1. Unit 2:
Cultural diversity
Speaking

2. warm up

3. Complete the sentences below with the word
“ Americans” or “Vietnamese”
………do not spend much time preparing food. ………spend a lot of time preparing food. ……..use knife, spoons, fork and plates when eating. ……..use spoons, chopsticks and bowls when eating. ……..do not exchange cheek-kisses to express friendliness. ……..exchange cheek-kisses to express friendliness.

4. Americans and Vietnamese have different cultures

5. Objective Differences between American and Vietnamese cultures
Useful expression to express ideas
Differences between American and Vietnamese cultures

6. Pre-speaking

7. expression
ideas

8. Useful expression I think/ believe/ feel… In my opinion,… For me…
As far as I’m concerned…
You know what I think, I think that…
I don’t agree…
It’s not true …
That’s wrong…

9. Examples
I think it’s a good idea to have four or three generations living under one roof. They can help each other.
That’s not true. In some countries many old-aged parents like to live in a nursing home. They want to lead independent lives.

10. While-speaking

11. Practicing expression
Task 1
Practicing expression

12. Exercise A
Work in pairs. Express your point of view on the following ideas, using the expressions above.

13. Exercise A In Vietnam, three or four generations may live in a home.
A happy marriage should be based on love.
In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow marriage, not precede it.
In some countries, a man and a woman may hold hands and kiss each other in public.

14. Exercise b
Work in pair and use the expression you have learned to express your ideas for the following situation

15. Exercise b
Situation : Your friend’s mother had a car accident yesterday and she was taken to hospital. Your friend had to take care of his/her mother so she/he couldn’t go to class. Unfortunately, your teacher gave the class a test to do and your friend couldn’t take the test .Your teacher gave your friend a “zero” for the test. What do you think your friend should do?

16. Task 2
Below are some typical features of American culture. Work in pairs, discuss and find out the corresponding features of Vietnamese culture.

17. In America
In Vietnam
Two generations( parents and children) live in a home.
Old-aged parents live in nursing homes.
It is not polite to ask question about age, marriage and income.
American can greet anyone in the family first.
Groceries are bought once a week.
Christmas and New Year holidays are the most important.
Ex:Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most important.
Children sleep in their own bedrooms.

18. Task 3
Work in groups. Talk about the similarities and differences between Vietnamese and American cultures, using the features discussed in task 2.

19. Example
There are differences and similarities between Vietnamese and American cultures. In America, two generations( parents and children) live in a home. In Vietnam, three or four generations live under one roof.

20. Post-speaking

21. Write a short paragraph about the differences between Vietnamese and American cultures.
structure
Structure1
Structure2
- Introduction
- Differences
- Similarities
- Conclusion
- Introduction
- Similarities
- Differences
- Conclusion