UNIT 4- ETHNIC GROUPS

A-GETTING STARTED
1. Listen and read.

Tom: Hi, I’m Tom. You look new here.

Lai: I am. I'm Lai from Ha Giang.

Tom: Oh, I’ve heard about beautiful Ha Giang. Do you live in the mountains?

Lai: Yes, I do. I’m from the Tay ethnic group. We are the second largest ethnic group in Viet Nam, only after the

Kinh.

Tom: Oh ... I once saw a bamboo house on high posts in a travelbrochure. Do you live in a home like that?

Lai: Yes, we call it a “stilt house”. Our house overlooks terraced fields.

Tom: Awesome. What is life in your village like?

Lai: It’s peaceful. There are 16 houses in my village. We live very close to nature.

Tom: I love it. Can you tell me something about your culture?

Lai: Certainly. We have our own culture. You can see it in our folk dances, musical instruments like the dan tinh,

and our special five-colour sticky rice.

Tom: It sounds interesting. I hope to visit Ha Giang one day.

2. Read the conversation again and circle the correct answers.

1. What are Tom and Lai talking about?

A. Minority groups in Viet Nam. B. Ha Giang. C. Life of the Tay people.

2. A “stilthouse” _______________.

A. is a multi-storey home B. is on high posts C. always faces a field

3. Lai mentions ___________ of the Tay people.

A. folk dances B. popular festivals C. costumes

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.

overlooks traditional folk dance ethnic groups musical instrument

1. I love mua sap, a popular _____ of the Thai people.

2. Their beautiful stilt house _____ a large rice field.

3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay’s _____? B: It’s dan tinh.

4. Every ethnic group has their own _____ culture.

5. Of the 54 _____ in Viet Nam, the Kinh is the largest.

B- A CLOSER BOOK 1

Vocabulary 1. Write a word or phrase from the box under each picture.

Rong house bamboo flute gong

terraced fields weaving wooden statue

Match the words and phrases with their meanings.

1. minority group a. the animals we keep on a farm like cows and sheep

2. livestock b. a large room for community activities

3. gardening c. a group smaller in size than other groups in the same country

4. gong d. a traditional musical instrument

5. communal house e. work like growing, watering, weeding, and harvesting

3. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.

communal house raise unique features

weave minority group livestock

1. It’s interesting to learn about the _____ of an ethnic group's traditional culture.

2. Most mountain girls know how to _____ clothing.

3. The Cham in Ninh Thuan _____ sheep and cows.

4. A _____ is for community meetings and events.

5. There are fewer Nung than Kinh, so they are an ethnic _____.

6. Children in both the lowlands and highlands help raise their family’s

C- A CLOSER BOOK 2

. Choose the correct question word for each question below.

1. A: _______________ do you like best about Sa Pa? B: I like its local markets best.

A. Why B. What

2. A: _______________ can we find the most beautiful terraced fields? B: In Mu Cang Chai.

A. When B. Where

3. A: _______________ is the Ban Flower Festival? B: It's in spring.

A. When B. Why

4. A: _______________ tall is an average stilt house B: About 5 - 6 metres tall.

A. How B. What

5. A: _______________ festival is more important for the King: the Mid - Autumn or the Lunar New Year?

B: The Lunar New Year.

A. What B. Which

4. Fill in each blank with a, much, many, a little, or a few.

1. My uncle has _____ coffee plantation in Kon Tum.

2. How _____ ethnic groups live on the Hoang Lien Son mountain range?

3. There are only _____ waterwheels left in my village.

4. You should add _____ more water to your noodles. It's a bit dry.

5. How _____ information about the Van Kieu have you collected?

Work in groups. Think of six nouns related to each of the topics below, in which three nouns are

countable and three nouns are uncountable. The group that comes up with the correct six words first

wins.

- Leisure time

- Living in the mountains

Work in pairs. Make a similar conversation to ask and give opinions about these topics.

1. Playing traditional games

2. Living close to nature

Lifestyle of the ethnic minority group

3. QUIZ. How much do you know about ethnic groups in Viet Nam?

1. There are ____________ ethnic groups in Viet Nam.

A. 63 B. 45 C.54

2. Ethnic minority groups form about ____________ of the total population of Viet Nam.

A. 7% B. 13% C. 25%
3. They mainly live ____________.

A. in the lowlands B. in the mountains C. in the Mekong Delta

4. The Jrai decorate houses for the dead with a lot of ____________.

A. wood statues B. flowers C. colourful pictures

5. The Khmer mostly earn their living from weaving and _____________.

A. farming B. hunting C. fishing

6. Picture ____________ shows a Thai woman's costume.

emotion get under my skin perceive fury misery convey motor muscle
trait particular instinctively deal with slam neutral nerve mechanism facial expression
take off evolutionary communicate disgust observer fright body language anxiety react
pass on eager flock freak out

1……………….a feeling, e.g. happiness, fear, sadness

2…………………..what you are feeling or thinking shown on your face

3………………………… what you are feeling or thinking shown by the position of your body

4…………………………share information with sb

5………………………… a feeling that sth is unpleasant

6………………………….a feeling of worry

7…………………………used to emphasise that you are talking about one thing; specific

8……………………….. (acting) without thinking

9…………………………neither positive nor negative

10……………………….relating to muscles, nerves and parts of the brain that control movement

11………………………a part of body that holds bones together and makes them move

12………………………..a long fibre along which messages are sent from your brain to a part of your body or from a
part of your body to your brain

13……………………. an aspect of your behaviour which helps you deal with a situation

14…………….recognise sth like an unpleasant emotion or a difficult situation and remain in control of yourself

15…………………………a group of birds, sheep or goats

16………………………..leave the ground

17………………………..relating to gradual change

18………………………..behave in a certain way towards sth or sb

19………………………..sb who watches or notices sth

20…………………………see and understand

21…………………………great anger

22…………………………great sadness

23………………………..annoy

24……………………….communicate feelings or information

25……………………….a quality, good or bad, in sb’s character

26……………………….to go from one generation to another

27……………………….a strong feeling of fear

28…………………………close loudly 29…………………………keen; willing

30…………………………suddenly feel shocked; become angry