the new 
lesson. 
*Check up: 
-Make a conversation at the post office 
Pre- listening (10 minutes) 
- Have students listen and repeat 
some words in the book then 
introduce some difficult new 
words in the listening text. 
Look at the real object and 
the pictures then listen and 
answer the teacher’s 
questions.     
- T asks students to work 
in pairs. 
-T asks some of the 
students to answer the 
questions in front of the 
class.  
-
 Vocabulary: 
- Commune(n) : cong dong 
- Communual(a): su phat trien cong 
dong 
- Rural network(n) : mang luoi 
nong thon 
- Capacity(n) : kha nang , nang luc 
- Digit surcriber(n) : nguoi dang ki 
con so  
While - listening (20 minutes) 
*Task 1: Listen and choose the best 
answer (A< B< C or D) for the 
following the statements: 
- Play the tape more than three times if 
necessary 
- Ask students to read aloud their 
- Work in pairs to ask and 
answer some questions in 
the book (page 105). 
- Answer the questions 
before the class. 
-Ask students to read 
through task 1 then listen to 
the tape to choose the best 
answers. 
- Listen and repeat 
Listen to the tape to do task 
1    
*- Ss work in pairs 
-Ask students to read the 
answer and give reason foe their 
choice. 
- Correct the students’ answers. 
Suggested answers: 
 1. b 2. d 3.c 4.d 5.c 
*Task 2:Lis ten again and answer the 
questions: 
Suggested answers: 
1. Chine has the highest growth in the 
number of telephone subscribers. 
2. In the early 1990s,there were only 
140,000 telephones in Vietnam. 
3. In 1996,the fixed telephone numbers 
were changed from six to seven digits 
in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city as well 
as five to six digits in other provinces. 
4. In 2001. 
questions in task 2 then 
play the tape for the 
students to listen again to 
do it. 
- Have students compare 
their answers with their 
friends. 
- Ask some students to 
write their answers on the 
board. 
- correct and explain the 
answers sentence by 
sentence   
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5. there 6014 communal post offices in 
Vietnam. 
Post- listening (10 minutes) 
- Ask students to work in groups to 
retell the main points of the lesson. 
- Go around the class to help students 
if necessary and to make sure that all 
the students take part in the lesson.  
-Ask some of the students to retell the 
main points of the lesson in front of the 
class. 
- comment 
Homework (3 minute) 
- Ask students to write the summary of 
the lesson they have just learnt and 
prepare for the next lesson : Part D:     
- Read aloud the answer 
and explain the reason why 
to choose that answer. 
- Listen to the teacher’s 
correction.  
- Note down the answers  
- Note down the answers 
  - Work in groups of four to 
retell the main points. 
WRITING