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![English for Lao Government Officials Module 144
Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
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Writing: Personal Information
Introduction
a) Ask five people and write their answers on the chart and report back to the class.
Example: His full name is Mr Khampheng Sengsoulivong and he’s forty years old. He’s an
accountant and he works for the Ministry of Education and Sports.
Full name? Age? Occupation? Workplace?
1.
Mr. Khampheng
Sengsoulivong
40 accountant Ministry of Education and Sports
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b) Complete the form. Remember to use capital letters for names and ministries.
Mr Ms Mrs Miss [Please tick ()]
Given name: ________________ Surname: ____________________
Age: ______________________ Married Single [Please tick ()]
Occupation: ________________ Ministry: _______________________
c) Write about yourself. Use the text about Khamsy as a model.
e.g. My name is _____________________. I am _________________
______________________ and _____________________. ______
Check:
the Present Simple Tense
spelling
a/an
capital letters
full stops
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![English for Lao Government Officials Module 164
Unit 7: Months and dates
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When is the That Luang Festival?
_____________________________
When is the Boat Racing Festival?
____________________________
Writing: Important dates
List about 5 of important dates in your life.
Talk to your partner or groups about these dates and why they are important to you.
Revision
a) Ask your classmate and complete the form.
What’s your full name?
What’s your first name?
What’s your family name?
What’s your occupation?
Where do you work?
What’s your phone number?
What’s your date of birth?
Are you married or single?
How many children do you have?
Mr / Miss / Mrs / Ms [please circle]
Name: ………………………………………………………………………………..
(First name) (Family name)
Occupation: …………………………………………………………………………
Workplace: …………………………………………………………………………….
Telephone: …………………………………………………………………………….
Date of birth: ………………………………………………………………………….
Married Single [please tick ()
Number of Children: …………………………………………………………………
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![English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 95
Unit 10: Work information
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Mr / Miss / Mrs / Ms [please circle]
Name: ………………………………………………………………………………..
(Given name) (Family name)
Workplace: ……………………………………………………………………………
Organisation: ………………………………………………………………………….
Position: ……………………………………………………………………………….
Phone number: ……………………………………………………………………….
Fax number: ……………………………. E-mail address: ………………………...
Office address: ……………………………………………………………………….
d) Work in groups of four. Take turns to talk about the form you completed.
e.g. His family name is …. He doesn’t have a fax number.
Listening: Workplaces
Introductory tasks
a) Match Lao and English workplaces.
1. Provincial Cabinet a. ໂຮງໝແຂວງ
2. Provincial Education Service b. ສະຫະພັນແມໍ່ຍິງລາວ
3. District Administration Office c. ສນກາງຊາວໜຸໍ່ມ
4. Lao Women’s Union d. ສະພາແຫໍ່ງຊາດ
5. Provincial Governor’s Office e. ຫ້ອງວໍ່າການແຂວງ
6. Lao Federation of Trade Unions f. ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫໍ່ງຊາດ
7. Provincial Hospital g. ພະແນກສຶກສາແຂວງ
8. Lao Youth Union h. ສະຫະພັນກາມະບານລາວ
9. National University of Laos i. ຫ້ອງການປກຄອງເມອງ
10. The National Assembly j. ຫ້ອງການປກຄອງແຂວງ
b) Listen and repeat.
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Student Book Module 1
The document is a module from an English textbook for Lao government officials. The first unit covers introductions, including greetings, saying the alphabet, reading about a family, talking about one's own family, and writing the days of the week. It focuses on possessive adjectives like "my", "your", "his", "her" and questions like "How many...?" and "Have...got?". New vocabulary includes words for name, family relationships, greetings and days/dates.
Student Book Module 1
- 1. English Students Book For LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 StudentsBook|MODULE2StudentsBook|MODULE1 Research Institute for Educational Sciences/Laos Australia Institute Setthathirath Road, XiengnheunVillage, Chanthaboury District, Vientiane, Laos Tel & Fax: +856 21 213161 www.moe.gov.la/ries/ ertneCecruoseRsegaugnaLngieroFehtybdepolevedsaweludomsihT and the Laos Australia Institute for the Ministry of Education and Sports English for Lao Government Officials is supported by the Australian Government
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- 3. Contents Contributors................................................................................................................. i Module 1Course overview..........................................................................................ii Unit 1: Introductions ................................................................................................... 1 Unit 2: Personal Information..................................................................................... 10 Unit 3: In the classroom............................................................................................ 21 Unit 4: Classroom language..................................................................................... 28 Unit 5: Occupations and workplaces ........................................................................ 36 Unit 6: Time and daily routines................................................................................. 45 Unit 7: Months and dates ......................................................................................... 56 Unit 8: Weekly routines ............................................................................................ 69 Unit 9: Countries, national and language ................................................................. 81 Unit 10: Work information......................................................................................... 91 Unit 11: Work responsibilities................................................................................. 102 Unit 12: Around town.............................................................................................. 111 Unit 13: Plans......................................................................................................... 122 Unit 14: The Past ................................................................................................... 134 Unit 15: Laos.......................................................................................................... 143 Abbreviations ......................................................................................................... 154 List of positions / jobs............................................................................................. 155 List of workplaces................................................................................................... 156 Words used in instructions ..................................................................................... 158 Vocabulary ............................................................................................................. 159 Irregular verbs ........................................................................................................ 180 65 77 87 97 107 118 130 139 150 151 152 154 155 176
- 4. i Contributors The Lao AustraliaInstitute (LAI) would like to acknowledge the contributions of the many people who made possible the development, writing and publication of English for Government Officials curriculum materials. The curriculum, materials development and training team David Hagan - Adviser Julie Wallis - Adviser Khamkheuane Vannasouk – Senior project consultant – ELT specialist, formerly MoES Ladomchanh Khantry – Director LICELT/LANS Head teacher, NUOL. Viengkham Phonpaseuth – ELT training specialist –RIES MoES Vongdeuane Osay - Senior lecturer, NUOL Layout and graphic design team Chaleunsak Khamsakpasit Souksakhone Phongoudom Keryang Liamorkamar Khonesavanh Chanthavixay Thanks to the following people for making the audio materials Anita Vannasouk Chanthajorn Chanthapanya David Hagan Julie Wallis Jurgen Treue Kieran Sandom Viengkham Phonepraseuth Khamkeuane Vannasouk Ladomchanh Khantry Percy Aaron Somxay Inthasone Vongdeuane Osay Manoly Dongvanh Digital recording and mastering Anysay Keola – New Wave Studios, Vientiane We wish to acknowledge the work of the original design team for the first edition of English for Lao Government Officials and English for ASEAN curriculum materials, first published 2001, upon which this new version is based. The program was funded by the Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and implemented as a component of the Lao Australia Institute (LAI) http://www.laosaustraliainstitute.org Edited by: Dr. Bouasavanh Keovilay Dr. Thouankham Soukchaleun Khamphanh Pimsipasom Viengkham Phonepraseuth Bill Louangkhot
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- 8. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 1 Unit 1: Introductions 1 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Practise dialogues with ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ Practise saying and listening to the alphabet Read sentences about a family Talk about your family Write about your family Say and write the days of the week Write capital letters for names, days of the week and at the beginnings of sentences Language focus Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her How many...? (ຫຼາຍປານໃດ...?) Have….got? (ມີ...ບໍ່?) New vocabulary name ຊໍ່ what…? ແມໍ່ນຫຍັງ? my ຂອງຂ້ອຍ your ຂອງເຈ້າ his ຂອງລາວ (ຜ້ຊາຍ) her ຂອງລາວ (ຜ້ຍິງ) goodbye ລາກໍ່ອນ tomorrow ມ້ອໍ່ ນ this ນີ້ from ຈາກ family ຄອບຄວ aunt ປ້າ brother ອ້າຍ/ນ້ອງຊາຍ daughter ລກສາວ father ພໍ່ husband ສາມີ (ຜວ) mother ແມໍ່ sister ເອ້ອຍ/ນ້ອງສາວ son ລກຊາຍ wife ພັນລະຍາ (ເມຍ) uncle ລຸງ children ລກ Monday ວັນຈ ັນ Tuesday ວັນອັງຄານ Wednesday ວັນພຸດ Thursday ວັນພະຫັດ Friday ວັນສຸກ Saturday ວັນເສາ Sunday ວັນອາທິດ day ວັນ/ມ້ week ອາທິດ yesterday ມ້ວານນີ້ today ມ້ນີ້ Her name’s Khonevilay. Unit 1 Introductions Unit 1: Introductions
- 9. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 12 Unit 1: Introductions 2 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Greetings Introductory task Do people greet each other in your country? How do people greet each other? Dialogue 1 A: Hello. My name’s Linda. What’s your name? B: My name’s Noly. Where are you from Linda? A: I’m from Australia. B: Nice to meet you. A: Nice to meet you, too. a) Listen and repeat. b) Practise the dialogue in pairs. c) Practise the dialogue. Use your own names. d) Stand up and walk around the class. Introduce yourself to many people. You can say: Hi (ສະບາຍດີ) Hello (ສະບາຍດີ) Good morning (ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊ້າ) Good afternoon (ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ) Good evening (ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ) Nice to meet you (ຍິນດີທີໍ່ ຮ້ຈ ັກ) Pleased to meet you (ຍິນດີທີໍ່ ຮ້ຈ ັກ) Note: Hi/Hello ໃຊ້ແບບບໍ່ເປັນທາງການ Good morning/ Good afternoon/ Good evening ໃຊ້ເປັນທາງການ Unit 1 Introductions Unit 1: Introductions
- 10. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 3 Unit 1: Introductions 3 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Dialogue 2 a) Read the dialogue Teacher: Goodbye. See you on Monday. Students: Goodbye. You can say: See you tomorrow See you on Monday. See you on Tuesday See you on Wednesday See you soon. See you next week. b) Stand up and walk around the classroom. Say good bye to many people. Use ‘on Monday’ / ‘on Tuesday’ …. Listening: Alphabet Introductory tasks a) Listen and repeat. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z c) Listen and repeat Pronunciation Focus G H I J R X Z d) Take turn to point and say at the letters. Unit 1: Introductions
- 11. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 14 Unit 1: Introductions 4 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practice a) The letters of the alphabet are divided into seven (7) sound groups. Listen and repeat: b) Listen and write the letters in their correct sound groups. A B F I O Q R H C L __ U __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ c) Practise the pronunciation of the letters in each sound group. Follow up tasks d) Listen and circle the letter you hear. 1. A J G K 6. T I J G 2. H S W X 7. U W Q V 3. R L F Z 8. M X Z H 4. B D K Q 9. R Y G N 5. C Z P T 10. I E A O Unit 1: Introductions
- 12. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 5 Unit 1: Introductions 5 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 e) Listen and write the letters you hear. 1. ___NGO___ 6. __________ 2. __________ 7. __________ 3. __________ 8. __________ 4. __________ 9. __________ 5. __________ 10. __________ Language Focus: Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her... My name’s Noly. His name’s Phouvong. Her name’s Khonevilay. Spoken Written What’s What is My name’s My name is Her name’s Her name is His name’s His name is ການຂຽນຕວຫຍ້ (Contractions) ໃນພາສາເວ້າສໍ່ວນຫຼາຍພວກເຮາມ ັກໃຊ້ຕວຫຍ້ ຕວຢໍ່າງ: What’s/ My name’s / Her name’s ແຕໍ່ໃນ- ພາສາຂຽນພວກເຮາມ ັກຂຽນຕວເຕັມ ເຊັໍ່ ນ What is/ My name is /Her name is Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives I My You Your He His She Her It Its We Our They Their a) Stand in a circle. Take turns to say, ‘My name’s …’. Then point to a classmate and say, ‘Her name’s ….’ or ‘His name’s …’. Unit 1: Introductions
- 13. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 16 Unit 1: Introductions 6 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Reading: Family Introductory tasks a) Match the Lao and English words. Example: 1-g 1.brother a. ແມໍ່ 2. father b. ພໍ່ 3. mother c. ເມຍ 4. husband d. ຜວ 5. daughter e. ລກສາວ 6. sister f. ລກຊາຍ 7. son g. ອ້າຍ/ນ້ອງຊາຍ 8. wife h. ເອ້ອຍ/ນ້ອງສາວ 9. grandfather i. ລຸງ 10. grandmother j. ປ້າ 11. grandson k. ພໍ່ ເຖ້າ/ພໍ່ ຕ້/ປໍ່ 12. granddaughter l. ພີໍ່ ນ້ອງ 13. uncle m. ແມໍ່ເຖ້າ/ແມໍ່ຕ້/ຍໍ່າ 14. aunt n. ຫຼານຊາຍ 15. cousin o. ຫຼານສາວ Pronunciation Focus: ການຜັນສຽງ / / b) Listen and repeat Father mother this that these those ພະຍັນຊະນະຄວບ ‘th’ ອອກສຽງ / / ຢໍ່ໃນຄາສັບ ຕວຢໍ່າງຕໍ່ ໄປນີ້ ‘father’ ‘mother’ ‘brother’ ນັກຮຽນຜັນ ສຽງ / / ໂດຍວາງຕາແໜໍ່ງຫຼິ້ນຢໍ່ລະຫວໍ່າງກາງແຂ້ວເບ້ອງ ເທິງ ແລະ ລຸໍ່ມແລ້ວແລ້ວເປໍ່ງສຽງຄ້າຍສຽງສະລະ Àxò ນັກຮຽນສາມາດທດສອບການອອກສຽງ / / ດ້ວຍການເອາ ນີ້ວມແຕະໃສໍ່ຄຫອຍຈະຮ້ສຶກການສັໍ່ນສະເທອນ-. Unit 1: Introductions
- 14. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 7 Unit 1: Introductions 7 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 c) Match the words with the pictures 1….................... 2.......................... 3............................ 4................ 5.................... a. brother and sister b. mother and son c. father and daughter d. grandparents and grandchildren e. wife and husband Practice a) Read the sentences. Write the names of the family on the picture. Hello. My name is John Smith. I’m married. This is my wife. Her name is Mary. This is my son. His name is Tom. This is my father. His name is Tim. This is my daughter. Her name is Jane. She’s single. This is my mother. Her name is Penny. And this is my dog. Its name is Rex. b) Read and point. One student reads a sentence and the other points to the picture of the person in the sentence. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Mary__ Unit 1: Introductions
- 15. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 18 Unit 1: Introductions 8 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow up tasks Draw your family tree. Show your drawing. Tell your partner about your family. Say: ‘This is my…. Her name’s …’ / ‘This is my …. His name’s Make groups of four. Tell each other about your families. Language focus Positive Yes/No questions I have (’ve) got 3 children. Have you got any children? You have (’ve) got 2 sisters. Yes, I have/No, I haven’t. He/she has (’s) got 1 boy. Has he/she got any sisters? Yes, he/she has/No, he/she hasn’t. a) Complete this questionnaire and share it with the class. Example: His/Her name’s Somphanh. He’s got 2 brothers……… Questions Name: .................... Name: .................... Have you got any brothers? How many brothers have you got? Have you got any sisters? How many sisters have you got? Are you married? Have you got any children? How many children have you got? Boys or girls? Cultural note: I am married / I am single (ການຖາມເຖິງການແຕໍ່ງງານ) ໃນວັດທະນະທາຕາເວັນຕກ ການຖາມເຖິງການແຕໍ່ງງານຖວໍ່າເປັນເລໍ່ ອງບໍ່ ສຸພາບ ແລະ ຄນ ສໍ່ວນຫຼາຍບໍ່ມ ັກເວ້າເຖິງບັນຫານີ້ ແຕໍ່ຢໍ່ໃນວັດທະນາທາລາວຖເປັນເລໍ່ ອງທາມະດາ. Unit 1: Introductions
- 16. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 9 Unit 1: Introductions 9 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Writing: My family Introductory tasks a) Write the capital letters under the small letters. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C Language Focus Capital letters and full stops In English we write: (ໃນພາສາອັງກິດພວກເຮາຂຽນ) capital letters at the beginnings of sentences (ຕວພິມໃຫຍໍ່ແມໍ່ນໃຊ້ສາລັບຂຽນເລີໍ່ມຕ້ນປະໂຫຍກ) Example: This is my mother. capital letters for the names of people or places (ຕວພິມໃຫຍໍ່ແມໍ່ນໃຊ້ສາລັບຂຽນຊໍ່ຄນ ຫຼ ຊໍ່ສະຖານທີໍ່ ) Example: My name is Vanna I’m from Bolikhamxay province. full stops at the end of sentences (ຈ ້າເມັດແມໍ່ນໃຊ້ຢໍ່ທ້າຍປະໂຫຍກ) Example: Today is Wednesday. More capital letters In English we also write capital letters for days of the week: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday b) Correct these sentences. my name is john smith ________________________________ this is my wife ________________________________ her name is mary ________________________________ this is my son ________________________________ his name is tom ________________________________ c) Look again at your drawing of your family. Write sentences about your family next to the drawing. Check: the Present Simple Tense of ”be” spelling a/an capital letters full stops Put your pictures and sentences on the wall. Walk around and read each other’s writing. Unit 1: Introductions
- 17. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 110 Unit 2: Personal information 10 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Spell your name and ask people to spell their names Say and listen to numbers 1-10 Write numbers 1-10 in words and numbers Read about occupations Write about your family and occupations Language focus Apostrophe s (’ s) (e.g. my wife’s name) Verb ‘to be’ Singular and plural nouns New vocabulary spell ສະກດຄາ please ກະລຸນາ thanks ຂອບໃຈ thank you ຂອບໃຈ given name ຊໍ່ family name ນາມສະກຸນ full name ຊໍ່ ແລະ ນາມສະກຸນ occupation ອາຊີບ policeman ຕາຫລວດຊາຍ policewoman ຕາຫລວດຍິງ teacher ຄສອນ student ນັກສຶກສາ government official ລັດຖະກອນ doctor ທໍ່ານຫມ shop keeper ຄນຂາຍເຄໍ່ ອງ businessman ນັກທຸລະກິດຊາຍ businesswoman ນັກທຸລະກິດຍິງ soldier ທະຫານ factory worker ກາມະກອນໂຮງງານ farmer ຊາວນາ married ແຕໍ່ງງານແລ້ວ single ໂສດ Unit 2 Personal information Unit 2: Personal information
- 18. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 11 Unit 2: Personal information 11 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Can you spell it, please? Introductory task a) Make groups of four. Tell each other your name. My name’s … My family name’s … My full name’s … Dialogue a) Listen and read the dialogue. A: What’s your name? B: Julie. A: Can you spell it, please? B: J – U – L – I – E. A: And what’s your family name? B: Harrison. A: How do you spell it? B: H-A-double R-I-S-O-N. A: Sorry? B: H-A-double R-I-S-O-N. A: Thank you. b) Listen and repeat. Practise the dialogue. You can also say: Given name/ First name/ Christian name ຊໍ່ Family name/Surname/Last name ນາມສະກຸນ Full name ຊໍ່ເຕັມ (ຊໍ່+ນາມສະກຸນ) c) Practise the dialogue in pairs. Use your own names. How do you spell your name? Unit 2 Personal information J - U - L - I - E Unit 2: Personal information
- 19. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 112 Unit 2: Personal information 12 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practice a) Listen and complete the dialogues. Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2 A: What’s your given name? A: What’s your family name? B: ............................... B: ........................................... A: Can you spell it, please? A: How do you spell it? B: ................................ B: ......................................... A: Thank you. A: Sorry?. B: ..................................... A: Thanks. b) Complete the table and report back to your group. Possible questions: What’s your first name? How do you spell it? (Sorry?) What’s your family name? Can you spell it, please? (Sorry?) No. Given name Family name 1 2 3 4 5 Listening: Numbers 1-10 Introductory task a) Listen and repeat. 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pronunciation Focus: ການຜັນສຽງ / / ພະຍັນຊະນະ th ອອກສຽງ / / ຢໍ່ໃນຄາສັບ ‘three’ ນັກຮຽນຜັນສຽງ / / ໂດຍວາງຕາ ແໜໍ່ງຫຼິ້ນຢໍ່ລະຫວໍ່າງກາງແຂ້ວເບ້ອງເທິງ ແລະ ລຸໍ່ມ ແລ້ວເປັ່ງລມອອກມາ. Unit 2: Personal information
- 20. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 13 Unit 2: Personal information 13 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practice a) Listen and circle the number you hear. a. 1 8 6 4 b. 0 6 5 8 c. 9 5 10 7 d. 4 10 2 5 e. 3 6 4 9 b) Listen and write the numbers in words. a. five f. __________ b. __________ g. __________ c. __________ h. __________ d. __________ i. __________ e. __________ j. __________ Follow-up tasks Note: ວິທີອໍ່ານເລກ ‘0’: -- ອໍ່ານວໍ່າ ‘zero’ ໃນກລະນີອໍ່ານເລກທໍ່ວໄປ e.g. 0 1 2 3 ອໍ່ານວໍ່າ ‘oh’ ໃນກລະນີບອກເລກໂທລະສັບ e.g. Three – one – two – oh – seven – two (312072) a) Listen and write the phone numbers. a. 041 5847 d. __________ b. _________ e. __________ c. _________ f. __________ b) Work in groups of four. Ask each other’s phone numbers Possible question: What’s your phone number? Request for repetition: Pardon/Sorry? Name Phone number Unit 2: Personal information
- 21. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 114 Unit 2: Personal information 14 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Note: apostrophe –’s ພວກເຮາໃຊ້ –’s ເພໍ່ ອສະແດງຄວາມເປັນເຈ້າຂອງ. e.g. Santi’s phone number is 21 2453. c) Write sentences like the one above about your classmates. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Reading: Occupations Introductory tasks a) Listen and repeat. teacher doctor student farmer shopkeeper policeman business woman business man factory worker government official policewoman soldier Unit 2: Personal information
- 22. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 15 Unit 2: Personal information 15 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 computer programmer office administrator Pronunciation Focus 1: ການຜັນສຽງ / / Listen to the cassette and repeat “teacher” Pronunciation Focus 2: ການຜັນສຽງ / / ນອກຈາກນັ້ນສຽງ / / ຍັງເຫັນຢໍ່ໃນພະຍັນຊະນະຄວບ: -ci- ດັໍ່ງໃນຄາ official ແລະ ti- ດັໍ່ງໃນຄາ occupation Listen and repeat- “shop keeper”, “official”, “occupation” ພະຍັນຊະນະ sh ໃນພາສາອັງກິດອອກສຽງ / / - ເຊັໍ່ນໃນຄາ shop keeper. ນ ັກຮຽນສາມາດຜັນສຽງ ດັໍ່ງກໍ່າວນີ້ດ້ວຍການເອາລີ້ນ ໃກ້ກ ັບ-ເພດານປາກ ແຕໍ່ບໍ່ແຕະເພດານ ແລ້ວເປໍ່ງລມອອກຈາກຮຄ ເຮັດ ສຽງຄໄລໍ່ໄກໍ່ Shhhhhh! ພະຍັນຊະນະຄວບ’ch’-ໃນພາສາອັງກິດອອກສຽງ / / -ເຊັໍ່ນໃນຄາ teacher. ນ ັກຮຽນສາມາດອອກ- ສຽງດັໍ່ງກໍ່າວນີ້ດ້ວຍການເອາລີ້ນແຕະ ຫຼ ໃຫ້ລີ້ນ ໃກ້ກ ັບເພດານປາກ - ແລ້ວເປັ່ງລມອອກຈາກຮຄ ເຮັດສຽງ ‘ -Àxò-‘. Unit 2: Personal information
- 23. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 116 Unit 2: Personal information 16 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Match the English and Lao words. Example: 1-g 1. teacher a. ພະນັກງານລັດ 2. doctor b. ຊາວນາ 3. student c. ຕາຫຼວດຊາຍ 4. farmer d. ທະຫານ 5. soldier e. ກາມະກອນໂຮງງານ 6. policeman f. ຄນຂາຍເຄໍ່ອງ 7. businessman g. ຄສອນ 8. shop keeper h. ນັກສຶກສາ 9. factory worker i. ທໍ່ານໝ 10. government official j. ນັກທຸລະກິດຊາຍ 11. businesswoman k. ຕາຫຼວດຍິງ 12. policewoman l. ນັກທຸລະກິດຍິງ Language Focus Verb ‘to be’ Positive I You She He Somdy Thongda am are is a doctor farmer nurse soldier teacher student It is my table ruler dog We They are students farmers Yes/No questions Are Is you she he Somdy Thongda a doctor ? farmer ? nurse ? soldier ? teacher ? Is it table ? ruler ? Are you we they students ? farmers ? soldiers ? Unit 2: Personal information
- 24. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 17 Unit 2: Personal information 17 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Full forms Contractions Short answers I am You are He is She is It is We are They are I’m You’re He’s She’s It’s We’re They’re Yes, I am/ No, I’m not Yes, you are/ No, you aren’t Yes, he is/ No, he isn’t Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t Yes, it is/ No, it isn’t Yes, we are/No, we aren’t Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t Follow up tasks a) Write the sentences under the pictures. 1. He is a teacher 2. ___________________ 3.__________________ 4. ________________ 5 _______________ 6 ________________ b) Pair work: Ask and answer: A: What’s your occupation? B: I’m a government official. Unit 2: Personal information
- 25. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 118 Unit 2: Personal information 18 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Singular and plural Singular Plural a/an + noun noun + s e.g. a farmer four farmers an adviser two advisers Note: a man-men a woman-women a policeman- policemen a child-children c) Put a line under all the singular nouns, a double line under the article and a circle all the plural nouns in sentences. e.g. He is a teacher. They are farmers. 1. My mother is an accountant. 2. His brothers are doctors. 3. I am a factory worker. 4. Her aunt is a business woman. 5. My boyfriend is a computer programmer. 6. Two of my sisters are government officials. d) Write the following sentences in plural form 1. I’m a soldier. ............................................................. 2. She is a government official. ............................................................ 3. You are a shop keeper. ................................................................... 4. He is a policeman. ............................................................................ Practice a) Write am, is or are in the sentences below. 1. My name __________ Jenny. 2. Your father __________ a businessman. 3. Manoly __________ a teacher. 4. I _________ a student. My sister ________a policewoman. 5. You __________ government officials. Unit 2: Personal information
- 26. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 19 Unit 2: Personal information 19 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Complete the sentences. 1. Is she a soldier? ............................ 2. ……they students? …………………… 3. ……………………………………………………? Yes, ……………………………………….. 4……………………………………………….? ……………………………………………….. Guessing games: Are you....? Are you a doctor? No, I’m not. A business woman. Unit 2: Personal information
- 27. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 120 Unit 2: Personal information 20 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Writing: Family and occupations Introductory task a) Write the words in the sentences. doctor son’s daughter’s teacher Bounta’s family My name is Mr. Bounta. I am a teacher. I am married. My wife’s name is Chanh. She is a ________. My ________ name is Sack. He is a student. My ________ name Boua. She is also a student. Follow-up tasks a) Look at the text of Mr. Bounta’s family. Write sentences about your family and their occupations. Check: the Present Simple Tense of “be” spelling a/an capital letters full stops Put your sentences on the wall. Walk around and read each other writing. Unit 2: Personal information
- 28. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 21 Unit 3: In the classroom 21 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Ask about the names of things in English Ask and answer questions about who things belong to Listen and say numbers 0-20 Count things in the classroom (How many…?) Talk and write about where things are in the classroom Follow classroom instructions Language focus This and these Question form of verb ‘Can I.......... Positive and negative answers ‘How many …?’ questions ‘Where’ questions Prepositions of place ‘in, on, under, between, next to’ New vocabulary book ປ້ມ chair ຕັໍ່ງອີ້ table ໂຕະນັກຮຽນ desk ໂຕະນາຍຄ bag ຖງ/ກະເປາ pen ປາກກາ/ບກ pencil ສດາ door ປະຕ board ກະດານ wastebasket ກະຕໍ່າຖິ້ມຂີ້ເຫຍ້ອ CD player ເຄໍ່ ອງຫຼິ້ນແຜໍ່ນຊີດີ rubber (eraser) ຢາງລຶບ ruler ໄມ້ບັນທັດ sharpener ໂຮງແຫລມສ classroom ຫ້ອງຮຽນ ask ຖາມ look ເບິໍ່ງ listen ຟັງ welcome ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ borrow ຢມ map ແຜນທີໍ່ poster ແຜໍ່ນໂຄສະນາ repeat ອໍ່ານລ້ມຄນ say ເວ້າ point ຊີ້ in ຢໍ່ໃນ on ຢໍ່ເທິງ under ຢໍ່ລຸໍ່ມ/ກ້ອງ between ຢໍ່ລະຫວໍ່າງ next to ຢໍ່ຂ້າງ/ຕໍ່ໄປ calculator ເຄໍ່ ອງຄິດໄລໍ່ Are these your pencils? Unit 3 In the classroom Unit 3: In the classroom
- 29. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 122 Unit 3: In the classroom 22 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: What’s this in English? Introduction What things in the class do you know in English? How do you spell it? Dialogue a) Listen and read the dialogue. A: Is this your pen Sack? B: No. It isn’t. It’s Kham’s (pen). A: Kham, can I borrow your pen, please? C: Of course. A: Thank you. C: You’re welcome. Listen and repeat. Practise the dialogue in group of 3. Practise the dialogue. Use your own name and things around you. Language Focus ‘This’ and ‘These’ We use: ‘This’ with singular nouns, e.g. “This is a pen.” What’s this in English? ‘These’ with plural nouns, e.g. “These are pencils.”What are these in English? a) Write the words under the pictures. 1. bag 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ In the classroomUnit 3 Unit 3: In the classroom
- 30. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 23 Unit 3: In the classroom 23 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 5. _________ 6. _________ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______ 11. _______ 12. __________ 13. __________ 14. __________ 15. __________ Listen and repeat. b) Point at things in the classroom. Ask and answer: A: ‘What’s this in English?’ or ‘What are these in English?’ B: ‘It’s a ______________.’ or ‘They are ______________.’ Follow up task Introduction a) Listen and repeat Purple blue yellow white Red orange grey green black brown Unit 3: In the classroom
- 31. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 124 Unit 3: In the classroom 24 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Game: ‘Is this your _________?’ A: Is this your bag, Noly? B: No, it isn’t. It’s Vanna’s. A: What colour is your bag? B: It’s brown Spoken No, it isn’t. No, they aren’t. Written No, it is not. No, they are not. Listening: Numbers 11-20 Introductory tasks a) Listen and repeat. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Say the numbers from 1-20. Follow up tasks a) Listen and circle the numbers you hear. 1 5 9 13 17 2 6 10 14 18 3 7 11 15 19 4 8 12 16 20 Is this your pen? No, it isn’t. It’s red. What colour is your pen? Are these your pencils? Yes, they are. Unit 3: In the classroom
- 32. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 25 Unit 3: In the classroom 25 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Listen and write the numbers you hear. a ______12______ e ____________ i ____________ m __________ b ______________ f ____________ j ____________ n __________ c ______________ g ____________ k ___________ o __________ d ______________ h ____________ l ____________ p __________ c) Listen and write the numbers in words. a ____four_______ e _____________ i _____________ b ______________ f _____________ j _____________ c ______________ g _____________ k ____________ d ______________ h _____________ l ____________ Practice ‘How many …?’ questions How many + plural nouns…….. ‘How many desks are there in the classroom?’ There are 12 desks. ‘´ó-ª½¥ñ¡-Îȸ¨ µøÈùɺ¤-»¼ນ?’ ມນມີໂຕະ 12 ໜວັ່ຍ. a) Read the questions. Count the things and write the answers. How many computers are there in the classroom? ____1____ How many chairs are there in the classroom? _________ How many tables are there in the classroom? _________ How many desks are there in the classroom? _________ How many CD players are there in the classroom? _________ How many fans are there in the classroom? _________ Unit 3: In the classroom
- 33. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 126 Unit 3: In the classroom 26 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Reading: Where’s the...? Introductory tasks a) Look at the pictures and read the words. in on under between next to b) Look at the pictures and read the sentences. Where’s the pen? Where are the pencils? It’s on the desk. They’re under the book. c) Work in small groups. Ask your group where things are in the classroom. Possible questions: ‘Where’s the …?’ ‘Where are the …?’ d) Read and answer the questions. This is my room. 1. How many books are on the desk?..................................... 2. Where‘s the computer? ...................................................... 3. Is there a lamp on the desk? ............................................... 4. Where‘s the chair? ............................................................. 5. Where is the bookshelf?................................................... 6. What else you can see in the room? .................................. e) Describe your room to your partner and let your partner draw a picture of it. •• Unit 3: In the classroom
- 34. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 27 Unit 3: In the classroom 27 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Writing: Things in the classroom a) Complete the sentences under the pictures. 1. Where is the pen? It is on the desk. 2. Where are the pencils? They are under the book. 3. Where __________ keys? They ___________ bag. 4. Where is the book? It is _________ the table. 5. __________ sharpener? ___________ chair. 6. ____________ ruler? ____________ book. 7. ________________ map? ________________ chair. 8. ___________ rubbish bin? ____________ table. b) Write about where things are in your classroom. Check: the Present Simple Tense spelling a/an capital letters full stops Unit 3: In the classroom
- 35. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 128 Unit 4: Classroom language 28 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Have short conversations greeting people Ask and answer questions about where people are Listen to and say numbers 20-100 Listen to and follow instructions spoken by the teacher Read and follow instructions Language focus Preposition of place ‘at’ (e.g. at home) Imperatives for instructions New vocabulary late ມາຊ້າ know ຮ້ age ອາຍຸ years old ປີ home ບ້ານ work ເຮັດວຽກ school ໂຮງຮຽນ sick ບໍ່ສະບາຍ busy ຄາວຽກ/ຫຍຸ້ງວຽກ stand up ລຸກຂຶ້ນ/ຢນຂຶ້ນ sit down ນັໍ່ງລງ give ເອາໃຫ້ put ເອາໃສໍ່ take ເອາໄປ open ເປີດ close ປິດ box ກັບ copy ກໍ່າຍ/ຈດ draw ແຕ້ມ circle ວງມນ line ແຖວ Unit 4 Classroom language Unit 4: Classroom language
- 36. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 29 Unit 4: Classroom language 29 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Where are they? Introductory tasks Where’s the man? Where’s the woman? Where are the children? at home at work at school a) Listen and repeat Ask and answer about your family. e.g. A: Where’s your sister? B: She’s at home. Dialogue a) Listen and read the dialogue. Teacher: Where’s Santi today? Boun: He’s _________. He’s sick. Teacher: Thank you. And where’s Ketkeo? Noy: He’s _________. He’s busy. Teacher: OK. And what about Nipha? Noy: I’m _______, I don’t know. Nipha: Can I come in. I’m sorry, I’m ........ Teacher: That’s all right. Listen again and complete the dialogue. Listen and repeat. Make a group of four. Practise the dialogue. Use names of students in the class. Classroom languageUnit 4 Unit 4: Classroom language
- 37. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 130 Unit 4: Classroom language 30 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Listening: Numbers 20-100 Introductory tasks a) Listen and repeat. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Practice a) Listen and circle the number you hear. a. 24 21 26 30 b. 20 22 28 25 c. 23 26 29 30 d. 22 27 30 24 e. 26 29 25 21 b) Listen and write the numbers in words. a. twenty g. _____________ b. _____________ h. _____________ c. _____________ i. _____________ d. _____________ j. _____________ e. _____________ k. _____________ f. _____________ c) Game: Bingo Write eight numbers (0-30) on the chart. Listen to your teacher. Put X on the numbers you hear. Say ‘Bingo’ when you have 8 X’s. Follow up tasks a) Listen and repeat. 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 b) Listen to the spelling of the numbers and write them in words. a. _thirty _____ e. _____________ b. _____________ f. _____________ c. _____________ g. _____________ d. _____________ h. _____________ Unit 4: Classroom language
- 38. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 31 Unit 4: Classroom language 31 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Pronunciation Focus stress and & Stress ແມໍ່ນການໃຊ້ສຽງໃນຄາສັບໃຫ້້ຖກຕ້ອງໃນພາສາອັງກິດ ການນາໃຊ້ສຽງໃນຄາສັບແມໍ່ນມີຄວາມ ສາຄັນເພາະມ ັນເຮັດໃຫ້ຜ້ຟັງສາມາດເຂ້າໃຈໄດ້ງໍ່າຍຂຼິ້ນ ແລະ ຈາແນກຄາສັບ ດັໍ່ງຄາຕໍ່ໄປນີ້: thirt'een 'thirty ໃນຈານວນຕວເລກແຕໍ່ È thirt'een ຫາ ninet'een ມີການເນ ຼິ້ນສຽງຢໍ່ພະຍາງທີສອງ ແລະ ຕວ ‘ee’ ກໍ່ ອອກສຽງ ຫລຄ້າຍຄກ ັນກ ັບສະຫຼະ xó ຂອງພາສາລາວເຊິໍ່ງເປັນສຽງຍາວ. ໃນຈານວນຕວເລກແຕໍ່ 'thirty ຫາ 'ninety ມີການເນັ້ນສຽງຢໍ່ພະຍາງທີໜຶໍ່ ງ ແລະ ຕວ ‘y’ ກອອກສຽງ ຫລຄ້າຍຄກ ັນກ ັບ ສະຫລະ xò ຂອງພາສາລາວເຊິໍ່ງເປັນສຽງສັ້ນ. a) Listen and mark the stress. thirt'een 'thirty fourteen forty fifteen fifty sixteen sixty seventeen seventy eighteen eighty nineteen ninety b) Listen and underline the number you hear. e.g. thirteen thirty fourteen forty fifteen fifty sixteen sixty seventeen seventy eighteen eighty nineteen ninety Practice a) Listen and draw a line from number to number. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Unit 4: Classroom language
- 39. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 132 Unit 4: Classroom language 32 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Listen to how old they are and write the number of the dialogue in the box. A B C D E F c) Check with your partner. Take turns to ask, ‘Is that right?’ For example, A: Picture A. The woman’s thirty-five. Is that right? B: Yes. (Yes. That’s right.) Or A: Picture A. The woman’s forty-five. Is that right? B: No. She’s thirty-five. (No. That’s not right. She’s thirty-five.) Or A: Picture A. The woman’s thirty-five. Is that right? B: I don’t know. d) Survey: How old are you? Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers on the chart. e.g. A: How old are you? B: I’m thirty./ I’m 30 years old. Name How old? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cultural Note: Asking about age (ການຖາມອາຍຸ) ໃນວັດທະນະທາຂອງຊາວຕາເວັນຕກ ການຖາມເຖິງອາຍຸແມໍ່ນບໍ່ ໍ່ເໝາະສມ ເພາະເຂາເຈ້າຖ ເປັນເລໍ່ອງສໍ່ວນຕວ. Report the information to the class. Example: Mr. Bounma is 30 years old. 1 Unit 4: Classroom language
- 40. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 33 Unit 4: Classroom language 33 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 e) Ask and complete the form. Personal information Full name: _____________________________________________ Occupation: _____________________________________________ Age: _____________________________________________ Telephone number: _____________________________________________ Reading: Follow instructions Introduction a) Look and read. give put take open close stand up sit down Copy point at b) Match the English and Lao words. 1. put ____a. ປິດ 2. give ____b. ເອາໃສໍ່ 3. take ____c. ເປີດ 4. open ____d. ເອາໃຫ້ 5. close ____e. ນ ັໍ່ງລງ 6. stand up ____f. ເອາໄປ 7. sit down ____g. ກໍ່າຍຄນ 8. copy ____h. ຢນຂຶ້ນ 9. point at ____i. ຊີ້ Unit 4: Classroom language
- 41. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 134 Unit 4: Classroom language 34 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 c) Pair work: One student say the word in Lao, another say the word in English. Language Focus Imperative negative (ປະໂຫຍກຄາສັໍ່ງຫ້າມ) ເພໍ່ ອເຮັດໃຫ້ປະໂຫຍກຄາສັໍ່ງກາຍເປັນປະໂຫຍກຄາສັໍ່ງຫ້າມ ພວກເຮາຕໍ່ມຄາວໍ່າ Don’t ໃສໍ່ຕໍ່ໜ້າ ຄາກິລິຍາ. Imperative (ປະໂຫຍກຄາສັໍ່ງ) Imperative negative (ປະໂຫຍກຄາສັໍ່ງຫ້າມ) e.g. Copy the word. e.g. Don’t copy the word. a) Match the beginnings and the ends of the instructions. 1. Don’t give ____a. the door. 2. Take ____b. your books at page 45, please. 3. Open ____c. the pen to Somsinh. 4. Don’t close ____d. your given name. 5. Spell ____e. the pencil on the table. 6. Put ____f. the word on the board. 7. Don’t copy ____g. the rubber and give it to me. b) Listen and follow teacher’s instruction. Example: Put your pens on the table. Read and follow the instructions. Write your full name on the line. Circle your family name. Don’t circle your given name. Copy a word from the board and write it in the box. Write your age under the circle. Unit 4: Classroom language
- 42. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 35 Unit 4: Classroom language 35 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Draw a dog in the circle. Spell the word ‘calculator’ under the line. Complete the sentences: Today is ................................... Tomorrow is ............................ Yesterday was ......................... c) Group work: Write five instructions. Do not forget capital letters and full stops. Make groups of four. Take turns to read an instruction. The other students in the group listen and follow the instruction. Writing: My family a) Write about 4 people in your family. Who are they? What are their names? How old are they? What do they do? Example: My father’s name is Mr. Keo. He is a policeman. He is 53 years old. Check: the Present Simple Tense spelling a/an capital letters full stops Unit 4: Classroom language
- 43. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 136 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 36 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Revise ‘What…?’ questions Introduce people Ask and answer questions about occupations, workplaces and where people live Read about a vet Write about you and your occupation Fill in a form with personal information Language focus Article: ‘a’ and ‘an’ ‘Where…?’ questions Questions with ‘Do you …?’ Present Simple Tense verbs Third person singular ‘s’ New vocabulary mechanic ນາຍຊໍ່າງ electrician ຊໍ່າງໄຟຟ້າ lawyer ທະນາຍຄວາມ engineer ນັກວິສະວະກອນ dentist ຫມປວແຂ້ວ vet ຫມປວສັດ director ຜ້ອານວຍການ vice director ຜ້ຮອງອານວຍການ manager ຜ້ຈ ັດການ work ເຮັດວຽກ live ອາໃສຢໍ່ village ບ້ານ ministry ກະຊວງ meet ພບ friend ຫມໍ່/ເພໍ່ອນ think ຄິດ Unit 5 Occupations and Workplaces Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 44. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 37 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 37 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: What’s your…? Introductory tasks a) Listen and repeat. Lawyer Accountant Electrician Engineer Dentist Vet Director Vice director Manager Note: vet = veterinarian Unit 5 Occupations and Workplaces Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 45. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 138 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 38 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Dialogue a) Listen and complete the dialogue. Tom: Hello, Susan._________________? Susan: I_______ fine, thanks. And you? Tom: Very well, thanks. Susan: This is _________ friend, Khamsy. Khamsy,_______ is Tom. Khamsy: Pleased to meet you. Tom: Pleased to meet you, too.________ do you do, Khamsy? Khamsy: I’m an ___________. Tom: Where do you work? Khamsy: I work for the Ministry of_________________ Affairs. b) Listen and repeat. c) Group work: In groups of three, practise the dialogue. Practise it until you can say it without looking at your book. Listening: occupations a) Listen and number the pictures. Check with a partner. 1 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 46. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 39 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 39 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow-up task Grammar Focus: Articles - a/an In English we use: ‘a’ before a noun beginning with a consonant, e.g. a manager, a secretary, a director. ‘a’ ໃຊ້ຕໍ່ໜ້າຄານາມທີໍ່ ຂຼິ້ນຕ້ນດ້ວຍພະຍັນຊະນະ. ‘an’ before a noun beginning with a vowel (a/e/i/o/u), e.g. an engineer, an orange, an actor ‘an’ ໃຊ້ຕໍ່ໜ້າຄານາມທີໍ່ ຂຼິ້ນຕ້ນດ້ວຍສະຫລະ a) What are their occupations? Look at the pictures and write sentences. e.g. 1. He is a policeman 2._____________ 3.____________ 4._____________ 5.______________ 6._______________ 7. ______________ 8. _______________ 9. _______________ Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 47. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 140 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 40 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Notes: What do you do? = What’s your occupation? ‘What do you do?’ ແລະ ‘What’s your occupation?’ ແມໍ່ນມີຄວາມໝາຍຄກ ັນ, - ແຕໍ່ È ‘What do you do?’ - ແມໍ່ນໄດ້ນາໃຊ້ເຂ້າໃນການສນທະນາໃນພາສາອັງກິດຫລາຍກວໍ່າການຂຽນ. b) Work in group of 3 to play a role of different occupations. Take turn to ask each other. A: What’s your occupation? B: I’m a lawyer. What do you do? A. I’m an engineer. C: A is an engineer, B is a lawyer. Reading: Where do you work? Introduction a) Match Lao and English. You can use the list of workplaces at the back of your book to help you. 1. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry a. ກະຊວງຍຸດຕິທາ 2. Ministry of Home Affairs b. ກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກາ ແລະ ການຄ້າ 3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs c. ກະຊວງພະລັງງານ ແລະ ບໍ່ແຮໍ່ 4. Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism d. ກະຊວງການເງິນ 5. Ministry of Industry and Trade e. ກະຊວງພາຍໃນ 6. Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare f. ກະຊວງສາທາລະນະສຸກ 7. Ministry of National Defence g. ກະຊວງກະສະກາ ແລະ ປໍ່າໄມ້ 8. Ministry of Education and Sports h. ກະຊວງແຮງງານ ແລະ ສະຫວັດດີການສັງຄມ 9. Ministry of Finance i. ກະຊວງຖະແຫງຂໍ່າວ, ວັດຖະນະທາ ແລະ ທໍ່ອງທໍ່ຽວ 10. Ministry of Public Security j. ກະຊວງປ້ອງກ ັນປະເທດ 11. Ministry of Justice k. ກະຊວງການຕໍ່າງປະເທດ 12. Ministry of Public Health l. ກະຊວງສຶກສາທິການ ແລະ ກິລາ 13. Ministry of Energy and Mining m. ກະຊວງປ້ອງກ ັນຄວາມສະຫງບ Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 48. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 41 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 41 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Note: Capital letters We use capital letters for the names of workplaces, e.g. Ministry of Communications, Transport, Post and Construction. Practice a) Listen and number the ministries. ________ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) ________ Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) ________ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) ________ Ministry of Information , Culture and Tourism (MICT) ________ Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) _______ Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW) _______ Ministry of National Defence (MoND) _______ Ministry of Education and Sports ( MoES) _______ Ministry of Finance (MoF) ________ Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) ________ Ministry of Justice (MoJ) ________ Ministry of Public Health (MPH) ________ Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) b) Read and complete the dialogue. Tom: Do you work for the Ministry of Health, Khamsy? Khamsy: No, I don’t. I work at the _____________. I work for the____________ Tom: And _________ do you live? Khamsy: Dongpalan village. Note: works at … / works for … Khamsy works at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This means his office is in the MAF building in Vientiane. ຖ້າວໍ່າໃຊ້ at ຢໍ່ໃນປະໂຫຍກໝາຍຄວາມວໍ່າ ຫ້ອງການຂອງຜ້ກໍ່ຽວຢໍ່ທີໍ່ ກະຊວງນ ັ້ນ. Khamsy works for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This means his office is not in the MAF building. ຖ້າວໍ່າໃຊ້ for ຢໍ່ໃນປະໂຫກຍໝາຍຄວາມວໍ່າ ຫ້ອງການຂອງຜ້ກໍ່ຽວບໍ່ໄດ້ຢໍ່ທີໍ່ ກະຊວງນ ັ້ນ. c) Practise the dialogue. Use your own workplace and village. Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 49. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 142 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 42 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Contractions: I don’t you don’t we don’t they don’t he doesn’t she doesn’t it doesn’t Answers: Yes, I do/No, I don’t. Yes, we do/No we don’t Yes, they do/No, they don’t Yes, he does/No, he doesn’t Yes, she does/No, she doesn’t Yes, it does/No, it doesn’t Language Focus - Present Simple Tense Positive I You We They work at the Ministry of Finance. He She It works Negative I You We They do not work at the Ministry of FinanceHe She It does not Questions with question words Where do you they work? does he she it Yes/No questions Do you they work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Does he she it a) Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box. answer read live listen work ask 1. She ___________ the newspaper every day. 2. We ___________ for the Ministry of the Home Affairs. 3. She ___________ to music in the evenings. 4. He ____________in That Luang village. 5. The teacher ____________the same questions at the start of the lesson. Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 50. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 43 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 43 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 6. My father never _____________ the phone. Follow up task a) Complete the text. Use the words in the box. works a his lives a village She Ministry name Mr Khamsy Soulivong is 38 years old. He is ___________ vet. He _______________ at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. He is married. He _____________ in Dongpalan _______________ with _____________ wife and two children. His wife’s __________ is Khamseng. She is ________ teacher. __________ works for the __________of Education and Sports at Vientiane Secondary School. b) Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. What does Khamsy do? ____________________________ 2. How old is Khamsy? ______________________________ 3. Is he single? _____________________________________ 4. What is Khamseng’s occupation? ____________________ 5. Where does she work? _____________________________ 6. How many children do they have? ____________________ Note: Mr Mrs Miss Ms Mr – man Mrs - married woman Ms – woman Miss - single woman Mr, Mrs, Miss ແລະ Ms ສໍ່ວນຫລາຍແມໍ່ນໃຊ້ກ ັບນາມສະກຸນ ບໍ່ແມໍ່ນໃຊ້ກ ັບຊໍ່ ຖ້າວໍ່າ Khamsy Soulivong ຢໍ່ທີໍ່ ປະເທດອດສະຕາລີ ລາວຈະຖກເອີ້ນວໍ່າ Mr. Soulivong. ແຕໍ່ວໍ່າຢໍ່ທີໍ່ ປະເທດລາວ Mr, Mrs, Miss ແລະ Ms ສໍ່ວນຫລາຍແມໍ່ນໃຊກ ັບຊໍ່ ເພໍ່ ອສະແດງເຖິງ ຄວາມນ ັບຖ. ຕວຢໍ່າງ: Khamsy Soulivong ຢໍ່ທີໍ່ ປະເທດລາວ ລາວຈະຖກເອີ້ນວໍ່າ Mr. Khamsy. ນັ້ນແມໍ່ນໃຊ້ໄດ້ ເພາະວໍ່າການໃຊ້ແຕໍ່ຊໍ່ (e.g. Khamsy) ໃນລາວ ແມໍ່ນຖວໍ່າບໍ່ສຸພາບປານໃດ. Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 51. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 144 Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces 44 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Writing: Personal Information Introduction a) Ask five people and write their answers on the chart and report back to the class. Example: His full name is Mr Khampheng Sengsoulivong and he’s forty years old. He’s an accountant and he works for the Ministry of Education and Sports. Full name? Age? Occupation? Workplace? 1. Mr. Khampheng Sengsoulivong 40 accountant Ministry of Education and Sports 2. 3. 4. 5. b) Complete the form. Remember to use capital letters for names and ministries. Mr Ms Mrs Miss [Please tick ()] Given name: ________________ Surname: ____________________ Age: ______________________ Married Single [Please tick ()] Occupation: ________________ Ministry: _______________________ c) Write about yourself. Use the text about Khamsy as a model. e.g. My name is _____________________. I am _________________ ______________________ and _____________________. ______ Check: the Present Simple Tense spelling a/an capital letters full stops Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
- 52. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 45 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 45 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Ask and answer questions about time and daily routines Listen to information about daily routines Write about your daily routines Language focus Irregular verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to go’ Time phrases New vocabulary time ເວລາ o’clock ໂມງ half past ເຄິໍ່ ງ quarter past ເລີຍ 15 quarter to ຍັງ 15 get up ຕໍ່ນນອນ take a shower ອາບນ ້າ breakfast ເຂ້າເຊ້າ lunch ເຂ້າສວາຍ dinner ເຂ້າແລງ television ໂທລະພາບ clean (verb) ອະນາໄມ house ເຮອນ feed (verb) ເກອ chickens ໄກໍ່ bed ຕຽງ morning ຕອນເຊ້າ afternoon ຕອນສວາຍ evening ຕອນແລງ night ຕອນຄໍ່າ midday ທໍ່ຽງວັນ midnight ທໍ່ຽງຄນ every day ທຸກໆມ້ after ຫຼັງຈາກ weekend ທ້າຍອາທິດ market ຕະຫຼາດ motorbike ລດຈ ັກ car ລດໃຫຍໍ່ tuk tuk ລດຕຸກຕຸກ bus ລດເມ bicycle ລດຖີບ foot ຍໍ່າງ Unit 6 Time and daily routines Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 53. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 146 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 46 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: What’s the time? Introduction a) Listen and repeat Dialogue a) Listen and read the dialogue. A: What’s the time? B: It’s quarter past five. A: Oh, I must go. I’m late for my English class. B: What time does it start? A: Five o’clock. See you later. B: OK. See you later. b) Listen and repeat. c) Practise the dialogue in pairs. Unit 6 Time and daily routines Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 54. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 47 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 47 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Notes: You can say: See you later. tomorrow. on Monday. on the weekend. this evening. 8 o’clock. next week. Repeat the time phrases (ຄາວະລີ) after your teacher. d) Practise the dialogue again using the different time phrases. Follow up tasks a) Listen and draw the times on the clocks. 1._______________ 2._______________ 3._______________ 4._____________ b) Write the times under the clocks. Note: Two ways to say the time. half past eight = 8.30 (eight thirty) quarter past eight = 8.15 (eight fifteen) quarter to nine = 8.45 (eight forty five) c) Write these times. e.g. 10.15 quarter past ten 11.15 ________________________________ 12.30 ________________________________ 7.45 ________________________________ 9.30 ________________________________ 10.45 ________________________________ Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 55. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 148 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 48 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 d) Barrier game Don’t look at your partner’s clocks. Take turns to ask for the missing times. Draw the missing times on your clocks. e.g. A: What’s the time on clock 2? B: It’s _________________. Student A 1 2 3 4 ______________ ______________ _____________ ____________ 5 6 7 8 ____________ ______________ _______________ ______________ Student B 1 2 3 4 _____________ ______________ _______________ ______________ 5 6 7 8 ____________ _____________ _____________ ______________ Check with your partner. a) Write the times under the clocks. Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 56. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 49 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 49 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Listening: Manivanh’s Day Introduction a) Listen and read. get up have a shower go to work have lunch have dinner watch television go to bed clean the house b) Listen and repeat. Follow up tasks a) Listen to the cassette and write the times. She gets up at 6 o’clock. She feeds the chickens at _______________ She cleans the house at _______________ She has a shower at _______________ She has breakfast at _______________ She goes to work at _______________ She has lunch at _______________ She goes home at _______________ She has dinner at _______________ She goes to bed at _______________ Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 57. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 150 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 50 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language Focus Verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to go’ “to have” “to go” Singular Plural Singular Plural I You He She It have have has We You They have I You He She It go go goes We You They go a) Complete these sentences. She ___________breakfast at 8.30 a.m. What time do you __________breakfast? They ___________to work in the morning. He _____________to work by motorbike I ______________dinner at 6 p.m. We ____________lunch at 12.30. b) Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers on the chart. What time do you _________? Names 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. c) Each student talks about one person from their survey. e.g. Manivanh gets up at ________________ She has a shower at ________________ Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 58. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 51 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 51 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 d) Write four sentences about one person from your survey. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Reading: Manivanh’s Day Introduction Note: More ways to talk about time midday (ຕອນທໍ່ຽງ), midnight (ທໍ່ຽງຄນ) in the morning = a.m. (from midnight to midday) in the afternoon = p.m. (from midday to about 6.00 p.m.) in the evening = p.m. (from about 6.00 to about 7.30 p.m.) at night = p.m. We say: half past eight in the morning eight thirty in the morning eight thirty a.m. We do not say ‘half past eight a.m.’ a) Write these times: 4 a.m. = 4 o’clock in the morning 8.30 a.m. = _______________________________ 8.30 p.m. = _______________________________ 9.45 a.m. = ________________________________ 6.30 p.m. = ________________________________ 7.30 a.m. = ________________________________ 5.30 p.m. = ________________________________ 10.45 a.m. = _______________________________ 11.30 a.m. = _______________________________ Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 59. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 152 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 52 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow up tasks Manivanh’s Day a) Write the number of the picture next to the matching sentence. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 Every day Manivanh gets up at 6 o’clock in the morning. _____ She feeds the chickens at 6.15 in the morning. _____ She cleans the house at 6.30 a.m. _____ She has a shower at 7.00 a.m. _____ She has breakfast at 8.00 a.m. _____ She goes to work at 8.15 a.m. by motorbike. _____ She has lunch at midday. _____ After work she goes to the market. _____ She has dinner at 6.00 p.m. with her family. _____ After dinner she watches television. _____ She goes to bed at 9.45 p.m. Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 60. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 53 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 53 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Read these sentences: My sister goes to work by motorbike. My brother goes to his English class by bicycle. They go to school by bus. I go to the ministry by car. We go to market by tuk tuk. My uncle goes to the rice field on foot. Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 61. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 154 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 54 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 c) Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers in the chart. Do you go to work by / on ____________? Names 1. 2. 3. 4. 5 Writing: Your day a) Read ‘Manivanh’s Day’ again. b) Write about your day. e.g. Every day I _____________________________________ Check: the grammar the spelling the full stops the capital letters Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 62. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 55 Unit 6: Time and daily routines 55 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Revision a) Game: Who’s the winner? Make questions for the following answers. Start 1. My house is yellow. What colour... 2. Her surname is Vannaly. What.... 3. My sister works at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Where.... 4. No, it’s not our dog. Is it...... 5. It’s number 59. What.... 6. Noly gets up at 6 a.m What time... 7. I go to work by motorbike. How ..... 8. There are 10 tables in the classroom. How..... 9.A pen is on the desk. Where.... 10. My aunt is 42 years old. How old... Go back to number 3 11. His father is a policeman. What..... 12. Santi is at work. Where.... 13. Keo is my friend. Who..... 14. It’s midday. What time... 15. Vanh lives at Phaxay village. Where...... 16.My phone number is 21 8543 What..... Go back to number 11 17. No, I don’t. I work for the Ministry of Public Heath. Do you..... 18. It’s ‘S-u-t- t-o-n’. Can..... 19. My class starts at 8.30 a.m. What time... When.... Go back to number 13 20. Yes, she is. Is she.... Finish Unit 6: Time and daily routines
- 63. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 156 Unit 7: Months and dates 56 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 In this unit you will: Listen to short dialogues about dates Ask and answer questions about the weather Ask and answer questions about dates of festivals Ask and answer questions about dates of birth Language focus Capital letters with months and names of festivals Ordinal numbers Adjectives for describing weather Read and answer questions about a calendar Fill in a form Write about another person from the information on a form New vocabulary January ເດອນມ ັງກອນ February ເດອນກຸມພາ March ເດອນມີນາ April ເດອນເມສາ May ເດອນພຶດສະພາ June ເດອນມິຖຸນາ July ເດອນກລະກດ August ເດອນສິງຫາ September ເດອນກັນຍາ October ເດອນຕຸລາ November ເດອນພະຈິກ December ເດອນທັນວາ month ເດອນ year ປີ first ທີໜຶໍ່ ງ second ທີສອງ third ທີສາມ fourth ທີສີໍ່ weather ອາກາດ wet ຊຸໍ່ມ/ປຽກ dry ແຫ້ງ/ແລ້ງ hot ຮ້ອນ cool ເຢັນ season ລະດ new ໃໝໍ່ festival ບຸນ/ເທດສະການ date of birth ວັນ ເດອນ ປີເກີດ birthday ວັນເກີດ before ກໍ່ອນໜ້າ Unit 7 Months and dates Unit 7: Months and dates
- 64. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 57 Unit 7: Months and dates 57 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 Listening: Months Introductory task a) Listen and read the months. January February March April May June July August September October November December Note: Capital letters (ຕວພິມໃຫໍ່ຍ) ການຂຽນຄາສັບຂອງເດອນໃນພາສອັງກິດ, ຕວໜັງສທາອິດຂອງຄາສັບຕ້ອງຂຽນເປັນຕວພິມໃຫໍ່ຍສະເໝີ. ຕວຢໍ່າງ: My date of birth is on the 16th of January, 1975. b) Listen and mark the stress on the months. 'January February March April May June Ju'ly August September October November December c) Listen and write the number of the dialogue in the box. Unit 7 Months and dates Unit 7: Months and dates
- 65. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 158 Unit 7: Months and dates 58 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 Practise a) Complete the sentences below. 1. The cool, dry season is in December, January and _______________________ 2. The hot, dry season is in ___________________________________________ 3. The wet season is in ______________________________________________ Language Focus Adjectives for describing things We use adjectives for describing things. These adjectives describe weather: hot (35º) warm (25º) cool (15º) cold (5º) wet dry We use ‘like’ to ask for descriptions, e.g. ‘What’s the weather like?’ a) Take turns to ask and answer about the weather in Laos. e.g. A: What’s the weather like in Xiengkhuang in January? B: It’s cold. wet season cool, dry season Unit 7: Months and dates
- 66. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 59 Unit 7: Months and dates 59 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 Speaking: Ordinal numbers and dates Introductory tasks a) Listen and repeat. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth ສໍ່ວນການຂຽນແຕໍ່ເລກລາດັບທີສີໍ່ຂຶ້ນໄປແມໍ່ນໃຫ້ຕໍ່ມ ‘th’ ໃສໍ່ທ້າຍຄາ. ຕວຢໍ່າງ: 4th = the fourth 7th = the seventh 10th = the tenth 5th = the fifth 8th = the eighth 6th = the sixth 9th = the ninth ພະຍັນສະນະຄວບ th ຢໍ່ທ້າຍຄາອອກສຽງ / / a) Listen and repeat. 11th = eleventh 12th = twelfth 13th = thirteenth 14th = fourteenth 15th = fifteenth 16th = sixteenth 17th = seventeenth 18th = eighteenth 19th = nineteenth 20th = twentieth b) Write the ordinal numbers 21st to 31st in words. 21st = twenty-first 22nd = _______________ 23rd = _______________ 24th = _______________ 25th = _______________ 26th = _______________ 27th = _______________ 28th = _______________ 29th = _______________ 30th = _______________ 31st = _______________ Note: Ordinal numbers (ເລກລາດັບ) ການຂຽນເລກລາດັບໃນພາສາອັງກິດແຕໍ່ລາດັບທີໜຶໍ່ ງຫາທີສາມ: 1st = first 2nd = second 3rd = third Unit 7: Months and dates
- 67. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 160 Unit 7: Months and dates 60 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 Follow-up tasks a) Listen and tick () the dates you hear. 1. 23rd July 4th July 3rd July 2. 3rd June 13th June 22nd June 3. 22nd May 24th May 2nd May 4. 1st August 21st August 31st August 5. 9th April 19th April 29th April 6. 6th November 5th November 25th November Note: How to write and say the dates Written form Spoken form 1st August, 1999 23rd May, 2000 11th June, 2001 The first of August, nineteen ninety-nine The twenty-third of May, two thousand The eleventh of June, two thousand and one b) Listen and complete. 1. A: ____________________ today? B: It’s _______________________. A: Sorry? B: The ______________________. A: Thanks. 2. A: ___________________________ birth? B: The _______________________, 1968. c) Listen and repeat: 1985 1965 2000 2002 1995 1999 2001 2020 d) Listen and write. 1. 1997 3. ______________ 5. ______________ 2. ______________ 4. ______________ 6. ______________ e) Listen and complete. 1. 19/6/1996 4. …../3/20 ….. 7. 30/…../19….. 2. 10/8/19 ….. 5. …../10/1953 8. 29/…../ 19….. 3. …../1/19 ….. 6. …../…../ 2002 9. …../…../…….. Unit 7: Months and dates
- 68. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 61 Unit 7: Months and dates 61 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 Practise a) Barrier Game One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s chart (cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask for the missing dates. Write the missing dates on your chart. Remember you can ask “Sorry?” e.g. A: What’s the date in A1? B: It’s the third. A: Sorry? B: The third. (Student A writes 3rd on his/her chart) Student A: What’s the date in …? A B C D E F 1 9th 18th 30th 2 4th 2nd 3 15th 11th 24th 4 1st 22nd 19th Student B: What’s the date in …? A B C D E F 1 3rd 23rd 13th 2 21st 27th 20th 6th 3 8th 5th 16th 4 10th 7th 12th Unit 7: Months and dates
- 69. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 162 Unit 7: Months and dates 62 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 b) Ask 10 people about their date of birth. Write their name and date of birth on the chart. e.g. A: What’s your date of birth? B: The 21st of June, 1970. 1. Manivone 21st of June, 1988 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. c) Task: Write five sentences about people you talked to. e.g. Manivone’s date of birth is the 21st of June, 1988. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Reading: Months Introductory task a) Write the words and number of the months in the box. a. l u j y July 7 b. r a y u j a n _______________ c. l a i p r _______________ d. d e m e b e r c _______________ e. r c o b o e t _______________ f. y b r f r e a u _______________ g. b e m e p e s t r _______________ h. n u e j _______________ i. t u u a s g _______________ j. a h m c r _______________ k. e r b n e o m v _______________ l. y a m _______________ Unit 7: Months and dates
- 70. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 63 Unit 7: Months and dates 63 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 b) Look at the calendar. Read and answer the questions. 1. What’s the first month of the year? January. 2. What’s the last month? ____________ 3. What day is the first of July? ____________ 4. What day is the last day in June? ____________ 5. What month comes before (¡ÈºÎɾ) November? ____________ 6. What month comes after (¹ìñ¤-¥¾¡) October? ____________ 7. How many days are there in January? ____________ 8. How many months have 31 days? ____________ 9. How many Fridays are there in January? ____________ 10. What date is the first Friday in January? ____________ 11. What date is the second Friday in January? ____________ 12. What day is the last day of the year? ____________ Practise a) Write answers to these questions. When is the Rocket Festival? The Rocket Festival is in May or ________. What month is Lao New Year in? Lao New Year is in __________. Unit 7: Months and dates
- 71. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 164 Unit 7: Months and dates 64 English for Lao Government Officials - Module 1 When is the That Luang Festival? _____________________________ When is the Boat Racing Festival? ____________________________ Writing: Important dates List about 5 of important dates in your life. Talk to your partner or groups about these dates and why they are important to you. Revision a) Ask your classmate and complete the form. What’s your full name? What’s your first name? What’s your family name? What’s your occupation? Where do you work? What’s your phone number? What’s your date of birth? Are you married or single? How many children do you have? Mr / Miss / Mrs / Ms [please circle] Name: ……………………………………………………………………………….. (First name) (Family name) Occupation: ………………………………………………………………………… Workplace: ……………………………………………………………………………. Telephone: ……………………………………………………………………………. Date of birth: …………………………………………………………………………. Married Single [please tick () Number of Children: ………………………………………………………………… Unit 7: Months and dates
- 72. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 69 Unit 8: Weekly routines 69 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Practise a dialogue about what people do before and after work Ask when people do things Listen to information about someone’s week Read about someone’s week and their work Complete sentences about your own week Write about your work Language focus Irregular verb ‘to be’ Question form with ‘do’ Questions with ‘when’ Conjunction: but Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, sometimes, never New vocabulary early ແຕໍ່ເຊ້າ/ແຕໍ່ເດິກ cook ແຕໍ່ງກິນ rice field ທໍ່ງນາ garden ສວນ when…? ເມໍ່ອໃດ/ເວລາໃດ? guitar ກີຕາ sing ຮ້ອງເພງ fishing ຕຶກເບັດ/ຕຶກປາ radio ວິທະຍຸ wash the dishes ລ້າງຈານ newspaper ໜັງສພິມ football ບານເຕະ badminton ກິລາຕີດອກປີກໄກໍ່ study ຮຽນ always ເປັນປະຈາ usually ເລ້ອຍໆ sometimes ບາງເທໍ່ ອ never ບໍ່ເຄີຍ soft drink ນ ້າອັດລມ job ວຽກ/ອາຊີບ meeting ປະຊຸມ staff ພະນ ັກງານ arrive ມາເຖິງ/ມາຮອດ position ຕາແໜໍ່ງ Weekly routinesUnit 8 Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 73. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 170 Unit 8: Weekly routines 70 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Early or late? Introductory tasks a) Look and read Ms Manivanh gets up at 5.00 a.m. She gets up early. Phonemaly gets up at 7.30 a.m. She gets up late. Dialogue: a) Listen and complete Linda: Do you get up early, Ms. Manivanh? Manivanh: _________________. I get up at ____________. Before work I feed the ducks and clean the house. Then I cook rice for breakfast. Linda: And does your husband get up early? Manivanh: ________. He works in the vegetable garden before he goes to work. Linda: And does he go to bed early? Manivanh: ____________. After dinner he washes the dishes, reads the newspaper then he goes to bed at ___________. What about you, Linda? Do you go to bed early? Linda: ____________. I go to bed ____________ and I get up ______. b) Listen and repeat. 1. Practise the dialogue in pairs. 2. Practise the dialogue using your own names. Practise a) Read the dialogue and answer the questions. 1. What does Ms Manivanh do early in the morning? _______________________________________________________________ Weekly routinesUnit 8 Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 74. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 71 Unit 8: Weekly routines 71 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 2. What does her husband do early in the evening? _______________________________________________________________ 3. What does Ms Manivanh cook for breakfast? _______________________________________________________________ 4. Does her husband go to bed early? _______________________________________________________________ 5. Does he get up late? _______________________________________________________________ Language focus Irregular Verb I /You/We/They I /You/We/They I /You/We/They do have wash He/She/It does He/She/It has He/She/It washes We use the verb ‘to do’ to ask questions. e.g. Do you get up early? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. (do not) Does he get up early? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t. (does not) a) Correct sentences. 1. His son do the washing by himself. .............................................................. 2. Are you go to work early? .................................................................. 3. My father clean the yard every morning. .............................................................................. 4. She is doctors. ..................................................................................... 5. Boua wash the dishes. ......................................................................... 6. Do he work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? ...................................................................................... 7. Does Kham has two children? ................................................................................................. Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 75. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 172 Unit 8: Weekly routines 72 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Listening: Khamphanh’s week Introductory tasks a) Look at the pictures and read. drink coffee drinks beer study English play football sing go fishing listen to the radio read the newspaper play guitar work in the rice field work in the garden have a meeting play badminton Practise a) Listen and number the pictures. What does Khamphanh do every week? Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 76. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 73 Unit 8: Weekly routines 73 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Written Spoken I do not He does not I don’t He doesn’t b) What about you? Answer the questions. Do you … work in the garden? Yes, I do./ No, I don’t. work in the rice field? ___________________________ go fishing? ___________________________ read the newspaper? ___________________________ study English after dinner? ___________________________ listen to the radio? ___________________________ c) Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers in the chart. e.g. A: Do you …? B: Yes, I do. () No, I don’t. () Do you… Names d) Talk about one person from your survey He/she_______________________________________________. He/she doesn’t ________________________________________. Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 77. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 174 Unit 8: Weekly routines 74 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow up tasks ‘and / but’ -ເມໍ່ອເວລາພວກເຮາຕ້ອງການເພີໍ່ ມສິໍ່ງໃດໜຶໍ່ ງເຂ້າໃນສັ່ງທີໍ່ ໄດ້ເວ້າຫຼຂຽນມາແລ້ວເຮາໃຊ້ ‘and’. e.g. Linda goes to bed late and gets up late. -ເມໍ່ອເວລາພວກເຮາຕ້ອງການເວ້າຫຼຂຽນສິໍ່ງໃດໜຶໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ກງກັນຂ້າມກັບສິໍ່ງທີໍ່ ເຮາເວ້າ ຫຼ ຂຽນມາ ແລ້ວພວກເຮາໃຊ້ ‘but’. e.g. Ms Manivanh goes to bed late but gets up early. a) Look at the chart and write sentences using and/but. drink coffee drink beer sing play the guitar play football play badminton Somsinh Soumaly Phosy Manivone e.g. Somsinh drinks beer but he doesn’t drink coffee. He sings and plays the guitar. He plays football but he doesn’t play badminton. Soumaly: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Phosy: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Manivone: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 78. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 75 Unit 8: Weekly routines 75 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language focus Notes: always ເລ້ອຍໆ, usually ຕາມປກກະຕິ, sometimes ບາງເທໍ່ ອ, never ບໍ່ເຄີຍຈ ັກເທໍ່ ອ. always 100% e.g. I always watch television in the evening. usually 90% I usually go to work at 8:30. sometimes 50% I sometimes play football on the weekend. never 0% I never go to bed late. e.g. (always 100%, usually 90%, sometimes 50%, never 0%) a) Ask your partner: What time do you usually go to work? Do you always read the newspaper after work? Do you sometimes drink coffee in the evening? What time do you usually have lunch? Do you always listen to the radio before work? Do you always watch television in the evening? What do you usually do on the weekend? Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 79. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 176 Unit 8: Weekly routines 76 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Ask five people and write their answers in the chart. e.g. A: Do you …? B: Yes, sometimes/always/usually. No, never. Name Do you … Khamphanh read the newspaper in the morning? always drink beer? sometimes go to bed late? never go fishing at the weekend? usually drink coffee in the morning? sometimes watch television in the evening? usually listen to the radio in the evening? never c) Write four sentences about your survey. e.g. Manivanh always reads the newspaper in the morning. Bouasone usually watches television in the evening. d) Complete the sentences with the correct endings 1. Thong often drinks tea but .................................................................................. 2. Phet usually reads the newspaper at night but ..................................................... 3. Somphet sometimes drinks beer but .................................................................... 4. Khamla always gets up early on week days but ................................................. 5. Manivone usually eats rice for lunch but ............................................................ he usually gets up late on the weekend. he never smokes cigarettes. he never drinks coffee. sometimes she eats bread. he sometimes watches television. Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 80. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 77 Unit 8: Weekly routines 77 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Reading: Khamphanh’s week Introductory task a) Write the number of a picture in front of each sentence. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 Every day at 5 a.m. Khamphanh works in the garden. _______ He usually listens to the radio before work. _______ He sometimes drinks coffee with friends in the morning. _______ He reads the paper every evening after work. _______ He studies English every Tuesday evening. _______ Every Wednesday night, he plays the guitar with friends. _______ He sometimes drinks beer after work. _______ He usually goes fishing on the weekend. Language focus Questions with ‘When’ ການໃຊ້ຄາຖາມທີໍ່ ຂຶ້ນຕ້ນດ້ວຍ ‘When’ ຈະຕ້ອງໃຊ້ ຄາກິລິຍາ ‘do’ ຊໍ່ວຍໃນການສ້າງຄາຖາມ e.g. When do you listen to the radio? When does Khamphanh work in the garden? Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 81. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 178 Unit 8: Weekly routines 78 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 a) Read the sentences about Khamphanh’s week again. When does he do these things? Tick () the boxes. in the morning in the afternoon in the evening at night on the weekend work in the garden? listen to the radio? drink coffee? read the paper? study English? play the guitar with friends? drink beer? go fishing? b) Complete these sentences with ‘always, usually, sometimes, never’. I __________________ eat rice for dinner. I __________________ eat bread for lunch. I __________________ visit my sister on the weekend. I __________________ play football on Saturday morning. I __________________ eat in a restaurant on Friday night. I __________________ watch a video on Saturday night. I __________________ work in my office on Sunday. I __________________ sing in the morning. I __________________ go to work by bicycle. I __________________ work in the garden in the evening. c) Class survey What do you do at _______________? Name Time Khamphanh 6.00 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. 12. 00 midday 2.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m. Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 82. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 79 Unit 8: Weekly routines 79 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Read about Khamphanh’s week at the office and answer the questions. Khamphanh’s week at the office Khamphanh is a government official. He works for the Ministry of Education and Sports. He works at the English Language Resource Centre in Vientiane. He is the vice director. Every day Khamphanh gets up at six o’clock. He always reads the newspaper before work. He has breakfast at seven o’clock. He goes to work by motorcycle at 7.30 a.m. He arrives at work at about a quarter to eight. He usually has a meeting with his staff on Monday morning at 8.30 but sometimes his staff are late. Khamphanh works in his office all morning. He doesn’t go home for lunch. He has lunch at the office canteen. Every day he is very busy in his office. He usually finishes work at 4 o’clock but sometimes he works late. After work he usually goes home but sometimes plays petanque with his friends. 1. Who does Khamphanh work for? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 2. Where does he work? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 3. What is his position(ຕຳແໜັ່ງ)? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 4. What time does he get up every day? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 5. What does he do before work? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 6. How does he go to work? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 7. When does he arrive at work? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 83. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 180 Unit 8: Weekly routines 80 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 8. What time does he have a meeting? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 9. Who does he have a meeting with? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 10. When does he usually finish work? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 11. Where does he usually go after work? ___________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Writing: Your week Write about your weekly routines. Use the reading about Khamphanh as a model. Check: the grammar the spelling the full stops the capital letters Unit 8: Weekly routines
- 84. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 81 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 81 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Ask and answer questions about where people are from, their nationalities and what languages they speak Listen to short dialogues about nationalities Read a newspaper article about Vietnamese government officials Write about someone in the class Language focus Conjunction ‘or’ Capital letters for writing the names of countries, nationalities, and languages New vocabulary country ປະເທດ nationality ສັນຊາດ language ພາສາ province ແຂວງ speak ເວ້າ ethnic ຊນເຜໍ່ າ important ສາຄັນ Laos ປະເທດລາວ Cambodia ປະເທດກາປເຈຍ Singapore ປະເທດສິງກະໂປ Indonesia ປະເທດອິນໂດເນເຊຍ Thailand ປະເທດໄທ China ປະເທດຈີນ Myanmar ປະເທດມຽນມາ Malaysia ປະເທດມະເລເຊຍ Brunei ປະເທດບຣໄນ Vietnam ປະເທດຫວຽດນາມ The Philippines ປະເທດຟິລິບ ປິນ East Timor ປະເທດອີສຕີມ Countries, nationalities and languagesUnit 9 Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 85. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 182 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 82 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Where are you from? Introductory tasks a) Look at the Southeast Asia map b) Listen and repeat Countries 1. 'Laos 2. Singapore 3. Indonesia 4. Thailand 5. China 6. Myanmar 7. Cambodia 8. Malaysia 9. Brunei 10. Vietnam 11. The Philippines 12. East Timor a) Listen and mark the stress on the country names, e.g. 'Laos. b) Look at the map of Southeast Asia. Ask and answer questions about the names of the countries, e.g. A: What’s the name of country number 1? B: It’s Laos. Dialogue tasks a) Listen and complete. Manivanh: Good morning, Ms Hien._______________? Hien: I’m fine, thanks. And you? Manivanh: Fine, thank you. This is Ms Alias. She’s from _______________. Ms Alias, this is Ms Hien. She’s from _______________. (Ms Hien and Ms Alias shake hands). Hien: Pleased to meet you. Alias: _________________, too. Hien: What do you do, Ms Alias? Alias: I’m the _______________ of the Language Centre. What about you? Hien: I’m … Countries, nationalities and languagesUnit 9 Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 86. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 83 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 83 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Role play. Work in a group of 3 to practise the dialogue. Take turn to be Manivanh, Hien and Alias. Note: How do you do? ເມໍ່ອເວລາພວກເຮາທັກທາຍຜ້ໃດຜ້ໜຶໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ເປັນທາງການພວກເຮາຈະໃຊ້ຄາວໍ່າ ‘Pleased to meet you.’ ນອກຈາກນີ້ພວກເຮາຍັງສາມາດໃຊ້ຄາວໍ່າ ‘How do you do?’ ໄດ້ອີກ. Follow-up tasks a) What about you? Ask and answer. e.g. A: Where are you from? B: I’m from Bokeo province. A: What about you? b) Ask and answer about these people. Ho Chi Minh The President of Vietnam Year of Birth: 1890 Kaisone Phomvihanh The President of Laos Year of Birth: 1920 What’s his name? _________________________. Where’s he from? _________________________. What was his position? He was_________________________. When was he born? _________________________. Language Focus To be (Past Simple tense) I was You were He She was It We You were They Present Simple Past simple Today I am late. Yesterday I was late. Today you are late. Yesterday you were late. Today he is late. Yesterday he was late. Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 87. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 184 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 84 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Positive I was In Vientiane last week. He She It was We You They were Negative I was not in Vientiane last week. He She It was not We You They were not Questions with question words Where were you they last week? was he she it Yes/No questions Were you they in Vientiane last week? Was he she it a) Complete the sentences. 1. Kaisone Phomvihane was the President of Laos. 2. I _______ born in 1968. 3. Today _______ Wednesday. 4. Yesterday ________ Tuesday. 5. Last year we ________ in Malaysia. 6. In 1978, I ________ in Vietnam. 7. Today they ______ at work. 8. Yesterday evening he ______ at home. 9. In January they ________ in Luang Nam Tha. 10. Where ______ you last month? Contractions: I wasn’t he wasn’t she wasn’t it wasn’t we weren’t you weren’t they weren’t Answers: Yes, I was/No, I wasn’t Yes we were/No we weren’t Yes, they were/No, they weren’t Yes, he was/No, he wasn’t Yes, she was/No, she wasn’t Yes, it was/No, it wasn’t Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 88. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 85 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 85 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Ask people where they were. e.g. Manivanh, where were you in 1995? in January? last week? last year? yesterday evening? Listening: What’s your nationality? Introductory tasks a) Match the nationalities with the countries. Nationalities Lao Singaporean Indonesian Thai Chinese Filipino Burmese Cambodian Malaysian Bruneian Vietnamese Khmer Timor Country Nationality Laos Lao Vietnam ____________________ Indonesia ____________________ Thailand ____________________ China ____________________ Brunei ____________________ Myanmar ____________________ The Philippines ____________________ Malaysia ____________________ Singapore ____________________ Cambodia _____________________ East Timor _____________________ b) Listen and mark the stress on the nationalities, e.g. 'Lao. c) Listen to and repeat. d) Take turns to ask and answer about country’s names and its nationality. Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 89. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 186 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 86 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow up task a) Listen to the dialogues. Write the nationality of the person in each dialogue. 1. Thai 4. ___________________ 2. ___________________ 5. ___________________ 3. ___________________ 6. ___________________ Note: Pronunciation Notice the / / sound for ‘ti’ and the stress in ‘natio'nality’. Practise the pronunciation of ‘natio'nality’. b) Role play. Ask and answer ‘What’s your nationality?’ Example: A: Are you Vietnamese? B: No, I’m not. I’m Cambodian. Speaking: What languages do you speak? Introductory tasks a) Complete the table with the nationalities and languages in the box. Nationalities and languages Lao English Indonesian Thai Chinese Burmese Cambodian Malaysian Bruneian Vietnamese Filipino Malay Malay Chinese Timorese Country Nationality Language Laos Lao Lao Vietnam Vietnamese ____________________ Indonesia ____________________ Indonesian Thailand Thai ____________________ China ____________________ ____________________ Brunei ____________________ ____________________ Myanmar ____________________ Burmese The Philippines ____________________ Tagalog Malaysia ____________________ ____________________ Singapore Singaporean ____________________ Cambodia Khmer East Timor ____________________ Portuguese Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 90. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 87 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 87 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Listen and mark the stress on the languages. e.g. Vietna'mese c) Listen and repeat. Tom: Do you speak Vietnamese? Khamsy: No, I don’t. Tom: What languages do you speak? Khamsy: Lao, Thai, and a little English. d) Practise the dialogue. Language Focus and / or ເມໍ່ອເວລາພວກເຮາຕ້ອງການເພີໍ່ ມສິໍ່ງໃດສິໍ່ງໜຶໍ່ ງເຂ້າໃນສິໍ່ງທີໍ່ ໄດ້ເວ້າ ຫລຂຽນມາແລ້ວເຮາໃຊ້ ‘and.’ e.g. David speaks English and French. Phonephet speaks English, French and Vietnamese. ໃນກລະນີດຽວກັນໃຊ້ສາລັບປະໂຫຍກປະຕິເສດຂອງພາສາອັງກິດພວກເຮາໃຊ້ ‘or.’ e.g. Somsinh doesn’t speak English or French. Niphaphone doesn’t speak English, French or Vietnamese. ຈໍ່ງສັງເກດໂຄງສ້າງຂອງປະໂຫຍກໃນການເພີໍ່ ມສາມສິໍ່ງ ຫຼື ຫາຍກໍ່ວາສາມສິໍ່ງຂ້ນໄປໃນ ປະໂຫຍກ. e.g. Phonephet speaks English, French and Vietnamese. Niphaphone doesn’t speak English, French or Vietnamese. ພວກເຮາໃຊ້ເຄໍ່ອງໝາຍຈຸດ (,) ໃສໍ່ຂັ້ນລະຫໍ່ວາງສິໍ່ງທີໍ່ ພວກເຮາເວ້າ ຫຼື ຂຽນມາແລ້ວ. ພວກເຮາ ໃຊ້ ‘and / or’ ກໍ່ອນສິໍ່ງສຸດທ້າຍທີໍ່ ກໍ່າວເຖິງ. a) Write about these people. Use and / o r / but. Name English French Vietnamese Ms. Phonephet Mr. Somsack Mr. Chanthai Ms. Niphaphone Mr. Sonesay Ms. Khamsay Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 91. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 188 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 88 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 1. Ms Phonephet speaks English, French and Vietnamese. 2. Mr Somsack speaks __________and ________but he ______________. 3. __________________________________________________________________. 4. __________________________________________________________________. 5. __________________________________________________________________. 6. __________________________________________________________________. b) Find someone who: Stand up, walk around the class and find someone who speaks these languages. Ask: ‘Do you speak …..?’ If they answer ‘Yes’ write their name. If they answer ‘No’ ask another person. Try to get a name next to each language. Find someone who speaks … Name Thai _________________________________ Vietnamese _________________________________ English _________________________________ French _________________________________ Japanese _________________________________ Malay _________________________________ Khmer _________________________________ Chinese _________________________________ c) Write sentences about the languages people in your class speak. e.g. Manivone speaks a little Vietnamese. She does not speak Khmer, Malay or Chinese. Reading: Ethnic Language Introductory tasks a) Discuss these questions: What ethnic groups live in your province? What languages do they speak? Do you speak an ethnic language? Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 92. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 89 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 89 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Read the newspaper article. Ethnic language study Many government officials in Vietnam study English but in some provinces government officials study ethnic languages. Many ethnic groups live in these provinces. It is important for the government officials to speak their languages. The government officials study Hmong, Khmu, Yao and Tai. They study these languages for eight months. Vietnam Times b) Circle T for true (ຖກ) or F for false (ຜິດ). 1. The government officials live in Vietnam. T F 2. The government officials in Vietnam do not study English. T F 3. Government officials in Vietnam study ethnic minority languages. T F 4. Hmong, Khmu, Yao and Tai ethnic groups live in Vietnam. T F 5. The ethnic language course is for 32 weeks. T F Writing: I speak English and a little French. Introductory task Note: Capital letters (ຕວພິມໃຫໍ່ຍ) ການຂຽນຄາສັບຂອງປະເທດ, ສັນຊາດ ແລະ ພາສາໃນພາສາອັງກິດ, ຕວໜັງສທາອິດຂອງຄາສັບຂອງຄາ ສັບນ ັ້ນຕ້ອງການຂຽນດ້ວຍຕວພິມໃຫໍ່ຍສະເໝີ. ຕວຢໍ່າງ: Sothea is from Cambodia. He is Cambodian. He speaks Khmer. He doesn’t speak Lao, Thai or Vietnamese. a) Write these sentences again using capital letters. Her name is akiko. she is from japan. she is japanese. she speaks japanese. she speaks lao but she doesn’t write it. she speaks thai, lao and chinese. she speaks a little english. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 93. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 190 Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages 90 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Mr. wang lee is from singapore. he is a businessman. he goes to many countries for his work. he usually goes to indonesia, malaysia and thailand for work. he speaks english and chinese. he does not speak malay, thai or lao. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ b) Write sentences about the people in your class or your family as the sample from activity a). e.g. Her name is Vanna. She is from Khammouan province............. Check: the Present Simple Tense spelling capital letters full stops Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages
- 94. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 91 Unit 10: Work information 91 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Practise a dialogue about meeting someone who gives you her name card Learn the names of more Lao workplaces Read name cards Ask about office equipment Write about where things are in an office Language focus Questions with ‘whose’ Prepositions of place Read about where things are in an office Follow instructions to write your own name card New vocabulary American ຄນອາເມລິກາ Australian ຄນອດສະຕາລີ Japanese ຄນຍີໍ່ປຸໍ່ນ adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶກສາ (name) card ນາມບັດ address ທີໍ່ ຢໍ່ project ໂຄງການ position ຕາແໜໍ່ງ telephone ໂທລະສັບ fax ໂທລະສານ e-mail ອີເມລ shelves ຖ້ານໃສໍ່ປຶ້ມ typewriter ຈ ັກພິມດີດ calculator ຈ ັກຄິດໄລໍ່ photocopier ຈ ັກອັດເອກະສານ computer ຄອມພີວເຕີ້ filing cabinet ຕ້ມ້ຽນເອກະສານ document ເອກະສານ include ປະກອບດ້ວຍ opposite ກງກັນຂ້າມ in the corner ຢໍ່ແຈ in the middle ຢໍ່ກາງເຄິໍ່ ງ on the left ຢໍ່ເບ້ອງຊ້າຍ on the right ຢໍ່ເບ້ອງຂວາ office ຫ້ອງການ top ຢໍ່ເທິງສຸດ bottom ຢໍ່ລຸໍ່ມສຸດ old ເກໍ່າ new ໃໝໍ່ exchange ແລກປໍ່ຽນ Work informationUnit 10 Unit 10: Work information
- 95. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 192 Unit 10: Work information 92 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Here’s my card. Introductory task a) Ask and answer the questions Do people exchange their name cards in your country? What information is included on the name card? Dialogue a) Listen and read the dialogue. David: This is Souvanh. He’s from __________ province. He works for the Provincial Cabinet. Debbie: Pleased to meet you, Souvanh. My name’s Debbie. Souvanh: ______________, Debbie. Are you American? Debbie: No, I’m Australian. Souvanh: And do you work in Laos? Debbie: Yes, I’m ________________. Here’s my ____________. Souvanh: Thank you. b) Listen and repeat. c) Practise the dialogue in pairs Practise a) Look at the card and read it. Work informationUnit 10 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY Mr. Yoshitomo SUZUKI Adviser Teacher Training Department Ministry of Education JICA Laos Office Naxay Village Ministry tel & fax: (856- 21) 250933 P.O. Box 3933 Home tel & fax: (856- 21) 315243 Vientiane, Lao P.D.R. E- mail: yoshi@laotel.com Organisation workplace address position name email address fax and phone number Unit 10: Work information
- 96. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 93 Unit 10: Work information 93 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Pronunciation Practice: Look at the stress. Repeat these words after your teacher. organi'sation po'sition ad'dress In e-mail addresses, @ is pronounced ‘at’. A full stop (.) is pronounced ‘dot’. For example: Write: yoshi@laotel.com Say: ‘Yoshi at laotel dot com’ c) Look at the card again. Take turns to ask and answer the questions. Whose card is it? Yoshitomo Suzuki’s. Is it a man’s card or a woman’s card? What is the person’s family name? What is the person’s given name? Where does the person work? What organization does the person work for? What is the person’s position? What is the person’s phone number? What is the person’s fax number? What is the person’s e-mail address? What is the person’s office address? Follow up tasks a) Read and complete. Family name: ________________ Given name: ________________ Workplace: ________________ Organisation: ________________ Position: ________________ Phone number: ________________ Fax number: ________________ E- mail address: ________________ Office address: ________________ Unit 10: Work information
- 97. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 194 Unit 10: Work information 94 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Write questions. Family name: What’s your family name? Given name: _____________________________ Workplace: _____________________________ Organisation: _____________________________ Position: _____________________________ Phone number: _____________________________ Fax number: _____________________________ E-mail address:_____________________________ Office address: _____________________________ c) Take turns to ask your partner questions. Complete the form about your partner. Remember you can say: “Can you spell it, please?” e.g. A: What’s your family name? B: Vilavanh. A: Can you spell it, please? B: V-I-L-A-V-A-N-H. (Student A writes ‘Vilavanh’ on the form.) Save the children International Carol Perks Health Adviser Vientiane Office P.O. Box 2783 Vientiane, Lao PDR Telephone 856(21) 313837 856(20) 51693788 Facsimile 856(21) 415432 E- mail: scaus@laotel.com Family name: ________________ Given name: ________________ Workplace: ________________ Organisation: ________________ Position: ________________ Phone number: ________________ Fax number: ________________ E- mail address: ________________ Office address: ________________ Unit 10: Work information
- 98. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 95 Unit 10: Work information 95 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Mr / Miss / Mrs / Ms [please circle] Name: ……………………………………………………………………………….. (Given name) (Family name) Workplace: …………………………………………………………………………… Organisation: …………………………………………………………………………. Position: ………………………………………………………………………………. Phone number: ………………………………………………………………………. Fax number: ……………………………. E-mail address: ………………………... Office address: ………………………………………………………………………. d) Work in groups of four. Take turns to talk about the form you completed. e.g. His family name is …. He doesn’t have a fax number. Listening: Workplaces Introductory tasks a) Match Lao and English workplaces. 1. Provincial Cabinet a. ໂຮງໝແຂວງ 2. Provincial Education Service b. ສະຫະພັນແມໍ່ຍິງລາວ 3. District Administration Office c. ສນກາງຊາວໜຸໍ່ມ 4. Lao Women’s Union d. ສະພາແຫໍ່ງຊາດ 5. Provincial Governor’s Office e. ຫ້ອງວໍ່າການແຂວງ 6. Lao Federation of Trade Unions f. ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫໍ່ງຊາດ 7. Provincial Hospital g. ພະແນກສຶກສາແຂວງ 8. Lao Youth Union h. ສະຫະພັນກາມະບານລາວ 9. National University of Laos i. ຫ້ອງການປກຄອງເມອງ 10. The National Assembly j. ຫ້ອງການປກຄອງແຂວງ b) Listen and repeat. Unit 10: Work information
- 99. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 196 Unit 10: Work information 96 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 c) Listen to the dialogues. Write the workplace of the person in each dialogue. 1. Provincial Cabinet 4. _______________________________ 2. _______________________________ 5. _______________________________ 3. _______________________________ 6. _______________________________ d) Practise saying the name of the workplace. Practise a) Look at the card below. b) Read the sentences. Circle T for true and F for false for each sentence. 1. His name is in the middle of the card. T F 2. His workplace is on the left of the card. T F 3. His address is in the top left corner of the card. T F 4. His phone number is in the bottom right corner of the card. T F 5. His organisation is at the top of the card. T F Follow up tasks a) Listen to the teacher. Follow his/her instructions to make your name card. top left right bottom JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY Mr. Yoshitomo SUZUKI Adviser Teacher Training Department Ministry of Education JICA Laos Office Naxay Village Ministry tel & fax: (856- 21) 250933 P.O. Box 3933 Home tel & fax: (856- 21) 315243 Vientiane, Lao P.D.R. E- mail: yoshi@laotel.com top left right bottom Unit 10: Work information
- 100. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 97 Unit 10: Work information 97 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Whose card is it? Put your name cards on the teacher’s desk. The teacher will take a card and read the information on the card to you but he/she will not read the name. Can you guess whose card it is? e.g. This person works at the governor’s office. He is a head of administrative office. His phone number is 215486. He doesn’t have an e-mail address… Reading: In the office Introductory task a) Match the pictures with the words from the box. photocopier fax telephone computer filing cabinet shelves typewriter calendar board calculator 1. _______________ 2. ___________ 3. _________ 4 ____________ 5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________ 9. _________________ 10. ____________ Practise a) Survey: Half the class takes Survey A and the other half takes Survey B. Stand up, walk around the class. Ask five people: ‘Do you have a … in your office?’ If they answer ‘Yes’ put a tick () under each picture. If they answer ‘No’ put a cross () under each picture. e.g. A: Do you have a computer in your office? B: Yes, I do/No, I don’t. Unit 10: Work information
- 101. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 198 Unit 10: Work information 98 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Survey A Do you have a … in your office? Name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Survey B Do you have a … in your office? Name 1 2. 3. 4. 5. a) Write about 3 people from your survey. e.g. Chanh has a _____________, _____________ and _______________. He does not have a ____________, _____________ or _______________. a) Write about yourself. e.g. I have a _____________, _____________ and __________________. I do not have a ____________, _____________ or __________________. Unit 10: Work information
- 102. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 99 Unit 10: Work information 99 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language Focus: Prepositions of place a) Read and repeat the prepositions. Follow up task a) Look at the picture of Somphanh’s office. What can you see in the picture? Where are the things in Somphanh’s office? b) Use prepositions of place to complete the sentences. Some prepositions are used more than once. opposite between in the corner of under next to on on the right in the middle of Unit 10: Work information
- 103. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1100 Unit 10: Work information 100 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Somphanh’s office In Somphanh’s office he has a filing cabinet, a desk, a photocopier and a board. The filing cabinet is _____ _____ ________ _____ the room. A new computer is _______ the desk. An old typewriter is _______ the shelf. The shelf is __________ the window. The clock is ____________ the window and the calendar. The white board is on the wall ______________ the door. The keys are on the wall _______ ____ the board _____ ______ __________. The briefcase is on the chair. The calculator is on the desk _______________ the computer and the telephone. The printer is on the table ______ ____ the desk on the left. The photocopier is _________ the desk. There is nothing ____ _____ ____________ _____ the room. c) Read the text and make 3 questions to ask the class. Writing: My office d) Describe your office. Use Somphanh’s office reading as a model. Check: the grammar the spelling the full stops the capital letters Unit 10: Work information
- 104. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 101 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 101 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Talk about what people are doing now Ask and answer questions about what people were doing at same time in the past Ask and answer questions about how often people do things at work Read about someone’s work responsibilities Write about your own work responsibilities Interview someone Language focus Present Continuous Tense Adverbs of frequency How often…? Asking for and giving reasons New vocabulary signature ລຳຍເຊນ sign ເຊນຊຼືັ່ type ພມ letter ຈ ົດໝຳຍ interview ສຳພຳດ organise ຈດຕຼິ້ງ make plane ສຼິ້ຳງແຜນກຳນ abroad ຕັ່ຳງປະເທດ once ໜັ່ ງຄຼິ້ງ twice ສອງຄ ຼິ້ງ tthree time ສຳມຄຼິ້ງ often ເລຼືຼິ້ອຍໆ tried ເມຼືັ່ອຍ interesting ໜຼິ້ຳສົນໃຈ boring ໜຼິ້ຳເບຼືັ່ອ why ເປນຫຍງ/ຍຼິ້ອນຫຍງ because ເພຳະວັ່ຳ Work responsibilitiesUnit 11 Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 105. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1102 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 102 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: What are they doing? Introductory task a) Look and answer Where are they? What are they doing? Dialogue tasks a) Listen and repeat. Susan: Are you busy, Hongkham? Hongkham: Yes. I’m writing a report. Susan: What’s Khammy doing? Hongkham: I think he’s talking to the director. Susan: And what’s Manivone doing? Hongkham: She’s organising a workshop. What are you doing now? Susan: Nothing. b) Practise the dialogue in pairs. Work responsibilitiesUnit 11 Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 106. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 103 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 103 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language Focus Present Continuous Tense ‘What are you doing now?’ We use Present Continuous to talk about actions that are happening now at the time of speaking. Present Continuous is the present tense of the verb ‘to be’ + verb + ing ພວກເຮາໃຊ້ Present Continuous ເພໍ່ ອບອກເຖິງການກະທາໃດໜຶໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ເກີດຂ້ນໃນເວລາທີໍ່ ກາລັງ ເວ້າ e.g. I am working. (verb to be) (verb+ing) Spoken Written I’m working. I am working. You’re working. You are working. He/She’s working. He/She is working. We’re working. We are working. You’re working. You are working. They’re working. They are working. Yes/No questions Are you working now? Yes, I’m./No, I’m not. Is Susan working now? Yes, she is./No, she isn’t. Wh/question: Where are you working? Note Verb+ing, e.g. work/working Verbs ending in ‘e’drop the ‘e’ before ‘ing’, e.g. write/writing use/using file/filing have/having type/typing a) Write a sentence under each picture. What are they doing? 1. __________________ 2. __________________ 3. _______________ __________________ __________________ _______________ Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 107. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1104 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 104 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 4. ___________________ 5. __________________ 6. _______________ ___________________ __________________ _______________ b) Miming: What am I doing? Work as a class. One student mimes doing something and asks, ‘What am I doing?’ The others guess. Listening: What are they doing? Introductory tasks a) Listen and repeat. 1. talking on the phone 2. writing a report 3. reading a document 4. using a computer 5. sending a fax 6. filing documents 7. using 8. typing 9. having a meeting 10.signing a photocopier documents Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 108. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 105 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 105 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow up task a) Listen to the dialogues and number the pictures. Reading: Hongkham’s work responsibilities Introductory tasks a) Look at these adverbs of frequency. Notes: always ເລ້ອຍໆ, often ຂ້ອນຂ້າງເລ້ອຍໆ, usually ຕາມປກກະຕິ sometimes ບາງເທໍ່ ອ never ບໍ່ເຄີຍຈ ັກເທໍ່ ອ always 100% e.g. I always watch television in the evening. often, usually 90% I often go to meetings. I usually go to work at 8:30. sometimes 50% I sometimes play football on the weekend. never 0% I never go to bed late. e.g. (always 100%, often/usually 90%, sometimes 50%, never 0%) Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 109. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1106 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 106 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Note: ‘usually’ and ‘often’ ສຳລບຄຳຖຳມ ‘How often do you…?’ ສາມາດຕອບໄດ້ດ້ວຍວະລີ (time phrases) ເຫຼໍ່ ານີຼິ້: e.g. every day once a day/week/month/year twice a week three times a week four times a… never on Tuesdays ການນາໃຊ້ຄາກິລິຍາວິເສດ‘often’ ແມໍ່ນໃຊ້ເພໍ່ ອບອກເຖິງການກະທາທີໍ່ ເຮັດຂ້ອນຂ້າງເລ້ອຍໆ ແຕໍ່ບໍ່ ຈາເປັນຈະເປັນປກກະຕິ. ດັໍ່ງປະໂຫຍກທີໍ່ ວໍ່າ:‘I often go to meetings.’ ມ ັນບໍ່ ໄດ້ບອກເຖິງການ ກະທານັ້ນ ຫລາຍຄັ້ງປານໃດ/ປກກະຕິປານໃດ. b) Look at the chart below. Talk about what Manivone does at work using always/often/usually/sometimes/never. e.g. Manivone sometimes talks on the phone at work. always often usually sometimes never talk on the phone at work write reports read documents use a computer send faxes file documents sign documents have meetings type letters use a photocopier Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 110. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 107 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 107 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 c) Write about what Manivone does at work. e.g. Manivone often writes a report. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ d) Survey: Ask five people about what they do at work. Write their answers (e.g. always, never) in the chart. e.g. A: How often do you.....? B: Always/often/usually/sometimes/never. Name talk on the phone at work write reports read documents use a computer send faxes file documents sign documents have meetings type letters use a photocopier e) Talk about people from your survey. Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 111. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1108 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 108 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow up tasks a) Read the text: ‘Hongkham’s Work Responsibilities’ My name is Hongkham. I work for the Department of Planning and Cooperation. I am Vice Director of the Planning and Finance Section. Every morning I read reports and I sign documents. I go to meetings twice a week and sometimes I go to inspect projects in the provinces. Once a year, I organise a big meeting for all the staff of the Department of Planning and Cooperation. The meeting is usually in October. I usually have meetings with foreign advisers once a month. We talk about the work of the Department and make plans for the next month. I go abroad three times a year. For example, last year I went to Singapore for a workshop. I am often tired after work because I am always busy. But I like my job very much because it is always interesting. b) Complete the chart below. What Hongkham does at work. How often? reads reports every morning Follow-up tasks a) Survey: Ask three people. Write their answers in the chart. e.g. A: How often do you read reports? B: Once a month. Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 112. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 109 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 109 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Name: read reports sign documents inspect projects organise meetings have meetings with foreign advisers have a workshop go to other provinces go to other countries go to meetings b) Report back to the class. e.g. Thanapone inspects projects once a month. Practice Note: Asking for and giving reasons: Why ເປັນຫຍັງ / because ຍ້ອນວໍ່າ e.g. Why is Hongkham often tired? Because she is always busy. a) Read the dialogue below. A: Somdy, do you like your job? B: Yes, I do. A: Why? B: Because it’s interesting. b) Read the dialogue below. A: Phonemany, do you like…? B: No, I don’t. A: Why not? B: Because it’s boring. c) Take turn to ask each other about your own jobs.(travel a lot, meet many people, have a new experience.....) Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 113. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1110 Unit 11: Work responsibilities 110 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Writing: At work a) Write about your work responsibilities. Check: the grammar from this unit correct spelling full stops capital letters Revision: Asking and answering questions. b) Pair work: Interview your partner. How old are you? ___________________________________________________ Are you married? ___________________________________________________ How many children do you have? ______________________________________ Where do you work? ________________________________________________ What’s your job? ___________________________________________________ What’s your telephone number? ________________________________________ What do you do at work? _____________________________________________ How often do you have meetings at work? _______________________________ Do you like your job? Why?/Why not? __________________________________ What time do you usually finish work? __________________________________ What did you do last weekend? ________________________________________ Do you use a computer at work? _______________________________________ When do you read the newspaper? ______________________________________ Do you have an e-mail address? ________________________________________ Do you have a fax at work? ___________________________________________ What’s your office address? ___________________________________________ Are you busy at work? _______________________________________________ Are you tired after work? _____________________________________________ Unit 11: Work responsibilities
- 114. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 111 Unit 12 Around town 111 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Ask about where places are in town Tell people where places are in town Listen to short dialogues about where places are and their description Read a map and complete sentences about where places are in Vientiane Talk about Lao foods Grammar focus Prepositions of place Adjectives for describing things Past Simple Tense irregular verbs ‘to go’ and ‘to have’ New vocabulary excuse ຂໂທດ bank ທະນາຄານ market ຕະຫຼາດ post office ໄປສະນີ restaurant ຮ້ານອາຫານ hospital ໂຮງໝ hotel ໂຮງແຮມ guesthouse ບ້ານພັກ airport ສະໜາມບິນ temple ວັດ grocery shop ຮ້ານຂາຍເຄໍ່ ອງແຫ້ງ administration office ຫ້ອງການປກຄອງ bus station ສະຖານີລດເມ embassy ສະຖານທດ near ໃກ້ far ໄກ big ໃຫຍໍ່ small ນ້ອຍ delicious ແຊບ spicy ເຜັດ grilled ປິ້ງ sticky ໜຽວ steamed ໜຶ້ງ fried ຈນ behind ທາງຫຼັງ in front of ທາງໜ້າ like ມ ັກ Around townUnit 12 Unit 12: Around town
- 115. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1112 Unit 12 Around town 112 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Places around town Introductory tasks a) Look and answer behind in front of e.g. Where’s the telephone? It’s … b) Complete the sentences with: on, in, behind, next to, under, in front of, between, in the middle of. Where is the dog? 1.It is on the car. 2. It is _______ the car. 3. It is ________ the car. 4. It is ______ the car. 5. It is _____ the car. 6. It is ________ the car. 7. It is _______ the cars. 8. It is _______ the road. Around townUnit 12 Unit 12: Around town
- 116. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 113 Unit 12 Around town 113 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 c) Listen and repeat. 1. market 2. post office 3. restaurant 4. hospital 5. hotel 6. guesthouse 7. airport 8. temple 9. Bank 10. district administration 11. grocery shop 12. school Unit 12: Around town
- 117. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1114 Unit 12 Around town 114 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Dialogue a) Listen and complete. A: Excuse me. Where’s the __________? B: It’s in Lanxang Avenue opposite the ______. It’s a big building. A: Is it _________here? B: Yes. It’s not far. A: ________________________. B: You’re welcome. b) Listen and repeat. c) Practise the dialogue in pairs. Language focus More adjectives for describing things We use adjectives for describing things. These adjectives describe: Size (ຂະໜາດ) big (ໃຫໍ່ຍ) small (ນ້ອຍ) e.g. It is a big building on your left. It is a small shop in town. Age (ສະແດງສະພາວະ) old (ເກໍ່າ) new (ໃໝໍ່) e.g. Brian’s car is old, but my car is new. Location (ທີໍ່ ຕັ້ງ) near (ໃກ້) far from (ໄກຈາກ) e.g. My house is near the market, but it is far from the office. a) Take turns to ask and answer about places in your town. A: Excuse me. Where’s the _____________? B: It’s in _________________________. It’s a big/small/old/new building. A: Is it near here? / Is it far from here? B: _________________________. A: Thank you very much. B: You’re welcome. Unit 12: Around town
- 118. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 115 Unit 12 Around town 115 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Listening: Places around town Introductory tasks Intonation on ‘or’ questions ການຂຼິ້ນສຽງ ແລະລງສຽງໃນຄາຖາມທີໍ່ ມີ ‘or’ ແມໍ່ນຄກັນກັບປະໂຫຍກທາມະດາ ທີໍ່ ມີສອງຫລ ຫລາຍກໍ່ວາສອງວາລີຂ້ນໄປ. ໃນເວລາຂ້ນສຽງໃຫ້ທໍ່ານຮັກສາລະດັບຂອງສຽງສະເໝີກໍ່ອນໜ້າ ຄາເຊໍ່ອມ ‘or’ ແລ້ວລງສຽງເມໍ່ອສຸດຄາຖາມ. ຕວຢໍ່າງ: Is it big or small? a) Listen and write the places, their locations and their descriptions. Place Where Description 1. bank In Sivilay Street opposite the hotel big 2. 3. 4. b) Listen and complete. A: Excuse me. Where’s the ______________. B: It’s in Second Street, _______________________. It’s on the left. A: Is it __________ or ___________? B: It’s big. A: _____________________________. B: You’re welcome. c) Where’s the bank? Draw it on the map. d) Practise the dialogue in pairs Unit 12: Around town
- 119. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1116 Unit 12 Around town 116 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Look at the map and find these places on the map. school temple market Provincial Cabinet b) Read the sentences. Circle T for true and F for false for each sentence. 1. The school is in Sivilay Street. 2. The temple is in Sivilay Street, between Chaleun Street and Neramit Street. 3. The Provincial Cabinet is on the corner of Chaleun Street and Neramit Street. 4. The market is opposite the provincial Cabinet. Follow up task a) Find these places on the map: Vientiane High School, Ministry of Information and Culture, Bus Station, Medical School, French Embassy, Victory Gate, English Language Resource Centre (ELRC), National School of Administration and Management (NSAM) School Temple StreetChaleun Neramit Provincial Cabinet Market Chaleun Sivilay Street Street Hotel Sivilay Street NeramitStreet Unit 12: Around town
- 120. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 117 Unit 12 Around town 117 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Look at the map and complete the sentences. 1. Vientiane High School is __________________Thatphun temple on the left. 2. The Ministry of Information and Culture is ________________the Ministry of Education on the left. 3. The bus station is ________________the Morning Market on the right. 4. The Medical school is _______________ the French Embassy on the right. 5. The NSAM is ________________the RIES and Sisaket temple. 6. The Victory Gate is _____________Lane Xang Avenue at the roundabout. 7. Mahosot hospital is _______________Mahosot Road and Setthathirath Road. c) Look at the map. One student describes where a place is. e.g. It’s in Lane Xang Avenue opposite Vientiane High School. The other student says what the place is. e.g. It’s Thatphun temple. UNDP Thatphoun Temple Lao-Viet Bank MOES RIES Unit 12: Around town
- 121. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1118 Unit 12 Around town 118 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Reading: At the restaurant Introductory tasks a) Do you know the name of these foods in Lao? grilled chicken papaya salad beef laap Lao sausages sticky rice spicy fish soup grilled fish fried pork steamed vegetables Practise a) Read the dialogue. Amphay: Do you like Lao food? Brian: Yes, I do. It’s delicious. Amphay: What Lao food do you like? Brian: I like grilled chicken, sticky rice and Lao sausages, but I don’t like beef laap or papaya salad. Amphay: Oh, why not? Brian: Because they’re spicy. b) Write True or False next to the sentences. 1. Brian likes Lao food. 2. He likes grilled chicken and beef laap. 3. He doesn’t like papaya salad. c) Practise the dialogue using other foods. Follow up tasks a) Survey: Stand up, walk around the class. Ask five people: ‘Do you like …?’ If they answer ‘Yes’ put a tick () under each type of food. If they answer ‘No’ put a cross () under each type of food. e.g. A: Do you like grilled chicken? B: Yes, I do/No, I don’t. Do you like …? Name grilled chicken papaya salad fish soup fried pork beef laap 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. b) Report about 2 students from your finding. Example: Chanhpheng likes fish soup, beef laap and grilled chicken, but she doesn’t like papaya salad or fried pork. Unit 12: Around town
- 122. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 119 Unit 12 Around town 119 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language focus Past Simple Tense ພວກເຮາໃຊ້ past simple tense ເມໍ່ອເວ້າເຖິງເຫດການ ຫລການກະທາທີໍ່ ເກີດຂ້ນໃນອາດີດ Irregular Verb ‘to go’ Singular Plural I You He She It went We You They went Irregular Verb ‘to have’ Singular Plural I You He She It had Yes/No questions Did you go to the restaurant? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. Did you have fish soup? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. Where did you have meat laap? At a Lao restaurant. We You They had a) Ask students to work in groups of six. Sit in a circle to play a game. A: B: A: B: A: B: Unit 12: Around town
- 123. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1120 Unit 12 Around town 120 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Game: ‘I went to the restaurant and I had … ’ The first person says ‘I went to the restaurant and I had grilled chicken’. The next person repeats the first sentence and adds one more type of food. e.g. I went to the restaurant and I had grilled chicken and papaya salad. The third repeats the second sentence and adds one more type of food. e.g. I went to the restaurant and I had grilled chicken, papaya salad and beef laap. The fourth… The last person in each group stands up and says the last sentence to the class. Writing: My house Introductory tasks a) Barrier Game: One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s map. Take turns to ask for the missing places. Write the missing places on your map. Remember you can ask “Sorry?” or “Can you say it again, please?” e.g. A: Where’s the post office? B: It’s opposite the market. A: Sorry? B: Opposite the market. (Student A writes the post office onhis/her map) Student A: Where’s… 1. the guesthouse? 3. the hotel? 5. the bank? 7. the Provincial Education Service? Student B: Where’s … 2. the hospital? 4. the grocery shop? 6. the restaurant? 8. the post office? Provincial Cabinet Post office market Grocery Shop Restaurant TempleHospital School Street Sivilay Street StreetNeramit Chaleun Unit 12: Around town
- 124. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 121 Unit 12 Around town 121 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Draw a map of your favourite place or a map of your house. b) Write 5 sentences to describe your map. Provincial Cabinet Temple School Market Hotel Bank Provincial Education Service Guesthouse Street Sivilay Street StreetNeramit Chaleun Unit 12: Around town
- 125. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1122 Unit 13: Plans 122 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Practise a dialogue about what someone is going to do at work next week Ask and answer questions about what people are going to do at some time in the future Read about preparations for a trip to Australia Listen to two people discussing their holiday plans and complete a chart Write about your travel plans for work Use good writing strategies of making notes, drafting, checking, and writing again Language focus Future with ‘going to’ Sequencing words New vocabulary inspect ສາຫຼວດ, ກວດກາ project ໂຄງການ shopping ຊ້ເຄໍ່ ອງ picnic ກິນເຂ້າປໍ່າ news ຂໍ່າວ no one ບໍ່ມີໃຜ visa ໜັງສອານຸມ ັດເຂ້າອອກ ປະເທດ pack ມ້ຽນເຄໍ່ ອງໃສໍ່ກະເປາ suitcase ກະເປາ, ຫີບ clothes ເຄໍ່ ອງນຸໍ່ງ plane ຍນ colleague ເພໍ່ອນຮໍ່ວມງານ boss ຫວໜ້າ fly ບິນ, ເດີນທາງດ້ວຍຍນ relax ພັກຜໍ່ອນ cave ຖ ້າ waterfall ນ ້າຕກຕາດ transport ຄມມະນາຄມ, ພາຫະນະ beautiful ງາມ finally ສຸດທ້າຍ holiday ວັນພັກ PlansUnit 13 Unit 13: Plans
- 126. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 123 Unit 13: Plans 123 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Diary Introductory tasks a) Look at Phonemany’s diary. What is she going to do on Monday? Mon: read reports Meet Australian Aid Tues: Wed: Dialogue a) Listen and complete. David: What are you doing at work ____________ Phonemany? Phonemany: I’m going to read reports on Monday morning. In the afternoon, I’m going to have a meeting with the ___________ project staff. David: What about Tuesday? Phonemany: I’m _____________ on Tuesday. I’m going to take my mother to the ____________. David: And what are you going to do on Wednesday? Phonemany: In the morning, I’m ________________. In the afternoon, I’m going to a _____________. David: Oh, you’re very ______________. b) Practise the dialogue in pairs. c) Take turn to talk about your own plan for work next week. PlansUnit 13 Unit 13: Plans
- 127. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1124 Unit 13: Plans 124 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language focus ‘going to’ I am going to meet friends. go shopping. go for a meal. He She is We You They are Yes/No questions What are you they going to do? is he she Answers: Yes, I am/No, I’m not Yes we are/No we’re not (we aren’t) Yes, they are/No, they’re not (they aren’t) Yes, he is/No, he’s not (he isn’t) Yes, she is/No, she’s not (she isn’t) ‘Going to’ for future plans When we talk about future plans we often use ‘going to’. ການນາໃຊ້ ‘going to’ ແມໍ່ນເພໍ່ ອເວ້າເຖິງການກະທາໃດໜຶໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ແນໍ່ນອນໃນອານາຄດ. e.g. What are you going to do next Monday? I’m going to have a meeting with all the staff in the office. When we use the verb ‘to go’ we do not need to say ‘going to go.’ We can say, for example, ‘I’m going to a workshop on Wednesday’. Unit 13: Plans
- 128. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 125 Unit 13: Plans 125 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 a) Look at David’s diary. What is he going to do next week? Write sentences. Mon: have a meeting Tues: read documents Wed: write reports Thurs: inspect the project Fri: inspect the project Sat: go shopping go fishing Sun: go on a picnic e.g. He’s going to have a meeting on Monday. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ b) Stand up, walk around the class and find someone who is going to do these things at the weekend. Find someone who is ___________________ this weekend. Are you… Name going to a restaurant? ________________________ going to watch the news on television? ________________________ going to stay home? ________________________ going abroad? ________________________ going to a party? ________________________ going to write a report? ________________________ going fishing? ________________________ going to work in the garden? ________________________ going shopping? ________________________ going to visit friends? ________________________ Unit 13: Plans
- 129. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1126 Unit 13: Plans 126 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 c) Write five sentences about your survey. e.g. Khamsy is going to Singapore on Sunday. No one is going to a restaurant this weekend. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Practice d) Barrier Game One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s diary (cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask about Phonemany’s plans for the week. Write your partner’s answers on your diary. Remember, you can ask “Sorry?” or “Can you say it again, please?” e.g. A: What’s Phonemany going to do on Monday? B: She’s going to… A: Sorry? B: She’s going to… Student A: Phonemany’s diary A Mon: Tues: hospital Wed: write reports attend a workshop Thurs: Fri: inspect the project Sat Sun: go fishing e.g. A: What’s Phonemany going to do on Monday? B: She’s going to… A: Sorry? B: She’s going to… Unit 13: Plans
- 130. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 127 Unit 13: Plans 127 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Student B: Phonemany’s diary B Mon: have a meeting Tues: Wed: Thurs: file documents Fri: Sat: go shopping Sun: e) Compare the completed diaries. f) What is Phonemany going to do next week? Write sentences. e.g. She’s going to have a meeting on Monday. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Unit 13: Plans
- 131. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1128 Unit 13: Plans 128 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Listening: Holiday travel plans Introductory task a) Discussion What nationality do you think are they? Where do you think the plane is going? Where is the bus going? What do you think they are talking about? Where can you visit caves? Where can you visit waterfalls? b) Listen and complete the chart. Where? Do? Transport? (how get there) Who with? How long? Sonexay John c) Ask and answer these questions about Sonexay and John’s holiday. Where are John and Sonexay going? How are they going to get there? How long are they going to stay there? Who are they going with? What are they going to do there? Unit 13: Plans
- 132. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 129 Unit 13: Plans 129 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 d) Barrier Game: Malee and Daraphone’s holidays One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s chart (cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask about Malee and Daraphone’s holidays. Write the missing information on your charts. Remember, you can ask ‘Sorry?’ or ‘Can you say it again, please?’ e.g. A: Where’s Daraphone going for her holiday? B: She’s going to Bangkok. Student A Name Malee Daraphone Where? Luang Prabang Transport? by train How long? 4 days Who with her sister Do? go shopping eat in restaurants see a film Student B Name Malee Daraphone Where? Bangkok Transport? by plane How long 3 days Who with? her mother Do? visit temples, go to the waterfall visit the Buddha cave Unit 13: Plans
- 133. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1130 Unit 13: Plans 130 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Reading: Vanna’s trip to Australia Introductory tasks a) Look at the pictures. What is Vanna going to do before he goes to Australia? buy new clothes have a baci. fill in a visa form get on the plane pack a suitcase b) Number the pictures from 1-5. What’s the first thing Vanna is going to do? What are the second, the third and the fourth things he’s going to do? What’s the last thing he’s going to do? c) Complete these sentences: First, he __________________________________________________________ Then, he __________________________________________________________ After that, he ______________________________________________________ Next, he __________________________________________________________ Finally, he ________________________________________________________ Unit 13: Plans
- 134. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 131 Unit 13: Plans 131 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Read the text and complete Vanna’s diary. Mon: Tues: Wed: Thurs: Fri: Sat: Sun: Vanna’s trip to Australia Vanna lives and works in Pakse. He works for the Ministry of Public Health in Pakse Hospital. He is a doctor. He is the Deputy Head of the Public Health Section. Next week, Vanna is going to Australia because he is going to study in Melbourne for six months. He is very busy now because he has many things to do before he goes to Australia. On Monday, he is going to pack his suitcase. He is going to check he has everything he needs. On Tuesday, he is going to work. His boss and colleagues are going to have a baci for him because they want to wish him good luck. On Wednesday morning, he is going to fly to Vientiane. On Wednesday afternoon, he is going to the Australian Embassy to get his plane ticket and visa. On Thursday morning, he is going to buy some new clothes at the market. He’s going to buy warm clothes because it is cold in Melbourne. On Thursday afternoon, he’s going to visit some friends to say goodbye. On Thursday evening, he is going to a restaurant for dinner with a group of friends. On Friday morning, he is going to the airport. First, he is going to fly to Bangkok at 9.30 a.m. Then, he is going to fly from Bangkok to Melbourne. He is going to arrive in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night and Sunday, he is going to relax. Unit 13: Plans
- 135. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1132 Unit 13: Plans 132 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Read and answer. Where does Vanna work? ____________________________________________________ What ministry does Vanna work for? ____________________________________________________ Why is Vanna going to Melbourne? ____________________________________________________ What is he going to do on Monday? ____________________________________________________ Why are his boss and his colleagues going to have baci for him? ____________________________________________________ Where is Vanna going to get his visa? ____________________________________________________ What is he going to do first on Thursday? ____________________________________________________ Where is he going before he flies to Australia? ____________________________________________________ When is Vanna going to arrive in Melbourne, Australia? ____________________________________________________ What is he going to do after he arrives in Melbourne? ____________________________________________________ Writing: Work travel plans Introductory tasks Do you travel for work? Where do you go? What for? a) Imagine (ໃຫ້ຄິດວໍ່າ) you are going to travel for work. Write notes about your plans in the chart. Where? Transport? How long? Who with? Do? Unit 13: Plans
- 136. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 133 Unit 13: Plans 133 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Work in groups of four. Take turns to talk about your travel plans for work. Listeners can ask questions and complete the chart. Name A B C D Where? Transport? How long? Accommodation? Who with? Do? c) Write about your travel plans for work. Check: the grammar the spelling the full stops the capital letters Unit 13: Plans
- 137. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1134 Unit 14: The Past 134 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Practise a dialogue about someone’s holiday in Pakse (in the past) Ask and answer questions about people’s travel for work (in the past) Listen to a foreigner talking about their work trip to Xiengkhuang and sequencing pictures about what they did there Use large numbers Read about people’s travel in the past for work Read a newspaper article about an important visitor to Laos Language focus Past Simple Tense regular and irregular verbs Past Simple Tense questions Pronunciation of Past Simple Tense verbs Numbers in thousands Write about some imaginary travel in the past for work Use good writing strategies of making notes, drafting, checking and writing again Read a foreigner’s passport New vocabulary nice ດີ, ງາມ lovely ໜ້າຮັກ good ດີ dolphin ປາໂລມາ president ປະທານ, ປະທານ ປະເທດ arrive ມາຮອດ issue ປະເດັນ airport ສະໜາມບິນ welcome ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ senior ຜ້ອາວຸໂສ meet ພບ trip ການເດີນທາງ conduct ຈ ັດ, ຈ ັດຕັ້ງ expensive ລາຄາແພງ cheap ລຳຄຳຖກ development ການພັດທະນາ training ການຝຶກອບຮມ adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶກສາ colleague ເພໍ່ອຮໍ່ວມງານ expire ໝດອາຍຸ The PastUnit 14 Unit 14: The Past
- 138. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 135 Unit 14: The Past 135 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: How was your holiday? Introductory task a) Look at the picture. Discuss the questions below: Who are they? Where are they? What are they talking about? Dialogue a) Listen and complete. Sonexay: Hello, John. Did you have a good holiday? John: Yes, yes. It was lovely. Sonexay: Really? What did you do? John: Well. We ____________ Wat Phou and we ________ to Khonephapheng waterfall. It’s very beautiful. And we saw dolphins. Sonexay: Mmm, it sounds interesting. Where _________you stay? John: Er, we _____________ at a guesthouse near the market. Sonexay: Ah, did you buy anything? John: Yes. I ______________ some coffee and my wife bought some beautiful sinhs from Saphai village. And how was your holiday, Sonexay? Sonexay: Well, ………………. b) Listen and repeat. c) Practise the dialogue in pairs. The PastUnit 14 Unit 14: The Past
- 139. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1136 Unit 14: The Past 136 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language Focus Past Simple Tense ພວກເຮາໃຊ້ Past Simple Tense ເມໍ່ອເວ້າເຖິງເຫດການ ຫລການກະທາທີເກີດຂຼິ້ນໃນອາດີດ. Past Simple Tense ໃນພາສາອັງກິດແບໍ່ງອອກເປັນສອງໝວດຄ: ໝວດປກກະຕິ (regular verbs) ແລະ ໝວດບໍ່ ປກກະຕິ (irregular verbs). ໝວດປກກະຕິເມໍ່ອເວລາປໍ່ຽນເປັນ Past Simple Tense ພວກເຮາຕໍ່ ມ ‘ed’ ໃສໍ່ທ້າຍຂອງຄາກິລິຍາ ສໍ່ວນໝວດບໍ່ ປກກະຕິນັ້ນ, ຕ້ອງໄດ້ ປໍ່ຽນຮບແບບຂອງຄາກິລິຍາ. e.g. I go to Champasack province every year. (Present Tense) I went to Champasack province last week. (Past tTense) Yes/No questions Did you go to Singapore last year? Yes, I did./No, I did not (didn’t). Wh. Questions Where did you go last year? To Singapore. a) Complete the chart below with the Past Simple Tense forms of the verbs from the dialogue. Regular verbs Irregular verbs Present Past Present Past visit stay visited _______________ do go see buy be did _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ a) Rewrite the following sentences using the past simple tense 1. I am in the office today. .................................................................................................... 2. We usually go shopping every Saturday. .................................................................................................... 3. My grandfather drinks tea in the morning. .................................................................................................... 4. Our cousins visit us on Sunday. ....................................................................................................... 5. Sandra read a book before going to bed. ....................................................................................................... 6. My mother buys milk every day. . ....................................................................................................... Note: A list of Irregular Verbs is at the back of the book. Unit 14: The Past
- 140. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 137 Unit 14: The Past 137 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Listening: Jane’s trip to Xiengkhouang Introductory tasks a) Look at the pictures. What did Jane do in Xiengkhuang? b) Number the pictures from 1-7. What’s the first thing Jane did? What are the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth? What’s the last thing she did? Practise a) Listen to Jane describing her trip to Xiengkhouang. Number the pictures from 1-7. b) Listen again. Tick () the verbs you hear. went was arrived conducted saw took visited came did drove planned packed stayed met flew had checked worked bought stopped enjoyed talked read wrote Unit 14: The Past
- 141. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1138 Unit 14: The Past 138 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Pronunciation Focus: Past Simple Tense of regular verbs ຄາກິລິຍາປກກະຕິ (Regular verbs) ສໍ່ວນຫລາຍຈະອອກສຽງ /t/ ຫລ /d/. ຄາກິລິຍາທີໍ່ ລງທ້າຍດ້ວຍຕວ ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘s’, ‘f’, ‘k’, ‘p’,… ຈະອອກສຽງ /t/. ຄາກິລິຍາ ທີໍ່ ລງທ້າຍດ້ວຍຕວ ‘n’, ‘m’, ‘v’, ‘z’,’y’,’l’, …ຈະອອກສຽງ /d/. ແຕໍ່ຄາກິລິຍາ ທີໍ່ ລງທ້າຍດ້ວຍຕວ ‘t’ ຫລ ‘d’. ຈະອອກສຽງ /id/ ສັງເກດວິທີການອອກສຽງຄາກິລິຍາທີໍ່ ປກກະຕິ (Regular verbs). c) Listen to these verbs and write them in the lists below. started stayed organised missed stopped checked listened planned wanted asked needed finished conducted opened invited t/ /d/ /id/ watched played visited liked arrived attended _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ d) Listen and repeat the verbs in each list. e) Look again at the pictures of Jane’s trip to Xiengkhouang. Write one sentence for each picture. e.g. Jane arrived at the airport. Reading: A work trip Introductory tasks a) Discuss the questions below: Do you sometimes travel for work? Where do you go? Why do you go? Who do you go with? What do you do? How long do you stay there? Where do you stay? How much does your accommodation (ê†-²ñ¡) cost? How do you get there? Unit 14: The Past
- 142. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 139 Unit 14: The Past 139 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Group work: Divide into four groups: A, B, C and D. — Group A reads and fills in the chart about Text A. — Group B reads and fills in the chart about Text B. — Group C reads and fills in the chart about Text C. — Group D reads and fills in the chart about Text D. Do not read each other’s texts. Text A: Somchai’s trip I went to Luang Prabang last week for a meeting about development. I went with two people from my office. We flew there on Wednesday and came back on Saturday. We stayed at Visonh’s Guest House. It cost 90,000 kip a night. We came back on Saturday. Who? Somchai Where? When? Why? Who/with? How/travel? How/long? Where/stay? Total cost Text B: Khamsing’s trip I went to Luang Namtha last week. I flew there with my adviser to do a survey at the provincial hospital. We talked to many nurses and doctors. We stayed in a guest house for two days. It was not very expensive. We paid only 70,000 kip a night. We came back on Sunday. Who? Khamsing Where? When? Why? Who/with? How/travel? How/long? Where/ stay? Total cost Unit 14: The Past
- 143. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1140 Unit 14: The Past 140 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Text C: Ketkeo’s trip Yesterday, I went to a village in Vientiane province to inspect a project. I went with some people from my office. We went by car. The project is very good. The people in the village are raising pigs. I visited three families. They had a lot of pigs. We helped the families. We talked to them about good ways to raise pigs. We stayed overnight at the village. We came back to Vientiane Capital this morning. Who? Ketkeo Where? When? Why? Who/with? How/travel? How/long? Where/stay? Total cost Text D: Phouvong’s trip Five days ago I went to Savannakhet province to attend a Health Education Training workshop. I went with my colleagues. We went there by bus. It took us about six hours from Vientiane to get there. The workshop was very interesting. We stayed at the Provincial Health Service Guest House for three nights. It was not very expensive. We paid only 50,000 kip per night. We came back on Friday evening. Who? Phouvong Where? When? Why? Who/with? How/travel? How/long? Where/stay? Total cost Unit 14: The Past
- 144. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 141 Unit 14: The Past 141 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Work in groups of four. Make sure your group has one person from Group A, B, C and D. Take turns. Use your notes to talk about your text. Do not read the text to the group. Listeners complete the chart below. Listeners can also ask questions. A B C D Who? Where? When? Why? Who/with? How/travel? How/long? Where/stay Total cost Follow up tasks a) Ask students to work in groups of six. Sit in a circle to play a game. Game: ‘Last year I went to many meetings…’ The first person says ‘Last year I went to many meetings’. The next person repeats the first sentence and adds something else. e.g. ‘Last year I went to many meetings and wrote many reports’. The third repeats the second sentence and adds something else. b) Report: The last person in each group stands up and says the last sentence to the class. Writing: A work trip Introductory tasks a) Do you travel in your work? Imagine (ວາດມະໂນ) a work trip. Write notes about your trip in the chart. You Who Where? When? Why? Who/with? How/travel? How/long? Where/stay? How/much? Unit 14: The Past
- 145. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1142 Unit 14: The Past 142 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Write a short report about your work trip. Use your notes to help you. Check: the grammar the spelling the full stops the capital letters Revision: Game–who’s the winner? a) Form questions for the following answers. Start 1. Today is 3rd of January. What........ 2. I stayed in Bokeo for 3 days. How long.... 3. The hotel room cost 90,000 kip a night. How much.... 4. I can see you again on Tuesday. When...... 5. I usually have lunch in the office. How often.... 6. Noly cleans the house at 6 p.m What time... 7. Her father goes to work by motorbike. How ..... 8. There are 20 students in the classroom. How many..... 9. The temple is on Chaleun Road. Where.... 10. My uncle is 52 years old. How old... Go back to number 3 11. I watched TV yesterday afternoon. What..... 12. Tuti is from Malaysia. Where.... 13. We were in Oudomsay last week. Where..... 14. Debbie and me are going to the meeting. Where... 15. Boun went to Singapore last week. When...... 16. I went to Attapeu with my supervisor. Who..... Go back to number 11 17. I came late because my motorbike was broken. Why..... 18. I can speak French and English. What languages..... 19. There are about 249 villages in Sekong. How many.... Go back to number 13 20. No, they didn’t. Did they.... Finish Unit 14: The Past
- 146. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 143 Unit 15 Laos 143 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 In this unit you will: Practise a dialogue about travel in Laos and the location of pictures Listen to information about airports and border checkpoints in Laos and mark them on a map Read about provinces in Laos Ask and answer about the number of villages, districts, and people in different provinces Write about a province in Laos Language focus Past Simple tense There is/there are Adjectives for describing places Large numbers Use good writing strategies of making notes, drafting, checking and writing again New vocabulary north ພາກເໜອ south ພາກໃຕ້ east ພາກຕາເວັນອອກ west ພາກຕາເວັນຕກ border ຊາຍແດນ city ຕວເມອງ river ແມໍ່ນ ້າ tourist destination ແຫັ່ງທັ່ອງທັ່ຽວ bridge ຂວ mountain ພເຂາ district ເມອງ village ບ້ານ capital city ເມອງຫຼວງ thousand ພັນ million ລ້ານ well-known ມີຊໍ່ສຽງ view ທິວທັດ trip ການເດີນທາງ significant ສາຄັນ LaosUnit 15 Unit 15: Laos
- 147. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1144 Unit 15 Laos 144 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Speaking: Provinces Introductory tasks a) Ask and answer the questions What is ‘border’ in Lao language? What countries have a border with Laos? What provinces are on the border? Dialogue a) Listen and complete Susan: Oh. Hello, Linda. Good to see you again! Linda: Oh, what a surprise! ______________? Susan: Fine, thanks. A bit tired. Yesterday I came back from ______________. It’s in the __________, in the mountains. Linda: Oh. How did you get there? Susan: Well, first I flew to _______________. I stayed there for three days and then went by bus to ______________. Linda: Mmm. How was the bus trip? Susan: Oh, it was quite long because Luang Namtha’s _____________ with Myanmar and China, but the views were very beautiful. Linda: Oh, sounds good! And what about _______________? What did you do there? Susan: Well, … b) Listen and repeat. c) Practise the dialogue in pairs. Practise Introductory tasks a) Look at the map and complete the sentences. e.g. Phongsaly is in the north of Laos. It’s on the border with China. 1. Xiengkhouang is in the _______________________________________ 2. Sayaboury is in the __________________________________________ 3. Vientiane is in the ___________________________________________ 4. Champasack is in the ________________________________________ LaosUnit 15 Unit 15: Laos
- 148. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 145 Unit 15 Laos 145 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 b) Read the names of the provinces. Xiengkhouang Borikhamsay Savannakhet Sekong Houaphan Sayaboury Luang Prabang Phongsaly Luang Namtha Bokeo Oudomsay Khammouane Saravan Champasack Attapeu Vientiane Capital Saysomboune Vientiane Province c) Write the names of the provinces under the correct headings on the chart. North South East West Centre Capital Unit 15: Laos
- 149. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1146 Unit 15 Laos 146 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Follow up tasks a) What are well-known tourist destinations in Vientiane Capital? http://www.tourismlaos.org/ b) Listen and answer 1. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Vientiane Capital? _______________________ 2. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Xiengkhoung? _______________________ 3. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Luangprabang? _______________________ 4. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Svannakhet? _______________________ 5. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Champasack? ____________________ WELL-KNOWN TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN VIENTIANE CAPITAL Unit 15: Laos
- 150. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 147 Unit 15 Laos 147 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Language Focus There is/There are + preposition of place We can say: Khammoune province has three well-known tourist destinations. Savannakhet has about five well-known tourist destinations. Or There is a significant tourist destination in Khammouane province. There are five well-known tourist destinations in Savannakhet. Questions and answers with there is/there are Is there a significant tourist destination in Khammouane province? Yes, there is./ No, there isn’t (is not). Are there five well-known tourist destinations in Savannakhet? Yes, there are / No, there aren’t (are not). Pronunciation focus: Linking ຕາມປກກະຕິແລ້ວໃນການອອກສຽງພາສາອັງກິດສຽງເຊໍ່ ອມເຂ້າກ ັນ ໃນກລະນີທີໍ່ ຄາສັບທາງໜ້າທີໍ່ ລງທ້າຍດ້ວຍພະຍັນຊະນະຈະເຊໍ່ ອມເຂ້າກ ັນ ຄາສັບທາງຫລັງທີໍ່ ເລີ້ມຕ້ນດ້ວຍສຽງສະຫລະ. a) Listen and repeat. e.g. There is a significant tourist destination in Khammouane province. There are five well-known tourist destinations in Savannakhet. Is there a border checkpoint in Oudomxay? No, there isn’t. Is there an airport near here? Yes, there is. b) Class work: Ask and answer about tourist destinations in Laos. e.g. A: Is there a well-known tourist destination in ____________ province? Unit 15: Laos
- 151. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1148 Unit 15 Laos 148 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 B: Yes, there is / No, there isn’t. c) Write answers to these questions: 1. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Vientiane Capital? There are __________________________________________________ 2. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Xiengkhoung? __________________________________________________________ 3. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Luang Prabang? __________________________________________________________ 4. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Savannakhet? ___________________________________________________________ 5. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Champasack? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Listening: Districts, villages and households Introductory tasks a) Read these numbers in English. 100 one hundred 150 one hundred and fifty 1,000 one thousand 10,000 ten thousand 100,000 one hundred thousand 150,000 one hundred and fifty thousand 500,000 five hundred thousand 550,000 five hundred and fifty thousand 1,000,000 one million 568 – five hundred and sixty-eight 803 – eight hundred and three 2,600 – two thousand, six hundred 2,645 – two thousand, six hundred and forty-five 16,000 – sixteen thousand 16,893 – sixteen thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three 250,000 – two hundred and fifty thousand b) Take turns to write down five large numbers. Then, one person reads his/her numbers Unit 15: Laos
- 152. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 149 Unit 15 Laos 149 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 and the other person writes the numbers. Finally, check the numbers you wrote with your partner. Practice a) Listen and circle a. 825 835 e. 63,800 63,900 b. 278 287 f. 35,815 35,850 c. 1,780 1,708 g. 51,030 51,300 d. 3,009 3,090 h. 700,000 170,000 b) Listen and answer districts in Laos ................... villages in Laos ................... people in Laos ................... households in Laos ................... c) Barrier Game One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s chart (cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask for the information. Write the missing information on your chart. Remember, you can ask “Sorry?” or “Can you say it again, please?” e.g. A: How many districts are there in Savannakhet province? B: There are ______________ Student A: How many …? Provinces Districts Villages People Households Savannakhet 703,000 Bokeo 373 21,974 Oudomxay 7 210,000 Sekong 4 249 10,585 Sayaboury 10 290,600 Student B: How many …? Unit 15: Laos
- 153. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1150 Unit 15 Laos 150 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Provinces Districts Villages People Households Savannakhet 15 1,543 114, 400 Bokeo 6 118,200 Oudomxay 777 35,815 Sekong 4 63,836 Sayaboury 554 51,300 Check with your partner. d) Write about each province using the information from your chart. e.g. In Savannakhet, there are 15 districts, 1,543 villages, 700,000 people and 114,000 households. In Bokeo ______________________________________________________ In Oudomxay __________________________________________________ In Sekong _____________________________________________________ In Sayaboury ___________________________________________________ Reading: A province Introductory tasks a) Match the adjectives with their opposite meaning e.g. big small far interesting old cheap wet near different hot cold new cool dry boring beautiful expensive same ugly warm big long short small b) Repeat the adjectives. c) Use the adjectives above to describe these places.. Unit 15: Laos
- 154. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 151 Unit 15 Laos 151 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 e.g. Pakse bridge is very long and … It’s … Unit 15: Laos
- 155. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1152 Unit 15 Laos 152 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Read the text and answer the questions. Luang Prabang is a big province in the north. It is on the border with Vietnam, but there is no border check point. It has borders with six provinces. The capital of Luang Prabang province is Luang Prabang city. Twelve different ethnic groups live in the province and it has about 360,000 people. There are 11 districts, 1,176 villages and 63,582 households in the province. This city is the old capital of Laos. It is on the Mekong and Khan rivers. Many people say it is very beautiful because it has many old and beautiful temples. Tourists like to visit the temples and the old Royal Palace Museum. They also like to travel up river by boat to visit the Buddha caves. People can go to Lung Prabang by air, by boat or by road. From Vientiane, people can travel by car or bus on Road Number 13. They can also go by boat up the Mekong river or fly from there to Chiengmai in the north of Thailand. 1. Where is Luang Prabang province? __________________________________ 2. What country does Luang Prabang have a border with? __________________ 3. How many provinces does Luang Prabang have borders with? _____________ 4. How many people live in Luang Prabang? ____________________________ 5. How many ethnic groups live there? _________________________________ 6. What is the name of the old capital city of Laos? _______________________ 7. What are two things tourists like to do in Luang Prabang? ________________ 8. How can people travel to Luang Prabang? _____________________________ 9. What country can people fly to from the international airport? _____________ Writing: A province Introductory task a) Choose a province. Make notes about the province on the chart below. Name of province Where? How many people? Districts Villages Capital Tourist attractions How/travel? Unit 15: Laos
- 156. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 153 Unit 15 Laos 153 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Practise a) Write about one of the provinces in Lao PDR. Check: the grammar from this unit correct spelling full stops capital letters b) Sharing information: Put your finished writing on the wall. Walk around and read each other’s writing. Fill in information from the writing to complete the chart below 1. 2. 3. Province Where? How many people? Districts Villages Capital Tourist attractions How/travel? Unit 15: Laos
- 157. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1154154 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Abbreviations ADB Asian Development Bank ທະນາຄານພັດທະນາອາຊີ ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations ສະມາຄມບັນດາປະຊາຊາດອາຊີອາຄະເນ DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ກມການຕໍ່າງປະເທດ ແລະ ການຄ້າ FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation ອງການອາຫານໂລກ GDP Gross Domestic Product ປະລິມານການຜະລິດແຫໍ່ງຊາດ/ຍອດຜະລດພຳຍໃນ LCHRD Leading Committee for Human Resource Development ຄະນະຊີ້ນາການພັດທະນາຊັບພະກອນມະນຸດ LNCDC Lao National Commission on Drugs Control ຄະນະກາມະການປາບປາມຢາເສັບຕິດແຫໍ່ງຊາດ LNMC Lao National Mekong Committee ຄະນະກາມະການແມໍ່ນ ້າຂອງແຫໍ່ງຊາດ LWU The Lao Women's Union ສະຫະພັນຍິງ MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ກະຊວງກະສິກາ ແລະ ປໍ່າໄມ້ MPWT Ministry of Public Works and Transport ກະຊວງໂຍທາທິການ ແລະ ຂນສໍ່ງ MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs ກະຊວງການຕໍ່າງປະເທດ MIC Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism ກະຊວງຖະແລງການ, ວັດທະນະທາ ແລະ ທໍ່ອງທໍ່ຽວ MIT Ministry of Industry & Handicrafts ອກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກາ ແລະ ການຄ້າ MLSW Ministry of Labour & Social Welfare ກະຊວງສະຫວັດດີການ ແລະ ສັງຄມ MND Ministry of National Defence ກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ MoES Ministry of Education and Sports ກະຊວງສຶກສາທິການ ແລະ ກິລາ MoF Ministry of Finance ກະຊວງການເງນ MoEM Ministry of Energy and Mining ກະຊວງພະລັງງານ ແລະ ບໍ່ແຮໍ່ MoI Ministry of Public Security ກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນຄວາມສະງບ MoJ Ministry of Justice ກະຊວງຍຸຕິທາ MPH Ministry of Public Health ກະຊວງສາທາລະນະສຸກ MHA Ministry of Home Affairs ກະຊວງພາຍໃນ NEM New Economic Mechanism ລະບບກນໄກເສດຖະກິດໃໝໍ່ NGO Non- government Organisation ອງການຈ ັດຕັ້ງທີໍ່ ບໍ່ຂຼິ້ນກັບລັດຖະບານ NOSPA National Organisation for the Study of Policy & Administration ສະຖາບັນການເມອງ ແລະ ການປກຄອງ NUOL National University of Laos ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫໍ່ງຊາດ ODA Official Development Assistance ການຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອດ້ານການພັດທະນາ PTC Propaganda & Training Committee ຄະນະໂຄສະນາອບຮມສນກາງ SCF Save the Child Fund ກອງທຶນຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອເດັກ MST Ministry of Science and Technology ກະຊວງວິທະຍາສາດ ແລະ ເຕັກໂນໂລຊີ MNE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment ກະຊວງຊັບພະຍາກອນ ແລະ ສິໍ່ ງແວດລ້ອມ UNDP United Nations Development Programme ອງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດເພໍ່ອການພັດທະນາ UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees ອງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດເພໍ່ອຊາວອບພະຍບ UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund ກອງທຶນຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອເດັກສາກນຂອງສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ
- 158. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 155155 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 List of positions / jobs Academic Staff ພະນ ັກງານວິຊາການ Administration Manager ຜ້ຈ ັດການຝາຍບລິຫານ Adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶກສາ Agriculturalist ກະເສດຕະກອນ/ຊາວສວນ Chairman of Economy, Planning & Finance Committee ປະທານກາມະທິການເສດຖະກິດ, ແຜນການ ແລະ ການເງິນ Chairman of Committee for Legislative Affairs ຫວໜ້າກາມະທິການກດໝາຍ Chairman of External Affairs Committee ຫວໜ້າກາມະທິການ ການຕໍ່າງປະເທດ Chairman of Minority Committee ຫວໜ້າກາມະທິການຊນເຜໍ່ າ Chairman, chief, head of, boss ຫວໜ້າ Civil Servant ລັດຖະກອນ Dean ຄະນະບດີ Deputy Chief of Cabinet ຮອງຫວໜ້າຫ້ອງວໍ່າການ Deputy Dean ຮອງຄະນະບດີ Deputy Director General ຮອງຫວໜ້າກມ,ຮອງຜ້ອານວຍການ Director General ຫວໜ້າກມ/ຜ້ອານວຍການ Director for Information Collection & Analysis ຫວໜ້າກມຄ້ນຄວ້າສັງລວມ Director of Administration & Management Department ຫວໜ້າກມບລິຫານ ແລະ ຄຸ້ມຄອງ Director's Assistant ຜ້ຊໍ່ວຍຫວໜ້າກມ Economist ນັກເສດຖະກິດ Extension Worker ພະນັກງານສໍ່ງເສີມ Government official ພະນັກງານລັດ Governor ເຈ້າແຂວງ Governor's Office ຫ້ອງວໍ່າການແຂວງ Head of Party Organisation, Protection & Improvement ພະຫວໜ້າຫ້ອງການຈ ັດຕັ້ງ-ປ້ອງກັນ ແລະ ບຸລະນະປັບປຸງ Head of Section ຫວໜ້າພະແນກ Minister ລັດຖະມນຕີ Project Coordinator ຜ້ປະສານງານໂຄງການ Project Counterpart ຄໍ່ຮໍ່ວມງານໂຄງການ Project Manager ຜ້ບລິຫານໂຄງການ Prime Minister ນາຍກລັດຖະມນຕີ Rector ອະທິການບດີ Secretary ເລຂາທິການ Vice Governor ຮອງເຈ້າແຂວງ Vice Minister ລັດຖະມນຕີຊໍ່ວຍວໍ່າການ Vice Rector ຮອງອະທິການບດີ Volunteer ອາສາສະໝັກ
- 159. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1156156 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 List of workplaces Administration & Protocol Department ກມບລິຫານ-ພິທີການ Agriculture Division ພະແນກກະສິກາ Anti- Corruption Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສະເພາະກິດ Australian Embassy ສະຖານທດອດສະຕຣາລີ Cabinet ຫ້ອງການກະຊວງ, ຫ້ອງວໍ່າການ Central Bank/ Bank of Lao P.D.R ທະນະຄານແຫໍ່ງຊາດ Central Party Organisation & Personnel ຄະນະຈ ັດຕັ້ງສນກາງພັກ Commercial Division ພະແນກການຄ້າ Committee for Planning & Cooperation ຄະນະກາມະການ ແລະແຜນການຮໍ່ວມມ Department ກມ, ພະແນກ Department of Forestry ກມປໍ່າໄມ້ Science, Technology & the Environment Agency ອງການວິທະຍາສາດເຕັກໂນໂລຍີ ແລະສິໍ່ ງແວດລ້ອມ Documentation National Archive Department ກມສາເນາເອກະສານແຫໍ່ງຊາດ Embassy ສະຖານທດ Faculty ຄະນະວິຊາ Finance & Asset Management Department ກມການເງິນ ແລະຄຸ້ມຄອງວັດຖຸ Foreign Relations Committee ຄະນະກາມະການພວພນຕໍ່າງປະເທດ Foreign Relations Department ກມພວພັນຕໍ່າງປະເທດ General Education Department ກມສາມ ັນສຶກສາ Health Division ພະແນກສາທາລະນະສຸກ Industry & Handicrafts Division ພະແນກອຸດສະຫະກາ ແລະ ຫັດຖະກາ Information & Culture Division ພະແນກຖະແຫຼໍ່ງຂໍ່າວ ແລະ ວັດທະນະທາ Inspection Department ກມກວດກາ Irrigation Department ກມຊນລະປະທານ Lao Federation of Trade Unions ສນກາງສະຫະພັນກາມະບານລາວ Lao National Commission on Drugs Control ຄະນະກາມະການປາບປາມຢາເສບຕິດແຫໍ່ງຊາດ Lao National Mekong Committee ຄະນະກາມະການຮໍ່ວມມແມໍ່ນ ້າຂອງແຫໍ່ງຊາດ Lao Red Cross ສະພາກາແດງ Lao Revolutionary Youth Union ສນກາງຊາວໜຸໍ່ມປະຊາຊນປະຕິວັດລາວ National Construction & Edification Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສນກາງແນວລາວສ້າງຊາດ National Organisation for the Study of Policy & Administration (NOSPA) ສະຖາບັນການເມອງ ແລະ ການປກຄອງແຫໍ່ງຊາດ National University of Laos (NUOL) ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫໍ່ງຊາດ Non- Formal Education Department ກມສຶກສານອກລະບບ Organisation & Personnel Department ກມຈ ັດຕັ້ງພະນັກງານ Organisation & Personnel Division ພະແນກຈ ັດຕັ້ງ Party & State Control/ Inspection ຄະນະກວດກາສນກາງພັກ Party & State Control Committee ຄະນະກາມະການກວດກາພັກລັດ
- 160. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 157157 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 People's Supreme Court ສານປະຊາຊນສງສຸດ Planning & Cooperation Division ພະແນກແຜນການ ແລະ ການຮໍ່ວມມ Politburo Central Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສນກາງພັກ Provincial Education Division ພະແນກສຶກສາແຂວງ Presidential Palace ສານັກງານປະທານປະເທດ Prime Minister's Office ສານັກງານນາຍຍກລັດຖະມນຕີ Propaganda & Training Cabinet ຫ້ອງການຄະນະໂຄສະນາອບຮມສນກາງ Propaganda & Training Division ພະແນກໂຄສະນາອບຮມ Provincial Administration/ Governor's Office ຫ້ອງວໍ່າການປກຄອງແຂວງ Road & Bridge Construction & Maintenance Division ພະແນກກໍ່ສ້າງ ແລະ ສ້ອມແປງຂວທາງ Secretary Department ກມເລຂານຸການ Social Welfare Division ພະແນກສະຫວັດດີການສັງຄມ Teacher Training Department (TTD) ກມສ້າງຄ The Lao Women's Union ສະຫະພັນແມໍ່ຍິງ The National Assembly ສະພາແຫໍ່ງຊາດ World Peace Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສັນຕິພາບໂລກ
- 161. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1158158 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Words used in instructions above ຂ້າງເທິງ list ບັນຊີລາຍຊໍ່ຕໍ່າງໆ after ຫຼັງຈາກ look up ຊອກຫາ, ເງີຍໜ້າຂຶ້ນ another ອັນອໍ່ ນໆ match ຈ ັດຄໍ່ໃຫ້ກງກັນ ask ຖາມ meaning ຄວາມໝາຍ before ກໍ່ອນ mime ສະແດງອອກດ້ວຍທໍ່າທາງ below ຂ້າງລຸໍ່ມ missing ຂາດຫາຍໄປ brainstorm ຖາມຄວາມຄິດເຫັນຈາກຫຼາຍຄນ model ແບບຢໍ່າງ brochure ແຜນພັບ, ປ້ມນ້ອຍສາລັບແນະນາ order ຈ ັດລຽງຕາມລາດັບ change with ສັບປໍ່ຽນກັນ pair ຄໍ່ check ກວດແກ້ paragraph ວັກຕອນ, ບດ choose ຄັດເລອກ part (noun) ພາກສໍ່ວນ column ແຖວຕັ້ງ partner ຄໍ່ສນທະນາ comment ການມີຄາເຫັນ phrase ວະລີ, ກຸໍ່ມຄາເວ້າ compare ປຽບທຽບ practice ການຝຶກແອບ complete ຕໍ່ ມໃຫ້ຄບ practise ຝຶກແອບ conversation ການສນທະນາ reading ການອໍ່ານ copy ກໍ່າຍ reasons ເຫດຜນ correct ຖກຕ້ອງ remember ຈໍ່ຈາ describe ພັນລະນາ reminder ສິໍ່ ງທວນຄວາມຈາ description ການພັນລະນາ repeat ເວ້າຕາມ dialogue ບດສນທະນາ report to ລາຍງານເຖິງ discuss ສນທະນາ, ປຶກສາ rewrite ຂຽນຄນ divide ແບໍ່ງ, ປັນ stand in a circle ຢນເປັນຮບວງມນ draft ໂຄໍ່ງຮໍ່າງ stand up ຢນຂຶ້ນ draw ແຕ້ມ steps ບາດກ້າວ, ຂັ້ນຕອນ example ຕວຢໍ່າງ suggestion ການແນະນາ explain ອະທິບາຍ table ຕາຕະລາງ, ໂຕະ fill in ຕໍ່ ມໃສໍ່ take turns ປໍ່ຽນຜຽນ find ຊອກຫາ tell ບອກ group ໝວດ, ກຸໍ່ມ text ບດອໍ່ານ guess ເດາ title ເລໍ່ ອງ happen ປາກດຂຶ້ນ together ພ້ອມກັນທັງໝດ headings ຫວຂ້ translation ການແປ hear ໄດ້ຍິນ underline ຂີດກ້ອງ idea ແນວຄວາມຄິດ vocabulary ຄາສັບ imagine ວາດພາບ, ກະຕວງ walk around ຍໍ່າງເລາະ information ຂ້ມນ wh question ຄາຖາມທີໍ່ ໃຊ້ Wh instruction ການແນະນາ work on your own/work alone ເຮັດດ້ວຍຕນເອງ, ເຮັດຄນດຽວ intonation ລະດັບສຽງຂຼິ້ນສຽງລງ work with a partner ເຮັດກັບໝໍ່ join ຕໍ່ເຂ້າກ ັນ, ເຂ້າຮໍ່ວມ yes/no question ຄາຖາມທີໍ່ ໃຊ້ Yes/No
- 162. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 159159 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Vocabulary abroad ຕໍ່າງປະເທດ abstract ເນ້ອໃນຫຍ້ທີໍ່ ຍກອອກມາຈາກບດຂຽນຕໍ່າງໆ access ນາໃຊ້ accident ອຸບັດເຫດ accommodation ທີໍ່ ພັກພາອາໄສ, ບໍ່ອນພັກພາອາໄສເວລາເດີນທາງ accountant ນາຍບັນຊີ achieve ສາເລັດ, ບັນລຸ address ທີໍ່ ຢໍ່ administration ການບລິຫານ administration office ຫ້ອງການປກຄອງ advantage ເປັນປະໂຫຍດ advertise ໂຄສະນາ adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶກສາ after ຫຼັງຈາກ afternoon ຕອນທໍ່ຽງ age ອາຍຸ agency ຕວແທນ agenda ວາລະກອງປະຊຸມ ago ຜໍ່ານມາ agriculture ກະສິກາ air conditioner ເຄໍ່ ອງປັບອາກາດ airport ສະໜາມບິນ alcohol ເຫຼ້າ alternative ທາງເລອກ always ສະໝໍ່າສະເໝີ, ເປັນປະຈາ The United States of America ສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ ancient ບຮານ announce ປະກາດ annual ປະຈາປີ applicant ຜໍ່ສະໝັກ application Form ຟອມສະໝັກ, ໃບຄາຮ້ອງ April ເດອນເມສາ architecture ສະຖາປະຕິຍະກາ
- 163. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1160160 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 area ຂອບເຂດ/ເນ້ອທີໍ່ arrange ຫ້າງຫາກະກຽມ arrivals ການມາຮອດມາເຖິງ arrive ມາຮອດ as a result ດ້ວຍເຫດນັ້ນ as well as ເໝອນກນ asset ຊັບສິນ assist ຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອ assistance ການຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອ attend ເຂ້າຮໍ່ວມ attractive ດຶງດດຈິດໃຈ, ງາມ August ເດອນສິງຫາ Australian ຄນອດສະຕຣາລີ authority ອານາດການປກຄອງ average ສະເລໍ່ຍ badminton ກິລາຕີດອກປິກໄກໍ່ bank ທະນາຄານ beautiful ງາມ because ເພາະວໍ່າ, ຍ້ອນວໍ່າ bed ຕຽງ beer ເບຍ before ກໍ່ອນໜ້າ behind ທາງຫຼັງ benefit ຜນປະໂຫຍກ best ດີເລີດ, ດີທີໍ່ ສຸດ between ລະຫວໍ່າງ bicycle ລດຖີບ big ໃຫໍ່ຍ bilateral organisation ອງການຈ ັດຕັ້ງລະຫວໍ່າງສອງລັດຖະບານ billion (1,000,000,000) ໜຶໍ່ ງຕ້ birthday ວັນເກີດ board (verb) ຍນຂຶ້ນ (ເວລາເດີນທາງ) boarding pass ບັດຂຶ້ນຍນ boat racing ບຸນຊໍ່ວງເຮອ border ຊາຍແດນ
- 164. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 161161 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 boring ໜ້າເບໍ່ອ boss ຫວໜ້າ bottom ເບ້ອງລຸໍ່ມສຸດ box ແກັດ, ກໍ່ອງ breakfast ອາຫານເຊ້າ bridge ຂວ brochure ແຜໍ່ນພັບ brother ອ້າຍ, ນ້ອງຊາຍ budget ງບປະມານ build ກໍ່ສ້າງ bus ລດເມ bus station ສະຖານນີລດເມ business card ນາມບັດ busy ຄາວຽກ, ຫຍຸ້ງວຽກ but ແຕໍ່ວໍ່າ button ປຸໍ່ມກດ cabinet ຫ້ອງການກະຊວງ calculator ຈ ັກຄິດໄລໍ່ເລກ can ສາມາດ capacity ຄຸນນະພາບ, ຄວາມສາມາດ, ຄວາມອາດສາມາດ capital city ນະຄອນຫຼວງ car ລດໃຫໍ່ຍ cash ເງິນສດ cause ສາຍເຫດ cave ຖ ້າ celebrate ສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງ ceremony ງານສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງ change ປໍ່ຽນແປງ cheap ລາຄາຖກ check point ດໍ່ານກວດກາ check- in counter ບໍ່ອນແຈ້ງປີ້ chicken ໄກໍ່ childcare centres ສນຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອເດັກ circus ໂຮງກາຍະສິນ citizen ສັນຊາດ
- 165. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1162162 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 city ຕວເມອງ clean (verb) ເຮັດຄວາມສະອາດ climb ປີນຂຶ້ນ, ໄຕໍ່ຂຶ້ນ close ປິດ clothes ເຄໍ່ ອງນຸໍ່ງ clown ຕວຕະຫຼກ coastline ຊາຍຝັໍ່ງ colleague ເພໍ່ອນຮໍ່ວມງານ colonise ລໍ່າເມອງຂຶ້ນ colony ຫວເມອງຂຶ້ນ commercial ການຄ້າຂາຍ committee ຄະນະກາມະການ competition ການແຂໍ່ງຂັນ competitive ລັກສະນະແຂໍ່ງຂັນ component ສໍ່ວນປະກອບ, ໜໍ່ວຍງານທີໍ່ ເປັນສໍ່ວນປະກອບ, ອງປະກອບ computer ຄອມພີວເຕີ conduct ຈ ັດ, ຈ ັດຕັ້ງ confirm ຢນຢັນ, ແຈ້ງບອກ congress ສະພານິຕິບັນຍັດ, ກອງປະຊຸໍ່ມໃຫໍ່ຍ consequently ເພາະສະນ ັ້ນ, ດັໍ່ງນັ້ນ, ຕາມລາດັບ constraint ຂ້ບັງຄັບ, ຂ້ຈາກັດ, ອຸປະສັກ contact ຕິດຕໍ່ ພວພັນ contribute ຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອ, ສະໜັບສະໜນ contribute (verb) ອະນຸເຄາະ, ປະກອບສໍ່ວນ, ຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອ contribution (noun) ການອະນຸເຄາະ, ການປະກອບສໍ່ວນ, ການຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອ cook ແຕໍ່ງກິນ cool ເຢັນ cooperate (verb) ຮໍ່ວມມ cooperation, (noun) ການຮໍ່ວມມ coordinate (verb) ປະສານງານ coordination (noun) ການປະສານງານ copy ອັດສາເນາ cotton ຝ້າຍ country of residence ປະເທດທີໍ່ ພັກຢໍ່ເປັນຫຼັກເປັນຖານ credit card ບັດເຄຣດິດ
- 166. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 163163 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 crime ອາດຊະຍະກາ crowded ແອອັດ, ຄັບແຄບ culture ວັດທະນະທາ currency ສະກຸນເງິນ current situation ສະພາບໃນປັດຈຸບັນ, ສະຖານະການໃນປັດຈຸບັນ customs ພາສີ damage ທາລາຍ, ເປໍ່ເພ danger (noun) ອັນຕະລາຍ dangerous (adjective) ທີໍ່ ເປັນອັນຕະລາຍ date of birth ວັນ, ເດອນ, ປີ ເກີດ daughter ລກສາວ day ມ້ debt ໜີ້ December ເດອນທັນວາ decimal ຕວເສດ decimal point ເຄໍ່ ອງໝາຍຕວເສດ decision- making ການຕັດສິນໃຈ decline ປະຕິເສດ, ປັດປໍ່າຍ, ຫຼຸດລງ, ຫຼຸດໜ້ອຍຖອຍລງ decrease ຫຼຸດລງ delegate (noun) ຜໍ່ແທນ delegation (noun) ຄະນະຜໍ່ແທນ delicious ແຊບ dentist ໝປວແຂ້ວ department store ຮ້ານຊັບພະສິນຄ້າ departure ເດີນທາງອອກໄປ describe ພັນລະນາ description ການພັນລະນາ, ລາຍການ destination ຈຸດໝາຍປາຍທາງ develop ພັດທະນາ development ການພັດທະນາ dial ໜຸນໂທລະສບ diary ປ້ມບັນທຶກຂ້ຄວາມປະຈາວັນ dinner ເຂ້າແລງ directions ການບອກເສັ້ນທາງ director ຜໍ່ອານວຍການ
- 167. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1164164 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 disadvantage ຜນເສຍ discuss ປຶກສາຫາລ disease ພະຍາດ district ເມອງ document ເອກະສານ dolphin ປາໂລມາ dolphin, fresh water ປາຂໍ່າ donate (verb) ບລິຈາກ donor ຜໍ່ບລິຈາກ, ຜໍ່ໃຫ້ທນຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອລ້າ double room ຫ້ອງຕຽງຄໍ່ down stairs ລງລຸໍ່ມ draw ແຕ້ມ dry ແຫ້ງ duty ພາລະ, ໜ້າທີໍ່ early ແຕໍ່ເຊ້າ earthquake ແຜໍ່ນດີນໄຫວ east ພາກຕາເວັນອອກ eastern ທິດຕາເວັນອອກ economy ປະຢັດ effective ຢໍ່າງມີປະສິດທິຜນ efficient ຢໍ່າງມີປະສິດທິພາບ either ເໝອນກັນ, ໜຶໍ່ ງໃນສອງ electricity ໄຟຟ້າ e- mail ຈດໝາຍທາງອິນເຕີເນັດ embassy ສະຖາທດ emergency ສຸກເສີນ employment ການວໍ່າຈ້າງ encourage ຊຸກຍ້, ສໍ່ງເສີມ engineer ວິສະວະກອນ enough ພຽງພ enterprise ວິສະຫະກິດ environment ສິໍ່ ງແວດລ້ອມ, ສະພາບແວດລ້ອມ equal ເທໍ່ າກັນ, ເທໍ່ າທຽມກ ັນ equality ຄວາມສະເໝີພາບ equip ຈ ັດຫາໃຫ້
- 168. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 165165 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 equipment ວັດຖຸອຸບປະກອນ establish ຕັ້ງຫຼັກຖານ, ສ້າງຕັ້ງ establishment ການຕັ້ງຫຼັກຖານ, ການສ້າງຕັ້ງ estimate ຄິດໄລໍ່, ຄາດຄະເນ ethnic groups ຊນເຜໍ່ າ evening ຕອນແລງ event ເຫດການ, ສະພາບການ ever ເຄີຍ every day ທຸກໆມ້ excuse ຂໂທດ expand ຂະຫຍາຍ expensive ລາຄາແພງ expire ໝດອາຍຸໃຊ້ expiry date ໝດອາຍຸການນາໃຊ້ export ສໍ່ງອອກ (ສິນຄ້າ) extend ຂະຫຍາຍອອກ, ຢຼືດອອກ extension ການຂະຫຍາຍອອກ, ການຢຼືດອອກ fall ຕກ, ຫຼຸດລງ family ຄອບຄວ family planning ການວາງແຜນຄອບຄວ far ໄກ father ພໍ່ fax ແຟັກ/ໂທລະສານ February ເດອນກຸມພາ fee ຄໍ່າທານຽມ feed (verb) ໃຫ້ອາຫານ, ເກອສັດ festival ບຸນ, ເທດສະການ field trip ການທດສະນະສຶກສາ filing cabinet ຕ້ມ້ຽນເອກະສານ finally ສຸດທ້າຍ, ຕອນສຸດທ້າຍ financial ດ້ານການເງິນ fine (verb) ປັບໄໝ first ລາດັບທີ 1 firstly ຂັ້ນຕອນທາອິດ fishing ຫາປາ
- 169. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1166166 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 flight ຖ້ຽວບິນ fluctuate ຂຶ້ນໆລງໆ fly ບິນ, ເດີນທາງດ້ວຍຍນ focus on ເລັໍ່ງໃສໍ່, ເນັ້ນໜັກ, ສຸມໃສໍ່ foot ຕີນ football ກິລາບານເຕະ for sale ຕ້ອງການຂາຍອອກ fourth ລາດັບທີ 4 free ຫວໍ່າງ fresh ສດ Friday ວັນສຸກ friend ໝໍ່ເພໍ່ອນ fund (noun) ທຶນຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼຶອ, ກອງທຶນ fund (verb) ໃຫ້ທຶນການຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອ garden ສວນ gate (airport) ທາງອອກໄປຫາຍນ/ທຳງອອກໄປຫຳຍົນ gender ເພດ get up ຕໍ່ນນອນ gift ຂອງຂວັນ give ເອາໃຫ້ global ທໍ່ວໂລກ go past ໄປຜໍ່ານ, ກາຍ go straight ahead ໄປທາງໜ້າຊໍ່ໆ god ພະເຈ້າ good ດີ goodbye ລາກໍ່ອນ governance ການປກຄອງ government ລັດຖະບານ gradual ຕາມລາດັບ grant ທຶນຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອລ້າ, ເງິນຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອລ້າ grilled ປີຼິ້ງ grocery shop ຮ້ານຂາຍເຄໍ່ ອງແຫ້ງ grow ປກ growth ການເຕີບໃຫໍ່ຍ guessing from context ການກະຕວງຈາກສະພາບຕວຈິງ
- 170. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 167167 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 guest ແຂກ, ຜໍ່ມາຢ້ຽມຢາມ guesthouse ບ້ານພັກ guitar ກີໍ່ຕ້າ half past ເຄິໍ່ ງ (ໂມງເວລາ) handicrafts ເຄໍ່ ອງຫັດຖະກາ happen ເກີດຂຶ້ນ health ສຸກຂະພາບ hello ສະບາຍດີ her ຂອງລາວ (ຜໍ່ຍິງ) his ຂອງລາວ (ຜໍ່ຊາຍ) history ປະຫວັດສາດ holiday ວັນພັກ home ບ້ານ hospital ໂຮງໝ host (noun) ເຈ້າພາບ host (verb) ເປັນເຈ້າພາບ hot ຮ້ອນ hotel ໂຮງແຮມ house ເຮອນ housework ວຽກບ້ານ however ແຕໍ່ວໍ່າ human ມະນຸດ human resources ຊັບພະຍາກອນມະນຸດ husband ຜວ hydro power ພະລັງງານນ ້າ illiterate ກຶກໜັງສ immigration ດ້ານກວດຄນເຂ້າເມອງ immunisation ການພ້ນຈາກເຂດອັນຕະລາຍ, ການສັກຢາກັນພະຍາດ implement ການຈ ັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດ implement (verb) ຈ ັດຕັ້ງປະຕິບັດ implementation ການລງມປະຕິບັດ improve ປັບປຸງໃຫ້ດີຂຶ້ນ in ໃນ in addition ນອກຈາກນັ້ນ, ຍິໍ່ງໄປກວໍ່ານັ້ນ in conclusion ສຸດທ້າຍ, ໃນທີໍ່ ສຸດ, ໂດຍສັງລວມ, ສະຫຼບແລ້ວ, ເວ້າລວມແລ້ວ
- 171. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1168168 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 in front of ທາງໜ້າ in the corner ຢໍ່ທາງແຈ in the middle ຢໍ່ເຄິໍ່ ງກາງ income ລາຍໄດ້, ລາຍຮັບ income generation ການແຈກຍາຍລາຍໄດ້, ການສ້າງແຫຼໍ່ງລາຍຮັບ, ລາຍໄດ້ increase ເພີັ່ມຂຶ້ນ independent ເອກະລາດ inequality ບໍ່ສະເໝີພາບ infant mortality ອັດຕາການຕາຍຂອງເດັກນ້ອຍ inflation ໄພເງິນເຟີຼິ້ inflation rate ອັດຕາໄພເງິນເຟີຼິ້ influence ອິດທິພນຄອບງາ inform ແຈ້ງໃຫ້ຊາບ information ຂ້ມນ, ຂໍ່າວສານ infrastructure ພ້ນຖານໂຄງລໍ່າງ inspect ສາຫຼວດ, ກວດກາ instructions ຂ້ແນະນາ integrate ປະສມປະສານ interesting ໜ້າສນໃຈ international standard ມາດຕະຖານສາກນ interview ສາພາດ introduce ແນະນາຕວ invest ລງທຶນ investment ການລງທຶນ invitation ການເຊຼືຼິ້ອເຊີນ irrigation system ລະບບຊນລະປະທານ island ເກາະ, ດອນ issue ເຊັນອອກ, ອະນຸມ ັດໃຫ້ນາໃຊ້, ປະເດັນ, ບັນຫາ itinerary ການດການເດີນທາງ January ເດອນມ ັງກອນ Japanese ຄນຍີໍ່ປຸໍ່ນ jewellery ອັນຍະມະນີ job ອາຊີບ July ເດອນກລະກດ jump ກະໂດດ, ເຕັ້ນ
- 172. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 169169 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 June ເດອນມິຖຸນາ key aspect ຈຸດສາຄັນ know ຮ້ຈ ັກ labour ກາມະກອນ, ແຮງງານ lack ຂາດເຂີນ, ບໍ່ພຽງພ lastly ຂັ້ນຕອນສຸດທ້າຍ late ຊັກຊ້າ, ຊ້າ laws ກດໝາຍ lawyer ນັກກດໝາຍ least developed country ປະເທດທີໍ່ ມີການພັດທະນາໜ້ອຍ, ປະເທດດ້ອຍພັດທະນາ left ເບຼືຼິ້ອງຊ້າຍ letter ຈດໝາຍ library ຫ້ອງສະໝຸດ, ຫ້ອງໜັງສ lid ຝາປິດ life expectancy ການກນດສະເລໍ່ຍອາຍຸ lift ຍກຂຶ້ນ lift (noun) ຂັ້ນໄດໄຟຟຼິ້ຳ like ມ ັກ listener ຜໍ່ຟັງ literacy ການອໍ່ານອອກຂຽນເປັນ literacy rate ອັດຕາການຮ້ໜັງສ literate ລບລ້າງການກຶກໜັງສ, ອໍ່ານອອກຂຽນເປັນ live ອາໃສຢໍ່ loan ເງິນກ້ຢມ lovely ໜ້າຮັກ lower secondary school ໂຮງຮຽນມ ັດທະຍມຕອນຕ້ນ luggage ກະເປາເດີນທາງ lunch ອາຫານທໍ່ຽງ, ເຂ້າທໍ່ຽງ macro ສໍ່ວນໃຫໍ່ຍ, ມະຫາພາກ major ສາຄັນ, ຕ້ນຕ make plans ສ້າງແຜນການ malnourished ຂາດເຂີນທາດອາຫານບາລຸງ, ບໍ່ມີທາດອາຫານພຽງພ malnutrition ການຂາດທາດອາຫານບາລຸງ, ການບໍ່ມີທາດອາຫານພຽງພ management ການຄຸ້ມຄອງ, ການຈ ັດການບລິຫານຄຸ້ມຄອງ manager ຜໍ່ຈ ັດການ
- 173. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1170170 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 March ເດອນມີນາ market ຕະຫຼາດ market economy ເສດຖະກິດການຕະຫຼາດ maternal mortality ອັດຕາການຕາຍຂອງແມໍ່ຍິງຖພາ May ເດອນພຶດສະພາ meet ພບ, ພບປະ meeting ກອງປະຊຸມ, ການປະຊຸມ, ປະຊຸມ member ສະມາຊິກ micro ສໍ່ວນທີໍ່ ນ້ອຍ, ຈຸລະພາກ midday 12 ໂມງທໍ່ຽງ midnight 12 ໂມງກາງຄນ, ທໍ່ຽງຄນ million ລ້ານ ministry ກະຊວງ moderate ພດີ, ປານກາງ modern ທັນສະໄໝ Monday ວັນຈ ັນ money exchange ການແລກປໍ່ຽນເງິນຕາ monitoring each other’s language ສັງເກດການໃຊ້ພາສາເຊິໍ່ງກັນ ແລະກັນ monk ຄບາ, ພະ month ເດອນ moreover ຍິໍ່ງກວໍ່ານັ້ນ, ນອກຈາກນັ້ນ morning ຕອນເຊ້າ mother ແມໍ່ motorbike ລດຈ ັກ mountains ພເຂາ multilateral organisation ອງການຈ ັດຕັ້ງລະຫວໍ່າງລັດຖະບານ municipality ກາແພງນະຄອນ my ຂອງຂ້ອຍ name ຊໍ່ name card ນາມບັດ national holiday ວັນພັກທາງລັດຖະການ nationality ສັນຊາດ natural resources ແຫຼໍ່ງຊັບພະຍາກອນທາມະຊາດ near ໃກ້ neither ບໍ່ເໝອນກັນ, ບໍ່ແມໍ່ນທງສອງ
- 174. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 171171 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 never ບໍ່ເຄີຍ new ໃໝໍ່ news ຂໍ່າວສານ newspaper ໜັງສພິມ next ຕໍ່ໄປ next to ທັດຈາກ, ຕໍ່ຈາກ nice ດີ, ງາມ night ກາງຄນ no one ບໍ່ມີໃຜ nominate ຄັດເລອກ, ບໍ່ງຕວ non- formal education ການສຶກສານອກລະບບ north ພາກເໜອ northern ທາງພາກເໜອ not often ບໍ່ເລ້ອຍ November ເດອນພະຈິກ o’clock ໂມງ obey ເຊໍ່ອຟັງ, ປະຕິບັດຕາມ objective ຈຸດປະສງ observe ສັງເກດການ October ເດອນຕຸລາ office ຫ້ອງການ Official Development Assistance ການຊໍ່ວຍເຫຼອດ້ານການພັດທະນາ often ເລ້ອຍ old ເກໍ່າ, ເຖ້າ on ທາງເທິງ on average ໂດຍສະເລໍ່ຍ on the left ຢໍ່ເບ້ອງຊ້າຍ on the other hand ອີກດ້ານໜຶໍ່ ງ, ໃນດ້ານທີໍ່ ກງກັນຂ້າມ on the right ຢໍ່ເບ້ອງຂວາ once ຄັ້ງໜຶໍ່ ງ, ໜຶໍ່ ງເທໍ່ ອ once a week ຄັ້ງໜຶໍ່ ງຕໍ່ໜຶໍ່ ງອາທິດ open ເປີດ opportunity ໂອກາດ opposite ກງກັນຂ້າມ organisation ອງການຈ ັດຕັ້ງ
- 175. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1172172 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 organisation chart ແຜນວາດການຈ ັດຕັ້ງ, organise ຈ ັດຕັ້ງ overall ລວມທັງໝດ, ໂດຍລວມ overstay ຄ້າງຄນ pack ຕຽມເຄໍ່ ອງໃສໍ່ກະເປາ palace ພະລາດຊະວັງ parade ຂະບວນງານແຫໍ່ຕໍ່າງໆ parking ສະຖານທີໍ່ ຈອດລດ passenger ຜໍ່ໂດຍສານ passport ໜັງສຜໍ່ານແດນ passport control ບໍ່ອນກວດກາໜັງສຜໍ່ານແດນ peace ສັນຕິພາບ per cent (%) ເສດສໍ່ວນຮ້ອຍ perform ສະແດງ performance ການສະແດງ photocopier ເຄໍ່ ອງຈ ັກອັດເອກະສານ photocopy ອັດເອກະສານ, ສາເນາເອກະສານ pick you up ໄປຮັບເອາເຈ້າ picnic ການອອກໄປກິນເຂ້າປໍ່າ, ກິນເຂ້າປໍ່າ plan ວາງແຜນການ plan (noun) ແຜນການ, ການວາງແຜນ plane ຍນ plateau ພພຽງ pleased to ສະແດງຄວາມຍິນດີ plug ປັກສຽບ, ສຽບປັກໄຟ point (verb) ຊີ້ໃສໍ່ policy ນະໂຍບາຍ politics ການເມອງ polluted ເປັນພິດ/ເປນມ ົນລະພດ poor ທຸກຈນ popular ມີຊໍ່ສຽງໂດໍ່ງດັງ population ພນລະເມອງ porter ຄນຂນເຄໍ່ ອງຢໍ່ໂຮງແຮມ position ຕາແໜໍ່ງ post office ຫ້ອງການໄປສະນີ
- 176. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 173173 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 practise ເຝກຫັດ prepare ກະກຽມ president ປະທານ, ປະທານປະເທດ press ກດ, ເນັ້ນ prevent ປ້ອງກັນ, ຫຼີກເວັ້ນ price ລາຄາ primary school ໂຮງຮຽນປະຖມ prioritise ຈ ັດວາງຕາມລາດັບຂອງຄວາມສາຄັນ priority ສາຄັນ, ບລິມະສິດ problem ບັນຫາ profit ຜນປະໂຫຍດ, ຜນກາໄລ project ໂຄງການ promote ສໍ່ງເສີມ, ສະໜັບສະໜນ promotion ການເລໍ່ ອນຊັ້ນຕາແໜໍ່ງ provide ຈ ັດຫາໃຫ້ province ແຂວງ publicity ການຈ ັດພິມ publish ຈ ັດພິມ push ຍ້, ຊຸກ put ເອາໃສໍ່ quarter past ປາຍ 15 ນາທີ quarter to ຍັງ 15 ນາທີ radio ວິທະຍຸ rapid ໄວວາ reason ເຫດຜນ reception ບໍ່ອນຕ້ອນຮັບ receptionist ພະນັກງານຕ້ອນຮັບ reduce ຫຼຸດຜໍ່ອນລງ refrigerator ຕ້ເຢັນ refugee ຊາວອບພະຍບ region ຂງເຂດ regulation ຂ້ການດ relax ພັກຜໍ່ອນ reliable ໜ້າເຊໍ່ອຖ, ໄວ້ໃຈໄດ້ religious ceremony ງານສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງທາງສາດສະໜາ/ບຸນປະເພນີທຳງສຳດສະໜຳ
- 177. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1174174 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 rely on ໄວ້ໃຈ remain constant ຍັງຄງທີໍ່ remain the same ຍັງຄເກໍ່າ, ຍັງບໍ່ປໍ່ຽນແປງ repatriation ການສໍ່ງຄນຖິໍ່ນຖານເດີມ, ການກັບຄນບ້ານເກີດເມອງນອນ report on ລາຍງານກໍ່ຽວກັບເລໍ່ ອງໃດໜຶໍ່ ງ report to ລາຍງານເຖິງຜໍ່ໃດໜຶໍ່ ງ reservation ການຈອງ, ການສະຫງວນຮັກສາ reserve (verb) ສະຫງວນໄວ້, ຮັກສາໄວ້ resettlement ການກັບມາຕັ້ງຖິໍ່ນຖານຄນ resources ຊັບພະຍາກອນ responsibility ວຽກງານທີໍ່ ຮັບຜິດຊອບ/ໜຼິ້ຳທີັ່ ຮບຜດຊອບ responsible for ຮັບຜິດຊອບຕໍ່ວຽກໃດໜຶໍ່ ງ restaurant ຮ້ານອາຫານ restoration ການຊ້ອມແຊມ, ການປະຕິສັງຂອນ, ການບລະນະຄນ restore ຊ້ອມແຊມ, ປະຕິສັງຂອນ, ບລະນະຄນ return ticket ປີ້ເດີນທາງໄປ-ກັບ rice field ທໍ່ງນາ rich ຮັໍ່ງມີ right ເບ້ອງຂວາ, ຄວາມຖກຕ້ອງ rise ເພີັ່ມຂຶ້ນ river ແມໍ່ນ ້າ rocket festival ບຸນບັ້ງໄຟ room service ການບລິການຫ້ອງພັກ rules ກດລະບຽບ rural ຊນນະບດ safe (noun) ຄວາມປອດໄພ sanitation ການສຸຂະພິບານ Saturday ວັນເສາ scan ຊອກຫາຂ້ມນສະເພາະ school ໂຮງຮຽນ sculpture ຮບແກະສະລັກ, ຮບປັ້ນ seafood ອາຫານທະເລ season ລະດການ second ລາດັບທີໍ່ 2 secondary school ໂຮງຮຽນຊັ້ນມ ັດທະຍມ
- 178. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 175175 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 secretary ເລຂາ security ຄວາມປອດໄພ seldom ດນໆເທໍ່ ອໜຶໍ່ ງ self- employed ເຮັດວຽກຂອງຕນເອງ, ປະກອບອາຊີບຂອງຕນເອງ senior ຜໍ່ອາວຸໂສ September ເດອນກັນຍາ sharp ແນໍ່ນອນ, ທໍ່ຽງຕງ, ແຫຼມຄມ shelves ຖ້ານໃສໍ່ປ້ມ shifting cultivation ການເຮັດໄຮໍ່ແບບເລໍ່ ອນລອຍ shopping ຊ້ເຄໍ່ ອງ should ຄວນຈະ, ສມຄວນ show ສະແດງ show respect ສະແດງຄວາມນັບຖ shower (verb) ອາບນ ້າ sick ເປັນໄຂ້ sign ລຳຍເຊນ sign (noun) ປ້າຍ sign (verb) ລງລາຍເຊັນ/ເຊັນຊໍ່ signature ລາຍເຊັນ significant ສາຄັນ, ເດັໍ່ນ since ຕັ້ງແຕໍ່, ເພາະວໍ່າ sing ຮ້ອງເພັງ single ອັນດຽວ, ເປັນໂສດ single room ຫ້ອງຕຽງດໍ່ຽວ sister ເອ້ອຍ, ນ້ອງສາວ sit down ນັໍ່ງລງ situation ສະຖານນະການ skills ທັກສະ, ຄວາມສາມາດ skim ຊອກເບິໍ່ງແບບສັງລວມ slide ເລໍ່ ອນ slight ເບາໆ, ໜ້ອຍໜຶໍ່ ງ small ນ້ອຍ small business ທຸລະກິດຂະໜາດນ້ອຍ smuggling ການຄ້າຂອງເຖໍ່ອນ, ການລັກລອບໜີພາສີ so far ມາຮອດດຽວນີ້
- 179. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1176176 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 social services ການບລິການສັງຄມ socio- economic development ການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດສັງຄມ solve ແກ້ໄຂ sometimes ບາງຄັ້ງຄາວ, ບາງເວລາ son ລກຊາຍ south ພາກໃຕ້ southern ທາງພາກໃຕ້ souvenir ຂອງທີໍ່ ລະນຶກ spicy ເຜັດ sport ກິລາ square ຮບຈ ັດຕຸລັດ square kilometre (km2) ກິໂລຕາແມັດ stability ຄວາມສະໝໍ່າສະເໝີ, ຄວາມໝັ້ນຄງ, ຄວາມມີສະຖຽນລະພາບ stable ໝັ້ນຄງ, ບໍ່ປໍ່ຽນແປງ staff ພະນັກງານ stand up ຢນຂຶ້ນ standard ມາດຕະຖານ statistics ສະຖິຕິ status ສະຖານະ steady ໝັ້ນຄງ steamed ໜຶ້ງ sticky ໜຽວ strategy ຫຼັກການ, ວິທີການ, ຍຸດທະສາດ strengthen ປັບປຸງໃຫ້ເຂັ້ມແຂງ, ເຮັດໃຫ້ແຂງແຮງຂຶ້ນ study ຮຽນ stupa ທາດເຈດີ subsistence farmer ຊຳວນາພລ້ຽງອາຊີບໄປວັນໆ, ຊຳວນານ້ອຍ sudden ທັນທີທັນໃດ suggest ແນະນາ suggestion ຄາແນະນາ, ການແນະນາ suitcase ກະເປາເດີນທາງ summarise ສະຫຸບ Sunday ວັນອາທິດ supervise ໃຫ້ຄາແນະນາ, ດແລ survey ສາຫຼວດ
- 180. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 177177 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 sustainable ຢນຍງ swimming pool ສະລອຍນ ້າ swing ແກໍ່ວງໄກວ syllable ພະຍາງ take ຖ, ເອາ telephone ໂທລະສັບ television ໂທລະພາບ temple ວັດ then ຕໍ່ ມາ, ຈາກນ ັ້ນ therefore ເພາະສະນ ັ້ນ, ດັໍ່ງນັ້ນ third ລາດັບທີໍ່ 3 this ນີ້, ອັນນີ້ thousand ພັນ three times ສາມເທໍ່ ອ, ສາມຄັ້ງ three times a week ສາມເທໍ່ ອຕໍ່ໜຶໍ່ ງອາທິດ, ສາມຄັ້ງຕໍ່ໜຶໍ່ ງອາທິດ Thursday ວັນພະຫັດ time ເວລາ timetable ຕາຕະລາງ tired ເມໍ່ອຍ title ຫວເລໍ່ ອງ, ຫວຂ້ to be in touch with someone ຕິດຕໍ່ ພວພັນ to focus on ເນັ້ນໃສໍ່, ແນໍ່ໃສໍ່, ເນັ້ນໜັກ to sum up ສະຫຸບແລ້ວ, ສັງລວມແລ້ວ today ມ້ນີ້ toilet ຫ້ອງນ ້າ tomorrow ມ້ອໍ່ ນ top ເທິງສຸດ, ຈອມ tourism ການທໍ່ອງທໍ່ຽວ tourist attraction ການດຶງດດນັກທໍ່ອງທໍ່ຽວ trade fair ງານວາງສະແດງສິນຄ້າ tradition ຮີດຄອງປະເພນີ traditionally ແບບປະເພນີ traffic ການຈະລາຈອນ traffic lights ໄຟອານາດ training ການຝຶກອບຮມ, ການບາລຸງ
- 181. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1178178 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 transit ເດີນທາງຜໍ່ານ transport ຄມມະນາຄມ, ພາຫະນະ travel overseas ເດີນທາງໄປຕໍ່າງປະເທດ trek ການເດີນທາງທໍ່ອງທໍ່ຽວຍໍ່າງໄປຕາມສະຖານທີໍ່ ຕໍ່າງໆ trip ການເດີນທາງ Tuesday ວັນອັງຄານ tuktuk ລດຕຸກໆ turn ລ້ຽວ twice ສອງຄັ້ງ, ສອງເທໍ່ ອ twice a week ສອງຄັ້ງຕໍ່ອາທິດ, ສອງເທໍ່ ອຕໍ່ອາທິດ type ຕີພິມ type (noun) ປະເພດ, ຊະນິດ typewriter ຈ ັກພິມດີດ under ທາງກ້ອງ upgrade ຍກລະດັບ, ປັບປຸງ upper secondary school ໂຮງຮຽນຊັ້ນມ ັດທະຍມຕອນປາຍ upstairs ຊັ້ນເທິງ usually ປກກະຕິ valid ອອກອະນຸຍາດ/ໃຊຼິ້ໄດຼິ້ value ລາຄາ, ມນຄໍ່າ, ຄຸນຄໍ່າ variety ຫຼາກຫຼາຍ vet ສັດຕະວະແພດ vice director ຮອງຜໍ່ອານວຍການ village ໝໍ່ບ້ານ/ບຼິ້ຳນ visa ໜັງສອະນຸຍາດເຂ້າອອກປະເທດ vocational training ການບາລຸງວິຊາຊີບ, ການຝຶກອບຮມວິຊາຊີບ wake- up call ສັນຍານປຸກໃຫ້ຕໍ່ນ waterfall ນ ້າຕກ wealth ຮັໍ່ງມີ, ອຸດມສມບນ weather ອາກາດ Wednesday ວັນພຸດ week ອາທິດ weekend ວັນເສາ-ວັນອາທິດ, ທ້າຍອາທິດ welcome ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ west ທິດຕາເວັນຕກ
- 182. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1 179179 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 western ທາງພາກຕາເວັນຕກ wet ປຽກ what ແມໍ່ນຫຍັງ when ເມໍ່ອໃດ why ເປັນຫຍັງ/ຍຼິ້ອນຫຍງ wife ເມຍ work ວຽກ/ເຮດວຽກ workforce ກາລັງແຮງງານ workshop ກອງປະຊຸມ world ໂລກ worried ກັງວນ worst ຂີ້ຮ້າຍທີໍ່ ສຸດ, ບໍ່ດີທີໍ່ ສຸດ, ຮ້າຍແຮງທີໍ່ ສຸດ worth ມີຄໍ່າ, ມີຄຸນຄໍ່າ, ມີປະໂຫຍດ, ມີລາຄາ year ປີ years old ປີ (ອາຍຸ) yesterday ມ້ວານ your ຂອງເຈ້າ
- 183. English for LaoGovernment Officials Module 1180180 English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 Irregular verbs Infinitive Past tense Past participle Infinitive Past tense Past participle be was/were been leave left left become became become lend lent lent begin began begun let let let bend bent bent lose lost lost bite bit bitten make made made blow blew blown mean meant meant break broke broken meet met met bring brought brought pay paid paid build built built put put put burn burnt burnt read read read buy bought bought ride rode ridden catch caught caught ring rang rung choose chose chosen rise rose risen come came come run ran run cost cost cost say said said cut cut cut see saw seen dig dug dug sell sold sold do did done send sent sent draw drew drawn shine shone shone drink drank drunk shoot shot shot drive drove driven show showed shown eat ate eaten shut shut shut fall fell fallen sing sang sung feed fed fed sink sank sunk feel felt felt sit sat sat fight fought fought sleep slept slept find found found speak spoke spoken fly flew flown spend spent spent forget forgot forgotten stand stood stood get got got (or gotten) steal stole stolen give gave given sweep swept swept go went gone (or been) swim swam swum grow grew grown take took taken hang hung hung teach taught taught have had had tell told told hear heard heard think thought thought hide hid hidden throw threw thrown hit hit hit understand understood understood hold held held wake woke woken hurt hurt hurt wear wore worn keep kept kept weave wove woven know knew known win won won learn learnt learnt write wrote written