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Recording- Phạm Trần Khánh Ly

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Bùi Thi Thu Yến

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Nguyễn thị thương

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Ho Tra My Speaking

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Unit 1: Gathering

I – Video:

* Before you watch:

1. Apprehend: To catch

2. Crowdsource: To get ideas or help from a large number of people

3. End user: Someone who buys and uses a product or piece

4. Nuisance: An annoying and continuing problem

5. Plot: To mark points on a graph or map

* While you watch:

1. False

2. True

3. False

4. True

5. False

II – Listening 1:

* Vocabulary preview:

Ex 1:

1. Assumption: Something you consider likely to be true even without proof

2. Biased: Preferring one idea or thing to another in an unfair way

3. Inefficient: Not working in the best posssible way

4. Nominate: To officially suggest that someone should be given a job or role

5. Overwhelm: To exist in such great amounts that it is difficult to deal with

6. Phenomenon: An event or situation that can be seen to happen or exist

7. Smooth: Causing no difficulty, problems or delays

8. Unproductive: Not achieving any benefits or positive results

Ex 2:

1. Nominate

2. Phenomenon

3. Smooth

4. Unproductive

5. Assumption

6. Inefficient

7. Overwhelm

8. Biased

* Global listening:

Ex 1:

A disadvantage

Ex 2:

1. Tom questions why group work is so common

2. Jon gives a reason why group work is popular

3. Saud outlines the content of the article

4. Tom identifies some problems with group work

Ex 3:

1. Supports

2. Not very good

3. Agree

4. Controlling

5. Problems with

6. Agrees

7. Prevent

8. Not useful

* Close listening:

Ex 1:

1. Didn’t work very hard

2. Some failed tests in their pasts

3. That Tom’s point is correct

Ex 2:

1a, 2a, 3b

III – Listening 2:

* Vocabulary preview:

1. Distinct: Separate and different in a way that is clear

2. Evaluation: A decision about quality and value, based on careful thought

3. Fund: To provide money for something that costs a lot

4. Obsolete: No longer used because of being replaced by something more effective

5. Provider: An organization or company that makes a service available to the public

6. Sector: A group that is part of a larger group

7. Specifically: Relating to one particular thing

8. Statistic: A number that represents a fact or describes a situation

* Global listening:

Ex 1:

He is talking about libraries

Ex 2:

1. The idea of communities with centers is being challenged

2. Has technology decreased the need for certain things?

3. Community-sector groups are different from other organizations

4. Some people think there is no future about libraries

5. There are many arguments against libraries

6. Libraries will need to offer different services in the future

7. Libraries could be places for people to gather

8. Evidence shows that the community sector helps many people

* Close listening:

Ex 1:

Extract 1: Assumes everyone knows the same information

Extract 2: Gives his own view with no supporting information

Extract 3: Believes that most people have the same opinion

Extract 4: Refers to but provides no proof of specific evidence

Ex 3:

Extract 1: Quoting somebody’s opinion

Extract 2: References on a handout

Extract 3: Referring to a research study

Extract 4: Using a statistic

IV –Vocabulary development:

Ex 1:

1. Participant: Someone who takes part in something

2. Collaborate: To work with someone in order to produce something

3. Productivity: The rate at which goods are produced or work is done

4. Perspective: A way of thinking about something

5. Membership: Belonging to an organization, group, or club

6. Antisocial: Not interested in meeting other people, or not enjoying friendly relationships

7. Voluntary: An action done because you chose to do it, not because you have to

8. Open to: Willing to consider different possibilities

Ex 2:

1. Annual membership

2. Voluntary work

3. Antisocial behavior

4. Open to suggestions

5. Alternative perspective

6. An increase in productivity

7. Collaborate closely with others

8. Active participant

V – Academic words:

Ex 1:

1. Conformity: Behavior that is acceptable because it is similar to everyone else’s

2. Deviation:  A difference in the usual or expected way of doing something

3. Dominant: More successful or powerful than other people of the same type

4. Impose: To introduce something such as a new system and force people to accept it

5. Inhibition: Being embarrassed and finding it difficult to relax or speak

6. Justification: A reason why something is correct

7. Manipulate: To influence or control something in a clever or dishonest way

8. Reluctant: Not willing to do something

Ex 2:

1. Inhibition

2. Dominant

3. Impose

4. Justification

5. Reluctant

6. Conformity

7. Manipulate

8. Deviation

VI –Speaking model:

* Analyze:

1. Funding for community groups

2. Both sides of the argument – Should the government fund community groups or shoulf they rely on volunteers

3. Jamil

4. Research they have read

VII – Grammar:

Ex 1:

1. A. Volunteer work is the thing that is at the heart of all communities

B. It is these groups that keep communities going

2. A. The reason why people volunteer is because they want to give something back

B. It isn’t the government that can really help

VIII – Writing skill:

Ex 1:

1. Identify point to discuss: We have to cover both sides or the argument

2. Ensure participation: What’s your view

3. Decide when to move on: Has everybody given their point of view

4. Listen actively: Interesting

Ex 2:

1. Identify aim: Extract 3

2. Stay on topic: Extract 1

3. Listen actively: Extract 2

4. Contribute your ideas: Extract 4

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Unit 2: Games

I – Video:

* Before you watch:

1. Cheer on: To encourage

2. Former: Previous

3. Kick the bucket: To die

4. Pedal: To power a bicycle

5. Remarkable: Surprising

6. Try out: To test

* While you watch:

1. True

2. True

3. False

4. True

5. False

II – Listening 1:

* Vocabulary preview:

1. Elite: The best or most skillful people in a group

2. Fundamental: Relating to the basic nature or character of something

3. Irrelavant: Not important for what you are discussing or doing

4. Prolonged: Continuing for a long time

5. Restricted: Limited in what it is possible to do

6. Risk: The possibility that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen

7. Ultimate: Happening at the end of a process or activity

8. Unscrupulous: Willing to do things that are unfair, dishonest, or illegal

* Global listening:

1. Companies are using advanced technology to develop sports equipment

2. Not everyone can use advanced sports equipment, and this is not fair

3. Changes in sports equipment affects past sports people as well as current sports people

4. Cycling is an example of a sport dealing with more than one issue

5. Some argue that doping should be made legal

6. Doping can be very dfficult to prove due to new developments

7. Sports can be dangerous for a variety of reasons

8. Separate sports events for clean athletes and dopers wouldn’t solve the problem

* Close listening:

Extract 1: Establishing both sides of an argument

Extract 2: Challenging a view

Extract 3: Exploring with a further question

Extract 4: Interrupting

Extract 5: Broadening the topic

Extract 6: Referring to source material

Extract 7: Getting back on topic

Extract 8: Speculating on future outcomes

Extract 9: Providing historic evidence

Extract 10: Agreeing with a point

III – Listening 2:

* Vocabulary preview:

1. Motivate: to encourage someone to behave in a particular way

2. Interfere: to deliberately become involved in a situation to try to influence it

3. Outrage: a strong feeling of anger and shock at something you feel is unfair

4. Prestige: the high reputation that someone or something has earned

5. Protective: wanting to stop someone or something from being hurt

6. Initiative: the ability to decide in an independent way what to do and when

7. Eliminate: to get rid of something that is not wanted or needed

8. Enhance: To improve something or make it more attractive or valuable

* Global listening:

1. Participating in sports has many benefits for children.

2. Children's participation in sports is decreasing.

3. More parents are involving their children in sports from a very young age.

4. Sports-focused parents are often motivated by the prospect of financial a gain.

5. When sports are part of a child's identity, there is a risk of negative effects.

6. Learning to lose is an important lesson for life.

7. Protecting children can actually lead to damaging children.

IV – Vocabulary development:

Ex 1:

1. Come

2. Take

3. Straight

4. Excuse

5. Back to

6. Hold

7. First

8. Same

Ex 2:

1. First and foremost …

2. All the same …

3. I take your point …

4. Let’s get something straight …

5. Can I come in here? …

6. Let’s get back to the point …

7. Hold on a minute …

8. Excuse me, but …

V – Academic words:

1. Confined: Limited to one area or group of people

2. Exclude: To deliberately not include something

3. Implicate: To make something seem likely to be the cause of something bad

4. Inclination: A feeling that you want to do something

5. Incompatible: Not able to work or exist together because of basic differences

6. Inevitably: Used for saying that something is certain to happen

7. Integration: The process of combining with other things in a single larger group

8. Scenario: A situation that could possibly happen

VI –Speaking model:

* Analyze:

1. Dangerous sports; Sponsorship; Rivalry

2. Going off topic; Identifying what need to be discussed; Asking for other people’s views; Referring to resources; Supporting someone’s point; Ad hominem attack

VII - Grammar:

1. As a result

2. An effect on

3. Because

4. Consequence of

VIII - Speaking skill:

1. Issue: Interruptions

Phrase: Mabe tell us about that later

2. Issue: Going off topic

Phrase: … we need to stay on track here …

3. Issue: Unclear communication

Phrase: … by that I mean …

4. Issue: Unequal participation

Phrase: What do you think?

5. Issue: Ad hominem attack

Phrase: No, it’s not about my personal view

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Unit 3: Energy

I - Video:

* Before you watch:

1. Algorithm: A set of computer calculations

2. Binder: A substance used to make things stick together

3. Constraint: A limitation or restriction

4. Heritage: Historical features belonging to a culture

5. Mortar: A substance used to stick bricks together

6. Vault: A roof in the form of an arch

* While you watch:

1. True

2. False

3. True

4. False

5. False

II - Listening 1:

* Vocabulary preview:

1. Capability: The ability to do something

2. Complexity: The complicated nature of something

3. Limitation: A rule or situation that puts a limit on something

4. Mode: A particular way of doing something

5. Pursue: To follow a course of activity

6. Reluctant: Not willing to do something

7. Subtle: Not obvious and therefore difficult to notice

8. Transition: The process of changing from one state to another

* Global listening:

1. Explains

2. Uncertainty

3. Disbelief

4. Concerned

5. Encourages

6. Questions whether

7. Accept

8. Explains

9. Insecurity

10. Can

11. Identifies

12. Understands

* Close listening:

1. A difficult meeting people still talk about

2. Very unequal

3. Someone important said this at a meeting

4. Quite well-known to everybody at this meeting

5. Had a memorable and relevant topic

6. The people who employed him

7. Will be happy with all the changes

8. Met a few weeks ago

III - Listening 2:

* Vocabulary preview:

1. Instinct: A natural tendency to behave in a particular way

2. Legacy: Something such as a tradition that exists as a result of the past

3. Phenomena: Events or situations that can be seen to happen or exist

4. Predecessor: Something or someone that has been replaced by another thing or person

5. Prone: Likely to be affected by something, especially something bad

6. Reminder: Something that reminds you of something that happened in the past

7. Strategic: Carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal

8. Trigger: To make something happen

* Global listening:

1. This feeling creates changes in the brain.

2. Music, smell, old friends, and bad moods often lead to this feeling.

3. This is a natural, though often wrong, thing to do.

4. We feel we tried hard in the past and shouldn't waste this effort.

5. We need to examine our natural desire to continue.

6. Many in the business world advise giving up on the situation.

7. Very large systems can be very difficult to change.

8. If companies don't change, they may become less competitive.

9. People often don't want to change or don't see the need.

10. The most important thing to focus on is the end result.

IV - Vocabulary development:

1. Initiate: To make something start

2. Outcome: The final result of a process

3. Persist: To continue to do or say something in a determined way

4. Prevailing: Existing at a particular time or in a particular place

5. Resilient: Able to quickly become healthy, happy, or strong again after a problem

6. Sacrifice: To give up something important so that you or others can have something else

7. Tendency: A strong chance that something will happen in a particular way

8. Variable: Something that can change and affect the result of an situation

V - Academic words:

Ex 1:

1. Adaptation: The process of changing something so that it can be used for a different purpose

2. Assurance: A feeling or attitude of confidence

3. Criteria: Standards that are used for judging something or for making a decision about something

4. Mechanism: A system of parts that people think of as working together like parts of a machine

5. Norm: Something that is usual or expected

6. Sphere: A particular area of interest, activity, work, etc., that is one of many parts of life

7. Stability: A situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes

8. Transformation: Changing into something completely different, or the process by which this happens

Ex 2:

1. Stability

2. Adaptation

3. Norms

4. Transformation

5. Mechanism

6. Assurance

7. Sphere

8. Criteria

VI - Speaking model:

1. College plans to change fees

2. Students, teachers, management

3. The cost and results of making changes to fees

VII - Grammar:

1. Provided that you learn the new skills required, it won’t be like that.

The French writer Proust springs to mind, assuming you are familiar with his novels.

2. Unless we adapt immediately, we’re in danger of losing our jobs.

You’ll need to learn some new skills required, otherwise that might happen.

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Unit 4: Risk

I - Video:

* Before you watch:

1. Association = A group of people with a shared purpose

2. Assumption = Something that is believed without proof

3. Bid = To try to do something

4. Gear up = To move at speed

5. Run over = To kill or injure someone with a car

6. Whip around = To prepare

* While you watch:

1. True

2. False

3. False

4. False

5. True

II - Listening 1:

* Vocabulary preview:

1. Argumentative = Often disagreeing with people

2. Dysfunctional = Not working in a successful or even normal way

3. Mavericks = An independent person with different ideas and behavior

4. Proportion = The relationship between two or more quantities.

5. Pursue = To follow a course of activity

6. Risk-taker = A person who is not afraid, and often does things differently

7. Scale = A range of marks used to measure something

8. Unconventional = Different from what most people consider to be normal

* Global listening:

Ex 1:

1. How many to employ

2. How to identify them

3. How to support them in the workplace

Ex 2:

1. The opposing views of the term maverick

2. Group work issues with mavericks

3. The possible benefits of introducing a maverick into a group.

4. A method for measuring maverick behavior

5. Issues with assessing maverick behavior

6. How to help mavericks work with a team

7. Balancing different types of people for success

* Close listening:

Extract 1: Suggest the discussion move on

Extract 2: Disagree on a point

Extract 3: Achieve consensus

Extract 4: Return to a point

III - Listening 2:

* Vocabulary preview:

1. Assign = to give someone something to do

2. Comprehensive = including many details or aspects of something

3. Confidential = describing something that must be kept secret

4. Distraction = something that gets your attention and prevents you from concentrating

5. Momentum = progress or development that is becoming faster or stronger

6. Preconception = an opinion of something formed before having a lot of information or                           experience of it

7. Solitary = in a situation with no other people

8. Weaken = to make something less strong

* Global listening:

1e, 2i, 3c, 4d, 5g, 6f, 7a, 8h, 9b

* Close listening:

Ex 1:

- Speculating with strong certainty: Extract 2; 4; 5

- Speculating with less certainty: Extract 1; 3

Ex 2:

1. His company helped the company he is talking about

2. No natuaral light

3. Changed the meeting room so there was sunlight

4. Having more than one person in charge

5. Lack of communication

6. Not much risk involved

IV - Vocabulary development:

1. Have a right to do = To have justification for doing something

2. Have no option = To have no alternative choice or possibility

3. Pose a threat to = To present a danger for others in the situation

4. Put a stop to = To make something stop happening

5. Run down = To criticize someone in an unfair way

6. Scare off = To make someone feel so afraid about doing something that they decide not to

7. Shake up = To change the way things are usually done

8. Take something personally = To feel that a failure is your fault and be upset

V - Academic words:

Ex 1:

1. Facilitate = To make it possible or easier for something to happen

2. Framework = A set of ideas that you use when you are forming a decisions

3. Integrate = To combine two or more things to make an effective system

4. Intervention = An action taken, especially to prevent something from happening

5. Minimal = A very small amount

6. Reliance = The state of depending on a particular person or thing

7. Underlying = Facts, ideas, causes, etc., that are not obvious or directly stated

8. Undertake = To agree to be responsible for a job or a project

Ex 2:

1. Framework

2. Intervention

3. Reliance

4. Facilitate

5. Underlying

6. Integrate

7. Undertake

8. Minimal

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1. Which languages did you learn at school? Why do you think you learned these?

At school, we learned English, Chinese. This was likely because English is a global language widely used for communication, education, and business. About Chinese, it is one of the world’s largest economies and a key player in global trade. Knowing this language can open career oppotunities in business, trade, and international relations. Those language help students access global opportunities and connect with people from different cultures.

2. Which languages do you think should be taught at school? Why?

Schools should teach English, along with local or native languages to preserve cultural identity. Additionally, languages like Spanish, Chinese, or French could be taught because of their global significance in trade, diplomacy, and international relations.

3. What languages are needed for the 21st-century workplace?

English remains essential as it is the primary language for international business and technology. Other useful languages include Mandarin for trade with China, French due to its widespread use, and programming languages because of their relevance in the tech industry.

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Unit 5

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Speaking question 3- Unit 5_Nguyễn Thu Hiền

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Discuss question Question 3 - Unit 5

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