Good afternoon. Mechanical Store. Customer: Good morning. I'm Nguyen from Hoa Binh Construction company. I'd like some information about the equipment, please. Assistant: Certainly. How can I help you? Customer: How much does it cost for a drilling machine, a welding torch, a grinding wheel and a set of wrenches? Assistant: Well, let me see the price list... Ok, it costs $200 for a drilling machine, $100 for a welding torch, $50 for a grinding wheel, and $150 for a set of wrenches. Customer: Well, I'd like to order 2 drilling machines, 3 welding torches, 5 grinding wheels and 3 sets

1. UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
FACULTY OF ENGLISH OF LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE
PRESENTATION
COURSE: ADVANCED TEACHING METHODOLOGY
Teacher: Ph.D. Nguyễn Thu Hương
Group’s members: 1. Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Mẫn
2. Vương Thị Quang

2. 1. Learner Description
 First year learners at Vocational College (Mechanical
Engineering major)
 Just graduated from high school or secondary school
 Cannot communicate or use simple grammar
structures to produce simple sentences.
Get used to learning English which focuses more on
grammar/ not communication.


3. 2. Course Description

Course book: Solutions - elementary
 Course outline:
 The 1st semester: communicative
English (120 periods).
 The 2nd semester: ESP (English for
Special Purpose) (60 periods)

4. 
Low English level.
No motivation in learning English.
 Focus on learning only grammatical rules to pass the
exams.

Cannot communicate in English.
 Lack basic vocational terminologies related to
workplace and work processes.

The textbook is designed to develop students’
integrated skills, but is used to teach grammar only.

ESP course does not provide students enough time
and chance to apply their vocational words to
communicate.


5. New method
Vocationally – orientated
method

6. Under the light of communicative approach, this new method aims to:
increase students’ motivation in learning English
because the students can realize their benefits of being
able to use vocational terminologies to communicate in
English .
 improve students’ communication skills.


enhance students’ performance in their ESP course.
change students’ vocabulary which is related to their
job from “passive” to “active” words.


7. 
communicative approach.

vocationally-orientated.
A lesson will be designed under the light of
communicative approach. Then, basic vocabulary
related to students’ major will be added and
brought into practice.

9. Unit 5:
Part F-Speaking: Making a phone call
Lesson’s aims and objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students can improve their
speaking skill. They can:
+ use the structure “would like” to ask for information
in a polite way.
+ give information.
+ practice the way to talk on the phone.

10. In order to gain the aims and objectives, the lesson is
originally divided into 5 main parts:
Task 1: Providing input.
This task provides
students with a model
dialogue of asking
for and giving
information.

11. Task 2: Grammar: “would like”
This task provides students with the meaning and usage
of the structure “would like” (a more polite way of saying
“want”).

12. Task 3: controlled practice
This task requires students to replace the words in the
dialogue and re-practice it.

13. Task 4 + 5: listening
This task enhances students’
listening skill for details.
It also gives students the
chance to listen and
practice model sentences
of asking for and giving
information.

14. Task 6: free practice
This task requires students
to create a dialogue
themselves.

17. 1. Electric drill (n) /ɪ
ˈ lektrɪ k drɪ l/

18. 2. Vice (n) / vaɪ s /

19. 3. Welding machine (n)
/ ˈ weldɪ ŋ məˈʃ iː n /

20. 4. Spanner (n)
/ ˈ spænə(r) /
A set of spanners

21. EQUIPMENT
USAGE
Welding
machine
1. drill holes
Vice
2. loosen or
tighten nuts
Electric drill
3. fix
workpiece
Spanner
4. weld
PICTURE

23. Task 1: Complete the dialogue with the questions in the box.
How much does it cost for an electric drill, a vice, a welding
machine and a set of spanners?
How can I help you?
Could you please send those equipment to my company by Friday?
Can I have a discount?
Clerk: Good afternoon. Quatron Steel Company.
Mr. Pike: Good morning. I'm Pike from Posco Construction company. I’d like
some information about the equipment, please.
Clerk: Certainly. (1) _________________________________________________
Mr. Pike: (2) _______________________________________________________
Clerk: Well, let me see the price list… Ok, it costs $100 for an electric drill,
$50 for a vice, 200$ for a welding machine, $300 for a set of spanners.
Mr. Pike: Well, I’d like to order 4 electric drills, 4 vices, 4 welding machines
and 10 sets of spanners. (3) __________________________________________
Clerk: Well, the discount will be 10% in total.
Mr. Pike: Thank you. (4) _____________________________________________
Clerk: Ok, I’ll make sure of that. Thank you for calling us.
Mr. Pike: You’ll welcome. Goodbye.
Clerk: Goodbye.

24. Practice the dialogue in pairs.
Clerk: Good afternoon. Quatron Steel Company.
Mr. Pike: Good morning. I'm Pike from Thai Son Construction company. I’d
like some information about the equipment, please.
Clerk: Certainly. How can I help you?
Mr. Pike: How much does it cost for an electric drill, a vice, a welding
machine and a set of spanners?
Clerk: Well, let me see the price list… Ok, it costs $100 for an electric drill,
$50 for a vice, 200$ for a welding machine, $300 for a set of spanners.
Mr. Pike: Well, I’d like to order 4 electric drills, 4 vices, 4 welding machines
and 10 sets of spanners. Can I have a discount?
Clerk: Well, the discount will be 10% in total.
Mr. Pike: Thank you. Please send those equipment to my company by Friday.
Clerk: Ok, I’ll make sure of that. Thank you for calling us.
Mr. Pike: You’ll welcome. Goodbye.
Clerk: Goodbye.

25. Practice reading the dialogue. Changing the words in blue.
Use the equipment in the box below and invent the price.
shearing machine
milling tool
sets of screwdrivers
hand saw
Clerk: Good afternoon. Quatron Steel Company.
Mr. Pike: Good morning. I'm Pike from Posco Construction company. I’d like
some information about the equipment, please.
Clerk: Certainly. How can I help you?
Mr. Pike: How much does it cost for an electric drill, a vice, a welding
machine and a set of spanners?
Clerk: Well, let me see the price list… Ok, it costs $100 for an electric drill,
$50 for a vice, 200$ for a welding machine, $300 for a set of spanners.
Mr. Pike: Well, I’d like to order 4 electric drills, 4 vices, 4 welding machines
and 10 sets of spanners. Can I have a discount?
Clerk: Well, the discount will be 10% in total.
Mr. Pike: Thank you. Please send those equipment to my company by Friday.
Clerk: Ok, I’ll make sure of that. Thank you for calling us.
Mr. Pike: You’ll welcome. Goodbye.
Clerk: Goodbye.

26. Underline the structure “would like” in the dialogue
Clerk: Good afternoon. Quatron Steel Company.
Mr. Pike: Good morning. I'm Pike from Thai Son Construction company. I’d like
some information about the equipment, please.
Clerk: Certainly. How can I help you?
Mr. Pike: How much does it cost for an electric drill, a vice, a welding machine
and a set of spanners?
Clerk: Well, let me see the price list… Ok, it costs $100 for an electric drill, $50
for a vice, 200$ for a welding machine, $300 for a set of spanners.
Mr. Pike: Well, I’d like to order 4 electric drills, 4 vices, 4 welding machines and
10 sets of spanners. Can I have a discount?
Clerk: Well, the discount will be 10% in total.
Mr. Pike: Thank you. Please send those equipment to my company by Friday.
Clerk: Ok, I’ll make sure of that. Thank you for calling us.
Mr. Pike: You’ll welcome. Goodbye.
Clerk: Goodbye.

27. Eg: Mr. Pike would like some information about the equipment.
1. Does he already know some information about the equipment? Yes or No?
2. Does he need some information about the equipment?
Yes or No?
3. Does he want some information about the equipment?
Yes or No?
4. Does he want to ask for some information about the equipment? Yes or No?
I’d like is a polite way of saying I want.
(I’d like = I would like)

29. Speaking: Work in pairs. Imagine that you are phoning a mechanical store
to ask for information about some equipment. Prepare a dialogue
following the chart below.
Clerk
Customer
Answer the phone
Ask for some information
Offer help
Ask about the prices of
some equipment
Give the information
about the prices of some
equipment
Tell what you want to order.
Ask for a discount.
Agree to give the
discount.
Reply and thank the
customer for calling
Say thanks. Ask for the
equipment to be sent to
your company.
Say goodbye.

30. Speaking: Act out the dialogue to the class.