Unit 7: EDUCATION OPTIONS FOR SCHOOL-LEAVERS

Lesson 5: Listening – Vocational courses

I. OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge
2. Language competences
3. Personal qualities
II. MATERIALS
III. PROCEDURES

STAGE AIM PROCEDURES TIME

1. Warm-up - T explains the phrase “Vocational
course” for Ss.

2. Pre- - To provide Teaching vocabulary

listening new words for - T provides new words and explains
the listening their meanings to Ss:
tasks. Vocabulary:
1. professional (adj)
2. apprentice (n)
3. brochure (n)
- T plays the audio of new words and
asks Ss to repeat.
Task 2: Choose the correct meanings
of the underlined words and phrase
- T checks Ss’ understanding by asking
them to do Task 2 in the coursebook:
Key answers:
1. B
2. A
3. B
- T reveals these words will appear in
the listening audio.
2. While- Task 3: Listen to a conversation
listening between Mai and the receptionist at
ABC Vocational School. What are
they talkingh about?
- T instructs Ss to determine the number
of people talking in the audio.
Expected answer: 2 people – Mai and
the receptionist
- T explains “What are they talking
about?” is to find the main topic of the
audio.
- T introduces 2 steps to prepare for
listening for the main idea of a listening
task:
Step 1:
+ Read and highlight the keywords in
the given option
+ T asks Ss to follow step 1 to find out
the keywords in each option of Task 3
(Let Ss highlight keywords in option A,
check the answer, and then continue to
the other options. Do the same with
options B and C):
A. Vocational schools, area
B. Cooking courses, vocational
school
C. Qualifications, study, ABC
Vocational School
Step 2:
+ Guess information might appear in the
audio through highlighted keywords.
+ T instructs Ss to guess information in
each option:
A. Vocational schools in the area (Ss
might hear a lot of names, locations,
how to apply, advices on choosing the
suitable school…)
B. Cooking courses at the vocational
school (Ss might hear the duration of
the course, job opportunities, tuition
fees, different types of classes…)
C. Qualifications needed to study at
ABC vocational school (Ss might hear
work experience, high school degree,
language qualification…)
- T plays the audio for Ss to listen to the
main topic of the conversation.
- T asks Ss to work in pairs to compare
their answers.
- T checks answers as a class. When
checking answers, T asks Ss to recall
what they listened in the audio, based on
the predicted information before.
Key answer:
B. Cooking courses at the vocational
school

Task 4: Listen to the conversation

again and complete the notes below.
Use no more than TWO words for
each gap.
- T asks Ss to highlight keywords before
or after the gaps.
- T checks keywords as a class:
(1) duration, two, three
(2) courses
(3) training, to be
(4) work as, a(n), restaurant
(5) parents, students, study
- T instructs Ss to identify the word form
of each gap based on the highlighted
keywords:
(1) noun (days, weeks, months, years)
(2) adj
(3) noun
(4) noun
(5) noun
- T asks Ss to say how many words can
they fill in each gap.
Expected answer:
No more than 2 words
- T reminds Ss to pay attention to the
 word form (singular or plural) and these
words should be exact words from the
recording.
- T asks Ss to listen carefully and plays
the audio once again.
- T checks answers with the class by
playing the audio one more time and
pausing at some places for Ss to listen
and analyze (identify what information
is the audio talking about, and when the
audio tells the answer).
Key answers:
(1) months
(2) professional (cooking)
(3) restaurant cooks
(4) apprentice
(5) brochure
3. Post- Task 5: Work in pairs. Discuss the
listening following question.
- T introduces the task and gives Ss
some suggested ideas to discuss:
Kinds of cooking courses:
- Basic cooking course (daily food
recipes, fun experience in the kitchen…)
- Professional cooking course
(restaurant chef training, special food
recipes…)
- Baking course (cake recipes…)
- European cooking course (European
recipes…)
- T explains those ideas and asks Ss to
work in pairs to answer the questions in
the coursebook in 2 minutes.
- T calls some pairs to present their
answers.
Sample answer:
I would be interested in a basic cooking
course because I can learn many daily
recipes and I will know how to cook
meals for my family.
Transcript:
Lan: Good morning.
Receptionist: Good morning. Welcome to ABC Vocational School. How can I help
you?
Lan: I watched a TV program about your school last week. I'd like to ask for
information about your courses.
Receptionist: Sure. What's your name, please?
Lan: I'm Nguyen Thanh Lan
Receptionist: OK, Lan. We offer a wide range of courses including tour guide
training, hotel and restaurant management, and cooking. Are you interested in a
specific trade?
Lan: Yes, I'd like to know more about your cooking courses. How long does it take
to complete a cooking course?
Receptionist: Well, it depends. We have short cooking courses for all ages and
abilities. They are usually two to three months, and mainly for people who want to
learn about food preparation and have fun in the kitchen. We also have professional
cooking courses, which take two years to complete, for those who want to train to
be restaurant cooks.
Lan: Do you offer any apprenticeships?
Receptionist: Yes, once you join a course, you'll have the opportunity to work as an
apprentice in a real restaurant and learn from the best chefs.
Lan: That's amazing!
Receptionist: Would you like to fill in the application form?
Lan: Oh, I'm only in grade 11. I haven't discussed my plans with my parents either.
Receptionist: OK, no problem. Please take a copy of our school brochure. It has
detailed information about all the courses.
Lan: Thank you so much. Goodbye.
Receptionist: Bye, Lan. Good luck.