Unit 9 - Social issues (Communication&Culture)

​What problem do you think he is suffering?
Have you experienced the same problem?

How many percentage of teenagers do you think have the same problem?

UNIT 9
SOCIAL ISSUES

COMMUNICATION & CULTURE

1. Identify and use basic expressions of disappointment and sympathy.

2. Apply these expressions in brief role-play scenarios.

OBJECTIVES

1. Identify key social problems facing teens using specific vocabulary.

2. Use percentages to express the prevalence of these problems.

Activity 1: examining situations
Activity 2: learning useful expressions
Activity 3: role-playing

what we do today

Activity 1: matching figure
Activity 2: listing problems
Activity 3: surveying and reporting

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

(10 mins)

Expressing disappointment and sympathy

Activity 1 (2 mins)
Which situation should we express disappointment (or sympathy)?

Read the situation and vote for what we should express.

Activity 2 (5 mins)
Let's learn some useful expressions

Read the expressions and choose the right function. Then note down 2 of which you like best (or which is easy to remember)

• I’m really disappointed that...

• That’s unfortunate.

• I wish things had turned out differently.

• What a pity/shame!

• That's so disappointing

• How disappointing

• That's too bad.

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

​TAKE NOTE

• I’m sorry to hear that...

• That must be hard for you...

• I can’t imagine how you feel...

• I (can) sympathise with you.

• I know how it feels.

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

​TAKE NOTE

Activity 3 (7 mins)
ROLE-PLAY TIME!

• Each pair receives a set of 2 different situations.

• Read and think of what you should say.

• Try to use the expressions variously.

• practice with your partners in 3 mins.

Activity 1 (3 mins)
Matching figures

CLIL (25 mins)

SOCIAL PROBLEMS FACING TEENS IN THE US TODAY

nervousness/ worry

make less money than what is needed to afford basic things

to feel that you belong to a specific group

anxiety (n) /æŋˈzaɪ.ə.ti/

live below the poverty line


to fit in something (v)

GLOSSARY

Activity 2 (10 mins)
Surveying and reporting

Activity 2 (10 mins)
Surveying and reporting

• Go around your group and find out how many classmates have the problems listed (in the questionnaire). (2 mins)

• Count the number then turn it into percentage. If enough time, you can ask how the problems affect them and take note. (3 mins)

• Report to the class. ((5 mins)

  Starting with:
  

  WE'VE DONE A QUICK SURVEY ON THE 3 MOST COMMON PROBLEMS THAT OUR CLASSMATES HAVE, AND THIS IS THE RESULT.
  

Activity 3 (5 mins)
Listing more problems

Are there any other problems among teenagers in Vietnam?

- Write them down in your whiteboard (using your smartphones)
- Who gets more answers is the winner.