Guessing Game
Look at the pictures
Call the places in those pictures
Tan Trao banyan
Nha Rong port
Duc ba church
Uncle Ho museum
Unit 16: Historical placesPart A: Reading
Designed by : Nguyễn Thị Lan NgọcNguyễn Trương Đăng Khoa
Class: 4LA.07English Department
University of education
• Originally (adv) [ə'ridʒnəli]- Dynasty (n) [ 'dinəsti]• Representative (n) [,repri'zentətiv]• Confucian (n) [kən'fju:∫n]- Establish (v)[ is'tæbli∫]- Ground (n) [graund]
Unit 16: Historical placeVocabulary
- Engrave (v) [in'greiv]• Stele (n) ['sti:li] -> stelae - Giant tortoises (n)- Existence (n) [ig'zistəns]- Well-preserved (vp) [wel pri'zə:v]- Banyan (n)[ 'bæniən]- Feudal (a) ['fju:dl]- Flourish ['flʌri∫]
Unit 16: Historical places
While reading
Task 1 : Choose A,B, or D that best suits the meaning of the italicised word
Van mieu was originally built in 1070 in the Ly dynasty.
Task 1: Multiple choice
A - initially
B -beautiful
C - finally
It is representative of Confucian ways of thought and behavior.
Task 2: Multiple choice
C - typicalB - fondA - traditional
Van Mieu was a place to memorialize the most brilliant scholars of the nation.
Task 1: Multiple choice
A - honor
B - gather
C - ignore
The stone stelea were engraved with the names of the top students in royal examinations.
Task 1: Multiple choice
B - carvedA - printed
C - washed
The banyan trees in van Mieu continue to flourish even now.
Task 1: Multiple choice
B - grow well
A - fall off
C - slow down
While reading
Task 2 : Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
Task 2 : True (T) or False (F)
1.The construction of Van Mieu took place
between 1076 and 1779
2.Quoc Tu Giam is considered to be the first
university of Viet Nam.
3.Thousands of talented men were trained in
Quoc Tu Giam from the 11th to the 19th century .
T
T
T
4. Van Mieu has now lost of traditional
Vietnamese architecture.
5. Festivals and examinations used to be held in
Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam.
6. Visitors can still see come trees which have
been in Van Mieu for a long time
Task 2 : True (T) or False (F)
F
T
T
After reading
Work in group of 3 or 4Talk about Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam, using the suggestions below.
• Why is Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam a place of interst?
• When and where were they built?• What were their function?• What is special about the stelae there?
Thanks for your attention