UNIT 11 SOURCES OF ENERGY
PART B: Speaking
I. OBJECTIVES:
Aims:
- Getting students to give reasons the of using alternative sources of
energy and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of
alternative sources of energy.
Vocabulary: abundant, enormous, plentiful, renewable, convenient,
polluted, limited, non-renewable, exhausted
Expressions : I think/believe that …
Why do you think so?
I know it is …. However, it is …
Teaching aids: some pictures about the alternative sources of energy
II.PROCEDURE
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Contents T & S’activities
I). WARM UP: (5 minutes)
.1. Can you tell me some sources of
energy?
2. Which source of energy is the most
popular in Vietnam? Is it clean or
polluted? Is it limited or unlimited? Is it
safe or dangerous?
*Suggested answers
1. fossil fuels, solar energy, wind
energy, water energy, …
2. Fossil fuels are perhaps the most
popular. This kind of energy is polluted
and limited.
II.Check up:Answer the questions:
1.What is major sources of energy?
2.How many sources of energy are
mentioned in the text , and which one
Teacher asks these
questions one after another
and has students discuss
with their partners before
giving answers.
Students may discuss
the questions with their
partners to find out the
answers
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answer the questions
Teacher sticks the pictures
do you think has the most potential?
II). PRE-SPEAKING (5 minutes)
1. Wind energy
2. Solar energy Picture A
: Solar energ 3. Geothermal energy
Picture B : Wind energy
5. Nuclear energy Picture
C : Fossil fuel (oil)
4. Fossil fuel (coal)
6. Water gy ener
Picture D : Water energy
Picture E : Fossil fuel (coal)
7. Fossil fuel (oil)
Picture
on the board or shows
them on the projector. Ask
students to match the
following words with each
picture:
Students may discuss the
pictures with their partners
before giving answers
wind energy
Picture B
F : Geothermal energy
Picture G :
Nuclear energ
Picture A:
Solar energy
Picture C
fossil fuel (oil)
Picture E
water energy
Picture D
Picture F
Picture G
geothermal
energy
II). WHILE-SPEAKING: (20 - 25
minutes)
Task 1:The following statements list
some advantages and disadvantages of
various sources of energy .Read and
tick( THE APPROPRIATE BOX a (
nuclear energy
Teacher has students work
in pairs reading the
information in the table
and then discussing the
advantages and
disadvantages. After that,
have some pairs report
their work in front of the
class. The teacher gives
comments if necessary
Students work in pairs and
then report their answers
