SKILLS AND STRATEGIES FOR

SPEAKING PART 3 (1)

1. REVIEW & PRACTICE

1. Do you think that it’s important for people to go on holiday?
2. Do you think that it’s important for people to have hobbies?
3. Do you think diet is important?
4. Do you think all information on the internet is true?
5. Is tourism always good for places?
6. Do you think primary school children should learn a second language or should they
wait until secondary school?
7. Do you think job satisfaction is more important than salary when choosing a job?
8. What would you say are the characteristics of a good adviser?
9. What kinds of roles do people play in a family?
10. What are the factors people consider when buying a piece of furniture?

2.HƯỚNG DẪN TRẢ LỜI 4 DẠNG CÂU HỎI SPEAKING PART 3

2.2 Comparison / Contrasting/ Discussion

Loại 1: What are the differences between X and Y? (X khác Y ở điểm

gì?) / How is X different from Y?
Examples:
- What are the differences between men’s and women’s shopping habit?
- What are the differences between single-player sports and team sports?
Hoặc loại câu hỏi này cũng có thể xuất hiện dưới dạng câu hỏi như sau:
- How is life different in cities compared to rural areas?
- How is the shopping habit of men different from that of women?
Loại 2:How has X changed in the past and now?
Examples:
- How has teaching changed in your country over the past few decades?

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- How has family relationship changed recently in your country?
- How has people’s way of communicating changed recently in your country?
Loại 3: Give an Opinion. Do you agree or disagree?
Examples:
- Do you agree that famous people should be used to advertise products on television?
- Would you agree that people should have four-day working weeks and three-day
weekends?
- Do you agree or disagree that office workers should all wear very formal clothes?

USEFUL LANGUAGE
Ngôn ngữ chỉ sự đồng tình/ đồng ý một phần/ phản đối
- I fully/ completely/ entirely/ absolutely agree with this idea:
- I partially agree with this idea:
- I don’t quite/ really agree with this idea:
- I completely/ absolutely disagree with this idea:
Cấu trúc câu so sánh giữa hai vật thể
 Compared with/ to Y, X + be + (much/ a lot/ far/ significantly …) + adj (ngắn)-
er more adj (dài)
Ví dụ: Compared with living in rural areas, living in big cities is much more
expensive in terms of the cost of living.
 X + be + (much/ a lot/ far/ significantly …) + adj (ngắn)-er + than Y more adj
(dài)
Living in rural areas is much more expensive than living in big cities in terms
of the cost of living.

 HƯỚNG DẪN TRẢ LỜI

Bước 1:Đưa ra câu topic sentence
Begin with an opening linking phrase: There are a number of underlying differences
Well obviously … here.
Well clearly … There are a variety of possible differences here.
Sure, without a doubt … There are a range of potential distinctions here.
Well undoubtedly … There are a number of underlying
Well unmistakably … differences between X and Y/ them
Unquestionably …..

Bước 2:Nêu ra điểm khác biệt thứ nhất

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 - Firstly, / First of all,
- The first difference would be that
- Though, I guess the most Đưa ra điểm khác biệt thứ nhất + giải thích/ ví
significant would be that dụ .....
- However, I suppose the most
obvious would be that
Bước 3: Nêu ra điểm khác biệt thứ ha
- In addition,
- As well as this
- Moreover,
- The second key distinction would be Đưa ra điểm khác biệt thứ nhất + giải thích/ ví
that / The subsequent difference would dụ .....
be that
- A further difference would be
that

Example: What are the differences between living in a city and living in the
countryside?

Bước 1:
Well as I see it, there are a number of underlying differences between them.
Bước 2:
However, I suppose the most obvious would be that compared with living in rural
areas, living in urban areas is much more expensive in terms of the cost of living. In
particular, everything costs you a certain deal of money from getting rid of
daily waste.
Bước 3:
In addition, life in cities is more difficult than life in the countryside. Because there
are more people living in such a big city, there's more competition for jobs. Besides
that, city dwellers usually experience the social problems like crime and
homelessness.
- rural areas = the countryside (noun): nông thôn
- urban areas = cities (noun): thành phố
- the cost of living (noun phrase): chi phí sinh hoạt
- to get rid of (phrasal verb): bỏ
- city dwellers (noun phrase): người dân thành thị
- social problems (noun phrase): những vấn đề xã hội
- homelessness (noun): vô gia cư
=> X và Y được “paraphrase” như thế nào?
- living in a city = living in urban areas = life in cities = city dwellers
- living in the countryside = living in rural areas = life in the countryside

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 Loại 2: how has x changed in the past and now
Bước 1:Khẳng định X đã thay đổi nhiều
- X has changed a lot for recent years/ There are a number of changes in ....
Bước 2:Tenses for Time Comparison
Ví dụ: In the past, Number + years ago,
X used to be much smaller …
X always used to be more …
X didn’t use to have as many …
X didn’t use to be as …
Bước 3: Đưa ra thông tin X ở Hiện tại
However/ Yet, now X was + adj (so sánh hơn kém)
Example: How has family relationship changed recently in your country?

Bước 1:
Well, family connection has changed a lot in recent years.
Bước 2:
In the past, families used to live under one roof in order to support and take care of
each other. Besides, they had more frequent contact with relatives.
Bước 3:
However, now the family relationship may not be as close as before. Family members
are easily separated. Particularly, children tend to study, work, and live far away from
their parents, and they may even move to another city or country.
- family connection (noun phrase): mối quan hệ gia đình
- to live under a roof (noun): sống chung một mái nhà
- to take care of someone (phrasal verb): chăm sóc ai
- to have frequent contact with someone (verb phrase): thường xuyên liên lạc với ai
đó
- to separate (verb): tách biệt
- to live far away from someone/ something (verb phrase): sống xa ai/ cái gì
=> X được “paraphrase” như thế nào?
- family relationship = family connection = family members

Loại 3: give an opinion. Do you agree or disagree

Example:
Some people say that people helped others more in the past than they do now.
Do you agree or disagree?
 Answer:
Bước 1: Well,I don’t really agree with this idea.
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 Đưa ra quan điểm

Bước 2: As I see, young people are actively

đưa ra lý do encouraged to help out in the community
and they are regularly doing things to
improve it such as volunteering for
various environmental and charitable
organizations.
Bước 3:
đưa ra ví dụ
Bước 4: However, when it comes to my parents’
đề cập mặt đối lập generation, I think they are quite skeptical
about helping other people in the
community.
Bước 5: So, I’m afraid I would completely disagree
kết luận with this opinion.
Useful vocabs
- to televise (verb): được chiếu trên tivi
- channels (noun): kênh
- profitable (adj): có lời
- across the world (adv): trên khắp thế giới
- a way of relaxation (noun phrase): hình thức thư giãn
- to let one’s hair down (idiom): thư giãn
- stressful working hours (noun phrase): những giờ làm việc căng thẳng

3. CÂU HỎI THỰC HÀNH

So sánh giữa X và Y
1. What are the differences between men’s and women’s shopping habit?
2. What are the differences between single-player sports and team sports?
3. What are the differences between men and women when considering relaxation?
4. What are the differences between big shops and small shops?
5. What are the differences between Vietnamese films and foreign films
6. What are the differences between living in a big family and living in a small family?
So sánh giữa quá khứ và hiện tại
7. How is life different in cities compared to rural areas?
8. How has teaching changed in your country over the past few decades?
9. How has family relationship changed recently in your country?
10. How has people’s way of communicating changed recently in your country?

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11. How has the way of travelling changed recently in your country?
12. How has people’s way of reading changed recently in your country?
13. How has people’s way of listening to music changed recently in your country?
14. How have weddings changed these days in your country?
15. How has transport changed since your grandparents were young?
16. How has art changed in the last few decades in your country?

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