HOW TO TEACH How to teach conversation  Step 1: Have Sts look at the picture carefully and answer some questions related to the picture Tips: Speaking out the English words Sts know in the conversation  Step 2: Sts listen and read silently and then listen and repeat after the recording  Step 3: Ask Sts to translate the conversation into Vietnamese  Step 4: Role-play the conversation with a partner (without if can) Note: focus on pronunciation and intonation  Step 5: Sts write the knowledge in their notebook, underline or highlight markers to color the key words, main structures How to teach conversation Step 6: - Look for: tìm kiếm Eg: I’m looking for a new job - can/ can’t + V(inf): có thể/ khơng thể làm Eg: She can play tennis Tom can’t speak Vietnamese  Homework: You change information in the conversation based on your way What color is it? → It’s + color Game 1: Musical conversation  Have Sts move around the room while T plays music  When T stops the music, Sts begin conversations with the S closest to them  They use conversation in the textbook as a model, add some information Sts want Note: When you turn up the volume, Sts shout to begin conversations with the Sts closest to them Game 2: Create  After learning a dialogue, have them workin groups or in pairs, creating a similar conversation  Have them practice as a conversation in pairs or groups  Have them change partners The teacher should help the Sts express their ideas      Eg: A: Who’s that? B: It’s my father A: What’s his job? B: He’s a doctor A: Who’s that? B: It’s my mother A: What’s her job? B: She’s a teacher Game 3: Say it with Feeling  Explain the task Sts listen to the audio, focusing on the speaker’s intonation and emotions (angry, happy, surprise,…)   Play the audio Ask Sts to repeat selected phrases with the correct intonation Encourage them to exaggerate the intonation They can also add gestures, if appropriate  Sts practise the conversation in pairs using lots of intonation Then they change roles and practise again  Note: Ask pairs of Sts to perform the conversation in front of the class The class votes for the best performance Game 4: Look Up and Speak      Point out that it’s important to look at your partner when speaking Explain the task Sts work in pairs, S1 looks briefly at the first line of the conversation and tries to remember it Then S1 looks up at S2 and say the line S2 looks briefly at the next line of the conversation, tries to remember it and then looks up and says it Model the task with one or two Sts Sts complete the task in pairs Note: This technique works best when Sts stand up and face each other It’s a useful way to help Sts develop eye contact while speaking Game 5: Reorder    Sts work in groups Give each group reading/conversation/story a set of four pictures/ sentences in the Ask Sts to work in groups to reorder the reading/conversation/story then they use glue to stick them in the A4-sized paper Game 6: True or False line  Put in line of tape on the floor and draw one side “True” and the other “False”  T says a sentence in the lesson If Sts think the sentence T has said is correct, they jump to the “True” side And if not, they jump to the “False” side  Sts that jump to the wrong side are out of the game and sit down  ... notebook, underline or highlight markers to color the key words, main structures How to teach conversation Step 6: - Look for: tìm kiếm Eg: I’m looking for a new job - can/ can’t + V(inf): có.. .How to teach conversation  Step 1: Have Sts look at the picture carefully and answer some questions related to the picture Tips: Speaking out the English words Sts know in the conversation. .. using lots of intonation Then they change roles and practise again  Note: Ask pairs of Sts to perform the conversation in front of the class The class votes for the best performance Game 4: