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English 8
 The Kinh The Tay The Khmer The Yao The King
The Thai The Cham The H’Mong The
Muong

1 the Thai 2 the HMong 3 the Muong

ethnic
groups
4 5 6
the Yao the Kinh the Cham

7 8 9
the Tay the Bana the Khmer
 PERIOD: 18
UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Lesson 1: Getting started
1.Listen and read.
* New words.

- terraced fields (n): ruộng bậc thang

- awesome = surprising, amazing
- costume (n): trang phục
- stilt house (n): nhà sàn
- ethnic groups (n): (nhóm) dân tộc
1. Listen and read.
a. Find the opposite of these words in the conversation.

1.boring >< interesting

2.smallest >< largest
3.majority >< minority
4.northern >< southern

minority, southern, largest, interesting

1c.Can you find the following expressions in the
conversation? Try to explain what they mean.
Được sử dụng như một câu trả lời, đồng ý với
1. Exactly => những gì đã nói, hoặc nhấn mạnh rằng điều đó
là chính xác.
Được sử dụng để nhấn mạnh sự thú vị
2. How interesting! => của vấn đề một cách mạnh mẽ và vấn
đề đó làm ta phải chú ý.
3. I see => Được sử dụng khi người nghe đã hiểu những gì
người nói diễn tả.
Diễn tả sự ngạc nhiên, mang tính tích cực,
4. That’s awesome!=> được sử dụng để chỉ ra rằng vấn đề người
nói trình bày là rất tuyệt vời.
* People:
is used as the plural of ‘person’ to refer to men,
women, and children.
* Peoples:
ethnic groups of people who belong to a particular
country, race, or area.
 2. Use the words and phrases in the box to label each picture.
costume stilt house terraced fields open-air market folk
dance musical instrument festival five-coloured sticky rice

1. five-coloured sticky 2. terraced fields 3. festival 4. folk dance

rice

musical 7. costume 8. stilt

5. open – air market 6. house
instrument
3.Complete the following sentences with the words/phrases in the box.
heritage site stilt houses terraced fields member
Ethnic festivals

1. ethnic ___ or
In our country, it is against the law to discriminate against any _______
religious group.
2. My Son in Quang Nam Province has been recognised by UNESCO as a world
____________.
heritage site
3. ____________
Stilt houses have been popular among many of Viet Nam’s ethnic groups for
a long time.
festivals in the whole country,
4. Lunar January is the time for important __________
especially in the north.
5. The exhibition building of the Museum of Ethnology was designed by the
member of the Tay ethnic group.
architect Ha Duc Linh, a __________
6. The _______________
terraced fields of Sa Pa have entered in the Top 11 most beautiful
terraces in the world, according to Touropia.
 4. GAME: QUICK QUIZ Work in pairs. Ask and answer, using these cues.

1. Which/ smallest population?

Which ethnic group has the smallest population?
______________________________________________
- The Odu group.
2. The Hmong/ own language?
Do the Hmong own have their language?
______________________________________________
- Yes.
3. Where/ the Coho/ live?
Where do the Coho live?
______________________________________________
- Lam Dong Province.
4. What colour/ the Nung’s clothing?
What colour is the Nung’s clothing?
______________________________________________
- Dark indigo.
5. Which/ larger population/ the Tay or the Thai?
__________________________________________________
Which group has a larger population, the Tay or the Thai?
- The Tay.
6. Whose arts/ displayed/ a museum/ Da Nang?
______________________________________________
Whose arts are displayed at a museum in Da Nang?
- The Cham’s.
Note: a, Vocabulary about Ethnology

festival
costume stilt house

open-air Folk dance

ETHNOLOGY
market

musical instrument terraced fields

Five-colour sticky rice
b, ‘How + Adj/Adv to show a strong reaction to
sth.
* Choose the correct options A, B or C.
1. There are ...................ethnic groups in Viet Nam.
A. 53 B. 86 C. 54
C.
2. The ........................ has the largest population.
A. Kinh
A. B. Thai C. Yao
3. Do the ethnic minority peoples have their own customs and traditions?
A. No information B. No, they don’t CC. Yes, they do
4. The Tay, Yao, Hmong mostly live in the mountainous . regions in the……….
A. South B. North B. C, Central highlands.
5, The Cham, Khme, Ede ..live in the ………………
A. South B. North C, Central highlands.
C.
1. Learn by heart:
+ Vocabulary about ethnology.
+ ‘How + Adj/Adv’ to show a strong reaction
to sth.
2. Talking about ethnic groups.
3. Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 3 - A closer look 1