Tài liệu Ote topic questions

Themes 1. Your School 1 Topics What subject at school do you like best? Tell something about that subject. I like English best. It’s my favorite subject. Because I can learn a good language. I enjoy my English lessons because I can speak English with my friends, listen English songs and stories. We also will play games to strengthen my English skills. I love to learn English. Some people find English difficult to understand, but when we love it, we can learn English easily. With this subject, It really makes me exciting when studying English. 1 - How often have you got the subject at school? I have got 4 lessons in a week. 2 -What do you learn during the lessons? I learn how to reading; speaking; listening and writing 3 -Do you usually take part in exciting activities during the lessons? What activities are they? Yes, I do. They are listening, reading, writing and talking. 4 -What do you find interested in the subject? (What things of the subject meet your interest?) In English, it is most interesting about the combination of the letters to create some same and different sounds. 5 - Share your ways of learning the subject. First, I usually speak a little English every day Second, I often practice new words and practice pronunciation so right. Third, I expand new words and use some simple sentences. Everyday, I listen to some English songs for kids. I usually watch English cartoon movies too. And last, I always read English stories on the internet after going to sleep. 1 2 3 Break time at school is always the fun time. Describe the break time at your school. We have four lessons in the morning and three lessons in the afternoon. There is a 20 minute break each period for teachers and students. The bell rings, exploding the subdued silence of the school. I feel a tangible change in mood among my classmates. We can run toward everywhere. As soon as the recess bell rings, the quite of the school is broken. There is noise everywhere. Many students go straight to the playground and play some sports first. Others still sit in the classroom and play some games together. The playground gets crowded and hardly any game is possible. Our school gets students doing exercises and has us singing, dancing three days a week at the break time. All of us really feel better and more comfortable after these. Soon the break time is over. The bell goes. We quickly get back to our classroom and then the school becomes quiet again. We continue to study lessons laboriously and listen to teacher's teaching. 1 - What activities do you usually join in? I usually play badminton with my friends, Lan Anh. 2 - Who do you play with? I usually play badminton with my friends, Lan Anh. 3 - What activity do you like best? I like singing and dancing best. 4 - Why do you like it? Because it make me more comfortable after long time lessons. 5 - Tell something that you like most about the break time. I like the break time because I can find some interesting from some activities such as growing flowers, doing exercises, playing sports or games. Tell something about your favorite teacher at school. (cô giáo em yêu mến) -What’s the name of your teacher? Her name is Hoài An -What subject does he/she teach? She teaches English. -What’s he/she like? She is young, quite tall and beautiful. - What characters of her/him that you like? I like her enthusiasm in teaching. - What do you do to show your love to your teacher? I always try our best in order not to fail my teachers and show my love to her. 2 4 5 2. Entertain ment Who is your best friend at school? Would you please tell something about him/her. ( Bạn thân) - name? age? His name is Khánh Anh, He is ten years old. -What’s he/she like? Khanh Anh has a well-built body. He is tall. - What subject is he/she good at? He is good at English. -What characters of her/him that you like? I like about his well-dress and well-behave. - What do you and your friends usually do together at school, after school or during the lessons? We always pay my high intention in teacher’s lessons and try our best to finish all exercises well. Entertainment is very important for our lives. Tell some types of useful entertainment that you know and you enjoy. Entertainment is any activity that makes people happy and relaxed during our free time. People are always tired with their daily routines, jobs and household works so they want to relax and reduce stress when they have some entertainment. This will keep their mind fresh for beginning the work. There are some types of entertainment, such as: Television; movie show; music; concert, dance show, comedy show, go on. When I feel tired after studying or working, I usually enjoy the entertainment such as watching a movie; listening some songs. I usually enjoy these with my self, sometimes I do these with my parents or my friends. I feel more comfortable after entertaining, so I have much strong motive power to do new working. -The importance of entertainment for our lives. Entertainment is any activity that makes people happy and relaxed during our free time. - What types of entertainment do you know? How to enjoy them? There are some types of entertainment, such as: Television; movie show; music; concert, dance show, comedy show, go on. - When do you usually enjoy the entertainment? When I feel tired after studying or working, I usually enjoy the entertainment such as watching a movie; listening some songs. So I will feel more comfortable to start another doing. - Who do you enjoy with? I usually enjoy these with myself; sometimes I do these with my parents or my friends. - How do you feel after entertaining? I feel more comfortable after entertaining, so I have much strong motive power to do new working. 3 6 7 3. English 8 9 Which activity do you like best? Talk about it. I like watching TV best with many interesting program, such as cartoon film, movies, music. Through watching TV, it can help kids learn about a variety of subjects such as math, English, music, geography, history and more. Moreover, through media, I can explore places, animals, or things that they couldn’t see otherwise. That’s all. Thanks for listening! What is the most difficult skill for you in studying English? Give some reasons There are four main skills for students of English. It contains reading; writing; listening; speaking. For me, listening is the most difficult skill learning English. There are several reasons that I will mention below to explain this. Firstly, I have no condition to practice listening English when I was beginner. At that time, my English teacher asked me to focus on studying grammar. Almost my English tests involved in grammar and vocabulary. Therefore, I also concentrated on studying grammar only and neglect of listening and other skills. This makes me get a lot of trouble to study English now. Secondly, As you know, In the listening test you must be four skills at once. Furthermore, listening acquire you know more new words and know how to speak correctly. Because of speaking English correctly, you would have a good listening skill. So, we can see that listening is the most difficult skills in English. In conclusion, there are many difficult skills to study English. But listening skill always is the most difficult skill for me. How do you study English at home? Your way of learning English after school? First, I usually speak a little English every day Second, I often practice new words and practice pronunciation so right. Third, I expand vocabularies and use some simple phrases. Everyday, I listen to some English songs for kids. I usually watch English cartoon movies. And last, I always read English stories on internet after going to sleep. Why do you learn English? There are 8 reasons why I learn English. First, I want to meet and communicate with more people in the world. I like to study English because it's very fun, and I can talk or contact with the foreigner. And it helps us to know more knowledge. Second, I want to travel to different countries. Third, I like listening English songs. So I want to learn and understand English better. Song lyrics are usually catch, easy to remember, repetitive and they activate emotions (happy, sad, depressed, etc.) 4 10 11 12 13 4. Sports and games 14 Do you like learning English through songs? Why? Yes, I do. Five reasons why I use songs in class They are authentic materials. Moreover, they can also teach us culture and history in each song. Beside, songs contain repetitions and repetitions enhance learning. It is a useful way to learn new words and pronunciation. And last, they are fun and they can make me more comfortable after studying. How do you learn English vocabulary? I usually write the words in a notebook. After, I write the words and definitions on small papers and stick them on any place where easy to see and read again. So on, I usually say the words many times. Write them in a file for use with a computer program. Then, I make associations in pictures or with other words. I usually ask someone to test me with these words. And last, I always use these words in my own speaking or writing. What sport do you like best? Why do you like it? Tell something about it. My favorite sport is playing badminton. There are three reasons why I like it. Firstly, I can improve my health through playing it. I play it about 2 times every week. It makes me feel energetic everyday. Secondly, I enjoy the feeling that badminton flies in the air. Finally, I can make many friends when I play badminton. We can improve our skills with exercises. What game do you always play at school? Tell something about that game. Playing video games too much is not good for students. How do you think about this? Students who spend too much time at the computer are missing out on other activities to their physical, social and emotional development. Time spent in front of the computer or game console is time taken away from playing outside with friends or doing some things. A lot of students neglect learning, forgetting their main tasks. Most of the time, some students spent on playing games so they often forget studying, doing homework, review articles. Therefore their knowledge is oblivion Students play video games too much which can make them gain weight. 5 5. Festivals Tell something about Mid-Autumn Festival in your hometown. Mid-Autumn Festival, one of many exciting festivals in Vietnam, is the most impressive festival in my life. It's in August 15th of Lunar Calendar. Before this festival about a week, people clean and decorate their house. Additionally, they prepare many foods and buy Mis -Autumn cakes to pray their ancestor. During this day, they gather together in their house so that they talk about their last life and eat Mid -Autumn cakes after praying. In that night, children light lanterns and go out in the street with their relatives or their friends. They also float papered boats in the river. I think Mid-autumn festival is not only the most impressive festival in my life but also everyone's childhood memories. 15 - When is Mid-Autumn? The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Luna calendar. - Where do you spend time during festival? I always spend time at school with everyone to enjoy the festival. - What do you usually do in the festival? I usually take part in singing and dancing with my friends. - What things in the festival do you like best? I like the dragon dance most. - What activities in the festival do you join in? Which activity do you like best? I like the break party time best. When I and my friends can eat fruits, candies and enjoy some drinks. 16 You sometimes took part in School sing and dance festival. Would you please share something that you really like about that. Last month, our school organized the School sing and dance festival to welcome Vietnam teacher's day. That afternoon, all teachers wore the beautiful traditional Ao Dai clothes and nice suits. And we were very happy and exciting in colorful dresses, nice shirts and bright uniform. First, the principle read the opening speech the festival. Then, ten classes perform the well and interesting featured songs and dancing. - Where was the festival taken place? It was taken place at our school. - On what day (what occasion) was it? It was on the Vietnam’s teacher day. - Who joined the festival with you? My classmates joined with me. - What did you do in the festival? I sang and danced with our friends. - What activities did you do in the festival? I sang and danced with our friends. 6 17 Tet holiday Tet is a traditional holiday of our country Vietnam. The season of Tet occurs around the beginning of February and end of January The meaning of Tet is ending old year and welcome a new year. Tet holiday is very special for Vietnamese families to reunite. We always prepare some things for Tet holiday such as: - Repainting our house newly with favorite color; Cleaning everything tidy and neat; Decorating our house brightly and lovely with colorful pictures and lights - Buying fruits and drinks; candies and biscuits; new clothes for each members; some new furniture and go on. - A branch of Mai flower or a Kumquat tree can't be absent from every home. They bring a fresh atmosphere to the house. I always wish my parents, my brother, my grandparents health, lucky and success at the new age. I usually visit my relatives and neighbors. Sometimes I play some traditional games with my friends. - When is Tet in Vietnam? Tet is from the 1st to the 3rd in Luna calendar. - What do you and your family do before Tet? We always prepare some things for Tet holiday such as: - Repainting our house newly with favorite color; Cleaning everything tidy and neat; Decorating our house brightly and lovely with colorful pictures and lights - Buying fruits and drinks; candies and biscuits; new clothes for each members; some new furniture and go on. - A branch of Mai flower or a Kumquat tree can't be absent from every home. They bring a fresh atmosphere to the house. - What do you do during Tet holiday? I always wish my parents, my brother, my grandparents health, lucky and success at the new age. I usually visit my relatives and neighbors. Sometimes I play some traditional games with my friends. - What food do you enjoy on Tet holiday? I like eating the green rice cake so much on Tet holiday, it make from rice and meat. And ginger Jam is the most favorite food in this vacation. - What things do you like best when there is Tet? I like my parents, grandparents and relatives giving me money for lucky wishes and new age. 7 6. Friends Traditional boat racing festival on Kien Giang river. Referring to the festival, I remembered about the Traditional boat racing festival on Kien Giang river. It is held every year on the occasion of Vietnam Independence Day on September 2nd, the gentle river flowing through our homeland. During the festival, there are thousands people on the two sides of the river, on boats and canoes encouraging their homeland’s racing boat. When there is a signal gunfire starting the race. All strong men were on the racing boat tried their best to sail their racing boats how to move forward as quickly as possible. The river is inherently peaceful, but that time was billowing up. Near the finish point, the boat racers sailed faster and faster, more zealous to try straight ahead first. When a racing boat got the finish point first, everyone felt exciting and happy. The union mental sense and the original cultural in the festival give us the strongest impression. 18 - When is the festival every year? It is on 2nd September every year. It is our independence - What happen on Kien Giang river when there is the festival? During the festival, there are thousands people on the two sides of the river, on boats and canoes encouraging men who are trying their best to win Traditional boat racing festival on Kien Giang river. - What do you and your family and your friends do during the festival? We usually get up early in the morning about 5 o’clock after that we go out and get a nice place on Kien Giang river’s side for watching clearly and encouraging the racing. - Are there a lot of people on the two sides of the river watching the race? Yes, there are. I think all Le Thuy people in every where in Vietnam returning in that day for join to the warm and special festival. - What in the festival gives you the strongest impression? The union mental sense and the original cultural in the festival give me the strongest impression. 19 Do you have any good friends? What should we do to be good ones? Yes, I do. In my opinion, there are something to do to be good ones: First talking together about good things as well as. Next, playing together, we can choose some same games or sports to play with. Second, it is listening. We must listen carefully when our friend talking event these are not happy stories, so we can share with our friends these feeling. Third, we should know how to appreciate friends and try to compliment him or her. This will keep friendship more interesting. Last, apologize when one gets wrong. This will get our friend forgiving these wrong. 8 20 21 7. Family 22 23 “It is not necessary to have friends at your age.” What do you think about that? I don’t agree with this idea. Because friends who play an important thing in our life. If our life is lack of friendship, it is like as the dry dehydrated plant. Then, it would be tasteless, boring, and dull. People who do not have any friends, is unhappy and lonely. The friendship is the most important; it is the spiritual for us when we are happy or sad, success or failure. When we have good friends, we easily share happiness, joy, sadness, success or failure. They are useful when we want any helps, such as: doing something like as homework or passing some hard work. We have the good encouragement and encouraging from one another in our life and in working. Our friends who stand with us, then our life would be better and happier. Therefore, Therefore, we should love our friendship and keep it as well as possible.. Should we spend all of our free time playing with our friends? Why? / Why not? I don’t think that we should spend all of our free time playing with our friends which is a good idea. Because it is not necessary to do these, while we have many things to do everyday, such as: studying and working. Tell about your family I love my family so much. There are 4 members, my parents, my young brother and me. My father’s name is AAA. He is 44 years old. He is a watering mechanic worker. He is working for the Xuan Hoi farm. In my mind, he is a strong and tall man. He is the main character in my family, because he always helps us to do the hard things, such as: electronic things, repairing broken things and help me and my brother how to be good person in the moment and in the future. He always keeps his best warm for us. My mother’s name is TTT. She is 40 years old. She is an English teacher at Hung Thuy secondary school. She is a beautiful woman in my family. She has lovely long black hair. On her face, the bright eyes make the beauty more attractive. Moreover, she is always the kindest person in my family. She always has us the most delicious meal, help us studying some subjects and English well. We usually visit our grandparents at the weekend. Sometimes we stay at home and enjoy our same hobbies such as cooking some special food or playing sports and games. I love my family so best, because there is a special feeling, this is happiness. Thanks for listening! Tell something about your family activities last weekend. We usually visit our grandparents at the weekend. Sometimes we stay at home and enjoy our same hobbies such as cooking some special food or playing sports and games. 9 24 25 26 8. Hobbies 27 28 29 Tell a person who you love the best in your family. I love my father (mother) best, because he (she) always gives me the most special strength. You are going on a trip with your family next weekend. Making plan for your next weekend activities. I am going on a trip with my family next weekend. So I have some activity plans for this even. I will prepare some essential things such as: clothes, hats, shoes, scarf, towel, toothbrush, camera, etc. Why should we read books? We should read books. Because reading books helps us developing knowledge. Moreover it is a useful hobby because it can improve memory. With hard working people, reading books can reduce their stress. They can find a lot interesting things, stories from books to forget sad things or happened. We should read books to get stronger analytical thinking skills. Last, reading books is a useful free entertainment. What books do you often read? I usually read funny comic books, student magazines because they help me feeling more comfortable after studying. Why do many people like watching TV? Because they want to know the news about their country and the world each days. Beside that they want to relax after working, studying. May be they want to cut down their stress. They usually watch these on News; Film; music; play and so on. What programs do you often watch? I often watch cartoon movies on Disney Movies Program. Tells something about your hobby. Why do you like it? I like reading book. Because reading books helps me developing knowledge. Moreover it is a useful hobby because it can improve memory. I can find a lot interesting things, stories from books. So I can feel more comfortable after studying. And I think that reading books to make me stronger analytical thinking skills. Last, reading books is a useful free entertainment. It is said that cycling is a useful hobby. Why? It is said that cycling is a useful hobby, because it is one of the easiest way to do exercise. It is so right, because it can build strength and muscle tone, stamina. Moreover cycling can help us improving our cardio-vascular fitness. So it help us keeping and improving a good heart health. Further more, when we take cycling, we can reduce stress. Last it can increase speed gradually. 10 9. Animals Talk about your favorite pet / pets I have a pet dog. I named it Lux. Lux is a male dog. It is very lovely with white fur and It always licks my cheek. Lux had been trained before, so it is quite cleaver. Therefore, it can look after our home so good. Lux is special to me because it is just like my best friend. Every time when I 30 come back from school, it will run out quickly to welcome me. It will jump onto my arm and lick my cheek. When I am free, I will play with Lux in the garden. It will lie down on my feet, roll over and squirm around me until I give it a stomach rub. I am happy to have a friend who is never busy and can always play with me when I am lonely. I am very happy to have a pet dog like Lux. Describe the animal that you know (in the zoo/circus) There are many kind of zoo animal, but I like the tiger best. The Tiger has a long body, a short neck, and a firm head with a short muzzle that contains a set of sharp teeth. Tigers have stout legs that end in broad paws. A well fed tiger is bulky, broad in the shoulders, back, and loins. They are generally 31 long and heavy. A tiger's fur color varies from orange-red to tawny yellow, with a lot of black stripes that have different lengths and widths. The cheeks, throat, and the insides of the ears and legs are white. The back of the ear is black with a white spot in the center. Talk about the animal that you dislike. There are a lot of animal that I like, but there is a kind make me feeling horrible, that is mouse. They are small size and quiet temperament but their sound are so annoying and uncomfortable. They often bite some household furniture and eating food 32 stealthily. Besides, they are agent to destroy the crops. They make farmers become harder and more tired. Moreover, their bizarre shapes get me scare of. Their dark gray body and terrible smell always get us uncomfortable. These reasons make me dislike them most. 11