UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK

LISTENING

WARMER• Odd One Out:

Look at the words in the pictures and point out which word does not “ belong” to the others

charity

budget

Donation

Fundraising

Candle

BEFORE YOU LISTEN

1. Completing the following questions with information about yourself

• a/ Do you support charities?• b/What’s the best way of raising money to

support charities?• c/Which volunteer work do you prefer?

2/ Listen and repeat• Organization for Education Development• Fund- raising• Co-operate• Disadvantaged children• Co-ordinate

• From the word above can you guess what kinds of volunteer work the listening test is about?

WHITE YOU LISTEN• Task 1: Listen and fill in the

missing information

• 1. Spring School is an………school in Ho Chi Minh City• 2. Around ………….live and study at the school• 3. About…………from District 1 regularly attend classes• 4. Organization for Educational Development co-

operated with Spring School to set up English classes in ……………..

• 5. The school requires…………to help organize their fund-raising dinner held annually in…………..

Suggested answers:• 1. informal• 2.30 street children• 3.250 children• 4.1998• 5. volunteers, June

Task 2: Listen again and answer the question

• 1. What is the aim of Spring School?• 2. What classes were set up in 1999?• 3. Why do children participate in fund-raising

performances• 4. Where do children dance, sing and play

music?• 5. Why are foreign volunteer needed?

Suggested answers:• 1. It provides classes to disadvantaged children in

Ho Chi Minh city• 2. Dance, theater, singing and circus classes were

set up in 1999• 3. Because they need money to continue their

English and Performance Arts classes• 4. They dance, sing and play music at one of the

largest hotels in Ho Chi Minh city• 5. Because they need help to organize their fund-

raising dinner help annually in June

AFTER YOU LISTEN

• Summarize the story about Spring School