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For Lao Government Officials
Module 1
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Research Institute for Educational Sciences/Laos Australia Institute
Setthathirath Road, XiengnheunVillage,
Chanthaboury District,
Vientiane, Laos
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and the Laos Australia Institute for the Ministry of Education and Sports
English for Lao Government Officials is supported by the Australian Government
English
For
Lao Government Officials
Module 1
Students Book
Contents
Contributors................................................................................................................. i
Module 1 Course 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
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Contributors
The Lao Australia Institute (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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Module1Courseoverview
TopicLanguageFocusVocabularySkills
Unit1
Introductions
Verbtobe
Alphabetrevision
Pronunciation–vowelsounds
Personal&possessivepronouns
Punctuation:capitallettersandfullstops
Have....got....?
Howmany.....?
onMonday,onTuesday
on,at,in–moreprepositionsoftime
Family
Daysoftheweek
Speaking:Greetings
Listening:Alphabet
Reading:TheFamily
Writing:MyFamily.Writingwithcorrect
punctuation
Unit2
Personal
Information
Verbtobe
Punctuation:Apostrophe‘s
Singularandplural
Nouns
Pronunciation//-teacherchand//-
shopkeepersh
Occupations
Numbers1-10
Speaking:CanYouspellitplease?
Listening:Numbers1-10
Reading:Occupations
Writing:Familyandoccupations
Unit3
Inthe
Classroom
Thisandthese
Verbtobe–questions
Positiveandnegativeanswers
Howmany…?
Wherequestions
Prepositionsofplace:on,in,under,next
to,between
Intheclassroom:bag,desk,
chair,coloursetc.
Numbers11-20
Speaking:WhatisthisinEnglish?
Listening:Numbers11–20
Reading:Where’s......?
Writing:Thingsintheclassroom
Unit4
Classroom
language
Prepositionsofplace
Imperativesforinstructions
Pronunciation/i:/and/I/andwordstress
Busy,sick,sorry,know,
don’tknow,at,
Numbers20-100
Speaking:Wherearethey?Giveandfollow
instructions
Listening:Numbers20–100
Reading:Followinginstructions
Writing:Myfamily
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TopicLanguageFocusVocabularySkills
Unit5
Occupations&
Workplaces
Article:‘a’and‘an’
Where…?questions
Presentsimpletense-thirdperson
singular‘s’
Doyou..?questions
Linkingwith‘and’
‘wh’Questionpractice
Occupations
NamesoftheMinistries
Speaking:What’syour….?Askingforand
givingpersonalinformation
Listening:Occupations
Reading:Wheredoyouwork?
Writing:Personalinformation
Unit6
Timeanddaily
Routines
Irregularverbs‘tohave’and‘togo’
Timephrases
Bycar,bus,motorbike,bicycle.OnFoot
Time
Dailyroutines:meals,
transport,timemarkers
Speaking:Whatisthetime?
Listening:Manivanh’sday
Reading:Manivanh’sday
Writing:Yourday
Unit7
Monthsand
dates
Capitalletterswithdaysandmonths
Ordinalnumbers–1st
,2nd
Daysoftheweek
Monthsoftheyear
First,second,third,fourth
Dateofbirth,birthday
Seasons:wet,dry,hot,cold
Speaking:Months
Listening:Ordinalnumbersanddates
Reading:Months
Writing:Formfilling
Unit8
Weekly
Routines
Irregularverb‘tobe’
Questionformwith‘do’
‘When’questions
Conjunction:but
Adverbsoffrequency:always,usually,
sometimes,never,and/but
Early,late
Introducesport
Speaking:Earlyorlate
Listening:Khamphanh’sweek
Reading:Khamphanh’sweek
Writing:Yourweek
Unit9
Countries,
nationalities
andlanguages
Conjunction‘or’
Capitalletters
Questions
PastTenseofverb‘be’
SouthEastAsiancountries
andnationalities
Speaking:Whereareyoufrom?
Listening:What’syournationality?
Reading:Ethniclanguage
Writing:IspeakEnglishandalittleFrench
Unit10
Work
Information
Questionswith‘whose’
Prepositionsofplace:nextto,between,
opposite,inthecorner,inthemiddle,on
theleft,ontheright
Officeequipment
Namecards
Speaking:Here’smycard
Listening:Workplaces
Reading:Intheoffice
Writing:Myoffice
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TopicLanguageFocusVocabularySkills
Unit11
Work
Responsibilities
Presentcontinuoustense
Adverbsoffrequency
Howoften…?
Askingforandgivingreasons
Workresponsibilities
Officeandwork:type,
interview,organise
Speaking:Whataretheydoing?
Listening:Whataretheydoing?
Reading:Hongkham’sworkresponsibilities
Writing:Atwork
Unit12
AroundTown
Prepositionsofplace
Adjectives:big,small,old,new
Pastsimpleirregularverbs‘togo’and
‘tohave’
Placesinacityortown:
banksstation,airportpost
office,hospital,etc.
Talkingaboutfood:spicy,
grilled,delicious
Askingfor-givingdirections
Speaking:Placesaroundtown
Listening:Placesaroundtown
Reading:Attherestaurant
Writing:Myhouse
Unit13
Plans
Future:‘goingto’
Sequencingwords
Dairy
Planningaworktrip:
plane,pack,suitcase,boss,
colleague
Speaking:diary
Listening:HolidayTravelplans
Reading:Vanna’striptoAustralia
Writing:Worktravelplans
Unit14
ThePast
Pastsimpleregularandirregularverbs
Pastsimplequestions
Whquestions
Pastsimplepronunciation‘ed’
HolidayvocabularySpeaking:howwasyourholiday?
Listening:Jane’striptoXiengkhouang
Reading:Aworktrip
Writing:Aworktrip
Unit15
Laos
Pastsimpletense
Thereis/thereare
Adjectivesfordescribingplaces
Largenumbers
describingacountry:
directions,city,river,
bridge
Well-knowntourist
destinations
Speaking:Provinces.Givingsuggestionsto
touristsabouttheplacestovisitinLaos
Listening:Districts,villagesandhouseholds
Reading:Aprovince
Writing:Aprovince
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 …’.
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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-.
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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__
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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U
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-‘.
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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 ?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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. _______
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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
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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.
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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? _________
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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. _____________
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Speaking: What’s your…?
Introductory tasks
a) Listen and repeat.
Lawyer Accountant Electrician
Engineer Dentist
Vet
Director Vice director Manager
Note: vet = veterinarian
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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.
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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. _______________
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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
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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
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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.
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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 ________________________________
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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.
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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 _______________
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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 ________________
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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. = _______________________________
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. …../…../……..
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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
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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 _______________
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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 __________.
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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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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
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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?
_______________________________________________________________
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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?
.................................................................................................
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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?
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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 ________________________________________.
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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:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
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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
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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
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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 …
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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.
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  • 1. English Students Book For Lao Government 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
  • 3. Contents Contributors................................................................................................................. i Module 1 Course 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 Australia Institute (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
  • 5. ii Module1Courseoverview TopicLanguageFocusVocabularySkills Unit1 Introductions Verbtobe Alphabetrevision Pronunciation–vowelsounds Personal&possessivepronouns Punctuation:capitallettersandfullstops Have....got....? Howmany.....? onMonday,onTuesday on,at,in–moreprepositionsoftime Family Daysoftheweek Speaking:Greetings Listening:Alphabet Reading:TheFamily Writing:MyFamily.Writingwithcorrect punctuation Unit2 Personal Information Verbtobe Punctuation:Apostrophe‘s Singularandplural Nouns Pronunciation//-teacherchand//- shopkeepersh Occupations Numbers1-10 Speaking:CanYouspellitplease? Listening:Numbers1-10 Reading:Occupations Writing:Familyandoccupations Unit3 Inthe Classroom Thisandthese Verbtobe–questions Positiveandnegativeanswers Howmany…? Wherequestions Prepositionsofplace:on,in,under,next to,between Intheclassroom:bag,desk, chair,coloursetc. Numbers11-20 Speaking:WhatisthisinEnglish? Listening:Numbers11–20 Reading:Where’s......? Writing:Thingsintheclassroom Unit4 Classroom language Prepositionsofplace Imperativesforinstructions Pronunciation/i:/and/I/andwordstress Busy,sick,sorry,know, don’tknow,at, Numbers20-100 Speaking:Wherearethey?Giveandfollow instructions Listening:Numbers20–100 Reading:Followinginstructions Writing:Myfamily
  • 6. iii TopicLanguageFocusVocabularySkills Unit5 Occupations& Workplaces Article:‘a’and‘an’ Where…?questions Presentsimpletense-thirdperson singular‘s’ Doyou..?questions Linkingwith‘and’ ‘wh’Questionpractice Occupations NamesoftheMinistries Speaking:What’syour….?Askingforand givingpersonalinformation Listening:Occupations Reading:Wheredoyouwork? Writing:Personalinformation Unit6 Timeanddaily Routines Irregularverbs‘tohave’and‘togo’ Timephrases Bycar,bus,motorbike,bicycle.OnFoot Time Dailyroutines:meals, transport,timemarkers Speaking:Whatisthetime? Listening:Manivanh’sday Reading:Manivanh’sday Writing:Yourday Unit7 Monthsand dates Capitalletterswithdaysandmonths Ordinalnumbers–1st ,2nd Daysoftheweek Monthsoftheyear First,second,third,fourth Dateofbirth,birthday Seasons:wet,dry,hot,cold Speaking:Months Listening:Ordinalnumbersanddates Reading:Months Writing:Formfilling Unit8 Weekly Routines Irregularverb‘tobe’ Questionformwith‘do’ ‘When’questions Conjunction:but Adverbsoffrequency:always,usually, sometimes,never,and/but Early,late Introducesport Speaking:Earlyorlate Listening:Khamphanh’sweek Reading:Khamphanh’sweek Writing:Yourweek Unit9 Countries, nationalities andlanguages Conjunction‘or’ Capitalletters Questions PastTenseofverb‘be’ SouthEastAsiancountries andnationalities Speaking:Whereareyoufrom? Listening:What’syournationality? Reading:Ethniclanguage Writing:IspeakEnglishandalittleFrench Unit10 Work Information Questionswith‘whose’ Prepositionsofplace:nextto,between, opposite,inthecorner,inthemiddle,on theleft,ontheright Officeequipment Namecards Speaking:Here’smycard Listening:Workplaces Reading:Intheoffice Writing:Myoffice
  • 7. iv TopicLanguageFocusVocabularySkills Unit11 Work Responsibilities Presentcontinuoustense Adverbsoffrequency Howoften…? Askingforandgivingreasons Workresponsibilities Officeandwork:type, interview,organise Speaking:Whataretheydoing? Listening:Whataretheydoing? Reading:Hongkham’sworkresponsibilities Writing:Atwork Unit12 AroundTown Prepositionsofplace Adjectives:big,small,old,new Pastsimpleirregularverbs‘togo’and ‘tohave’ Placesinacityortown: banksstation,airportpost office,hospital,etc. Talkingaboutfood:spicy, grilled,delicious Askingfor-givingdirections Speaking:Placesaroundtown Listening:Placesaroundtown Reading:Attherestaurant Writing:Myhouse Unit13 Plans Future:‘goingto’ Sequencingwords Dairy Planningaworktrip: plane,pack,suitcase,boss, colleague Speaking:diary Listening:HolidayTravelplans Reading:Vanna’striptoAustralia Writing:Worktravelplans Unit14 ThePast Pastsimpleregularandirregularverbs Pastsimplequestions Whquestions Pastsimplepronunciation‘ed’ HolidayvocabularySpeaking:howwasyourholiday? Listening:Jane’striptoXiengkhouang Reading:Aworktrip Writing:Aworktrip Unit15 Laos Pastsimpletense Thereis/thereare Adjectivesfordescribingplaces Largenumbers describingacountry: directions,city,river, bridge Well-knowntourist destinations Speaking:Provinces.Givingsuggestionsto touristsabouttheplacestovisitinLaos Listening:Districts,villagesandhouseholds Reading:Aprovince Writing:Aprovince
  • 8. English for Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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 Lao Government 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