Unit 4
Unit

ETHNIC
ETHNICGROUPS
GROUPSOF
OFVIET
VIETNAM
NAM
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

I'm from the Tay ethnic group

Unit

WARM-UP: NETWORK
The Muong
The BruVan Kieu

The
Bahnar
The Hmong

The
Koho

The Giay
The Tay

Ethnic
groups

The Hani

The Nung

The Yao

The Brau

The Kinh

PRESENTATION

ethnic (group) (adj)
/ˈeθnɪk / (/gru:p/)
(nhóm) dân tộc

PRESENTATION

post (n)
/pəʊst/
Cột nhà

PRESENTATION

stilt house (n)
/stilt haus/
nhà sàn

PRESENTATION

costume (n)
/'kɔstju:m/
trang phục

PRESENTATION
terraced field (n)
/ˈterəst fiːld /
ruộng bậc thang

PRESENTATION
Form ( Từ Vựng )
1. ethnic (group) (adj)
2. post (n)

Pronunciation
/ˈeθnɪk / (/gru:p/)
/pəʊst/

Vietnamese equivalent
(nhóm) dân tộc
cột

3. overlook (v)

/ˌəʊ.vəˈlʊk/

nhìn ra

4. stilt house (n)

/stilt haus/

nhà sàn

5. costume (n)

/'kɔstju:m/

trang phục

6. terraced field (n)

/ˈter.əst fiːld /

ruộng bậc thang

PRESENTATION
Form ( Từ )

Vietnamese equivalent ( Tiếng Việt )

1. ethnic (group) (adj)

nhìn ra

2. post (n)

nhà sàn

3. overlook (v)

4. stilt house (n)
5. costume (n)
6. terraced field (n)

(nhóm) dân tộc
cột
ruộng bậc thang
trang phục

PRESENTATION: LISTEN AND READ.

1

Listen and read.

- What do you think Lai and Tom talking about?
- Do you know anything about the Tay ethnic group?

PRESENTATION: LISTEN AND READ.

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 travel brochure. 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.

PRACTICE

2

Read the conversation again and circle the best 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 “stilt house” ______.
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

PRACTICE

3

Match the pictures with the word and phrases from the
conversation.
1. stilt house
2. terraced fields
3. bamboo
4. five-colour sticky rice

PRACTICE

4

Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
overlooks
folk dance

musical instrument
traditional

ethnic groups

1. I love mua sap, a popularfolk
_________
danceof the Thai people.
2. Their beautiful stilt houseoverlooks
_________ a large rice field.
3. A: What is the name of a popular Tay'smusical
__________________?
instrument - B: It's dan tinh.
4. Every ethnic group has their owntraditional
__________ culture.

5. Of the 54 ______________
ethnic groupsin Viet Nam, the Kinh is the largest

FURTHER PRACTICE

5

Hmong

Game: Where are they?

Nung

Ede
Bahnar

Khmer
Cham

Warm up

Topic of
the unit

ETHNIC
GROUPS OF
VIET NAM

Vocabulary

About ethnic
groups