Final - Ego - Module 1 Students

English
For
Lao Government Officials
Module 1
Students Book
Contents
Contributors ................................................................................................................. i
Module 1 Course overview ..........................................................................................ii
Unit 1: Introductions ................................................................................................... 1
Unit 2: Personal Information ..................................................................................... 10
Unit 3: In the classroom............................................................................................ 21
Unit 4: Classroom language ..................................................................................... 28
Unit 5: Occupations and workplaces ........................................................................ 36
Unit 6: Time and daily routines ................................................................................. 45
Unit 7: Months and dates ......................................................................................... 56
Unit 8: Weekly routines ............................................................................................ 65
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Unit 9: Countries, national and language ................................................................. 77
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Unit 10: Work information ......................................................................................... 87
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Unit 11: Work responsibilities ................................................................................. 102
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Unit 12: Around town .............................................................................................. 111
107
Unit 13: Plans ......................................................................................................... 122
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Unit 14: The Past ................................................................................................... 134
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Unit 15: Laos .......................................................................................................... 143
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Abbreviations ......................................................................................................... 154
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List of positions / jobs ............................................................................................. 155
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List of workplaces ................................................................................................... 156
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Words used in instructions ..................................................................................... 158
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Vocabulary ............................................................................................................. 159
155
Irregular verbs ........................................................................................................ 180
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Contributors
The Lao Australia Institute (LAI) would like to acknowledge the contributions of the many
people who made possible the development, writing and publication of English for
Government Officials curriculum materials.
The curriculum, materials development and training team
David Hagan - Adviser
Julie Wallis - Adviser
Khamkheuane Vannasouk – Senior project consultant – ELT specialist, formerly MoES
Ladomchanh Khantry – Director LICELT/LANS Head teacher, NUOL.
Viengkham Phonpaseuth – ELT training specialist –RIES MoES
Vongdeuane Osay - Senior lecturer, NUOL
Layout and graphic design team
Chaleunsak Khamsakpasit
Souksakhone Phongoudom
Keryang Liamorkamar
Khonesavanh Chanthavixay
Thanks to the following people for making the audio materials
Anita Vannasouk
Chanthajorn Chanthapanya
David Hagan
Julie Wallis
Jurgen Treue
Kieran Sandom
Viengkham Phonepraseuth
Khamkeuane Vannasouk
Ladomchanh Khantry
Percy Aaron
Somxay Inthasone
Vongdeuane Osay
Manoly Dongvanh
Digital recording and mastering
Anysay Keola – New Wave Studios, Vientiane
We wish to acknowledge the work of the original design team for the first edition of English
for Lao Government Officials and English for ASEAN curriculum materials, first published
2001, upon which this new version is based.
The program was funded by the Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (DFAT) and implemented as a component of the Lao Australia Institute (LAI)
http://www.laosaustraliainstitute.org
Edited by:
Dr. Bouasavanh Keovilay
Dr. Thouankham Soukchaleun
Khamphanh Pimsipasom
Viengkham Phonepraseuth
Bill Louangkhot
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Module 1 Course overview
Topic Language Focus Vocabulary Skills
Unit 1 Verb to be Family Speaking: Greetings
Introductions Alphabet revision Days of the week Listening: Alphabet
Pronunciation – vowel sounds Reading: The Family
Personal & possessive pronouns Writing: My Family. Writing with correct
Punctuation: capital letters and full stops punctuation
Have ....got ....?
How many .....?
on Monday, on Tuesday
on, at, in – more prepositions of time
Unit 2 Verb to be Occupations Speaking: Can You spell it please?
Personal Punctuation: Apostrophe ‘s Numbers 1- 10 Listening: Numbers 1 - 10
Information Singular and plural Reading: Occupations
Nouns Writing: Family and occupations
Pronunciation / / - teacher ch and / /-
shop keeper sh
Unit 3 This and these In the classroom: bag, desk, Speaking: What is this in English?
In the Verb to be – questions chair, colours etc. Listening: Numbers 11 – 20
Classroom Positive and negative answers Numbers 11 - 20 Reading: Where’s ......?
How many …? Writing: Things in the classroom
Where questions
Prepositions of place: on, in, under, next
to, between
Unit 4 Prepositions of place Busy, sick, sorry, know, Speaking: Where are they? Give and follow
Classroom Imperatives for instructions don’t know, at, instructions
language Pronunciation /i:/ and /I/ and word stress Numbers 20-100 Listening: Numbers 20 – 100
Reading: Following instructions
Writing: My family
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Unit 5 Article: ‘a’ and ‘an’ Occupations Speaking: What’s your….? Asking for and
Occupations & Where…? questions Names of the Ministries giving personal information
Workplaces Present simple tense - third person Listening: Occupations
singular ‘s’ Reading: Where do you work?
Do you..? questions Writing: Personal information
Linking with ‘and’
‘wh’ Question practice
Unit 6 Irregular verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to go’ Time Speaking: What is the time?
Time and daily Time phrases Daily routines: meals, Listening: Manivanh’s day
Routines By car, bus, motorbike, bicycle. On Foot transport, time markers Reading: Manivanh’s day
Writing: Your day
Unit 7 Capital letters with days and months Days of the week Speaking: Months
Months and Ordinal numbers – 1st, 2nd Months of the year Listening: Ordinal numbers and dates
dates First, second, third, fourth Reading: Months
Date of birth, birthday Writing: Form filling
Seasons: wet, dry, hot, cold
Unit 8 Irregular verb ‘to be’ Early, late Speaking: Early or late
Weekly Question form with ‘do’ Introduce sport Listening: Khamphanh’s week
Routines ‘When’ questions Reading: Khamphanh’s week
Conjunction: but Writing: Your week
Adverbs of frequency: always, usually,
sometimes, never, and / but
Unit 9 Conjunction ‘or’ South East Asian countries Speaking: Where are you from?
Countries, Capital letters and nationalities Listening: What’s your nationality?
nationalities Questions Reading: Ethnic language
and languages Past Tense of verb ‘be’ Writing: I speak English and a little French
Unit 10 Questions with ‘whose’ Office equipment Speaking: Here’s my card
Work Prepositions of place: next to, between, Name cards Listening: Workplaces
Information opposite, in the corner, in the middle, on Reading: In the office
the left, on the right Writing: My office
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Unit 11 Present continuous tense Office and work: type, Speaking: What are they doing?
Work Adverbs of frequency interview, organise Listening: What are they doing?
Responsibilities How often…? Reading: Hongkham’s work responsibilities
Asking for and giving reasons Writing: At work
Work responsibilities
Unit 12 Prepositions of place Places in a city or town: Speaking: Places around town
Around Town Adjectives: big, small, old, new banks station, airport post Listening: Places around town
Past simple irregular verbs ‘to go’ and office, hospital, etc. Reading: At the restaurant
‘to have’ Talking about food: spicy, Writing: My house
grilled, delicious
Asking for- giving directions
Unit 13 Future: ‘going to’ Planning a work trip: Speaking: diary
Plans Sequencing words plane, pack, suitcase, boss, Listening: Holiday Travel plans
Dairy colleague Reading: Vanna’s trip to Australia
Writing: Work travel plans
Unit 14 Past simple regular and irregular verbs Holiday vocabulary Speaking: how was your holiday?
The Past Past simple questions Listening: Jane’s trip to Xiengkhouang
Wh questions Reading: A work trip
Past simple pronunciation ‘ed’ Writing: A work trip
Unit 15 Past simple tense Large numbers Speaking: Provinces. Giving suggestions to
Laos There is/there are describing a country: tourists about the places to visit in Laos
Adjectives for describing places directions, city, river, Listening: Districts, villages and households
bridge Reading: A province
Well-known tourist Writing: A province
destinations
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Unit 1: Introductions
Unit 1 Introductions
In this unit you will:

 Practise dialogues with ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’
 Practise saying and listening to the alphabet
 Read sentences about a family
 Talk about your family
 Write about your family
 Say and write the days of the week
 Write capital letters for names, days of the week and at the beginnings of sentences
Language focus
 Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her
 How many...? (ຫຼ າຍປານໃດ...?)
Her name’s
 Have….got? (ມີ...ບໍ່ ?) Khonevilay.
New vocabulary
name ຊໍ່ aunt ປາ້ Monday ວ ັນຈ ັນ

what…? ແມນຫຍ
ໍ່ ັງ? brother ອາ້ ຍ/ນອ້ ງຊາຍ Tuesday ວ ັນອ ັງຄານ
my ຂອງຂອ້ ຍ daughter ລກສາວ Wednesday ວ ັນພຸດ
your ຂອງເຈາ້ father ພໍ່ Thursday ວ ັນພະຫັດ
his ຂອງລາວ (ຜຊ້ າຍ) husband ສາມີ (ຜວ) Friday ວ ັນສຸກ
her ຂອງລາວ (ຜຍ
້ ງ
ິ ) mother ແມ ໍ່ Saturday ວ ັນເສາ
goodbye ລາກອໍ່ ນ sister ເອ້ອຍ/ນອ້ ງສາວ Sunday ວ ັນອາທິດ
tomorrow ມອ້ ໍ່ ນ son ລກຊາຍ day ວ ັນ/ມ ້
this ນີ້ wife ພັນລະຍາ (ເມຍ) week ອາທິດ
from ຈາກ uncle ລຸງ yesterday ມວ້ ານນີ້
family ຄອບຄວ children ລກ today ມນ້ ້ີ
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English for Lao Government Officials Module 1 English for Lao Government Officials Module1 1
Unit 1: Introductions Unit 1: Introductions
Unit 1 Introductions
Speaking: Greetings
Introductory task
Do people greet each other in your country?
How do people greet each other?
Dialogue 1
A: Hello. My name’s Linda.

What’s your name?
B: My name’s Noly.
Where are you from Linda?
A: I’m from Australia.
B: Nice to meet you.
A: Nice to meet you, too.
a) Listen and repeat.
b) Practise the dialogue in pairs.
c) Practise the dialogue. Use your own names.
d) Stand up and walk around the class. Introduce yourself to many people.
You can say:

Hi (ສະບາຍດີ)
Hello (ສະບາຍດີ)
Good morning (ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊ້າ)
Good afternoon (ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ)
Good evening (ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ)
Nice to meet you (ຍິນດີທໍ່ ີຮຈ້ ັກ)
Pleased to meet you (ຍິນດີທໍ່ ີຮຈ້ ັກ)
Note: Hi/Hello ໃຊແ້ ບບບໍ່ ເປັນທາງການ
Good morning/ Good afternoon/ Good evening ໃຊເ້ ປັນທາງການ
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Dialogue 2
a) Read the dialogue
Teacher: Goodbye. See you on Monday.

Students: Goodbye.
You can say:

See you tomorrow
See you on Monday.
See you on Tuesday
See you on Wednesday
See you soon.
See you next week.
b) Stand up and walk around the classroom. Say good bye to many people. Use ‘on
Monday’ / ‘on Tuesday’ ….
Listening: Alphabet
Introductory tasks
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
c) Listen and repeat

Pronunciation Focus
G H I J R X Z
d) Take turn to point and say at the letters.
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Practice
a) The letters of the alphabet are divided into seven (7) sound groups. Listen and repeat:
b) Listen and write the letters in their correct sound groups.
A B F I O Q R
H C L __ U
__ __ __ __
__ __ __
__ __
__ __
__ __
__
c) Practise the pronunciation of the letters in each sound group.
Follow up tasks
d) Listen and circle the letter you hear.
1. A J G K 6. T I J G
2. H S W X 7. U W Q V
3. R L F Z 8. M X Z H
4. B D K Q 9. R Y G N
5. C Z P T 10. I E A O

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e) Listen and write the letters you hear.

1. ___NGO___ 6. __________
2. __________ 7. __________
3. __________ 8. __________
4. __________ 9. __________
5. __________ 10. __________
Language Focus:
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her...
My name’s Noly. His name’s Phouvong. Her name’s Khonevilay.

Spoken Written
What’s What is
My name’s My name is
Her name’s Her name is
His name’s His name is
ການຂຽນຕວຫຍ້ (Contractions)
ໃນພາສາເວ້າສວ ້ ວຫຍ້ ຕວຢາໍ່ ງ: What’s/ My name’s / Her name’s ແຕໃໍ່ ນ-
ໍ່ ນຫຼ າຍພວກເຮາມ ັກໃຊຕ
ພາສາຂຽນພວກເຮາມກຂຽນຕ
ັ ວເຕັ ມ ເຊັໍ່ ນ What is/ My name is /Her name is
Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives

I My
You Your
He His
She Her
It Its
We Our
They Their
a) Stand in a circle. Take turns to say, ‘My name’s …’. Then point to a classmate and say,
‘Her name’s ….’ or ‘His name’s …’.
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Reading: Family
Introductory tasks
a) Match the Lao and English words.
Example: 1-g
1.brother a. ແມ ໍ່
2. father b. ພໍ່
3. mother c. ເມຍ
4. husband d. ຜວ
5. daughter e. ລກສາວ
6. sister f. ລກຊາຍ
7. son g. ອາ້ ຍ/ນອ

້ ງຊາຍ
8. wife ້ ຍ/ນອ
h. ເອອ ້ ງສາວ
9. grandfather i. ລຸງ
10. grandmother j. ປາ
້
11. grandson k. ພໍ່ ເຖາ້ /ພໍ່ ຕ/້ ປໍ່
12. granddaughter l. ພີໍ່ ນອ

້ ງ
13. uncle ໍ່ າ້ /ແມຕ

m. ແມເຖ ໍ່ /້ ຍາໍ່
14. aunt n. ຫຼານຊາຍ
15. cousin o. ຫຼານສາວ
Pronunciation Focus:
ການຜັນສຽງ / /
ພະຍ ັນຊະນະຄວບ ‘th’ ອອກສຽງ / / ຢໃ
ໍ່ ນຄາສ ັບ
ຕວຢໍ່າງຕໍ່ ໄປນີ້ ‘father’ ‘mother’ ‘brother’ ນ ັກຮຽນຜ ັນ
ສຽງ / / ໂດຍວາງຕາແໜງ
ໍ່ ຫຼິ້ນຢລ
ໍ່ ະຫວາໍ່ ງກາງແຂວ ້ ງ
້ ເບອ
ເທິງ ແລະ ລຸມ
ໍ່ ແລວ
້ ແລວ ໍ່ ສຽງຄາ້ ຍສຽງສະລະ Àxò
້ ເປງ
ນ ັກຮຽນສາມາດທດສອບການອອກສຽງ / / ດວ
້ ຍການເອາ
້ ມແຕະໃສຄ
ນີວ ້ ຶກການສໍ່ນ
ໍ່ ຫອຍຈະຮສ ັ ສະເທອນ-.
b) Listen and repeat

Father mother this that these those

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c) Match the words with the pictures
1….................... 2.......................... 3............................ 4................ 5....................

a. brother and sister
b. mother and son
c. father and daughter
d. grandparents and grandchildren
e. wife and husband
Practice
a) Read the sentences. Write the names of the family on the picture.
1. Mary__ 2. 3. 4.
Hello. My name is John Smith. I’m married.

5.
This is my wife. Her name is Mary.
This is my son. His name is Tom. 6.
This is my father. His name is Tim. 7.

This is my daughter. Her name is Jane. She’s single.
This is my mother. Her name is Penny.
And this is my dog. Its name is Rex.
b) Read and point. One student reads a sentence and the other points to the picture of the
person in the sentence.
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Follow up tasks
Draw your family tree.
Show your drawing. Tell your partner about your family.
Say: ‘This is my…. Her name’s …’ / ‘This is my …. His name’s
Make groups of four. Tell each other about your families.
Language focus
Positive Yes/No questions
I have (’ve) got 3 children. Have you got any children?
You have (’ve) got 2 sisters. Yes, I have/No, I haven’t.
He/she has (’s) got 1 boy. Has he/she got any sisters?
Yes, he/she has/No, he/she hasn’t.
a) Complete this questionnaire and share it with the class.
Example: His/Her name’s Somphanh. He’s got 2 brothers………
Questions Name: .................... Name: ....................

Have you got any brothers?
How many brothers have you got?
Have you got any sisters?
How many sisters have you got?
Are you married?
Have you got any children?
How many children have you got?
Boys or girls?
Cultural note: I am married / I am single (ການຖາມເຖິງການແຕງໍ່ ງານ)
ໍ່ ງານຖວາໍ່ ເປັ ນ ເລໍ່ ອງບໍ່ ສຸພ າບ ແລະ ຄນ

ໃນວ ັດທະນະທ າຕາເວັ ນຕ ກ ການຖາມເຖິງການແຕ ງ
ໍ່ ນຫຼ າຍບໍ່ ມກເວ
ສວ ັ ້າເຖິງບ ັນຫານີ້ ແຕຢ
ໍ່ ໃໍ່ ນວ ັດທະນາທາລາວຖເປັນເລໍ່ ອງທາມະດາ.

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Writing: My family
Introductory tasks
a) Write the capital letters under the small letters.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
A B C
Language Focus
Capital letters and full stops
In English we write: (ໃນພາສາອ ັງກິດພວກເຮາຂຽນ)
 capital letters at the beginnings of sentences
(ຕວພິມໃຫຍແ
ໍ່ ມນໃຊ
ໍ່ ສ້ າລ ັບຂຽນເລີໍ່ມຕ ້ນປະໂຫຍກ)
Example: This is my mother.
 capital letters for the names of people or places
(ຕວພິມໃຫຍແ
ໍ່ ມນໃຊ
ໍ່ ສ້ າລ ັບຂຽນຊໍ່ ຄນ ຫຼ ຊໍ່ ສະຖານທີໍ່ )
Example: My name is Vanna
I’m from Bolikhamxay province.
 full stops at the end of sentences
້ ດແມນໃຊ
(ຈາເມັ ໍ່ ຢ້ ທ
ໍ່ າ້ ຍປະໂຫຍກ)
Example: Today is Wednesday.
More capital letters
In English we also write capital letters for days of the week:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
b) Correct these sentences.

my name is john smith ________________________________
this is my wife ________________________________
her name is mary ________________________________
this is my son ________________________________
his name is tom ________________________________
c) Look again at your drawing of your family. Write sentences about your family next to
the drawing.
Check:
 the Present Simple Tense of ”be”  capital letters

 spelling  full stops
 a/an
Put your pictures and sentences on the wall. Walk around and read each other’s writing.
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Unit 2: Personal information Unit 2: Personal information
Unit 2 Personal information

 Spell your name and ask people to spell their names
 Say and listen to numbers 1-10
 Write numbers 1-10 in words and numbers
 Read about occupations
 Write about your family and occupations
Language focus
 Apostrophe s (’ s) (e.g. my wife’s name)
 Verb ‘to be’
 Singular and plural nouns
New vocabulary
spell ສະກດຄາ student ນ ັກສຶກສາ

please ກະລຸນາ government official ລ ັດຖະກອນ
thanks ຂອບໃຈ doctor ທາໍ່ ນຫມ
thank you ຂອບໃຈ shop keeper ຄນຂາຍເຄໍ່ ອງ
given name ຊໍ່ businessman ນ ັກທຸລະກິດຊາຍ
family name ນາມສະກຸນ businesswoman ນ ັກທຸລະກິດຍິງ
full name ຊໍ່ ແລະ ນາມສະກຸນ soldier ທະຫານ
occupation ອາຊີບ factory worker ກາມະກອນໂຮງງານ
policeman ຕາຫລວດຊາຍ farmer ຊາວນາ
policewoman ຕາຫລວດຍິງ married ແຕງໍ່ ງານແລວ້
teacher ຄສອນ single ໂສດ
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Unit 2 Personal information
Speaking: Can you spell it, please?

Introductory task
a) Make groups of four. Tell each other your name.
My name’s …
My family name’s …
My full name’s …
How do you spell
Dialogue your name?
a) Listen and read the dialogue. J
-
A: What’s your name? U
B: Julie. -
L
A: Can you spell it, please? -
B: J – U – L – I – E. I
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A: And what’s your family name? E
B: Harrison.
A: How do you spell it?
B: H-A-double R-I-S-O-N.
A: Sorry?
B: H-A-double R-I-S-O-N.
A: Thank you.
b) Listen and repeat.

Practise the dialogue.
You can also say:

Given name/ First name/ Christian name ຊໍ່
Family name/Surname/Last name ນາມສະກຸນ
Full name ຊໍ່ ເຕັ ມ (ຊໍ່ +ນາມສະກຸນ)
c) Practise the dialogue in pairs. Use your own names.
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Practice
a) Listen and complete the dialogues.
Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2
A: What’s your given name? A: What’s your family name?
B: ............................... B: ...........................................
A: Can you spell it, please? A: How do you spell it?
B: ................................ B: .........................................
A: Thank you. A: Sorry?.
B: .....................................
A: Thanks.
b) Complete the table and report back to your group.

Possible questions:
 What’s your first name?
 How do you spell it? (Sorry?)
 What’s your family name?
 Can you spell it, please? (Sorry?)
No. Given name Family name

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Listening: Numbers 1-10

Introductory task
0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Pronunciation Focus:
ພະຍ ັນຊະນະ th ອອກສຽງ / / ຢໃໍ່ ນຄາສ ັບ ‘three’ ນ ັກຮຽນຜັນສຽງ / / ໂດຍວາງຕາ
ໍ່ ຫຼິ້ນຢລ
ແໜງ ້ ເບ້ອງເທິ ງ ແລະ ລຸມ
ໍ່ ະຫວາໍ່ ງກາງແຂວ ້ ເປັ່ ງລມອອກມາ.
ໍ່ ແລວ
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Practice
a) Listen and circle the number you hear.
a. 1 8 6 4
b. 0 6 5 8
c. 9 5 10 7
d. 4 10 2 5
e. 3 6 4 9
b) Listen and write the numbers in words.
a. five f. __________
b. __________ g. __________
c. __________ h. __________
d. __________ i. __________
e. __________ j. __________
Follow-up tasks
Note: ວິທີອາໍ່ ນເລກ ‘0’:
-- ອາໍ່ ນວາໍ່ ‘zero’ ໃນກລະນີອາໍ່ ນເລກທໍ່ ວໄປ e.g. 0 1 2 3
ອາໍ່ ນວາໍ່ ‘oh’ ໃນກລະນີບອກເລກໂທລະສ ັບ e.g. Three – one – two – oh – seven – two
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a) Listen and write the phone numbers.
a. 041 5847 d. __________
b. _________ e. __________
c. _________ f. __________
b) Work in groups of four. Ask each other’s phone numbers
Possible question: What’s your phone number?
Request for repetition: Pardon/Sorry?
Name Phone number
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Note: apostrophe –’s

ພວກເຮາໃຊ ້ –’s ເພໍ່ ອສະແດງຄວາມເປັນເຈາ້ ຂອງ.
e.g. Santi’s phone number is 21 2453.
c) Write sentences like the one above about your classmates.

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Reading: Occupations
Introductory tasks
teacher doctor student farmer
shopkeeper policeman business woman business man
factory worker government official policewoman soldier
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computer programmer office administrator
Pronunciation Focus 1:
ພະຍ ັນຊະນະຄວບ’ch’-ໃນພາສາອ ັງກິດອອກສຽງ
/ / -ເຊັໍ່ ນໃນຄາ teacher. ນ ັກຮຽນສາມາດອອກ-
ສຽງດງໍ່ ັ ກາໍ່ ວນີດ
້ ວ
້ ຍການເອາລີ້ນແຕະ ຫຼ ໃຫລ
້ ີ້ນ
ໃກກ ້ ເປັ່ ງລມອອກຈາກຮຄ
້ ັບເພດານປາກ - ແລວ
ເຮັດສຽງ ‘ -Àxò-‘.
Listen to the cassette and repeat “teacher”
Pronunciation Focus 2:
ພະຍ ັນຊະນະ sh ໃນພາສາອ ັງກິດອອກສຽງ / / -
ເຊັໍ່ ນໃນຄາ shop keeper. ນ ັກຮຽນສາມາດຜ ັນສຽງ
ດງໍ່ ັ ກາໍ່ ວນີດ
້ ວ
້ ຍການເອາລີ້ນ ໃກກ
້ ັບ-ເພດານປາກ
ໍ່ ໍ່ ແຕະເພດານ ແລວ
ແຕບ ້ ເປງ
ໍ່ ລມອອກຈາກຮຄ ເຮັດ
ສຽງຄໄລໄໍ່ ກ ໍ່ Shhhhhh!
ັ້
ນອກຈາກນນສຽງ ໍ່ ນພະຍ ັນຊະນະຄວບ:
/ / ຍ ັງເຫັນຢໃ -ci- ດງໍ່ ັ ໃນຄາ official ແລະ ti- ດງໍ່ ັ ໃນຄາ
occupation
Listen and repeat- “shop keeper”, “official”, “occupation”
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b) Match the English and Lao words.

Example: 1-g
1. teacher a. ພະນ ັກງານລ ັດ
2. doctor b. ຊາວນາ
3. student c. ຕາຫຼ ວດຊາຍ
4. farmer d. ທະຫານ
5. soldier e. ກາມະກອນໂຮງງານ
6. policeman f. ຄນຂາຍເຄໍ່ ອງ
7. businessman g. ຄສອນ
8. shop keeper h. ນ ັກສຶກສາ
9. factory worker i. ທາໍ່ ນໝ
10. government official j. ນ ັກທຸລະກິດຊາຍ
11. businesswoman k. ຕາຫຼ ວດຍິງ
12. policewoman l. ນ ັກທຸລະກິດຍິງ
Language Focus
Verb ‘to be’
Positive
I am doctor
You are farmer
She a nurse
He is soldier
Somdy teacher
Thongda student
table
It is my ruler
dog
We are students
They farmers
Yes/No questions
Are you doctor ?
she farmer ?
Is he a nurse ?
Somdy soldier ?
Thongda teacher ?
table ?
Is it
ruler ?
Are you students ?
we farmers ?
they soldiers ?
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Full forms Contractions Short answers

I am I’m Yes, I am/ No, I’m not
You are You’re Yes, you are/ No, you aren’t
He is He’s Yes, he is/ No, he isn’t
She is She’s Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t
It is It’s Yes, it is/ No, it isn’t
We are We’re Yes, we are/No, we aren’t
They are They’re Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t
Follow up tasks
a) Write the sentences under the pictures.
1. He is a teacher 2. ___________________ 3.__________________
4. ________________ 5 _______________ 6 ________________
b) Pair work: Ask and answer:

A: What’s your occupation?
B: I’m a government official.
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Singular and plural

Singular Plural
a/an + noun noun + s
e.g. a farmer four farmers
an adviser two advisers
Note: a man-men
a woman-women
a policeman- policemen
a child-children
c) Put a line under all the singular nouns, a double line under the article and a circle all the
plural nouns in sentences.
e.g. He is a teacher.
They are farmers.
1. My mother is an accountant.
2. His brothers are doctors.
3. I am a factory worker.
4. Her aunt is a business woman.
5. My boyfriend is a computer programmer.
6. Two of my sisters are government officials.
d) Write the following sentences in plural form

1. I’m a soldier.
.............................................................
2. She is a government official.
............................................................
3. You are a shop keeper.
...................................................................
4. He is a policeman.
............................................................................
Practice
a) Write am, is or are in the sentences below.
1. My name __________ Jenny.
2. Your father __________ a businessman.
3. Manoly __________ a teacher.
4. I _________ a student. My sister ________a policewoman.
5. You __________ government officials.
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b) Complete the sentences.
1. Is she a soldier?
............................
2. ……they students?
……………………
3. ……………………………………………………?
Yes, ………………………………………..
A business
4……………………………………………….? woman.
………………………………………………..
Guessing games: Are you....?
Are you a doctor? No, I’m not.
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Writing: Family and occupations

Introductory task
a) Write the words in the sentences.
doctor son’s daughter’s teacher
Bounta’s family
My name is Mr. Bounta. I am a teacher.
I am married. My wife’s name is Chanh. She is a ________.
My ________ name is Sack. He is a student.
My ________ name Boua. She is also a student.
Follow-up tasks
a) Look at the text of Mr. Bounta’s family. Write sentences about your family and their
occupations.
Check:
 the Present Simple Tense of “be”  capital letters
 a/an
Put your sentences on the wall. Walk around and read each other writing.
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Unit 3: In the classroom
Unit 3 In the classroom

 Ask about the names of things in English
 Ask and answer questions about who things belong to
 Listen and say numbers 0-20
 Count things in the classroom (How many…?) Are these your
 Talk and write about where things are in the classroom pencils?
 Follow classroom instructions
Language focus
 This and these
 Question form of verb ‘Can I..........
 Positive and negative answers
 ‘How many …?’ questions
 ‘Where’ questions
 Prepositions of place ‘in, on, under, between, next to’
New vocabulary
book ປ້ ມ rubber (eraser) ຢາງລຶບ poster ແຜນ
ໍ່ ໂຄສະນາ
chair ຕໍ່ງັ ອີ້ ruler ໄມບ້ ັນທັດ repeat ອາໍ່ ນລ້ມຄນ
table ໂຕະນ ັກຮຽນ sharpener ໂຮງແຫລມສ say ເວ້າ
desk ໂຕະນາຍຄ classroom ຫອ
້ ງຮຽນ point ຊີ້
bag ຖງ/ກະເປາ ask ຖາມ in ຢໍ່ໃນ
pen ປາກກາ/ບກ look ເບິໍ່ ງ on ຢໍ່ເທິງ
pencil ສດາ listen ຟັງ under ຢໍ່ລມໍຸ່ /ກອ້ ງ
door ປະຕ welcome ຍິນດີຕອ້ ນຮ ັບ between ຢໍ່ລະຫວາໍ່ ງ
board ກະດານ borrow ຢມ next to ຢໍ່ຂາ້ ງ/ຕໍ່ ໄປ
wastebasket ກະຕາໍ່ ຖິມ້ ຂີເ້ ຫຍ້ອ map ແຜນທີໍ່ calculator ເຄໍ່ ອງຄິດໄລໍ່
CD player ເຄໍ່ ອງຫຼິ້ນແຜນ
ໍ່ ຊີດີ
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Unit 3: In the classroom Unit 3: In the classroom
Unit 3 In the classroom
Speaking: What’s this in English?

Introduction
What things in the class do you know in English?
How do you spell it?
Dialogue
a) Listen and read the dialogue.
A: Is this your pen Sack?
B: No. It isn’t. It’s Kham’s (pen).
A: Kham, can I borrow your pen, please?
C: Of course.
A: Thank you.
C: You’re welcome.
Listen and repeat.
Practise the dialogue in group of 3.
Practise the dialogue. Use your own name and things around you.
Language Focus
‘This’ and ‘These’
We use:
‘This’ with singular nouns, e.g. “This is a pen.” What’s this in English?
‘These’ with plural nouns, e.g. “These are pencils.”What are these in English?
a) Write the words under the pictures.
1. bag 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______

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5. _________ 6. _________ 7. _______ 8. _______
9. _______ 10. _______ 11. _______ 12. __________
13. __________ 14. __________ 15. __________
Listen and repeat.
b) Point at things in the classroom. Ask and answer:

A: ‘What’s this in English?’ or ‘What are these in English?’
B: ‘It’s a ______________.’ or ‘They are ______________.’
Follow up task
Introduction
a) Listen and repeat
Purple blue yellow white
Red orange
grey green black brown
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b) Game: ‘Is this your _________?’

A: Is this your bag, Noly?
B: No, it isn’t. It’s Vanna’s.
A: What colour is your bag?
B: It’s brown
Yes, they are.
Is this your What colour
pen? No, it
is your pen? It’s red. Are these your
isn’t.
pencils?
Spoken Written
No, it isn’t. No, it is not.
No, they aren’t. No, they are not.

Introductory tasks
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Say the numbers from 1-20.
Follow up tasks
a) Listen and circle the numbers you hear.
1 5 9 13 17
2 6 10 14 18
3 7 11 15 19
4 8 12 16 20

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b) Listen and write the numbers you hear.

a ______12______ e ____________ i ____________ m __________
b ______________ f ____________ j ____________ n __________
c ______________ g ____________ k ___________ o __________
d ______________ h ____________ l ____________ p __________
c) Listen and write the numbers in words.

a ____four_______ e _____________ i _____________
b ______________ f _____________ j _____________
c ______________ g _____________ k ____________
d ______________ h _____________ l ____________
Practice
‘How many …?’ questions

How many + plural nouns……..
‘How many desks are there in the classroom?’ There are 12 desks.
‘´ó - Â ª½¥ñ ¡ - Î È ¸ ¨ µø È Ã ¹É º ¤- » ¼ນ?’ ມນມີໂຕະ 12 ໜວຍ
ັ່ .
a) Read the questions. Count the things and write the answers.
How many computers are there in the classroom? ____1____
How many chairs are there in the classroom? _________
How many tables are there in the classroom? _________
How many desks are there in the classroom? _________
How many CD players are there in the classroom? _________
How many fans are there in the classroom? _________
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Reading: Where’s the...?

Introductory tasks
a) Look at the pictures and read the words.
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in on under between next to
b) Look at the pictures and read the sentences.
Where’s the pen? Where are the pencils?

It’s on the desk. They’re under the book.
c) Work in small groups. Ask your group where things are in the classroom.
Possible questions:
‘Where’s the …?’
‘Where are the …?’
d) Read and answer the questions.
This is my room.
1. How many books are on the desk?.....................................

2. Where‘s the computer? ......................................................
3. Is there a lamp on the desk? ...............................................
4. Where‘s the chair? .............................................................
5. Where is the bookshelf?...................................................
6. What else you can see in the room? ..................................
e) Describe your room to your partner and let your partner draw a picture of it.

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Writing: Things in the classroom

a) Complete the sentences under the pictures.
1. Where is the pen? 2. Where are the pencils?

It is on the desk. They are under the book.
3. Where __________ keys? 4. Where is the book?

They ___________ bag. It is _________ the table.
5. __________ sharpener? 6. ____________ ruler?

___________ chair. ____________ book.
7. ________________ map?
________________ chair.
8. ___________ rubbish bin?

____________ table.
b) Write about where things are in your classroom.

Check:
 the Present Simple Tense  capital letters
 a/an
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Unit 4: Classroom language Unit 4: Classroom language
Unit 4 Classroom language

 Have short conversations greeting people
 Ask and answer questions about where people are
 Listen to and say numbers 20-100
 Listen to and follow instructions spoken by the teacher
 Read and follow instructions
Language focus
 Preposition of place ‘at’ (e.g. at home)
 Imperatives for instructions
New vocabulary
late ມາຊາ້ give ເອາໃຫ້
know ຮ ້ put ເອາໃສ ໍ່
age ອາຍຸ take ເອາໄປ
years old ປີ open ເປີ ດ
home ບາ້ ນ close ປິ ດ
work ເຮັດວຽກ box ກ ັບ
school ໂຮງຮຽນ copy ກາໍ່ ຍ/ຈດ
sick ບໍ່ ສະບາຍ draw ແຕມ

້
busy ຄາວຽກ/ຫຍຸງ້ ວຽກ circle ວງມນ
້ /ຢນຂຶນ
stand up ລຸກຂຶນ ້ line ແຖວ
ໍ່ ັ ລງ
sit down ນງ

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Unit 4 Classroom language
Speaking: Where are they?

Introductory tasks
Where’s the man? Where’s the woman? Where are the children?
at home at work at school

Ask and answer about your family.
e.g. A: Where’s your sister?
B: She’s at home.
Dialogue

Teacher: Where’s Santi today?
Boun: He’s _________. He’s sick.
Teacher: Thank you. And where’s Ketkeo?
Noy: He’s _________. He’s busy.
Teacher: OK. And what about Nipha?
Noy: I’m _______, I don’t know.
Nipha: Can I come in. I’m sorry, I’m ........
Teacher: That’s all right.
Listen again and complete the dialogue.

Listen and repeat.
Make a group of four. Practise the dialogue. Use names of students in the class.
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Introductory tasks
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Practice
a) Listen and circle the number you hear.
a. 24 21 26 30
b. 20 22 28 25
c. 23 26 29 30
d. 22 27 30 24
e. 26 29 25 21
b) Listen and write the numbers in words.
a. twenty g. _____________
b. _____________ h. _____________
c. _____________ i. _____________
d. _____________ j. _____________
e. _____________ k. _____________
f. _____________
c) Game: Bingo
Write eight numbers (0-30) on the chart.
Listen to your teacher. Put X on the numbers you hear.
Say ‘Bingo’ when you have 8 X’s.
Follow up tasks
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
b) Listen to the spelling of the numbers and write them in words.
a. _thirty _____ e. _____________
b. _____________ f. _____________
c. _____________ g. _____________
d. _____________ h. _____________

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Pronunciation Focus
stress and &
Stress ແມນການໃຊ
ໍ່ ສ້ ຽງໃນຄາສ ັບໃຫຖ
້ ກຕອ
້ ງໃນພາສາອ ັງກິດ ການນາໃຊສ
້ ຽງໃນຄາສ ັບແມນມີ
ໍ່ ຄວາມ
ສາຄ ັນເພາະມ ັນເຮັດໃຫຜ ້ ງັ ສາມາດເຂ້າໃຈໄດງ້ າຍຂ
້ ຟ ໍ່ ນຼິ້ ແລະ ຈາແນກຄາສ ັບ ດງໍ່ ັ ຄາຕໍ່ ໄປນີ:້
thirt'een 'thirty
ໃນຈານວນຕວເລກແຕ ໍ່ È thirt'een ຫາ ninet'een ມີການເນ ຼິ້ນສຽງຢພ
ໍ່ ະຍາງທີສອງ ແລະ ຕວ ‘ee’ ກໍ່
ອອກສຽງ ຫລຄາ້ ຍຄກ ັນກ ັບສະຫຼະ xó ຂອງພາສາລາວເຊິໍ່ ງເປັນສຽງຍາວ. ໃນຈານວນຕວເລກແຕ ໍ່
້ ສຽງຢພ
'thirty ຫາ 'ninety ມີການເນັນ ໍ່ ະຍາງທີໜໍ່ ຶງ ແລະ ຕວ ‘y’ ກອອກສຽງ ຫລຄາ້ ຍຄກ ັນກ ັບ
ັ້ .
ສະຫລະ xò ຂອງພາສາລາວເຊິໍ່ ງເປັນສຽງສນ
a) Listen and mark the stress.

thirt'een 'thirty seventeen seventy
fourteen forty eighteen eighty
fifteen fifty nineteen ninety
sixteen sixty
b) Listen and underline the number you hear.

e.g. thirteen thirty
fourteen forty
fifteen fifty
sixteen sixty
seventeen seventy
eighteen eighty
nineteen ninety
Practice
a) Listen and draw a line from number to number.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
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b) Listen to how old they are and write the number of the dialogue in the box.
A B C D E F
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c) Check with your partner. Take turns to ask, ‘Is that right?’ For example,
A: Picture A. The woman’s thirty-five. Is that right?
B: Yes. (Yes. That’s right.)
Or
A: Picture A. The woman’s forty-five. Is that right?
B: No. She’s thirty-five. (No. That’s not right. She’s thirty-five.)
Or
A: Picture A. The woman’s thirty-five. Is that right?
B: I don’t know.
d) Survey: How old are you?

Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers on the chart.
e.g. A: How old are you?
B: I’m thirty./ I’m 30 years old.
Name How old?

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Cultural Note: Asking about age (ການຖາມອາຍຸ)

ໍ່ ໍ່ ເໍ່ ໝາະສມ ເພາະເຂາເຈາ້ ຖ
ໃນວ ັດທະນະທາຂອງຊາວຕາເວັນຕກ ການຖາມເຖິງອາຍຸແມນບ
ເປັນເລໍ່ ອງສວ
ໍ່ ນຕວ.
Report the information to the class.

Example: Mr. Bounma is 30 years old.

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e) Ask and complete the form.

Personal information
Full name: _____________________________________________
Occupation: _____________________________________________
Age: _____________________________________________
Telephone number: _____________________________________________
Reading: Follow instructions

Introduction
a) Look and read.
give put take open
close stand up sit down Copy
point at
b) Match the English and Lao words.
1. put ____a. ປິ ດ
2. give ____b. ເອາໃສ ໍ່
3. take ____c. ເປີ ດ
4. open ____d. ເອາໃຫ ້
5. close ____e. ນງໍ່ ັ ລງ
6. stand up ____f. ເອາໄປ
7. sit down ____g. ກາໍ່ ຍຄນ
8. copy ້
____h. ຢນຂຶນ
9. point at ____i. ຊີ້
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c) Pair work: One student say the word in Lao, another say the word in English.
Language Focus
Imperative negative (ປະໂຫຍກຄາສໍ່ງັ ຫາ້ ມ)

ເພໍ່ ອເຮັດໃຫປ
້ ະໂຫຍກຄາສໍ່ງັ ກາຍເປັນປະໂຫຍກຄາສໍ່ງັ ຫາ້ ມ ພວກເຮາຕໍ່ ມຄາວາໍ່ Don’t ໃສຕ
ໍ່ ໍ່ ໜາ້
ຄາກິລິຍາ.
Imperative (ປະໂຫຍກຄາສໍ່ງັ ) Imperative negative (ປະໂຫຍກຄາສໍ່ງັ ຫາ້ ມ)
e.g. Copy the word. e.g. Don’t copy the word.
a) Match the beginnings and the ends of the instructions.

1. Don’t give ____a. the door.
2. Take ____b. your books at page 45, please.
3. Open ____c. the pen to Somsinh.
4. Don’t close ____d. your given name.
5. Spell ____e. the pencil on the table.
6. Put ____f. the word on the board.
7. Don’t copy ____g. the rubber and give it to me.
b) Listen and follow teacher’s instruction.
Example: Put your pens on the table.

Read and follow the instructions.
Write your full name on the line.

Circle your family name. Don’t circle your given name.
Copy a word from the board and write it in the box.
Write your age under the circle.

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Draw a dog in the circle.

Spell the word ‘calculator’ under the line.
Complete the sentences:
Today is ...................................
Tomorrow is ............................
Yesterday was .........................
c) Group work: Write five instructions. Do not forget capital letters and full stops.
Make groups of four. Take turns to read an instruction. The other students in the group
listen and follow the instruction.
Writing: My family
a) Write about 4 people in your family. Who are they? What are their names? How old are
they? What do they do?
Example: My father’s name is Mr. Keo. He is a policeman. He is 53 years old.
Check:
 a/an
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Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces Unit 5: Occupations and Workplaces
Occupations and
Unit 5 Workplaces
 Revise ‘What…?’ questions
 Introduce people
 Ask and answer questions about occupations, workplaces and where people live
 Read about a vet
 Write about you and your occupation
 Fill in a form with personal information
Language focus
 Article: ‘a’ and ‘an’
 ‘Where…?’ questions
 Questions with ‘Do you …?’
 Present Simple Tense verbs
 Third person singular ‘s’
New vocabulary
mechanic ນາຍຊາໍ່ ງ work ເຮັດວຽກ
electrician ຊາໍ່ ງໄຟຟາ

້ live ອາໃສຢໍ່
lawyer ທະນາຍຄວາມ village ບາ້ ນ
engineer ນ ັກວິສະວະກອນ ministry ກະຊວງ
dentist ຫມປວແຂວ້ meet ພບ
vet ຫມປວສ ັດ friend ຫມ/ເພ

ໍ່ ໍ່ ອນ
director ຜອ think ຄິດ

້ ານວຍການ
vice director ຜຮ້ ອງອານວຍການ
manager ຜຈ້ ັດການ

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Occupations and
Unit 5 Workplaces
Speaking: What’s your…?
Introductory tasks
Lawyer Accountant Electrician
Vet
Engineer Dentist
Director Vice director Manager
Note: vet = veterinarian
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Dialogue
a) Listen and complete the dialogue.
Tom: Hello, Susan._________________?
Susan: I_______ fine, thanks. And you?
Tom: Very well, thanks.
Susan: This is _________ friend, Khamsy. Khamsy,_______ is Tom.
Khamsy: Pleased to meet you.
Tom: Pleased to meet you, too.________ do you do, Khamsy?
Khamsy: I’m an ___________.
Tom: Where do you work?
Khamsy: I work for the Ministry of_________________ Affairs.
c) Group work: In groups of three, practise the dialogue. Practise it until you can say it
without looking at your book.
Listening: occupations
a) Listen and number the pictures.
Check with a partner.

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Follow-up task
Grammar Focus: Articles - a/an
In English we use:
‘a’ before a noun beginning with a consonant, e.g. a manager,
a secretary, a director.
້ ໍ່ ໜາ້ ຄານາມທີໍ່ ຂນ
‘a’ ໃຊຕ ຼິ້ ຕ ້ນດວ
້ ຍພະຍ ັນຊະນະ.
‘an’ before a noun beginning with a vowel (a/e/i/o/u), e.g. an engineer,
an orange, an actor
້ ໍ່ ໜາ້ ຄານາມທີໍ່ ຂນ
‘an’ ໃຊຕ ຼິ້ ຕ ້ນດວ
້ ຍສະຫລະ
a) What are their occupations? Look at the pictures and write sentences.
e.g. 1. He is a policeman 2._____________ 3.____________
4._____________ 5.______________ 6._______________
7. ______________ 8. _______________ 9. _______________
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Notes: What do you do? = What’s your occupation?
‘What do you do?’ ແລະ ‘What’s your occupation?’ ແມນມີ

ໍ່ ຄວາມໝາຍຄກ ັນ,
- ແຕ ໍ່ È ‘What do you do?’
- ແມນໄດ
ໍ່ ນ້ າໃຊເ້ ຂ້າໃນການສນທະນາໃນພາສາອ ັງກິດຫລາຍກວາໍ່ ການຂຽນ.
b) Work in group of 3 to play a role of different occupations. Take turn to ask each other.
A: What’s your occupation?
B: I’m a lawyer. What do you do?
A. I’m an engineer.
C: A is an engineer, B is a lawyer.
Reading: Where do you work?

Introduction
a) Match Lao and English. You can use the list of workplaces at the back of your book to
help you.
1. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry a. ກະຊວງຍຸດຕິທາ
2. Ministry of Home Affairs b. ກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກາ ແລະ ການຄາ້
3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs c. ກະຊວງພະລ ັງງານ ແລະ ບໍ່ ແຮ ໍ່
4. Ministry of Information, Culture and d. ກະຊວງການເງິນ

Tourism
5. Ministry of Industry and Trade e. ກະຊວງພາຍໃນ
6. Ministry of Labour and Social f. ກະຊວງສາທາລະນະສຸກ

Welfare
7. Ministry of National Defence g. ກະຊວງກະສະກາ ແລະ ປາໍ່ ໄມ ້
8. Ministry of Education and Sports h. ກະຊວງແຮງງານ ແລະ ສະຫວ ັດດີການສ ັງຄມ
9. Ministry of Finance i. ກະຊວງຖະແຫງຂາໍ່ ວ, ວ ັດຖະນະທາ ແລະ ທອ

ໍ່ ງທຽໍ່ ວ
10. Ministry of Public Security j. ກະຊວງປ້ອງກ ັນປະເທດ
11. Ministry of Justice k. ກະຊວງການຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ
12. Ministry of Public Health l. ກະຊວງສຶກສາທິການ ແລະ ກິລາ
13. Ministry of Energy and Mining m. ກະຊວງປ້ອງກ ັນຄວາມສະຫງບ

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Note: Capital letters

We use capital letters for the names of workplaces, e.g. Ministry of Communications,
Transport, Post and Construction.
Practice
a) Listen and number the ministries.
________ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
________ Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA)
________ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)
________ Ministry of Information , Culture and Tourism (MICT)
________ Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT)
_______ Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (MLSW)
_______ Ministry of National Defence (MoND)
_______ Ministry of Education and Sports ( MoES)
_______ Ministry of Finance (MoF)
________ Ministry of Public Security (MoPS)
________ Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
________ Ministry of Public Health (MPH)
________ Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM)
b) Read and complete the dialogue.

Tom: Do you work for the Ministry of Health, Khamsy?
Khamsy: No, I don’t. I work at the _____________. I work for the____________
Tom: And _________ do you live?
Khamsy: Dongpalan village.
Note: works at … / works for …
Khamsy works at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

This means his office is in the MAF building in Vientiane.
ຖາ້ ວາໍ່ ໃຊ ້ at ຢໃໍ່ ນປະໂຫຍກໝາຍຄວາມວາໍ່ ຫອ
້ ງການຂອງຜກ ໍ່ ໍ່ ີກະຊວງນນ.
້ ຽໍ່ ວຢທ ັ້
Khamsy works for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

This means his office is not in the MAF building.
ຖາ້ ວາໍ່ ໃຊ ້ for ຢໃໍ່ ນປະໂຫກຍໝາຍຄວາມວາໍ່ ຫອ ້ ຽໍ່ ວບໍ່ ໄດຢ
້ ງການຂອງຜກ ໍ່ ໍ່ ີ
້ ທ
ັ້
ກະຊວງນນ.
c) Practise the dialogue. Use your own workplace and village.
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Language Focus - Present Simple Tense

Positive
I
You Contractions:
We work
at the Ministry I don’t
They
of Finance. you don’t
He
She works we don’t
It they don’t
he doesn’t
Negative she doesn’t
I it doesn’t
You
We do not work at the
They Ministry of
He Finance
She does not
It
Answers:
Questions with question words Yes, I do/No, I don’t.
you Yes, we do/No we don’t
do they Yes, they do/No, they don’t
Where he work? Yes, he does/No, he doesn’t
does she Yes, she does/No, she doesn’t
it
Yes, it does/No, it doesn’t
Yes/No questions
you
Do they
work at the Ministry of
he
Foreign Affairs?
Does she
it
a) Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.

answer read live
listen work ask
1. She ___________ the newspaper every day.

2. We ___________ for the Ministry of the Home Affairs.
3. She ___________ to music in the evenings.
4. He ____________in That Luang village.
5. The teacher ____________the same questions at the start of the lesson.

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6. My father never _____________ the phone.
Follow up task
a) Complete the text. Use the words in the box.
works a his
lives a village
She Ministry name
Mr Khamsy Soulivong is 38 years old. He is ___________ vet. He _______________ at the

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. He is married. He _____________ in Dongpalan
_______________ with _____________ wife and two children. His wife’s __________ is
Khamseng. She is ________ teacher. __________ works for the __________of Education
and Sports at Vientiane Secondary School.
b) Read the text again and answer the questions.

1. What does Khamsy do? ____________________________
2. How old is Khamsy? ______________________________
3. Is he single? _____________________________________
4. What is Khamseng’s occupation? ____________________
5. Where does she work? _____________________________
6. How many children do they have? ____________________
Note: Mr Mrs Miss Ms
Mr – man Mrs - married woman

Ms – woman Miss - single woman
Mr, Mrs, Miss ແລະ Ms ສວ
ໍ່ ນຫລາຍແມນໃຊ
ໍ່ ກ້ ັບນາມສະກຸນ ບໍ່ ແມນໃຊ
ໍ່ ກ້ ັບຊໍ່
ຖາ້ ວາໍ່ Khamsy Soulivong ຢທ

ໍ່ ໍ່ ີປະເທດອດສະຕາລີ ລາວຈະຖກເອີນ
້ ວາໍ່ Mr. Soulivong.
ໍ່ າໍ່ ຢໍ່ທໍ່ ີ ປະເທດລາວ Mr, Mrs, Miss ແລະ Ms ສ ວ

ແຕ ວ ໍ່ ໃຊກ ັບຊໍ່ ເພໍ່ ອສະແດງເຖິງ
ໍ່ ນຫລາຍແມ ນ
ຄວາມນ ັບຖ.
ໍ່ ໍ່ ີປະເທດລາວ ລາວຈະຖກເອີນ
ຕວຢາໍ່ ງ: Khamsy Soulivong ຢທ ້ ວາໍ່ Mr. Khamsy.
ັ້
ນນແມນໃຊ
ໍ່ ໄ້ ດ ້ ເພາະວາໍ່ ການໃຊແ ໍ່ ໍ່ (e.g. Khamsy) ໃນລາວ ແມນຖ
້ ຕຊ ໍ່ ວາໍ່ ບໍ່ ສຸພາບປານໃດ.
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Writing: Personal Information

Introduction
a) Ask five people and write their answers on the chart and report back to the class.
Example: His full name is Mr Khampheng Sengsoulivong and he’s forty years old. He’s an
accountant and he works for the Ministry of Education and Sports.
Full name? Age? Occupation? Workplace?
Mr. Khampheng
1. 40 accountant Ministry of Education and Sports
Sengsoulivong
2.
3.
4.
5.
b) Complete the form. Remember to use capital letters for names and ministries.
Mr  Ms  Mrs  Miss  [Please tick ()]

Given name: ________________ Surname: ____________________
Age: ______________________ Married  Single  [Please tick ()]
Occupation: ________________ Ministry: _______________________
c) Write about yourself. Use the text about Khamsy as a model.

e.g. My name is _____________________. I am _________________
______________________ and _____________________. ______
Check:
 a/an

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Unit 6: Time and daily routines
Unit 6 Time and daily routines

 Ask and answer questions about time and daily routines
 Listen to information about daily routines
 Write about your daily routines
Language focus
 Irregular verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to go’
 Time phrases
New vocabulary
time ເວລາ clean (verb) ອະນາໄມ every day ທຸກໆມ ້
o’clock ໂມງ house ເຮອນ after ຫຼ ັງຈາກ
half past ເຄິໍ່ ງ feed (verb) ເກອ weekend ທາ້ ຍອາທິດ
quarter past ເລີຍ 15 chickens ໄກ ໍ່ market ຕະຫຼາດ
quarter to ຍ ັງ 15 bed ຕຽງ motorbike ລດຈ ັກ
get up ຕໍ່ ນນອນ morning ຕອນເຊ້າ car ລດໃຫຍ ໍ່
take a shower ອາບນາ້ afternoon ຕອນສວາຍ tuk tuk ລດຕຸກຕຸກ
breakfast ເຂ້າເຊ້າ evening ຕອນແລງ bus ລດເມ
lunch ເຂ້າສວາຍ night ຕອນຄາໍ່ bicycle ລດຖີບ
dinner ເຂ້າແລງ midday ທຽໍ່ ງວ ັນ foot ຍາໍ່ ງ
television ໂທລະພາບ midnight ທຽໍ່ ງຄນ
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Unit 6: Time and daily routines Unit 6: Time and daily routines
Unit 6 Time and daily routines
Speaking: What’s the time?

Introduction
Dialogue
A: What’s the time?
B: It’s quarter past five.
A: Oh, I must go. I’m late for my English class.
B: What time does it start?
A: Five o’clock. See you later.
B: OK. See you later.

c) Practise the dialogue in pairs.

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Notes: You can say: See you later.

tomorrow.
on Monday.
on the weekend.
this evening.
8 o’clock.
next week.
Repeat the time phrases (ຄາວະລີ) after your teacher.
d) Practise the dialogue again using the different time phrases.
Follow up tasks
a) Listen and draw the times on the clocks.
1._______________ 2._______________ 3._______________ 4._____________
b) Write the times under the clocks.
Note: Two ways to say the time.

half past eight = 8.30 (eight thirty)
quarter past eight = 8.15 (eight fifteen)
quarter to nine = 8.45 (eight forty five)
c) Write these times.

e.g. 10.15 quarter past ten
11.15 ________________________________
12.30 ________________________________
7.45 ________________________________
9.30 ________________________________
10.45 ________________________________
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d) Barrier game
Don’t look at your partner’s clocks. Take turns to ask for the missing times. Draw the
missing times on your clocks.
e.g. A: What’s the time on clock 2?
B: It’s _________________.
Student A
1 2 3 4
______________ ______________ _____________ ____________
5 6 7 8
____________ ______________ _______________ ______________
Student B
1 2 3 4
_____________ ______________ _______________ ______________
5 6 7 8
____________ _____________ _____________ ______________

Check with your partner.
a) Write the times under the clocks.

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Listening: Manivanh’s Day

Introduction
a) Listen and read.
get up have a shower go to work have lunch
have dinner watch television go to bed clean the house
Follow up tasks
a) Listen to the cassette and write the times.
She gets up at 6 o’clock.
She feeds the chickens at _______________
She cleans the house at _______________
She has a shower at _______________
She has breakfast at _______________
She goes to work at _______________
She has lunch at _______________
She goes home at _______________
She has dinner at _______________
She goes to bed at _______________
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Language Focus
Verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to go’
“to have” “to go”
Singular Plural Singular Plural
I have We I go We
You have You have You go You go
He They He They
She has She goes
It It
a) Complete these sentences.

She ___________breakfast at 8.30 a.m.
What time do you __________breakfast?
They ___________to work in the morning.
He _____________to work by motorbike
I ______________dinner at 6 p.m.
We ____________lunch at 12.30.
b) Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers on the chart.
What time do you _________?
Names
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
c) Each student talks about one person from their survey.

e.g. Manivanh gets up at ________________
She has a shower at ________________

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d) Write four sentences about one person from your survey.

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Reading: Manivanh’s Day

Introduction
Note: More ways to talk about time
midday (ຕອນທຽໍ່ ງ), midnight (ທຽໍ່ ງຄນ)
in the morning = a.m. (from midnight to midday)

in the afternoon = p.m. (from midday to about 6.00 p.m.)
in the evening = p.m. (from about 6.00 to about 7.30 p.m.)
at night = p.m.
We say:
half past eight in the morning
eight thirty in the morning
eight thirty a.m.
We do not say ‘half past eight a.m.’
a) Write these times:

4 a.m. = 4 o’clock in the morning
8.30 a.m. = _______________________________
8.30 p.m. = _______________________________
9.45 a.m. = ________________________________
6.30 p.m. = ________________________________
7.30 a.m. = ________________________________
5.30 p.m. = ________________________________
10.45 a.m. = _______________________________
11.30 a.m. = _______________________________
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Follow up tasks
Manivanh’s Day
a) Write the number of the picture next to the matching sentence.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11
10 Every day Manivanh gets up at 6 o’clock in the morning.
_____ She feeds the chickens at 6.15 in the morning.
_____ She cleans the house at 6.30 a.m.
_____ She has a shower at 7.00 a.m.
_____ She has breakfast at 8.00 a.m.
_____ She goes to work at 8.15 a.m. by motorbike.
_____ She has lunch at midday.
_____ After work she goes to the market.
_____ She has dinner at 6.00 p.m. with her family.
_____ After dinner she watches television.
_____ She goes to bed at 9.45 p.m.

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b) Read these sentences:
My sister goes to work by motorbike.
My brother goes to his English class by

bicycle.
They go to school by bus.
I go to the ministry by car.
We go to market by tuk tuk.
My uncle goes to the rice field on foot.
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c) Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers in the chart.
Do you go to work by / on ____________?
Names
1.
2.
3.
4.
Writing: Your day

a) Read ‘Manivanh’s Day’ again.
b) Write about your day.
e.g. Every day I _____________________________________
Check:
 the grammar
 the spelling
 the full stops
 the capital letters

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Revision
a) Game: Who’s the winner?
Make questions for the following answers.
1. My house is 2. Her surname 3. My sister works 4. No, it’s not
yellow. is Vannaly. at the Ministry of our dog.
Start What colour... What.... Home Affairs. Is it......
Where....
5. It’s number 6. Noly gets up 7. I go to work 8. There are 10 9.A pen is on

59. at 6 a.m by motorbike. tables in the the desk.
What time... How ..... classroom. Where....
What.... How.....
10. My aunt is 11. His father is 12. Santi is at 13. Keo is my
42 years old. a policeman. work. friend.
How old...
Go back to What..... Where.... Who.....
number 3
14. It’s midday. 15. Vanh lives 16.My phone 17. No, I don’t.
at Phaxay number is 21 I work for the
What time... village. 8543
Go back to Ministry of
Where...... What..... number 11 Public Heath.
Do you.....
18. It’s ‘S-u-t- 19. My class 20. Yes, she is.
t-o-n’. starts at 8.30 Is she....
Can..... a.m.
Go back to Finish
What time... number 13
When....
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Unit 7 Months and dates

 Listen to short dialogues about dates
 Ask and answer questions about the weather
 Ask and answer questions about dates of festivals
 Ask and answer questions about dates of birth
Language focus
 Capital letters with months and names of festivals
 Ordinal numbers
 Adjectives for describing weather
 Read and answer questions about a calendar
 Fill in a form
 Write about another person from the information on a form
New vocabulary
January ເດອນມງກອນ
ັ November ເດອນພະຈິກ dry ແຫງ້ /ແລງ້
February ເດອນກຸມພາ December ເດອນທັນວາ hot ຮອ້ ນ
March ເດອນມີນາ month ເດອນ cool ເຢັນ
April ເດອນເມສາ year ປີ season ລະດ
May ເດອນພຶດສະພາ first ທີໜໍ່ ຶງ new ໃໝໍ່
June ເດອນມິຖນ
ຸ າ second ທີສອງ festival ບຸນ/ເທດສະການ
July ເດອນກລະກດ third ທີສາມ date of birth ວ ັນ ເດອນ ປີເກີດ
August ເດອນສິງຫາ fourth ທີສໍ່ ີ birthday ວ ັນເກີດ
September ເດອນກ ັນຍາ weather ອາກາດ before ກອໍ່ ນໜາ້
October ເດອນຕຸລາ wet ຊຸມໍ່ /ປຽກ
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Unit 7: Months and dates
Unit 7: Months and dates
Unit 7 Months and dates
Listening: Months
Introductory task
a) Listen and read the months.
January February March April May June
July August September October November December
Note: Capital letters (ຕວພິມໃຫຍ

ໍ່ )
ການຂຽນຄາສ ັບຂອງເດອນໃນພາສອ ັງກິດ, ຕວໜ ັງສທາອິດຂອງຄາສ ັບຕອ
້ ງຂຽນເປັນຕວພິມໃຫຍ
ໍ່ ສະເໝີ.
ຕວຢາໍ່ ງ: My date of birth is on the 16th of January, 1975.
b) Listen and mark the stress on the months.
'January February March April May June
Ju'ly August September October November December
c) Listen and write the number of the dialogue in the box.
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Practise
a) Complete the sentences below.
cool, dry season
wet season
1. The cool, dry season is in December, January and _______________________

2. The hot, dry season is in ___________________________________________
3. The wet season is in ______________________________________________
Language Focus
Adjectives for describing things
We use adjectives for describing things. These adjectives describe weather:

hot (35º) warm (25º) cool (15º) cold (5º) wet dry
We use ‘like’ to ask for descriptions, e.g. ‘What’s the weather like?’
a) Take turns to ask and answer about the weather in Laos.

e.g. A: What’s the weather like in Xiengkhuang in January? B: It’s cold.

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Speaking: Ordinal numbers and dates

Introductory tasks
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth
Note: Ordinal numbers (ເລກລາດ ັບ)
ໍ່ າດ ັບທີໜໍ່ ຶງຫາທີສາມ:
ການຂຽນເລກລາດ ັບໃນພາສາອ ັງກິດແຕລ
st
1 = first
2nd = second
3rd = third
ໍ່ ນການຂຽນແຕເໍ່ ລກລາດ ັບທີສໍ່ ຂຶ

ສວ ີ ນ້ ໄປແມນໃຫ
ໍ່ ້ ໍ່ ມ ‘th’ ໃສທ
ຕ ໍ່ າ້ ຍຄາ.
ຕວຢາໍ່ ງ:
4th = the fourth 7th = the seventh 10th = the tenth
5th = the fifth 8th = the eighth
6th = the sixth 9th = the ninth
ພະຍ ັນສະນະຄວບ th ຢທ
ໍ່ າ້ ຍຄາອອກສຽງ / /

11th = eleventh 12th = twelfth 13th = thirteenth
14th = fourteenth 15th = fifteenth 16th = sixteenth
17th = seventeenth 18th = eighteenth 19th = nineteenth
20th = twentieth
b) Write the ordinal numbers 21st to 31st in words.

21st = twenty-first 22nd = _______________ 23rd = _______________
24th = _______________ 25th = _______________ 26th = _______________
27th = _______________ 28th = _______________ 29th = _______________
30th = _______________ 31st = _______________

Follow-up tasks
a) Listen and tick () the dates you hear.
1. 23rd July 2. 3rd June 3. 22nd May
4th July 13th June 24th May
3rd July  22nd June 2nd May
4. 1st August 5. 9th April 6. 6th November
21st August 19th April 5th November
31st August 29th April 25th November
Note: How to write and say the dates

Written form Spoken form
1st August, 1999 The first of August, nineteen ninety-nine
23rd May, 2000 The twenty-third of May, two thousand
11th June, 2001 The eleventh of June, two thousand and one
b) Listen and complete.

1. A: ____________________ today?
B: It’s _______________________.
A: Sorry?
B: The ______________________.
A: Thanks.
2. A: ___________________________ birth?
B: The _______________________, 1968.
c) Listen and repeat:
1985 1965 2000 2002
1995 1999 2001 2020
d) Listen and write.
1. 1997 3. ______________ 5. ______________

2. ______________ 4. ______________ 6. ______________
e) Listen and complete.
1. 19/6/1996 4. …../3/20 ….. 7. 30/…../19…..

2. 10/8/19 ….. 5. …../10/1953 8. 29/…../ 19…..
3. …../1/19 ….. 6. …../…../ 2002 9. …../…../……..

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Practise
a) Barrier Game
One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s
chart (cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask for the missing dates. Write the
missing dates on your chart. Remember you can ask “Sorry?”
e.g. A: What’s the date in A1?

B: It’s the third.
A: Sorry?
B: The third. (Student A writes 3rd on his/her chart)
Student A: What’s the date in …?
A B C D E F
1 9th 18th 30th
2 4th 2nd
3 15th 11th 24th
4 1st 22nd 19th
Student B: What’s the date in …?
A B C D E F
1 3rd 23rd 13th

2 21st 27th 20th 6th
3 8th 5th 16th
4 10th 7th 12th

b) Ask 10 people about their date of birth. Write their name and date of birth on the chart.
e.g. A: What’s your date of birth?
B: The 21st of June, 1970.
1. Manivone 21st of June, 1988

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
c) Task: Write five sentences about people you talked to.

e.g. Manivone’s date of birth is the 21st of June, 1988.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
Reading: Months
Introductory task
a) Write the words and number of the months in the box.
a. lujy July 7
b. rayujan _______________
c. laipr _______________
d. demeberc _______________
e. rcoboet _______________
f. ybrfreau _______________
g. bemepestr _______________
h. nuej _______________
i. tuuasg _______________
j. ahmcr _______________
k. erbneomv _______________
l. yam _______________

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b) Look at the calendar. Read and answer the questions.
1. What’s the first month of the year? January.

2. What’s the last month? ____________
3. What day is the first of July? ____________
4. What day is the last day in June? ____________
5. What month comes before (¡ÈºÎÉ¾) November? ____________
6. What month comes after (¹ìñ¤-¥¾¡) October? ____________
7. How many days are there in January? ____________
8. How many months have 31 days? ____________
9. How many Fridays are there in January? ____________
10. What date is the first Friday in January? ____________
11. What date is the second Friday in January? ____________
12. What day is the last day of the year? ____________
Practise
a) Write answers to these questions.
When is the Rocket Festival? What month is Lao New Year in?
The Rocket Festival is in May or ________. Lao New Year is in __________.

When is the That Luang Festival? When is the Boat Racing Festival?
_____________________________ ____________________________
Writing: Important dates

List about 5 of important dates in your life.
Talk to your partner or groups about these dates and why they are important to you.
Revision
a) Ask your classmate and complete the form.
What’s your full name?
What’s your first name?
What’s your family name?
What’s your occupation?
Where do you work?
What’s your phone number?
What’s your date of birth?
Are you married or single?
How many children do you have?

Mr / Miss / Mrs / Ms [please circle]
Name: ………………………………………………………………………………..
(First name) (Family name)
Occupation: …………………………………………………………………………
Workplace: …………………………………………………………………………….
Telephone: …………………………………………………………………………….
Date of birth: ………………………………………………………………………….
Married Single [please tick ()
Number of Children: …………………………………………………………………

Unit 8: Weekly routines
Unit 8 Weekly routines

 Practise a dialogue about what people do before and after work
 Ask when people do things
 Listen to information about someone’s week
 Read about someone’s week and their work
 Complete sentences about your own week
 Write about your work
Language focus
 Irregular verb ‘to be’
 Question form with ‘do’
 Questions with ‘when’
 Conjunction: but
 Adverbs of frequency: always, usually, sometimes, never
New vocabulary
early ແຕເໍ່ ຊ້າ/ແຕເໍ່ ດິກ radio ວິທະຍຸ sometimes ບາງເທໍ່ ອ
cook ແຕງໍ່ ກິນ wash the dishes ລາ້ ງຈານ never ບໍ່ ເຄີຍ
rice field ທໍ່ ງນາ newspaper ໜັງສພິມ soft drink ນາອ
້ ັດລມ
garden ສວນ football ບານເຕະ job ວຽກ/ອາຊີບ

when…? ເມໍ່ ອໃດ/ເວລາໃດ? badminton ກິລາຕີດອກປີກໄກ ໍ່ meeting ປະຊຸມ
guitar ກີຕາ study ຮຽນ staff ພະນ ັກງານ
sing ຮອ້ ງເພງ always ເປັນປະຈາ arrive ມາເຖິງ/ມາຮອດ
fishing ຕຶກເບັດ/ຕຶກປາ usually ເລ້ອຍໆ position ຕາແໜງໍ່
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Unit 8 Weekly routines
Speaking: Early or late?

Introductory tasks
a) Look and read
Ms Manivanh gets up at 5.00 a.m. She gets up early.

Phonemaly gets up at 7.30 a.m. She gets up late.
Dialogue:
a) Listen and complete
Linda: Do you get up early, Ms. Manivanh?
Manivanh: _________________. I get up at ____________.
Before work I feed the ducks and clean the house. Then I cook rice for
breakfast.
Linda: And does your husband get up early?
Manivanh: ________. He works in the vegetable garden before he goes to work.
Linda: And does he go to bed early?
Manivanh: ____________. After dinner he washes the dishes, reads the newspaper then
he goes to bed at ___________. What about you, Linda? Do you go to bed
early?
Linda: ____________. I go to bed ____________ and
I get up ______.
1. Practise the dialogue in pairs.
2. Practise the dialogue using your own names.
Practise
a) Read the dialogue and answer the questions.
1. What does Ms Manivanh do early in the morning?
_______________________________________________________________
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2. What does her husband do early in the evening?

_______________________________________________________________
3. What does Ms Manivanh cook for breakfast?
_______________________________________________________________
4. Does her husband go to bed early?
_______________________________________________________________
5. Does he get up late?
_______________________________________________________________
Language focus
Irregular Verb
I /You/We/They do He/She/It does
I /You/We/They have He/She/It has
I /You/We/They wash He/She/It washes
We use the verb ‘to do’ to ask questions.
e.g. Do you get up early? Yes, I do. No, I don’t. (do not)
Does he get up early? Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t. (does not)
a) Correct sentences.
1. His son do the washing by himself.
..............................................................
2. Are you go to work early?
..................................................................
3. My father clean the yard every morning.
..............................................................................
4. She is doctors.
.....................................................................................
5. Boua wash the dishes.
.........................................................................
6. Do he work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
......................................................................................
7. Does Kham has two children?
.................................................................................................
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Listening: Khamphanh’s week

Introductory tasks
a) Look at the pictures and read.
drink coffee drinks beer study English play football sing
go fishing listen to the radio read the newspaper play guitar
work in the rice work in the have a meeting play badminton

field garden
Practise
a) Listen and number the pictures.
What does Khamphanh do every week?
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Written Spoken
I do not I don’t
He does not He doesn’t
b) What about you? Answer the questions.

Do you …
work in the garden? Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.
work in the rice field? ___________________________
go fishing? ___________________________
read the newspaper? ___________________________
study English after dinner? ___________________________
listen to the radio? ___________________________
c) Stand up and walk around. Ask five people. Write their answers in the chart.
e.g. A: Do you …?
B: Yes, I do. ()
No, I don’t. ()
Do you…
Names
d) Talk about one person from your survey

He/she_______________________________________________.
He/she doesn’t ________________________________________.
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Follow up tasks
‘and / but’
-ເມໍ່ ອເວລາພວກເຮາຕອ
້ ງການເພີໍ່ ມສິໍ່ ງໃດໜຶໍ່ ງເຂ້າໃນສັ່ ງທີໍ່ ໄດເ້ ວ້າຫຼ ຂຽນມາແລວ
້ ເຮາໃຊ ້ ‘and’.
e.g. Linda goes to bed late and gets up late.
-ເມໍ່ ອເວລາພວກເຮາຕອ
້ ງການເວ້າຫຼ ຂຽນສິໍ່ ງໃດໜຶໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ກງກ ັນຂາ້ ມກ ັບສິໍ່ງທີໍ່ ເຮາເວ້າ ຫຼ ຂຽນມາ
ແລວ
້ ພວກເຮາໃຊ ້ ‘but’.
e.g. Ms Manivanh goes to bed late but gets up early.
a) Look at the chart and write sentences using and/but.
drink drink play the play play

sing
coffee beer guitar football badminton
Somsinh      
Soumaly      
Phosy      
Manivone      
e.g. Somsinh drinks beer but he doesn’t drink coffee. He sings and plays the guitar. He
plays football but he doesn’t play badminton.
Soumaly:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Phosy:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
Manivone:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
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Language focus
Notes: always ເລ້ອຍໆ, usually ຕາມປກກະຕິ, sometimes ບາງເທໍ່ ອ, never ບໍ່ ເຄີຍຈ ັກເທໍ່ ອ.
always 100% e.g. I always watch television in the evening.
usually 90% I usually go to work at 8:30.
sometimes 50% I sometimes play football on the weekend.
never 0% I never go to bed late.
e.g. (always 100%, usually 90%, sometimes 50%, never 0%)
a) Ask your partner:

What time do you usually go to work?
Do you always read the newspaper after work?
Do you sometimes drink coffee in the evening?
What time do you usually have lunch?
Do you always listen to the radio before work?
Do you always watch television in the evening?
What do you usually do on the weekend?
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b) Ask five people and write their answers in the chart.

e.g. A: Do you …?
B: Yes, sometimes/always/usually.
No, never.
Name
Do you … Khamphanh
read the newspaper always
in the morning?
drink beer? sometimes
go to bed late? never
go fishing at the usually

weekend?
drink coffee in the sometimes
morning?
watch television in usually
the evening?
listen to the radio in never
the evening?
c) Write four sentences about your survey.

e.g. Manivanh always reads the newspaper in the morning.
Bouasone usually watches television in the evening.
d) Complete the sentences with the correct endings

1. Thong often drinks tea but ..................................................................................
2. Phet usually reads the newspaper at night but .....................................................
3. Somphet sometimes drinks beer but ....................................................................
4. Khamla always gets up early on week days but .................................................
5. Manivone usually eats rice for lunch but ............................................................
he usually gets up late on the weekend.

he never smokes cigarettes.
he never drinks coffee.
sometimes she eats bread.
he sometimes watches television.
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Reading: Khamphanh’s week

Introductory task
a) Write the number of a picture in front of each sentence.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
6 Every day at 5 a.m. Khamphanh works in the garden.

_______ He usually listens to the radio before work.
_______ He sometimes drinks coffee with friends in the morning.
_______ He reads the paper every evening after work.
_______ He studies English every Tuesday evening.
_______ Every Wednesday night, he plays the guitar with friends.
_______ He sometimes drinks beer after work.
_______ He usually goes fishing on the weekend.
Language focus
Questions with ‘When’
ການໃຊຄ ້ ຕ ້ນດວ
້ າຖາມທີໍ່ ຂຶນ ້ ຍ ‘When’ ຈະຕອ
້ ງໃຊ ້ ຄາກິລິຍາ ‘do’ ຊວ
ໍ່ ຍໃນການສາ້ ງຄາຖາມ
e.g. When do you listen to the radio?
When does Khamphanh work in the garden?
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a) Read the sentences about Khamphanh’s week again. When does he do these things?
Tick () the boxes.
in the in the in the at night on the
morning afternoon evening weekend
work in the garden? 
listen to the radio?

drink coffee?
read the paper?
study English?
play the guitar with
friends?
drink beer?
go fishing?
b) Complete these sentences with ‘always, usually, sometimes, never’.

I __________________ eat rice for dinner.
I __________________ eat bread for lunch.
I __________________ visit my sister on the weekend.
I __________________ play football on Saturday morning.
I __________________ eat in a restaurant on Friday night.
I __________________ watch a video on Saturday night.
I __________________ work in my office on Sunday.
I __________________ sing in the morning.
I __________________ go to work by bicycle.
I __________________ work in the garden in the evening.
c) Class survey
What do you do at _______________?
Name
Time Khamphanh
6.00 a.m.
8.00 a.m.
10.00 a.m.
12. 00 midday
2.00 p.m.
4.00 p.m.
6.00 p.m.
8.00 p.m.
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Practise
a) Read about Khamphanh’s week at the office and answer the questions.
Khamphanh’s week at the office
Khamphanh is a government official. He works for the Ministry of Education and

Sports. He works at the English Language Resource Centre in Vientiane. He is the vice
director.
Every day Khamphanh gets up at six o’clock. He always reads the newspaper before
work. He has breakfast at seven o’clock. He goes to work by motorcycle at 7.30 a.m.
He arrives at work at about a quarter to eight. He usually has a meeting with his staff on
Monday morning at 8.30 but sometimes his staff are late. Khamphanh works in his
office all morning. He doesn’t go home for lunch. He has lunch at the office canteen.
Every day he is very busy in his office. He usually finishes work at 4 o’clock but
sometimes he works late. After work he usually goes home but sometimes plays
petanque with his friends.
1. Who does Khamphanh work for? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
2. Where does he work? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
3. What is his position(ຕຳແໜງ

ັ່ )? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
4. What time does he get up every day? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
5. What does he do before work? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
6. How does he go to work? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
7. When does he arrive at work? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
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8. What time does he have a meeting? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
9. Who does he have a meeting with? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
10. When does he usually finish work? _________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
11. Where does he usually go after work? ___________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Writing: Your week

Write about your weekly routines. Use the reading about Khamphanh as a model.
Check:
 the grammar
 the spelling
 the full stops
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Unit9:9 Countries, nationalities and languages
Countries, nationalities
Unit 9 and languages
 Ask and answer questions about where people are from, their nationalities and what
languages they speak
 Listen to short dialogues about nationalities
 Read a newspaper article about Vietnamese government officials
 Write about someone in the class
Language focus
 Conjunction ‘or’
 Capital letters for writing the names of countries, nationalities, and languages
New vocabulary
country ປະເທດ Indonesia ປະເທດອິນໂດເນເຊຍ
nationality ສ ັນຊາດ Thailand ປະເທດໄທ
language ພາສາ China ປະເທດຈີນ
province ແຂວງ Myanmar ປະເທດມຽນມາ
speak ເວ້າ Malaysia ປະເທດມະເລເຊຍ
ethnic ຊນເຜໍ່ າ Brunei ປະເທດບຣໄນ
important ສາຄ ັນ Vietnam ປະເທດຫວຽດນາມ
Laos ປະເທດລາວ The Philippines ປະເທດຟິລິບ
Cambodia ປະເທດກາປເຈຍ ປິ ນ
Singapore ປະເທດສິງກະໂປ East Timor ປະເທດອີສຕີມ
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Unit 9: Countries, nationalities and languages Unit 9 Countries, nationalities and languages
Countries, nationalities
Unit 9 and languages
Speaking: Where are you from?
Introductory tasks
a) Look at the Southeast Asia map

b) Listen and repeat
Countries
1. 'Laos 2. Singapore 3. Indonesia 4. Thailand 5. China

6. Myanmar 7. Cambodia 8. Malaysia 9. Brunei 10. Vietnam
11. The Philippines 12. East Timor
a) Listen and mark the stress on the country names, e.g. 'Laos.
b) Look at the map of Southeast Asia. Ask and answer questions about the names of the
countries,
e.g. A: What’s the name of country number 1?
B: It’s Laos.
Dialogue tasks
a) Listen and complete.
Manivanh: Good morning, Ms Hien._______________?
Hien: I’m fine, thanks. And you?
Manivanh: Fine, thank you.
This is Ms Alias. She’s from _______________.
Ms Alias, this is Ms Hien. She’s from _______________.
(Ms Hien and Ms Alias shake hands).
Hien: Pleased to meet you.
Alias: _________________, too.
Hien: What do you do, Ms Alias?

Alias: I’m the _______________ of the Language Centre.
What about you?
Hien: I’m …
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b) Role play. Work in a group of 3 to practise the dialogue. Take turn to be Manivanh,
Hien and Alias.
Note: How do you do?
ເມໍ່ ອ ເວລາພວກເຮ າທັກທາຍຜ້ໃດຜ້ໜໍ່ ຶ ງທີໍ່ ເປັ ນ ທາງການພວກເຮ າຈະໃຊ ຄ
້ າວ າໍ່ ‘Pleased to
້ ວກເຮາຍ ັງສາມາດໃຊຄ
meet you.’ ນອກຈາກນີພ ້ າວາໍ່ ‘How do you do?’ ໄດອ
້ ີກ.
Follow-up tasks
a) What about you? Ask and answer.
e.g. A: Where are you from?
B: I’m from Bokeo province.
A: What about you?
b) Ask and answer about these people.
Ho Chi Minh Kaisone Phomvihanh

The President of Vietnam The President of Laos
Year of Birth: 1890 Year of Birth: 1920
What’s his name? _________________________.
Where’s he from? _________________________.
What was his position? He was_________________________.
When was he born? _________________________.
Language Focus
To be (Past Simple tense)
I was
You were We
He You were
She was They
It
Present Simple Past simple
Today I am late. Yesterday I was late.
Today you are late. Yesterday you were late.
Today he is late. Yesterday he was late.
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Positive
I was In Vientiane last week.
He
She was
It
We
You were
They
Negative
I was not in Vientiane last week. Contractions:
I wasn’t
He
he wasn’t
She
was not she wasn’t
It
it wasn’t
we weren’t
We you weren’t
You were not they weren’t
They
Questions with question words

you
were
they
Where he last week?
was she
it
Yes/No questions
Were you Answers:
they Yes, I was/No, I wasn’t
he in Vientiane last week?
Was Yes we were/No we weren’t
she Yes, they were/No, they
it weren’t
a) Complete the sentences. Yes, he was/No, he wasn’t
1. Kaisone Phomvihane was the President of Laos.
Yes, she was/No, she wasn’t
2. I _______ born in 1968. Yes, it was/No, it wasn’t
3. Today _______ Wednesday.
4. Yesterday ________ Tuesday.
5. Last year we ________ in Malaysia.
6. In 1978, I ________ in Vietnam.
7. Today they ______ at work.
8. Yesterday evening he ______ at home.
9. In January they ________ in Luang Nam Tha.
10. Where ______ you last month?

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b) Ask people where they were.

e.g. Manivanh, where were you in 1995?
in January?
last week?
last year?
yesterday evening?
Listening: What’s your nationality?

Introductory tasks
a) Match the nationalities with the countries.
Nationalities
Lao Singaporean Indonesian Thai Chinese Filipino
Burmese Cambodian Malaysian Bruneian Vietnamese Khmer
Timor
Country Nationality
Laos Lao
Vietnam ____________________
Indonesia ____________________
Thailand ____________________
China ____________________
Brunei ____________________
Myanmar ____________________
The Philippines ____________________
Malaysia ____________________
Singapore ____________________
Cambodia _____________________
East Timor _____________________
b) Listen and mark the stress on the nationalities, e.g. 'Lao.
c) Listen to and repeat.
d) Take turns to ask and answer about country’s names and its nationality.
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Follow up task
a) Listen to the dialogues. Write the nationality of the person in each dialogue.
1. Thai 4. ___________________
2. ___________________ 5. ___________________
3. ___________________ 6. ___________________
Note: Pronunciation
Notice the / / sound for ‘ti’ and the stress in ‘natio'nality’.
Practise the pronunciation of ‘natio'nality’.
b) Role play. Ask and answer ‘What’s your nationality?’
Example: A: Are you Vietnamese?
B: No, I’m not. I’m Cambodian.
Speaking: What languages do you speak?

Introductory tasks
a) Complete the table with the nationalities and languages in the box.
Nationalities and languages
Lao English Indonesian Thai Chinese
Burmese Cambodian Malaysian Bruneian Vietnamese
Filipino Malay Malay Chinese Timorese
Country Nationality Language

Laos Lao Lao
Vietnam Vietnamese ____________________
Indonesia ____________________ Indonesian
Thailand Thai ____________________
China ____________________ ____________________
Brunei ____________________ ____________________
Myanmar ____________________ Burmese
The Philippines ____________________ Tagalog
Malaysia ____________________ ____________________
Singapore Singaporean ____________________
Cambodia Khmer
East Timor ____________________ Portuguese

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b) Listen and mark the stress on the languages.

e.g. Vietna'mese
c) Listen and repeat.
Tom: Do you speak Vietnamese?
Khamsy: No, I don’t.
Tom: What languages do you speak?
Khamsy: Lao, Thai, and a little English.
d) Practise the dialogue.
Language Focus
and / or
ເມໍ່ ອເວລາພວກເຮາຕອ
້ ງການເພີໍ່ ມສິໍ່ ງໃດສິໍ່ ງໜຶໍ່ ງເຂ້າໃນສິໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ໄດເ້ ວ້າ ຫລຂຽນມາແລວ
້ ເຮາໃຊ ້
‘and.’
e.g. David speaks English and French.
Phonephet speaks English, French and Vietnamese.
ໃນກລະນີດຽວກ ັນໃຊສ
້ າລ ັບປະໂຫຍກປະຕິເສດຂອງພາສາອ ັງກິດພວກເຮາໃຊ ້ ‘or.’
e.g. Somsinh doesn’t speak English or French.
Niphaphone doesn’t speak English, French or Vietnamese.
ໍ່ ສ ັງເກດໂຄງສາ້ ງຂອງປະໂຫຍກໃນການເພີໍ່ ມສາມສິໍ່ ງ ຫຼື ຫາຍກວ
ຈງ ້ ໄປໃນ
ໍ່ າສາມສິໍ່ ງຂນ
ປະໂຫຍກ.
e.g. Phonephet speaks English, French and Vietnamese.
Niphaphone doesn’t speak English, French or Vietnamese.
ພວກເຮາໃຊເ້ ຄໍ່ ອງໝາຍຈຸດ (,) ໃສຂ ັ້
ໍ່ ນລະຫ ໍ່ າງສິໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ພວກເຮາເວ້າ ຫຼື ຂຽນມາແລວ
ວ ້ . ພວກເຮາ
ໃຊ ້ ‘and / or’ ກອ
ໍ່ ນສິໍ່ ງສຸດທາ້ ຍທີໍ່ ກາໍ່ ວເຖິງ.
a) Write about these people. Use and / o r / but.
Name English French Vietnamese
Ms. Phonephet   
Mr. Somsack   
Mr. Chanthai   
Ms. Niphaphone   
Mr. Sonesay   
Ms. Khamsay   
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1. Ms Phonephet speaks English, French and Vietnamese.

2. Mr Somsack speaks __________and ________but he ______________.
3. __________________________________________________________________.
4. __________________________________________________________________.
5. __________________________________________________________________.
6. __________________________________________________________________.
b) Find someone who: Stand up, walk around the class and find someone who speaks
these languages.
 Ask: ‘Do you speak …..?’
 If they answer ‘Yes’ write their name.
 If they answer ‘No’ ask another person. Try to get a name next to each language.
Find someone who speaks …

Name
Thai _________________________________
Vietnamese _________________________________
English _________________________________
French _________________________________
Japanese _________________________________
Malay _________________________________
Khmer _________________________________
Chinese _________________________________
c) Write sentences about the languages people in your class speak.

e.g. Manivone speaks a little Vietnamese. She does not speak Khmer, Malay or Chinese.
Reading: Ethnic Language

Introductory tasks
a) Discuss these questions:
 What ethnic groups live in your province?
 What languages do they speak?
 Do you speak an ethnic language?

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Practise
a) Read the newspaper article.
Ethnic language study
Many government officials in Vietnam study English but in some provinces
government officials study ethnic languages. Many ethnic groups live in these
provinces. It is important for the government officials to speak their languages.
The government officials study Hmong, Khmu, Yao and Tai. They study these
languages for eight months.
Vietnam Times
b) Circle T for true (ຖກ) or F for false (ຜິດ).
1. The government officials live in Vietnam. T F
2. The government officials in Vietnam do not study English. T F
3. Government officials in Vietnam study ethnic minority languages. T F
4. Hmong, Khmu, Yao and Tai ethnic groups live in Vietnam. T F
5. The ethnic language course is for 32 weeks. T F
Writing: I speak English and a little French.

Introductory task
Note: Capital letters (ຕວພິມໃຫຍ
ໍ່ )
ການຂຽນຄາສ ັບຂອງປະເທດ, ສ ັນຊາດ ແລະ ພາສາໃນພາສາອ ັງກິດ, ຕວໜງັ ສທາອິດຂອງຄາສ ັບຂອງຄາ

ັ້ ອ
ສ ັບນນຕ ້ ງການຂຽນດວ
້ ຍຕວພິມໃຫຍ
ໍ່ ສະເໝີ.
ຕວຢາໍ່ ງ: Sothea is from Cambodia. He is Cambodian. He speaks Khmer. He doesn’t speak

Lao, Thai or Vietnamese.
a) Write these sentences again using capital letters.
Her name is akiko. she is from japan. she is japanese. she speaks japanese. she speaks lao but
she doesn’t write it. she speaks thai, lao and chinese. she speaks a little english.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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Mr. wang lee is from singapore. he is a businessman. he goes to many countries for his work.
he usually goes to indonesia, malaysia and thailand for work. he speaks english and chinese.
he does not speak malay, thai or lao.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Write sentences about the people in your class or your family as the sample from
activity a).
e.g. Her name is Vanna. She is from Khammouan province.............
Check:
 the Present Simple Tense
 spelling
 capital letters
 full stops

Unit 10: Work information
Unit 10 Work information

 Practise a dialogue about meeting someone who gives you her name card
 Learn the names of more Lao workplaces
 Read name cards
 Ask about office equipment
 Write about where things are in an office
Language focus
 Questions with ‘whose’
 Prepositions of place
 Read about where things are in an office
 Follow instructions to write your own name card
New vocabulary
American ຄນອາເມລິກາ shelves ຖາ້ ນໃສປ
ໍ່ ຶ້ ມ on the left ຢເໍ່ ບອ
້ ງຊາ້ ຍ
Australian ຄນອດສະຕາລີ typewriter ຈ ັກພິມດີດ on the right ຢເໍ່ ບອ

້ ງຂວາ
Japanese ຄນຍີໍ່ ປຸນ

ໍ່ calculator ຈ ັກຄິດໄລໍ່ office ຫອ
້ ງການ
adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶກສາ photocopier ຈ ັກອ ັດເອກະສານ top ຢເໍ່ ທິງສຸດ
(name) card ນາມບ ັດ computer ຄອມພີວເຕີ້ bottom ຢໍ່ລມໍຸ່ ສຸດ
address ທີໍ່ ຢໍ່ filing cabinet ຕມ້ ຽນເອກະສານ
້ old ເກໍ່ າ
project ໂຄງການ document ເອກະສານ new ໃໝໍ່
position ຕາແໜງໍ່ include ປະກອບດວ້ ຍ exchange ແລກປໍ່ຽນ
telephone ໂທລະສ ັບ opposite ກງກ ັນຂາ້ ມ
fax ໂທລະສານ in the corner ຢແ
ໍ່ ຈ
e-mail ອີເມລ in the middle ຢກ
ໍ່ າງເຄິໍ່ ງ
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Unit 10 Work information
Speaking: Here’s my card.

Introductory task
a) Ask and answer the questions
Do people exchange their name cards in your country?
What information is included on the name card?
Dialogue
David: This is Souvanh. He’s from __________ province. He works for the
Provincial Cabinet.
Debbie: Pleased to meet you, Souvanh. My name’s Debbie.
Souvanh: ______________, Debbie. Are you American?
Debbie: No, I’m Australian.
Souvanh: And do you work in Laos?
Debbie: Yes, I’m ________________. Here’s my ____________.
Souvanh: Thank you.

c) Practise the dialogue in pairs
Practise
a) Look at the card and read it.
Organisation JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY
name Mr. Yoshitomo SUZUKI

Adviser position
Teacher Training Department
workplace Ministry of Education
JICA Laos Office fax and phone

address Naxay Village Ministry tel & fax: (856- 21) 250933
number
P.O. Box 3933 Home tel & fax: (856- 21) 315243
Vientiane, Lao P.D.R. E- mail: yoshi@laotel.com
email address
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b) Pronunciation Practice: Look at the stress. Repeat these words after your teacher.
organi'sation po'sition ad'dress
In e-mail addresses, @ is pronounced ‘at’. A full stop (.) is pronounced ‘dot’.

For example:
Write: yoshi@laotel.com
Say: ‘Yoshi at laotel dot com’
c) Look at the card again. Take turns to ask and answer the questions.
Whose card is it? Yoshitomo Suzuki’s.
Is it a man’s card or a woman’s card?
What is the person’s family name?
What is the person’s given name?
Where does the person work?
What organization does the person work for?
What is the person’s position?
What is the person’s phone number?
What is the person’s fax number?
What is the person’s e-mail address?
What is the person’s office address?
Follow up tasks
a) Read and complete.
Family name: ________________
Given name: ________________
Workplace: ________________
Organisation: ________________
Position: ________________
Phone number: ________________
Fax number: ________________
E- mail address: ________________
Office address: ________________
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Family name: ________________
Save the children Given name: ________________

International Workplace: ________________
Carol Perks Organisation: ________________
Health Adviser Position: ________________
Vientiane Office Phone number: ________________
P.O. Box 2783 Vientiane, Lao PDR
Telephone 856(21) 313837 Fax number: ________________
856(20) 51693788
Facsimile 856(21) 415432 E- mail address: ________________
E- mail: scaus@laotel.com
Office address: ________________
b) Write questions.
Family name: What’s your family name?

Given name: _____________________________
Workplace: _____________________________
Organisation: _____________________________
Position: _____________________________
Phone number: _____________________________
Fax number: _____________________________
E-mail address: _____________________________
Office address: _____________________________
c) Take turns to ask your partner questions. Complete the form about your partner.
Remember you can say: “Can you spell it, please?”
e.g. A: What’s your family name?
B: Vilavanh.
A: Can you spell it, please?
B: V-I-L-A-V-A-N-H.
(Student A writes ‘Vilavanh’ on the form.)
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Mr / Miss / Mrs / Ms [please circle]

Name: ………………………………………………………………………………..
(Given name) (Family name)
Workplace: ……………………………………………………………………………
Organisation: ………………………………………………………………………….
Position: ……………………………………………………………………………….
Phone number: ……………………………………………………………………….
Fax number: ……………………………. E-mail address: ………………………...
Office address: ……………………………………………………………………….
d) Work in groups of four. Take turns to talk about the form you completed.
e.g. His family name is …. He doesn’t have a fax number.
Listening: Workplaces
Introductory tasks
a) Match Lao and English workplaces.
1. Provincial Cabinet a. ໂຮງໝແຂວງ

2. Provincial Education Service b. ສະຫະພັນແມຍິ
ໍ່ ງລາວ
3. District Administration Office c. ສນກາງຊາວໜຸມ
ໍ່
4. Lao Women’s Union d. ສະພາແຫງ
ໍ່ ຊາດ
5. Provincial Governor’s Office e. ຫອ
້ ງວາໍ່ ການແຂວງ
6. Lao Federation of Trade Unions f. ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
7. Provincial Hospital g. ພະແນກສຶກສາແຂວງ
8. Lao Youth Union h. ສະຫະພັນກາມະບານລາວ
9. National University of Laos i. ຫອ
້ ງການປກຄອງເມອງ
10. The National Assembly j. ຫອ
້ ງການປກຄອງແຂວງ
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c) Listen to the dialogues. Write the workplace of the person in each dialogue.
1. Provincial Cabinet 4. _______________________________

2. _______________________________ 5. _______________________________
3. _______________________________ 6. _______________________________
d) Practise saying the name of the workplace.
Practise
a) Look at the card below.
top
JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY
Mr. Yoshitomo SUZUKI

Adviser
Teacher Training Department
Ministry of Education
left right
JICA Laos Office
Naxay Village Ministry tel & fax: (856- 21) 250933
P.O. Box 3933 Home tel & fax: (856- 21) 315243
Vientiane, Lao P.D.R. E- mail: yoshi@laotel.com
bottom
b) Read the sentences. Circle T for true and F for false for each sentence.
1. His name is in the middle of the card. T F

2. His workplace is on the left of the card. T F
3. His address is in the top left corner of the card. T F
4. His phone number is in the bottom right corner of the card. T F
5. His organisation is at the top of the card. T F
Follow up tasks
a) Listen to the teacher. Follow his/her instructions to make your name card.
top
left right
bottom
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b) Whose card is it? Put your name cards on the teacher’s desk. The teacher will take a
card and read the information on the card to you but he/she will not read the name.
Can you guess whose card it is?
e.g. This person works at the governor’s office. He is a head of administrative office. His
phone number is 215486. He doesn’t have an e-mail address…
Reading: In the office

Introductory task
a) Match the pictures with the words from the box.
photocopier fax telephone computer filing cabinet

shelves typewriter calendar board calculator
1. _______________ 2. ___________ 3. _________ 4 ____________
5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________
8. _______________ 9. _________________ 10. ____________
Practise
a) Survey: Half the class takes Survey A and the other half takes Survey B. Stand up,
walk around the class. Ask five people: ‘Do you have a … in your office?’ If they answer
‘Yes’ put a tick () under each picture. If they answer ‘No’ put a cross () under each picture.
e.g. A: Do you have a computer in your office?
B: Yes, I do/No, I don’t.
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Survey A
Do you have a … in your office?
Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Survey B
Do you have a … in your office?
Name
2.
3.
4.
5.
a) Write about 3 people from your survey.

e.g. Chanh has a _____________, _____________ and _______________.
He does not have a ____________, _____________ or _______________.
a) Write about yourself.

e.g. I have a _____________, _____________ and __________________.
I do not have a ____________, _____________ or __________________.
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Language Focus:
Prepositions of place
a) Read and repeat the prepositions.
Follow up task
a) Look at the picture of Somphanh’s office. What can you see in the picture? Where are
the things in Somphanh’s office?
b) Use prepositions of place to complete the sentences. Some prepositions are used more
than once.
opposite between in the corner of under
next to on on the right in the middle of
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In Somphanh’s office he has a filing cabinet, a desk, a photocopier and a board. The filing
cabinet is _____ _____ ________ _____ the room. A new computer is _______ the desk.
An old typewriter is _______ the shelf. The shelf is __________ the window. The clock is
____________ the window and the calendar. The white board is on the wall
______________ the door. The keys are on the wall _______ ____ the board _____ ______
__________. The briefcase is on the chair. The calculator is on the desk _______________
the computer and the telephone. The printer is on the table ______ ____ the desk on the
left. The photocopier is _________ the desk. There is nothing ____ _____ ____________
_____ the room.
c) Read the text and make 3 questions to ask the class.
Writing: My office
d) Describe your office. Use Somphanh’s office reading as a model.
Check:
 the grammar
 the spelling
 the full stops
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Unit 11 Work responsibilities

 Talk about what people are doing now
 Ask and answer questions about what people were doing at same time in the past
 Ask and answer questions about how often people do things at work
 Read about someone’s work responsibilities
 Write about your own work responsibilities
 Interview someone
Language focus
 Present Continuous Tense
 Adverbs of frequency
 How often…?
 Asking for and giving reasons
New vocabulary
signature ລຳຍເຊນ twice ສອງຄ ຼິ້ງ
sign ເຊນຊຼືັ່ tthree time ສຳມຄ ຼິ້ງ
type ພມ often ເລຼືຼິ້ອຍໆ
letter ຈ ົດໝຳຍ tried ເມຼືັ່ ອຍ
interview ສຳພຳດ interesting ໜຳຼິ້ ສ ົນໃຈ
organise ຈດຕ ຼິ້ງ boring ໜຳຼິ້ ເບຼືັ່ ອ
make plane ສຳຼິ້ ງແຜນກຳນ why ເປນຫຍງ/ຍອຼິ້ ນຫຍງ
abroad ຕຳັ່ ງປະເທດ because ເພຳະວຳັ່
once ໜັ່ ງຄ ຼິ້ງ
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Speaking: What are they doing?

Introductory task
a) Look and answer
Where are they?

What are they doing?
Dialogue tasks
Susan: Are you busy, Hongkham?
Hongkham: Yes. I’m writing a report.
Susan: What’s Khammy doing?
Hongkham: I think he’s talking to the director.
Susan: And what’s Manivone doing?
Hongkham: She’s organising a workshop. What are you doing now?
Susan: Nothing.
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Language Focus
Present Continuous Tense
‘What are you doing now?’
We use Present Continuous to talk about actions that are happening now at the
time of speaking.
Present Continuous is the present tense of the verb ‘to be’ + verb + ing
ພວກເຮາໃຊ ້ Present Continuous ເພໍ່ ອບອກເຖິງການກະທາໃດໜຶໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ເກີດຂນ
້ ໃນເວລາທີໍ່ ກາລ ັງ
ເວ້າ
e.g. I am working.
(verb to be) (verb+ing)
Spoken Written
I’m working. I am working.
You’re working. You are working.
He/She’s working. He/She is working.
We’re working. We are working.
You’re working. You are working.
They’re working. They are working.
Yes/No questions
Are you working now? Yes, I’m./No, I’m not.
Is Susan working now? Yes, she is./No, she isn’t.
Wh/question: Where are you working?

Note
Verb+ing, e.g. work/working
Verbs ending in ‘e’drop the ‘e’ before ‘ing’, e.g. write/writing
use/using
file/filing
have/having
type/typing
a) Write a sentence under each picture.

What are they doing?
1. __________________ 2. __________________ 3. _______________

__________________ __________________ _______________
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4. ___________________ 5. __________________ 6. _______________

___________________ __________________ _______________
b) Miming: What am I doing? Work as a class. One student mimes doing something and
asks, ‘What am I doing?’ The others guess.
Listening: What are they doing?

Introductory tasks
1. talking on the phone 2. writing a report 3. reading a document
4. using a computer 5. sending a fax 6. filing documents
7. using 8. typing 9. having a meeting 10.signing

a photocopier documents
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Follow up task
a) Listen to the dialogues and number the pictures.
Reading: Hongkham’s work responsibilities

Introductory tasks
a) Look at these adverbs of frequency.
Notes: always ເລ້ອຍໆ, often ຂອ

້ ນຂາ້ ງເລ້ອຍໆ, usually ຕາມປກກະຕິ
sometimes ບາງເທໍ່ ອ never ບໍ່ ເຄີຍຈ ັກເທໍ່ ອ
always 100% e.g. I always watch television in the

evening.
often, usually 90% I often go to meetings.
I usually go to work at 8:30.
sometimes 50% I sometimes play football on the

weekend.
never 0% I never go to bed late.

e.g. (always 100%, often/usually 90%, sometimes 50%, never 0%)
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Note: ‘usually’ and ‘often’
ສຳລບຄຳຖຳມ ‘How often do you…?’ ສາມາດຕອບໄດດ ້ ຍວະລີ (time phrases) ເຫຼໍ່ ານີ:ຼິ້
້ ວ
e.g.  every day
 once a day/week/month/year
 twice a week
 three times a week
 four times a…
 never
 on Tuesdays
ການນາໃຊຄ
້ າກິລິຍາວິເສດ‘often’ ແມນໃຊ
ໍ່ ເ້ ພໍ່ ອບອກເຖິງການກະທາທີໍ່ ເຮັດຂອ
້ ນຂາ້ ງເລ້ອຍໆ ແຕບ
ໍ່ ໍ່
ຈ າເປັ ນ ຈະເປັ ນ ປ ກກະຕິ . ດໍ່ ງັ ປະໂຫຍກທີໍ່ ວ າໍ່ :‘I often go to meetings.’ ມ ັນບໍ່ ໄດ ບ
້ ອກເຖິງ ການ
ັ້ ຫລາຍຄງປານໃດ/ປ
ກະທານນ ັ້ ກກະຕິປານໃດ.
b) Look at the chart below. Talk about what Manivone does at work using
always/often/usually/sometimes/never.
e.g. Manivone sometimes talks on the phone at work.
always often usually sometimes never
talk on the phone 

at work
write reports 
read documents 
use a computer 
send faxes 
file documents 
sign documents 
have meetings 
type letters 
use a photocopier 
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c) Write about what Manivone does at work.

e.g. Manivone often writes a report.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
d) Survey: Ask five people about what they do at work. Write their answers (e.g. always,
never) in the chart.
e.g. A: How often do you.....?
B: Always/often/usually/sometimes/never.
Name
talk on the phone

at work
write reports
read documents
use a computer
send faxes
file documents
sign documents
have meetings
type letters
use a photocopier
e) Talk about people from your survey.
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Follow up tasks
a) Read the text: ‘Hongkham’s Work Responsibilities’
My name is Hongkham. I work for the Department of Planning and Cooperation. I am

Vice Director of the Planning and Finance Section.
Every morning I read reports and I sign documents. I go to meetings twice a week and
sometimes I go to inspect projects in the provinces. Once a year, I organise a big meeting
for all the staff of the Department of Planning and Cooperation. The meeting is usually in
October. I usually have meetings with foreign advisers once a month. We talk about the
work of the Department and make plans for the next month. I go abroad three times a
year. For example, last year I went to Singapore for a workshop.
I am often tired after work because I am always busy. But I like my job very much
because it is always interesting.
b) Complete the chart below.
What Hongkham does at work. How often?
reads reports every morning
Follow-up tasks
a) Survey: Ask three people. Write their answers in the chart.
e.g. A: How often do you read reports?
B: Once a month.
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read reports
sign documents
inspect projects
organise meetings
have meetings with
foreign advisers
have a workshop
go to other provinces
go to other countries
go to meetings
b) Report back to the class.

e.g. Thanapone inspects projects once a month.
Practice
Note: Asking for and giving reasons:
Why ເປັນຫຍ ັງ / because ຍອ
້ ນວາໍ່
e.g. Why is Hongkham often tired?
Because she is always busy.
a) Read the dialogue below.

A: Somdy, do you like your job?
B: Yes, I do.
A: Why?
B: Because it’s interesting.
b) Read the dialogue below.
A: Phonemany, do you like…?
B: No, I don’t.
A: Why not?
B: Because it’s boring.
c) Take turn to ask each other about your own jobs.(travel a lot, meet many people, have a
new experience.....)
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Writing: At work
a) Write about your work responsibilities.
Check:
 the grammar from this unit
 correct spelling
 full stops
 capital letters
Revision: Asking and answering questions.

b) Pair work: Interview your partner.
How old are you? ___________________________________________________
Are you married? ___________________________________________________
How many children do you have? ______________________________________
Where do you work? ________________________________________________
What’s your job? ___________________________________________________
What’s your telephone number? ________________________________________
What do you do at work? _____________________________________________
How often do you have meetings at work? _______________________________
Do you like your job? Why?/Why not? __________________________________
What time do you usually finish work? __________________________________
What did you do last weekend? ________________________________________
Do you use a computer at work? _______________________________________
When do you read the newspaper? ______________________________________
Do you have an e-mail address? ________________________________________
Do you have a fax at work? ___________________________________________
What’s your office address? ___________________________________________
Are you busy at work? _______________________________________________
Are you tired after work? _____________________________________________
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Unit 12 Around town

 Ask about where places are in town
 Tell people where places are in town
 Listen to short dialogues about where places are and their description
 Read a map and complete sentences about where places are in Vientiane
 Talk about Lao foods
Grammar focus
 Prepositions of place
 Adjectives for describing things
 Past Simple Tense irregular verbs ‘to go’ and ‘to have’
New vocabulary
excuse ຂໂທດ grocery shop ຮາ້ ນຂາຍເຄໍ່ ອງແຫງ້ delicious ແຊບ
bank ທະນາຄານ administration office ຫອ
້ ງການປກຄອງ spicy ເຜັດ
market ຕະຫຼາດ bus station ສະຖານີລດເມ grilled ປິ້ງ
post office ໄປສະນີ embassy ສະຖານທດ sticky ໜຽວ
restaurant ຮາ້ ນອາຫານ near ໃກ ້ steamed ໜຶ້ງ
hospital ໂຮງໝ far ໄກ fried ຈນ
hotel ໂຮງແຮມ big ໃຫຍ ໍ່ behind ທາງຫຼ ັງ
guesthouse ບາ້ ນພັກ small ນອ້ ຍ in front of ທາງໜາ້
airport ສະໜາມບິນ like ມກັ
temple ວ ັດ
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Speaking: Places around town

Introductory tasks
a) Look and answer
behind in front of
e.g. Where’s the telephone? It’s …
b) Complete the sentences with: on, in, behind, next to, under, in front of, between, in
the middle of.
Where is the dog?
1.It is on the car. 2. It is _______ the car. 3. It is ________ the car.
4. It is ______ the car. 5. It is _____ the car. 6. It is ________ the car.
7. It is _______ the cars. 8. It is _______ the road.
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c) Listen and repeat.
1. market 2. post office 3. restaurant
4. hospital 5. hotel 6. guesthouse
7. airport 8. temple 9. Bank
10. district administration 11. grocery shop 12. school
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Dialogue
A: Excuse me. Where’s the __________?
B: It’s in Lanxang Avenue opposite the
______.
It’s a big building.
A: Is it _________here?
B: Yes. It’s not far.
A: ________________________.
B: You’re welcome.
Language focus
More adjectives for describing things

We use adjectives for describing things. These adjectives describe:
Size (ຂະໜາດ) big (ໃຫຍ
ໍ່ ) small (ນອ
້ ຍ)
e.g. It is a big building on your left.
It is a small shop in town.
Age (ສະແດງສະພາວະ) old (ເກໍ່ າ) new (ໃໝ)ໍ່
e.g. Brian’s car is old, but my car is new.
ັ້
Location (ທີໍ່ ຕງ) near (ໃກ)້ far from (ໄກຈາກ)
e.g. My house is near the market, but it is far from the office.
a) Take turns to ask and answer about places in your town.

A: Excuse me. Where’s the _____________?
B: It’s in _________________________.
It’s a big/small/old/new building.
A: Is it near here? / Is it far from here?
B: _________________________.
A: Thank you very much.
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Listening: Places around town

Introductory tasks
Intonation on ‘or’ questions

ຼິ້ ສຽງ ແລະລງສຽງໃນຄາຖາມທີໍ່ ມີ ‘or’ ແມນຄ
ການຂນ ໍ່ ກ ັນກ ັບປະໂຫຍກທາມະດາ ທີໍ່ ມີສອງຫລ
ຫລາຍກວ ້ ໄປ. ໃນເວລາຂນ
ໍ່ າສອງວາລີຂນ ້ ສຽງໃຫທ
້ າໍ່ ນຮ ັກສາລະດ ັບຂອງສຽງສະເໝີກອ
ໍ່ ນໜາ້
ຄາເຊໍ່ ອມ ‘or’ ແລວ
້ ລງສຽງເມໍ່ ອສຸດຄາຖາມ.
ຕວຢາໍ່ ງ: Is it big or small?
a) Listen and write the places, their locations and their descriptions.
Place Where Description
1. bank In Sivilay Street opposite the hotel big
2.
3.
4.
b) Listen and complete.
A: Excuse me. Where’s the ______________.

B: It’s in Second Street, _______________________. It’s on the left.
A: Is it __________ or ___________?
B: It’s big.
A: _____________________________.
c) Where’s the bank? Draw it on the map.
d) Practise the dialogue in pairs
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Street
Sivilay Street
Chaleun
Hotel
Practise
a) Look at the map and find these places on the map.
school temple market Provincial Cabinet
Street
Street
Temple Market
Sivilay Street
Provincial
School Cabinet
Neramit
Chaleun
Neramit
b) Read the sentences. Circle T for true and F for false for each sentence.
1. The school is in Sivilay Street.
2. The temple is in Sivilay Street, between Chaleun Street and Neramit Street.
3. The Provincial Cabinet is on the corner of Chaleun Street and Neramit Street.
4. The market is opposite the provincial Cabinet.
Follow up task
a) Find these places on the map:
Vientiane High School, Ministry of Information and Culture, Bus Station, Medical
School, French Embassy, Victory Gate, English Language Resource Centre (ELRC),
National School of Administration and Management (NSAM)
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Thatphoun Temple
Lao-Viet Bank
MOES
RIES
b) Look at the map and complete the sentences.

1. Vientiane High School is __________________Thatphun temple on the left.
2. The Ministry of Information and Culture is ________________the Ministry of
Education on the left.
3. The bus station is ________________the Morning Market on the right.
4. The Medical school is _______________ the French Embassy on the right.
5. The NSAM is ________________the RIES and Sisaket temple.
6. The Victory Gate is _____________Lane Xang Avenue at the roundabout.
7. Mahosot hospital is _______________Mahosot Road and Setthathirath Road.
c) Look at the map. One student describes where a place is.
e.g. It’s in Lane Xang Avenue opposite Vientiane High School.
The other student says what the place is.
e.g. It’s Thatphun temple.
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Reading: At the restaurant

Introductory tasks
a) Do you know the name of these foods in Lao?
grilled chicken papaya salad beef laap Lao sausages sticky rice
spicy fish soup grilled fish fried pork steamed vegetables
Practise
a) Read the dialogue.
Amphay: Do you like Lao food?
Brian: Yes, I do. It’s delicious.
Amphay: What Lao food do you like?
Brian: I like grilled chicken, sticky rice and Lao sausages, but I don’t like beef
laap or papaya salad.
Amphay: Oh, why not?
Brian: Because they’re spicy.
b) Write True or False next to the sentences.

1. Brian likes Lao food.
2. He likes grilled chicken and beef laap.
3. He doesn’t like papaya salad.
c) Practise the dialogue using other foods.
Follow up tasks
a) Survey: Stand up, walk around the class. Ask five people: ‘Do you like …?’ If they
answer ‘Yes’ put a tick () under each type of food. If they answer ‘No’ put a cross
() under each type of food.
e.g. A: Do you like grilled chicken?
B: Yes, I do/No, I don’t.
Do you like …?
Name grilled chicken papaya fish soup fried pork beef laap
salad
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
b) Report about 2 students from your finding.

Example: Chanhpheng likes fish soup, beef laap and grilled chicken, but she doesn’t
like papaya salad or fried pork.
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Past Simple Tense

ພວກເຮາໃຊ ້ past simple tense ເມໍ່ ອເວ້າເຖິງເຫດການ ຫລການກະທາທີໍ່ ເກີດຂນ
້ ໃນອາດີດ
Irregular Verb ‘to go’

Singular Plural
I We
You You went
He went They
She
It
Irregular Verb ‘to have’
Singular Plural
I We
You You had
He had They
She
It
Yes/No questions
A: Did you go to the restaurant?
B: Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
A: Did you have fish soup?
B: Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
A: Where did you have meat laap?
B: At a Lao restaurant.
a) Ask students to work in groups of six. Sit in a circle to play a game.
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Game: ‘I went to the restaurant and I had … ’

 The first person says ‘I went to the restaurant and I had grilled chicken’.
 The next person repeats the first sentence and adds one more type of food.
e.g. I went to the restaurant and I had grilled chicken and papaya salad.
 The third repeats the second sentence and adds one more type of food.
e.g. I went to the restaurant and I had grilled chicken, papaya salad and beef laap.
 The fourth…
The last person in each group stands up and says the last sentence to the class.
Writing: My house
Introductory tasks
a) Barrier Game: One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at
your partner’s map. Take turns to ask for the missing places. Write the missing places
on your map. Remember you can ask “Sorry?” or “Can you say it again, please?”
e.g. A: Where’s the post office?
B: It’s opposite the market.
A: Sorry?
B: Opposite the market. (Student A writes the post office onhis/her map)
Student A: Where’s…
1. the guesthouse?
3. the hotel?
5. the bank?
7. the Provincial Education Service?
Grocery
Hospital Temple market
Street
Street
Shop
Sivilay Street
Provincial Post
School Restaurant Cabinet office
Neramit
Chaleun
Student B: Where’s …
2. the hospital?
4. the grocery shop?
6. the restaurant?
8. the post office?
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Street
Street
Bank Temple Market
Sivilay Street
Provincial Provincial
School Education Guesthouse Cabinet
Service
Chaleun
Neramit
Practise
a) Draw a map of your favourite place or a map of your house.
b) Write 5 sentences to describe your map.
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Unit 13 Plans

 Practise a dialogue about what someone is going to do at work next week
 Ask and answer questions about what people are going to do at some time in the
future
 Read about preparations for a trip to Australia
 Listen to two people discussing their holiday plans and complete a chart
 Write about your travel plans for work
 Use good writing strategies of making notes, drafting, checking, and writing again
Language focus
 Future with ‘going to’
 Sequencing words
New vocabulary
inspect ສາຫຼວດ, ກວດກາ pack ມຽນເຄ
້ ໍ່ ອງໃສກ
ໍ່ ະເປາ relax ພັກຜອ
ໍ່ ນ
project ໂຄງການ suitcase ກະເປາ, ຫີບ cave ຖາ້
shopping ຊເ້ ຄໍ່ ອງ clothes ເຄໍ່ ອງນຸງໍ່ waterfall ນາຕ

້ ກຕາດ
picnic ກິນເຂ້າປາໍ່ plane ຍນ transport ຄມມະນາຄມ,
news ຂາໍ່ ວ colleague ເພໍ່ ອນຮວໍ່ ມງານ ພາຫະນະ
no one ບໍ່ ມີໃຜ boss ຫວໜາ້ beautiful ງາມ
visa ໜັງສອານຸມດເຂ
ັ ້າອອກ fly ບິນ, ເດີນທາງດວ້ ຍຍນ finally ສຸດທາ້ ຍ
ປະເທດ holiday ວ ັນພັກ
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Speaking: Diary
Introductory tasks
a) Look at Phonemany’s diary.
What is she going to do on Monday?
Mon: read reports
Meet Australian Aid
Tues:
Wed:
Dialogue
David: What are you doing at work ____________ Phonemany?

Phonemany: I’m going to read reports on Monday morning. In the afternoon, I’m going
to have a meeting with the ___________ project staff.
David: What about Tuesday?

Phonemany: I’m _____________ on Tuesday. I’m going to take my mother to the
____________.
David: And what are you going to do on Wednesday?
Phonemany: In the morning, I’m ________________. In the afternoon, I’m going to a
_____________.
David: Oh, you’re very ______________.
c) Take turn to talk about your own plan for work next week.
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Language focus
‘going to’
I am
He
is meet friends.
She
going to go shopping.
We
go for a meal.
You are
They
Yes/No questions
you
are
they
What going to do?
he
is
she
Answers:
Yes, I am/No, I’m not
Yes we are/No we’re not (we aren’t)
Yes, they are/No, they’re not (they aren’t)
Yes, he is/No, he’s not (he isn’t)
Yes, she is/No, she’s not (she isn’t)
‘Going to’ for future plans

When we talk about future plans we often use ‘going to’.
ໍ່ ໍ່ ອເວ້າເຖິງການກະທາໃດໜຶໍ່ ງທີໍ່ ແນນ
ການນາໃຊ ້ ‘going to’ ແມນເພ ໍ່ ອນໃນອານາຄດ.
e.g. What are you going to do next Monday?
I’m going to have a meeting with all the staff in the office.
When we use the verb ‘to go’ we do not need to say ‘going to go.’ We can say, for
example, ‘I’m going to a workshop on Wednesday’.
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a) Look at David’s diary. What is he going to do next week? Write sentences.
Mon: have a meeting
Tues: read documents
Wed: write reports
Thurs: inspect the project
Fri: inspect the project
Sat: go shopping
go fishing
Sun: go on a picnic
e.g. He’s going to have a meeting on Monday.

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
b) Stand up, walk around the class and find someone who is going to do these things at the
weekend.
Find someone who is ___________________ this weekend.
Are you… Name
going to a restaurant? ________________________
going to watch the news on television? ________________________
going to stay home? ________________________
going abroad? ________________________
going to a party? ________________________
going to write a report? ________________________
going fishing? ________________________
going to work in the garden? ________________________
going shopping? ________________________
going to visit friends? ________________________
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c) Write five sentences about your survey.

e.g. Khamsy is going to Singapore on Sunday.
No one is going to a restaurant this weekend.
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__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Practice
d) Barrier Game
One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s diary
(cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask about Phonemany’s plans for the week.
Write your partner’s answers on your diary. Remember, you can ask “Sorry?” or “Can you
say it again, please?”
e.g. A: What’s Phonemany going to do on Monday?
B: She’s going to…
A: Sorry?
Student A: Phonemany’s diary A
Mon:
Tues: hospital
Wed: write reports
attend a workshop
Thurs:
Fri: inspect the project
Sat
Sun: go fishing
e.g. A: What’s Phonemany going to do on Monday?

A: Sorry?
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Student B: Phonemany’s diary B
Mon: have a meeting
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs: file documents
Fri:
Sat: go shopping
Sun:
e) Compare the completed diaries.
f) What is Phonemany going to do next week?

Write sentences. e.g. She’s going to have a meeting on Monday.
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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Listening: Holiday travel plans

Introductory task
a) Discussion
What nationality do you think are they?

Where do you think the plane is going?
Where is the bus going?
What do you think they are talking about?
Where can you visit caves?
Where can you visit waterfalls?
b) Listen and complete the chart.
Transport?
Where? Do? Who with? How long?
(how get there)
Sonexay
John
c) Ask and answer these questions about Sonexay and John’s holiday.
Where are John and Sonexay going?
How are they going to get there?
How long are they going to stay there?
Who are they going with?
What are they going to do there?
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d) Barrier Game: Malee and Daraphone’s holidays

One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s
chart (cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask about Malee and Daraphone’s
holidays. Write the missing information on your charts. Remember, you can ask ‘Sorry?’ or
‘Can you say it again, please?’
e.g. A: Where’s Daraphone going for her holiday?
B: She’s going to Bangkok.
Student A
Name Malee Daraphone
Where? Luang Prabang

Transport? by train
How long? 4 days
Who with her sister
Do? go shopping
eat in restaurants
see a film
Student B
Name Malee Daraphone
Where? Bangkok
Transport? by plane
How long 3 days
Who with? her mother
Do? visit temples, go to the
waterfall
visit the Buddha cave
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Reading: Vanna’s trip to Australia

Introductory tasks
a) Look at the pictures. What is Vanna going to do before he goes to Australia?
buy new clothes have a baci. fill in a visa form
get on the plane pack a suitcase
b) Number the pictures from 1-5.

What’s the first thing Vanna is going to do?
What are the second, the third and the fourth things he’s going to do?
What’s the last thing he’s going to do?
c) Complete these sentences:

First, he __________________________________________________________
Then, he __________________________________________________________
After that, he ______________________________________________________
Next, he __________________________________________________________
Finally, he ________________________________________________________
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a) Read the text and complete Vanna’s diary.
Mon:
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri:
Sat:
Sun:
Vanna’s trip to Australia
Vanna lives and works in Pakse. He works for the Ministry of Public Health in Pakse
Hospital. He is a doctor. He is the Deputy Head of the Public Health Section. Next week,
Vanna is going to Australia because he is going to study in Melbourne for six months.
He is very busy now because he has many things to do before he goes to Australia. On
Monday, he is going to pack his suitcase. He is going to check he has everything he needs.
On Tuesday, he is going to work. His boss and colleagues are going to have a baci for him
because they want to wish him good luck. On Wednesday morning, he is going to fly to
Vientiane. On Wednesday afternoon, he is going to the Australian Embassy to get his plane
ticket and visa.
On Thursday morning, he is going to buy some new clothes at the market. He’s going to buy
warm clothes because it is cold in Melbourne. On Thursday afternoon, he’s going to visit
some friends to say goodbye.
On Thursday evening, he is going to a restaurant for dinner with a group of friends.
On Friday morning, he is going to the airport. First, he is going to fly to Bangkok at 9.30 a.m.
Then, he is going to fly from Bangkok to Melbourne.
He is going to arrive in Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night and Sunday, he

is going to relax.
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b) Read and answer.

Where does Vanna work?
____________________________________________________
What ministry does Vanna work for?
____________________________________________________
Why is Vanna going to Melbourne?
____________________________________________________
What is he going to do on Monday?
____________________________________________________
Why are his boss and his colleagues going to have baci for him?
____________________________________________________
Where is Vanna going to get his visa?
____________________________________________________
What is he going to do first on Thursday?
____________________________________________________
Where is he going before he flies to Australia?
____________________________________________________
When is Vanna going to arrive in Melbourne, Australia?
____________________________________________________
What is he going to do after he arrives in Melbourne?
____________________________________________________
Writing: Work travel plans

Introductory tasks
Do you travel for work? Where do you go? What for?
a) Imagine (ໃຫຄ
້ ດ
ິ ວາໍ່ ) you are going to travel for work. Write notes about your plans in the
chart.
Where?
Transport?
How long?
Who with?
Do?
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b) Work in groups of four. Take turns to talk about your travel plans for work. Listeners
can ask questions and complete the chart.
Name A B C D
Where?
Transport?
How long?
Accommodation?
Who with?
Do?
c) Write about your travel plans for work.

Check:
 the grammar
 the spelling
 the full stops
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Unit 14 The Past

 Practise a dialogue about someone’s holiday in Pakse (in the past)
 Ask and answer questions about people’s travel for work (in the past)
 Listen to a foreigner talking about their work trip to Xiengkhuang and sequencing
pictures about what they did there
 Use large numbers
 Read about people’s travel in the past for work
 Read a newspaper article about an important visitor to Laos
Language focus
 Past Simple Tense regular and irregular verbs
 Past Simple Tense questions
 Pronunciation of Past Simple Tense verbs
 Numbers in thousands
 Write about some imaginary travel in the past for work
 Use good writing strategies of making notes, drafting, checking and writing again
 Read a foreigner’s passport
New vocabulary
nice ດີ, ງາມ issue ປະເດັນ expensive ລາຄາແພງ
lovely ໜາ້ ຮ ັກ airport ສະໜາມບິນ cheap ລຳຄຳຖກ
good ດີ welcome ຍິນດີຕອ້ ນຮ ັບ development ການພັດທະນາ
dolphin ປາໂລມາ senior ຜອ

້ າວຸໂສ training ການຝຶກອບຮມ
president ປະທານ, ປະທານ meet ພບ adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶກສາ
ປະເທດ trip ການເດີນທາງ colleague ເພໍ່ ອຮວໍ່ ມງານ
arrive ມາຮອດ conduct ຈ ັດ, ຈ ັດຕງັ້ expire ໝດອາຍຸ
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Speaking: How was your holiday?

Introductory task
a) Look at the picture. Discuss the questions below:
 Who are they?
 Where are they?
 What are they talking about?
Dialogue
Sonexay: Hello, John. Did you have a good holiday?
John: Yes, yes. It was lovely.
Sonexay: Really? What did you do?
John: Well. We ____________ Wat Phou and we ________ to Khonephapheng

waterfall. It’s very beautiful. And we saw dolphins.
Sonexay: Mmm, it sounds interesting. Where _________you stay?
John: Er, we _____________ at a guesthouse near the market.
Sonexay: Ah, did you buy anything?
John: Yes. I ______________ some coffee and my wife bought some beautiful
sinhs from Saphai village. And how was your holiday, Sonexay?
Sonexay: Well, ……………….

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Language Focus
Past Simple Tense
ພວກເຮາໃຊ ້ Past Simple Tense ເມໍ່ ອເວ້ າເຖິງເຫດການ ຫລການກະທາທີ ເກີດຂນ
ຼິ້ ໃນອາດີດ.
Past Simple Tense ໃນພາສາອ ງັ ກິດ ແບ ໍ່ງ ອອກເປັ ນ ສອງໝວດຄ : ໝວດປ ກກະຕິ (regular
verbs) ແລະ ໝວດບໍ່ ປ ກກະຕິ (irregular verbs). ໝວດປ ກກະຕິ ເ ມໍ່ ອເວລາປໍ່ ຽ ນເປັ ນ Past
Simple Tense ພວກເຮາຕໍ່ ມ ‘ed’ ໃສທ ໍ່ ນໝວດບໍ່ ປກກະຕິນນ,
ໍ່ ້າຍຂອງຄາກິລິຍາ ສວ ັ້ ຕອ
້ ງໄດ ້
ປໍ່ຽນຮບແບບຂອງຄາກິລິຍາ.
e.g. I go to Champasack province every year. (Present Tense)
I went to Champasack province last week. (Past tTense)
Yes/No questions
Did you go to Singapore last year? Yes, I did./No, I did not (didn’t).
Wh. Questions
Where did you go last year? To Singapore.
a) Complete the chart below with the Past Simple Tense forms of the verbs from the
dialogue.
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
Present Past Present Past
visit visited do did
stay _______________ go _______________
see _______________
buy _______________
be _______________
a) Rewrite the following sentences using the past simple tense

1. I am in the office today.
....................................................................................................
2. We usually go shopping every Saturday.
....................................................................................................
3. My grandfather drinks tea in the morning.
....................................................................................................
4. Our cousins visit us on Sunday.
.......................................................................................................
5. Sandra read a book before going to bed.
.......................................................................................................
6. My mother buys milk every day.
. .......................................................................................................
Note: A list of Irregular Verbs is at the back of the book.
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Listening: Jane’s trip to Xiengkhouang

Introductory tasks
a) Look at the pictures. What did Jane do in Xiengkhuang?
b) Number the pictures from 1-7.
 What’s the first thing Jane did?
 What are the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth?
 What’s the last thing she did?
Practise
a) Listen to Jane describing her trip to Xiengkhouang. Number the pictures from 1-7.
b) Listen again. Tick () the verbs you hear.

went  was arrived conducted saw took
visited came did drove planned packed
stayed met flew had checked worked
bought stopped enjoyed talked read wrote
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Pronunciation Focus: Past Simple Tense of regular verbs

ຄາກິລິຍາປກກະຕິ (Regular verbs) ສວ
ໍ່ ນຫລາຍຈະອອກສຽງ /t/ ຫລ /d/.
ຄາກິລິຍາທີໍ່ ລງທາ້ ຍດວ
້ ຍຕວ ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘s’, ‘f’, ‘k’, ‘p’,… ຈະອອກສຽງ /t/.
ຄາກິລິຍາ ທີໍ່ ລງທາ້ ຍດວ
້ ຍຕວ ‘n’, ‘m’, ‘v’, ‘z’,’y’,’l’, …ຈະອອກສຽງ /d/.
ແຕຄ
ໍ່ າກິລິຍາ ທີໍ່ ລງທາ້ ຍດວ
້ ຍຕວ ‘t’ ຫລ ‘d’. ຈະອອກສຽງ /id/
ສ ັງເກດວິທີການອອກສຽງຄາກິລິຍາທີໍ່ ປກກະຕິ (Regular verbs).
c) Listen to these verbs and write them in the lists below.

started stayed organised
missed stopped checked
listened planned wanted
asked needed finished
conducted opened invited
t/ /d/ /id/
watched played visited
liked arrived attended
_______________ _______________ _______________
_______________ _______________ _______________
_______________ _______________ _______________
_______________ _______________ _______________
_______________ _______________ _______________
d) Listen and repeat the verbs in each list.

e) Look again at the pictures of Jane’s trip to Xiengkhouang. Write one sentence for each
picture.
e.g. Jane arrived at the airport.
Reading: A work trip

Introductory tasks
a) Discuss the questions below:
 Do you sometimes travel for work?
 Where do you go?
 Why do you go?
 Who do you go with?
 What do you do?
 How long do you stay there?
 Where do you stay?
 How much does your accommodation (ê†-²ñ¡) cost?
 How do you get there?
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b) Group work: Divide into four groups: A, B, C and D.

— Group A reads and fills in the chart about Text A.
— Group B reads and fills in the chart about Text B.
— Group C reads and fills in the chart about Text C.
— Group D reads and fills in the chart about Text D.
Do not read each other’s texts.

Text A: Somchai’s trip
I went to Luang Prabang last week for a meeting about development. I went with two people
from my office. We flew there on Wednesday and came back on Saturday. We stayed at
Visonh’s Guest House. It cost 90,000 kip a night. We came back on Saturday.
Who? Somchai
Where?
When?
Why?
Who/with?
How/travel?
How/long?
Where/stay?
Total cost
Text B: Khamsing’s trip

I went to Luang Namtha last week. I flew there with my adviser to do a survey at the
provincial hospital. We talked to many nurses and doctors. We stayed in a guest house for
two days. It was not very expensive. We paid only 70,000 kip a night. We came back on
Sunday.
Who? Khamsing
Where?
When?
Why?
Who/with?
How/travel?
How/long?
Where/ stay?
Total cost
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Text C: Ketkeo’s trip

Yesterday, I went to a village in Vientiane province to inspect a project. I went with some
people from my office. We went by car. The project is very good. The people in the village
are raising pigs. I visited three families. They had a lot of pigs. We helped the families. We
talked to them about good ways to raise pigs. We stayed overnight at the village. We came
back to Vientiane Capital this morning.
Who? Ketkeo
Where?
When?
Why?
Who/with?
How/travel?
How/long?
Where/stay?
Total cost
Text D: Phouvong’s trip

Five days ago I went to Savannakhet province to attend a Health Education Training
workshop. I went with my colleagues. We went there by bus. It took us about six hours from
Vientiane to get there. The workshop was very interesting. We stayed at the Provincial Health
Service Guest House for three nights. It was not very expensive. We paid only 50,000 kip per
night. We came back on Friday evening.
Who? Phouvong
Where?
When?
Why?
Who/with?
How/travel?
How/long?
Where/stay?
Total cost
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a) Work in groups of four. Make sure your group has one person from Group A, B, C and
D. Take turns. Use your notes to talk about your text. Do not read the text to the group.
Listeners complete the chart below. Listeners can also ask questions.
A B C D
Who?
Where?
When?
Why?
Who/with?
How/travel?
How/long?
Where/stay
Total cost
Follow up tasks
a) Ask students to work in groups of six. Sit in a circle to play a game.
Game: ‘Last year I went to many meetings…’
The first person says ‘Last year I went to many meetings’.
The next person repeats the first sentence and adds something else.
e.g. ‘Last year I went to many meetings and wrote many reports’.
The third repeats the second sentence and adds something else.
b) Report: The last person in each group stands up and says the last sentence to the class.
Writing: A work trip

Introductory tasks
a) Do you travel in your work? Imagine (ວາດມະໂນ) a work trip. Write notes about your
trip in the chart.
You
Who
Where?
When?
Why?
Who/with?
How/travel?
How/long?
Where/stay?
How/much?
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b) Write a short report about your work trip. Use your notes to help you.
Check:
 the grammar
 the spelling
 the full stops
 the capital letters
Revision: Game–who’s the winner?

a) Form questions for the following answers.
Start 1. Today is 3rd 2. I stayed in 3. The hotel 4. I can see you

of January. Bokeo for 3 room cost again on
days. 90,000 kip a Tuesday.
What........
night.
How long.... When......
How much....
5. I usually have 6. Noly cleans 7. Her father 8. There are 20 9. The temple is
lunch in the the house at 6 goes to work by students in the on Chaleun
office. p.m motorbike. classroom. Road.
How often.... What time... How ..... How many..... Where....
10. My uncle is Go back to 11. I watched 12. Tuti is from 13. We were in
52 years old. TV yesterday Malaysia. Oudomsay last
number 3 afternoon. week.
How old... Where....
What..... Where.....
14. Debbie and 15. Boun went 16. I went to Go back to 17. I came late
me are going to to Singapore Attapeu with my because my
the meeting. last week. supervisor. number 11 motorbike was
broken.
Where... When...... Who.....
Why.....
18. I can speak 19. There are Go back to 20. No, they
French and about 249 didn’t.
English. villages in number 13 Finish
Did they....
Sekong.
What
languages..... How many....
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Laos
Unit 15 Laos

 Practise a dialogue about travel in Laos and the location of pictures
 Listen to information about airports and border checkpoints in Laos and mark them
on a map
 Read about provinces in Laos
 Ask and answer about the number of villages, districts, and people in different
provinces
 Write about a province in Laos
Language focus
 Past Simple tense
 There is/there are
 Adjectives for describing places
 Large numbers
 Use good writing strategies of making notes, drafting, checking and writing again
New vocabulary
north ພາກເໜອ bridge ຂວ well-known ມີຊໍ່ ສຽງ
south ພາກໃຕ ້ mountain ພເຂາ view ທິວທັດ
east ພາກຕາເວັນອອກ district ເມອງ trip ການເດີນທາງ
west ພາກຕາເວັນຕກ village ບາ້ ນ significant ສາຄ ັນ
border ຊາຍແດນ capital city ເມອງຫຼວງ
city ຕວເມອງ thousand ພັນ
river ແມນໍ່ າ້ million ລາ້ ນ
tourist destination ແຫັ່ງທອັ່ ງທຽັ່ ວ
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Unit 15 Laos
Speaking: Provinces
Introductory tasks
a) Ask and answer the questions
 What is ‘border’ in Lao language?
 What countries have a border with Laos?
 What provinces are on the border?
Dialogue
a) Listen and complete
Susan: Oh. Hello, Linda. Good to see you again!
Linda: Oh, what a surprise! ______________?
Susan: Fine, thanks. A bit tired. Yesterday I came back from ______________. It’s in
the __________, in the mountains.
Linda: Oh. How did you get there?
Susan: Well, first I flew to _______________. I stayed there for three days and then
went by bus to ______________.
Linda: Mmm. How was the bus trip?
Susan: Oh, it was quite long because Luang Namtha’s _____________ with Myanmar
and China, but the views were very beautiful.
Linda: Oh, sounds good! And what about _______________? What did you do there?
Susan: Well, …

Practise
Introductory tasks
a) Look at the map and complete the sentences.
e.g. Phongsaly is in the north of Laos. It’s on the border with China.
1. Xiengkhouang is in the _______________________________________
2. Sayaboury is in the __________________________________________
3. Vientiane is in the ___________________________________________
4. Champasack is in the ________________________________________
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b) Read the names of the provinces.
Xiengkhouang Borikhamsay Savannakhet Sekong Houaphan

Sayaboury Luang Prabang Phongsaly Luang Namtha Bokeo
Oudomsay Khammouane Saravan Champasack Attapeu
Vientiane Capital Saysomboune Vientiane Province
c) Write the names of the provinces under the correct headings on the chart.
North South East West Centre
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Follow up tasks
a) What are well-known tourist destinations in Vientiane Capital?
WELL-KNOWN TOURIST DESTINATIONS

IN VIENTIANE CAPITAL
http://www.tourismlaos.org/
b) Listen and answer

1. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Vientiane Capital?
_______________________
2. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Xiengkhoung?
_______________________
3. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Luangprabang?
_______________________
4. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Svannakhet?
_______________________
5. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Champasack?
____________________
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There is/There are + preposition of place
We can say:
Khammoune province has three well-known tourist destinations.
Savannakhet has about five well-known tourist destinations.
Or
There is a significant tourist destination in Khammouane province.
There are five well-known tourist destinations in Savannakhet.
Questions and answers with there is/there are

Is there a significant tourist destination in Khammouane province?
Yes, there is./ No, there isn’t (is not).
Are there five well-known tourist destinations in Savannakhet?
Yes, there are / No, there aren’t (are not).
Pronunciation focus: Linking
້ ໃນການອອກສຽງພາສາອ ັງກິດສຽງເຊໍ່ ອມເຂ້າກ ັນ ໃນກລະນີທໍ່ ີ

ຕາມປກກະຕິແລວ
ຄາສ ັບທາງໜາ
້ ທີໍ່ ລງທາ ້ ຍພະຍ ັນຊະນະຈະເຊໍ່ ອມເຂ້າກ ັນ ຄາສ ັບທາງຫລ ັງທີໍ່
້ ຍດວ
ເລີ້ມຕ ້ນດວ
້ ຍສຽງສະຫລະ.

e.g. There is a significant tourist destination in Khammouane province.
There are five well-known tourist destinations in Savannakhet.
Is there a border checkpoint in Oudomxay?
No, there isn’t.
Is there an airport near here?
Yes, there is.
b) Class work: Ask and answer about tourist destinations in Laos.

e.g. A: Is there a well-known tourist destination in ____________ province?
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B: Yes, there is / No, there isn’t.

c) Write answers to these questions:
1. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Vientiane Capital?
There are __________________________________________________
2. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Xiengkhoung?
__________________________________________________________
3. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Luang Prabang?

__________________________________________________________
4. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Savannakhet?

___________________________________________________________
5. How many well-known tourist destinations are there in Champasack?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
Listening: Districts, villages and households

Introductory tasks
a) Read these numbers in English.
100 one hundred
150 one hundred and fifty
1,000 one thousand
10,000 ten thousand
100,000 one hundred thousand
150,000 one hundred and fifty thousand
500,000 five hundred thousand
550,000 five hundred and fifty thousand
1,000,000 one million
568 – five hundred and sixty-eight
803 – eight hundred and three
2,600 – two thousand, six hundred
2,645 – two thousand, six hundred and forty-five
16,000 – sixteen thousand
16,893 – sixteen thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three
250,000 – two hundred and fifty thousand
b) Take turns to write down five large numbers. Then, one person reads his/her numbers
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your partner.
Practice
a) Listen and circle
a. 825 835 e. 63,800 63,900
b. 278 287 f. 35,815 35,850
c. 1,780 1,708 g. 51,030 51,300
d. 3,009 3,090 h. 700,000 170,000
b) Listen and answer

districts in Laos ...................
villages in Laos ...................
people in Laos ...................
households in Laos ...................
c) Barrier Game
One person is Student A and the other person is Student B. Don’t look at your partner’s chart
(cover it with a piece of paper). Take turns to ask for the information. Write the missing
information on your chart. Remember, you can ask “Sorry?” or “Can you say it again,
please?”
e.g. A: How many districts are there in Savannakhet province?
B: There are ______________
Student A: How many …?
Provinces Districts Villages People Households

Savannakhet 703,000
Bokeo 373 21,974
Oudomxay 7 210,000
Sekong 4 249 10,585
Sayaboury 10 290,600
Student B: How many …?

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Provinces Districts Villages People Households

Savannakhet 15 1,543 114, 400
Bokeo 6 118,200
Oudomxay 777 35,815
Sekong 4 63,836
Sayaboury 554 51,300
Check with your partner.

d) Write about each province using the information from your chart.
e.g. In Savannakhet, there are 15 districts, 1,543 villages, 700,000 people and 114,000
households.
In Bokeo ______________________________________________________
In Oudomxay __________________________________________________
In Sekong _____________________________________________________
In Sayaboury ___________________________________________________
Reading: A province
Introductory tasks
a) Match the adjectives with their opposite meaning
e.g. big small
far interesting
old cheap
wet near
different hot
cold new
cool dry
boring beautiful
expensive same
ugly warm
big long
short small
b) Repeat the adjectives.
c) Use the adjectives above to describe these places..
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e.g. Pakse bridge is very long and … It’s …
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Practise
a) Read the text and answer the questions.
Luang Prabang is a big province in the north. It is on the border with Vietnam, but there is no
border check point. It has borders with six provinces. The capital of Luang Prabang province
is Luang Prabang city. Twelve different ethnic groups live in the province and it has about
360,000 people. There are 11 districts, 1,176 villages and 63,582 households in the province.
This city is the old capital of Laos. It is on the Mekong and Khan rivers. Many people say it
is very beautiful because it has many old and beautiful temples. Tourists like to visit the
temples and the old Royal Palace Museum. They also like to travel up river by boat to visit
the Buddha caves.
People can go to Lung Prabang by air, by boat or by road. From Vientiane, people can travel
by car or bus on Road Number 13. They can also go by boat up the Mekong river or fly from
there to Chiengmai in the north of Thailand.
1. Where is Luang Prabang province? __________________________________
2. What country does Luang Prabang have a border with? __________________
3. How many provinces does Luang Prabang have borders with? _____________
4. How many people live in Luang Prabang? ____________________________
5. How many ethnic groups live there? _________________________________
6. What is the name of the old capital city of Laos? _______________________
7. What are two things tourists like to do in Luang Prabang? ________________
8. How can people travel to Luang Prabang? _____________________________
9. What country can people fly to from the international airport? _____________
Writing: A province
Introductory task
a) Choose a province. Make notes about the province on the chart below.
Name of province
Where?
How many people?
Districts
Villages
Capital
Tourist attractions
How/travel?
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Practise
a) Write about one of the provinces in Lao PDR.
Check:
 the grammar from this unit
 correct spelling
 full stops
 capital letters
b) Sharing information: Put your finished writing on the wall. Walk around and read each
other’s writing. Fill in information from the writing to complete the chart below
1. 2. 3.
Province
Where?
How many people?
Districts
Villages
Capital
Tourist attractions
How/travel?
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Abbreviations
ADB Asian Development Bank ທະນາຄານພັດທະນາອາຊີ
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations ສະມາຄມບ ັນດາປະຊາຊາດອາຊີອາຄະເນ
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ກມການຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ ແລະ ການຄາ້
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation ອງການອາຫານໂລກ
GDP Gross Domestic Product ປະລິມານການຜະລິດແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ/ຍອດຜະລດພຳຍໃນ
LCHRD Leading Committee for Human Resource ້ າການພັດທະນາຊ ັບພະກອນມະນຸດ
ຄະນະຊີນ
Development
LNCDC Lao National Commission on Drugs Control ຄະນະກາມະການປາບປາມຢາເສັ ບຕິດແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
LNMC Lao National Mekong Committee ຄະນະກາມະການແມນ ້
ໍ່ າຂອງແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
LWU The Lao Women's Union ສະຫະພັນຍິງ
MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ກະຊວງກະສິກາ ແລະ ປໍ່າໄມ ້
MPWT Ministry of Public Works and Transport ກະຊວງໂຍທາທິການ ແລະ ຂນສໍ່ ງ
MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs ກະຊວງການຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ
MIC Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism ກະຊວງຖະແລງການ, ວ ັດທະນະທາ ແລະ ທອ
MIT Ministry of Industry & Handicrafts ອກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກາ ແລະ ການຄາ້
MLSW Ministry of Labour & Social Welfare ກະຊວງສະຫວ ັດດີການ ແລະ ສ ັງຄມ
MND Ministry of National Defence ກະຊວງປອ
້ ງກ ັນປະເທດ
MoES Ministry of Education and Sports ກະຊວງສຶກສາທິການ ແລະ ກິລາ
MoF Ministry of Finance ກະຊວງການເງນ
MoEM Ministry of Energy and Mining ກະຊວງພະລ ັງງານ ແລະ ບໍ່ ແຮ ໍ່
MoI Ministry of Public Security ກະຊວງປ້ອງກ ັນຄວາມສະງບ
MoJ Ministry of Justice ກະຊວງຍຸຕທ
ິ າ
MPH Ministry of Public Health ກະຊວງສາທາລະນະສຸກ
MHA Ministry of Home Affairs ກະຊວງພາຍໃນ
NEM New Economic Mechanism ລະບບກນໄກເສດຖະກິດໃໝໍ່
NGO Non- government Organisation ັ ້ ບໍ່ ຂນ
ອງການຈ ັດຕງທີໍ່ ຼິ້ ກ ັບລ ັດຖະບານ
NOSPA National Organisation for the Study of Policy ສະຖາບ ັນການເມອງ ແລະ ການປກຄອງ
& Administration
NUOL National University of Laos ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
ODA Official Development Assistance ການຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອດາ້ ນການພັດທະນາ
PTC Propaganda & Training Committee ຄະນະໂຄສະນາອບຮມສນກາງ
SCF Save the Child Fund ກອງທຶນຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອເດັກ
MST Ministry of Science and Technology ກະຊວງວິທະຍາສາດ ແລະ ເຕັ ກໂນໂລຊີ
MNE Ministry of Natural Resources and ກະຊວງຊ ັບພະຍາກອນ ແລະ ສິໍ່ ງແວດລອ
້ ມ
Environment
UNDP United Nations Development Programme ອງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດເພໍ່ ອການພັດທະນາ
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for ອງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດເພໍ່ ອຊາວອບພະຍບ
Refugees
UNICEF United Nations International Children's ກອງທຶນຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອເດັກສາກນຂອງສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ
Emergency Fund
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Academic Staff ພະນ ັກງານວິຊາການ
Administration Manager ຜຈ
້ ັດການຝາຍບລິຫານ
Adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶ ກສາ
Agriculturalist ກະເສດຕະກອນ/ຊາວສວນ
Chairman of Economy, Planning & Finance ປະທານກາມະທິການເສດຖະກິດ, ແຜນການ ແລະ ການເງິນ
Committee
Chairman of Committee for Legislative Affairs ຫວໜາ້ ກາມະທິການກດໝາຍ
Chairman of External Affairs Committee ຫວໜາ້ ກາມະທິການ ການຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ
Chairman of Minority Committee ຫວໜາ້ ກາມະທິການຊນເຜໍ່ າ
Chairman, chief, head of, boss ຫວໜາ້
Civil Servant ລ ັດຖະກອນ
Dean ຄະນະບດີ
Deputy Chief of Cabinet ຮອງຫວໜາ້ ຫອ
້ ງວາໍ່ ການ
Deputy Dean ຮອງຄະນະບດີ
Deputy Director General ຮອງຫວໜາ້ ກມ,ຮອງຜອ
Director General ຫວໜາ້ ກມ/ຜອ
Director for Information Collection & Analysis ຫວໜາ້ ກມຄ ້ນຄວາ້ ສ ັງລວມ
Director of Administration & Management ຫວໜາ້ ກມບລິຫານ ແລະ ຄຸມ
້ ຄອງ
Department
Director's Assistant ຜຊ
້ ວ
ໍ່ ຍຫວໜາ້ ກມ
Economist ນ ັກເສດຖະກິດ
Extension Worker ພະນ ັກງານສໍ່ ງເສີມ
Government official ພະນ ັກງານລ ັດ
Governor ເຈາ້ ແຂວງ
Governor's Office ຫອ
້ ງວາໍ່ ການແຂວງ
Head of Party Organisation, Protection & ພະຫວໜາ້ ຫອ ັ ້ ້ອງກ ັນ ແລະ ບຸລະນະປັບປຸງ
້ ງການຈ ັດຕງ-ປ
Improvement
Head of Section ຫວໜາ້ ພະແນກ
Minister ລ ັດຖະມນຕີ
Project Coordinator ຜປ
້ ະສານງານໂຄງການ
Project Counterpart ຄຮ
ໍ່ ວ
ໍ່ ມງານໂຄງການ
Project Manager ຜບ
້ ລິຫານໂຄງການ
Prime Minister ນາຍກລ ັດຖະມນຕີ
Rector ອະທິການບດີ
Secretary ເລຂາທິການ
Vice Governor ຮອງເຈາ້ ແຂວງ
Vice Minister ລ ັດຖະມນຕີຊວ
ໍ່ ຍວາໍ່ ການ
Vice Rector ຮອງອະທິການບດີ
Volunteer ອາສາສະໝັກ
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List of workplaces
Administration & Protocol Department ກມບລິຫານ-ພິທີການ
Agriculture Division ພະແນກກະສິກາ
Anti- Corruption Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສະເພາະກິດ
Australian Embassy ສະຖານທດອດສະຕຣາລີ
Cabinet ຫອ
້ ງການກະຊວງ, ຫອ
້ ງວາໍ່ ການ
Central Bank/ Bank of Lao P.D.R ທະນະຄານແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
Central Party Organisation & Personnel ັ ້ ນກາງພັກ
ຄະນະຈ ັດຕງສ
Commercial Division ພະແນກການຄາ້
Committee for Planning & Cooperation ຄະນະກາມະການ ແລະແຜນການຮວ
ໍ່ ມມ
Department ກມ, ພະແນກ
Department of Forestry ກມປາ
ໍ່ ໄມ ້
Science, Technology & the Environment Agency ອງການວິທະຍາສາດເຕັກໂນໂລຍີ ແລະສິໍ່ ງແວດລອ
້ ມ
Documentation National Archive Department ກມສາເນາເອກະສານແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
Embassy ສະຖານທດ
Faculty ຄະນະວິຊາ
Finance & Asset Management Department ກມການເງິນ ແລະຄຸມ
້ ຄອງວ ັດຖຸ
Foreign Relations Committee ຄະນະກາມະການພວພນຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ
Foreign Relations Department ກມພວພັນຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ
General Education Department ກມສາມນສຶ
ັ ກສາ
Health Division ພະແນກສາທາລະນະສຸກ
Industry & Handicrafts Division ພະແນກອຸດສະຫະກາ ແລະ ຫັດຖະກາ
Information & Culture Division ພະແນກຖະແຫຼງໍ່ ຂາໍ່ ວ ແລະ ວ ັດທະນະທາ
Inspection Department ກມກວດກາ
Irrigation Department ກມຊນລະປະທານ
Lao Federation of Trade Unions ສນກາງສະຫະພັນກາມະບານລາວ
Lao National Commission on Drugs Control ຄະນະກາມະການປາບປາມຢາເສບຕິດແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
Lao National Mekong Committee ຄະນະກາມະການຮວ
ໍ່ ມມແມນ ້
ໍ່ າຂອງແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
Lao Red Cross ສະພາກາແດງ
Lao Revolutionary Youth Union ສນກາງຊາວໜຸມ
ໍ່ ປະຊາຊນປະຕິວ ັດລາວ
National Construction & Edification Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສນກາງແນວລາວສາ້ ງຊາດ
National Organisation for the Study of Policy & ສະຖາບ ັນການເມອງ ແລະ ການປກຄອງແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
Administration (NOSPA)
National University of Laos (NUOL) ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
Non- Formal Education Department ກມສຶກສານອກລະບບ
Organisation & Personnel Department ັ້
ກມຈ ັດຕງພະນ ັກງານ
Organisation & Personnel Division ພະແນກຈ ັດຕງັ ້
Party & State Control/ Inspection ຄະນະກວດກາສນກາງພັກ
Party & State Control Committee ຄະນະກາມະການກວດກາພັກລ ັດ
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People's Supreme Court ສານປະຊາຊນສງສຸດ
Planning & Cooperation Division ພະແນກແຜນການ ແລະ ການຮວ
ໍ່ ມມ
Politburo Central Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສນກາງພັກ
Provincial Education Division ພະແນກສຶກສາແຂວງ
Presidential Palace ສານ ັກງານປະທານປະເທດ
Prime Minister's Office ສານ ັກງານນາຍຍກລ ັດຖະມນຕີ
Propaganda & Training Cabinet ຫອ
້ ງການຄະນະໂຄສະນາອບຮມສນກາງ
Propaganda & Training Division ພະແນກໂຄສະນາອບຮມ
Provincial Administration/ Governor's Office ຫອ
້ ງວາໍ່ ການປກຄອງແຂວງ
Road & Bridge Construction & Maintenance ພະແນກກໍ່ ສາ້ ງ ແລະ ສອ
້ ມແປງຂວທາງ
Division
Secretary Department ກມເລຂານຸການ
Social Welfare Division ພະແນກສະຫວ ັດດີການສ ັງຄມ
Teacher Training Department (TTD) ກມສາ້ ງຄ
The Lao Women's Union ສະຫະພັນແມຍິ
ໍ່ ງ
The National Assembly ສະພາແຫງໍ່ ຊາດ
World Peace Committee ຄະນະກາມະການສ ັນຕິພາບໂລກ
English 1
Words used in instructions
above ຂາ້ ງເທິງ list ບ ັນຊີລາຍຊໍ່ ຕາໍ່ ງໆ
after ຫຼ ັງຈາກ look up ້
ຊອກຫາ, ເງີຍໜາ້ ຂຶນ
another ອ ັນອໍ່ ນໆ match ຈ ັດຄໃໍ່ ຫກ
້ ງກ ັນ
ask ຖາມ meaning ຄວາມໝາຍ
before ກອ
ໍ່ ນ mime ສະແດງອອກດວ
້ ຍທາໍ່ ທາງ
below ຂາ້ ງລຸມ
ໍ່ missing ຂາດຫາຍໄປ
brainstorm ຖາມຄວາມຄິດເຫັນຈາກຫຼາຍຄນ model ແບບຢາ
ໍ່ ງ
brochure ແຜນພັບ, ປ້ ມນອ
້ ຍສາລບ
ັ ແນະນາ order ຈ ັດລຽງຕາມລາດ ັບ
change with ສ ັບປໍ່ຽນກ ັນ pair ຄ ໍ່
check ກວດແກ ້ paragraph ວ ັກຕອນ, ບດ
choose ຄ ັດເລອກ part (noun) ພາກສວ
ໍ່ ນ
column ແຖວຕງັ ້ partner ຄສ
ໍ່ ນທະນາ
comment ການມີຄາເຫັນ phrase ໍ່ ຄາເວ້າ
ວະລີ, ກຸມ
compare ປຽບທຽບ practice ການຝຶກແອບ
complete ຕໍ່ ມໃຫຄ
້ ບ practise ຝຶກແອບ
conversation ການສນທະນາ reading ການອາໍ່ ນ
copy ກາໍ່ ຍ reasons ເຫດຜນ
correct ຖກຕອ
້ ງ remember ຈໍ່ ຈາ
describe ພັນລະນາ reminder ສິໍ່ ງທວນຄວາມຈາ
description ການພັນລະນາ repeat ເວ້າຕາມ
dialogue ບດສນທະນາ report to ລາຍງານເຖິງ
discuss ສນທະນາ, ປຶ ກສາ rewrite ຂຽນຄນ
divide ແບງໍ່ , ປັນ stand in a circle ຢນເປັນຮບວງມນ
draft ໂຄງໍ່ ຮາໍ່ ງ stand up ້
ຢນຂຶນ
draw ແຕມ
້ steps ັ້
ບາດກາ້ ວ, ຂນຕອນ
example ຕວຢໍ່າງ suggestion ການແນະນາ
explain ອະທິບາຍ table ຕາຕະລາງ, ໂຕະ
fill in ຕໍ່ ມໃສ ໍ່ take turns ປໍ່ຽນຜຽນ
find ຊອກຫາ tell ບອກ
group ໝວດ, ກຸມ
ໍ່ text ບດອາໍ່ ນ
guess ເດາ title ເລໍ່ ອງ
happen ້
ປາກດຂຶນ together ພອ
້ ມກ ັນທັງໝດ
headings ຫວຂ້ translation ການແປ
hear ໄດຍ
້ ນ
ິ underline ຂີດກອ
້ ງ
idea ແນວຄວາມຄິດ vocabulary ຄາສ ັບ
imagine ວາດພາບ, ກະຕວງ walk around ຍາໍ່ ງເລາະ
information ້ ນ
ຂມ wh question ຄາຖາມທີໍ່ ໃຊ ້ Wh
instruction ການແນະນາ work on your ເຮັດດວ
້ ຍຕນເອງ, ເຮັດຄນດຽວ
own/work alone
intonation ຼິ້ ສຽງລງ
ລະດ ັບສຽງຂນ work with a partner ເຮັດກ ັບໝໍ່
join ຕໍ່ ເຂ້າກ ັນ, ເຂ້າຮວ
ໍ່ ມ yes/no question ຄາຖາມທີໍ່ ໃຊ ້ Yes/No
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abroad ຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ
abstract ້ ໃນຫຍທ
ເນອ ້ ໍ່ ີ ຍກອອກມາຈາກບດຂຽນຕາໍ່ ງໆ
access ນາໃຊ ້
accident ອຸບ ັດເຫດ
accommodation ທີໍ່ ພັກພາອາໄສ, ບອ

ໍ່ ນພັກພາອາໄສເວລາເດີນທາງ
accountant ນາຍບ ັນຊີ
achieve ສາເລັດ, ບ ັນລຸ
address ທີໍ່ ຢໍ່
administration ການບລິຫານ
administration office ຫອ
້ ງການປກຄອງ
advantage ເປັນປະໂຫຍດ
advertise ໂຄສະນາ
adviser ທີໍ່ ປຶ ກສາ
after ຫຼ ັງຈາກ
afternoon ຕອນທຽໍ່ ງ
age ອາຍຸ
agency ຕວແທນ
agenda ວາລະກອງປະຊຸມ
ago ຜາໍ່ ນມາ
agriculture ກະສິກາ
air conditioner ເຄໍ່ ອງປັບອາກາດ
airport ສະໜາມບິນ
alcohol ເຫຼ້າ
alternative ທາງເລອກ
always ສະໝາໍ່ ສະເໝີ, ເປັນປະຈາ
The United States of America ສະຫະລ ັດອາເມລິກາ
ancient ບຮານ
announce ປະກາດ
annual ປະຈາປີ
applicant ຜສ
ໍ່ ະໝັກ
application Form ຟອມສະໝັກ, ໃບຄາຮອ
້ ງ
April ເດອນເມສາ
architecture ສະຖາປະຕິຍະກາ
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area ້ ທີໍ່
ຂອບເຂດ/ເນອ
arrange ຫາ້ ງຫາກະກຽມ
arrivals ການມາຮອດມາເຖິງ
arrive ມາຮອດ
as a result ້ ຍເຫດນນັ ້
ດວ
as well as ເໝອນກນ
asset ຊ ັບສິນ
assist ຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອ
assistance ການຊວ
attend ເຂ້າຮວ
ໍ່ ມ
attractive ດຶງດດຈິດໃຈ, ງາມ
August ເດອນສິງຫາ
Australian ຄນອດສະຕຣາລີ
authority ອານາດການປກຄອງ
average ສະເລຍ
ໍ່
badminton ກິລາຕີດອກປິ ກໄກ ໍ່
bank ທະນາຄານ
beautiful ງາມ
because ເພາະວາໍ່ , ຍອ
້ ນວາໍ່
bed ຕຽງ
beer ເບຍ
before ກອ
ໍ່ ນໜາ້
behind ທາງຫຼ ັງ
benefit ຜນປະໂຫຍກ
best ດີເລີດ, ດີທໍ່ ີສຸດ
between ລະຫວາໍ່ ງ
bicycle ລດຖີບ
big ໃຫຍ
ໍ່
bilateral organisation ັ້
ອງການຈ ັດຕງລະຫວາໍ່ ງສອງລ ັດຖະບານ
billion (1,000,000,000) ໜຶໍ່ ງຕ້
birthday ວ ັນເກີດ
board (verb) ້ (ເວລາເດີນທາງ)

ຍນຂຶນ
boarding pass ້ ຍນ
ບ ັດຂຶນ
boat racing ບຸນຊວ

ໍ່ ງເຮອ
border ຊາຍແດນ
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boring ໜາ້ ເບໍ່ ອ
boss ຫວໜາ້
bottom ້ ງລຸມ
ເບອ ໍ່ ສຸດ
box ແກັດ, ກອ
ໍ່ ງ
breakfast ອາຫານເຊ້າ
bridge ຂວ
brochure ແຜນ
ໍ່ ພັບ
brother ອາ້ ຍ, ນອ
້ ງຊາຍ
budget ງບປະມານ
build ກໍ່ ສາ້ ງ
bus ລດເມ
bus station ສະຖານນີລດເມ
business card ນາມບ ັດ
busy ຄາວຽກ, ຫຍຸງ້ ວຽກ
but ແຕວ
ໍ່ າໍ່
button ປຸໍ່ມກດ
cabinet ຫອ
້ ງການກະຊວງ
calculator ຈ ັກຄິດໄລເໍ່ ລກ
can ສາມາດ
capacity ຄຸນນະພາບ, ຄວາມສາມາດ, ຄວາມອາດສາມາດ
capital city ນະຄອນຫຼວງ
car ລດໃຫຍ
ໍ່
cash ເງິນສດ
cause ສາຍເຫດ
cave ຖາ້
celebrate ສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງ
ceremony ງານສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງ
change ປຽໍ່ ນແປງ
cheap ລາຄາຖກ
check point ດາໍ່ ນກວດກາ
check- in counter ໍ່ ນແຈງ້ ປີ້

ບອ
chicken ໄກ ໍ່
childcare centres ສນຊວ

ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອເດັກ
circus ໂຮງກາຍະສິນ
citizen ສ ັນຊາດ
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city ຕວເມອງ
clean (verb) ເຮັດຄວາມສະອາດ
climb ້ , ໄຕຂ
ປີ ນຂຶນ ຶ້
ໍ່ ນ
close ປິ ດ
clothes ເຄໍ່ ອງນຸງໍ່
clown ຕວຕະຫຼກ
coastline ຊາຍຝໍ່ງັ
colleague ເພໍ່ ອນຮວ

ໍ່ ມງານ
colonise ້
ລາໍ່ ເມອງຂຶນ
colony ້
ຫວເມອງຂຶນ
commercial ການຄາ້ ຂາຍ
committee ຄະນະກາມະການ
competition ການແຂງໍ່ ຂ ັນ
competitive ລ ັກສະນະແຂງໍ່ ຂ ັນ
component ສວ
ໍ່ ນປະກອບ, ໜວ
ໍ່ ຍງານທີໍ່ ເປັນສວ
ໍ່ ນປະກອບ, ອງປະກອບ
computer ຄອມພີວເຕີ
conduct ຈ ັດ, ຈ ັດຕງັ ້
confirm ຢນຢັນ, ແຈງ້ ບອກ
congress ສະພານິຕບ
ິ ັນຍ ັດ, ກອງປະຊຸມ
ໍ່ ໃຫຍ
ໍ່
consequently ັ ້ ດງ
ເພາະສະນນ, ໍ່ ັ ນນ,
ັ ້ ຕາມລາດ ັບ
constraint ້ ັງຄ ັບ, ຂຈ

ຂບ ້ າກ ັດ, ອຸປະສ ັກ
contact ຕິດຕໍ່ ພວພັນ
contribute ຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອ, ສະໜັບສະໜນ
contribute (verb) ອະນຸເຄາະ, ປະກອບສວ
ໍ່ ນ, ຊວ
contribution (noun) ການອະນຸເຄາະ, ການປະກອບສວ
ໍ່ ນ, ການຊວ
cook ແຕງໍ່ ກິນ
cool ເຢັນ
cooperate (verb) ຮວ
ໍ່ ມມ
cooperation, (noun) ການຮວ
ໍ່ ມມ
coordinate (verb) ປະສານງານ
coordination (noun) ການປະສານງານ
copy ອ ັດສາເນາ
cotton ຝາ້ ຍ
country of residence ປະເທດທີໍ່ ພັກຢໍ່ເປັນຫຼ ັກເປັນຖານ
credit card ບ ັດເຄຣດິດ
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crime ອາດຊະຍະກາ
crowded ແອອ ັດ, ຄ ັບແຄບ
culture ວ ັດທະນະທາ
currency ສະກຸນເງິນ
current situation ສະພາບໃນປັດຈຸບ ັນ, ສະຖານະການໃນປັດຈຸບ ັນ
customs ພາສີ
damage ທາລາຍ, ເປໍ່ເພ
danger (noun) ອ ັນຕະລາຍ
dangerous (adjective) ທີໍ່ ເປັນອ ັນຕະລາຍ
date of birth ວ ັນ, ເດອນ, ປີ ເກີດ
daughter ລກສາວ
day ມ້
debt ໜີ້
December ເດອນທັນວາ
decimal ຕວເສດ
decimal point ເຄໍ່ ອງໝາຍຕວເສດ
decision- making ການຕ ັດສິນໃຈ
decline ປະຕິເສດ, ປັດປໍ່າຍ, ຫຼຸດລງ, ຫຼຸ ດໜອ

້ ຍຖອຍລງ
decrease ຫຼຸດລງ
delegate (noun) ຜແ
ໍ່ ທນ
delegation (noun) ຄະນະຜແ
ໍ່ ທນ
delicious ແຊບ
dentist ໝປວແຂວ
້
department store ຮາ້ ນຊ ັບພະສິນຄາ້
departure ເດີນທາງອອກໄປ
describe ພັນລະນາ
description ການພັນລະນາ, ລາຍການ
destination ຈຸດໝາຍປາຍທາງ
develop ພັດທະນາ
development ການພັດທະນາ
dial ໜຸນໂທລະສບ
diary ປ້ ມບ ັນທຶກຂຄ
້ ວາມປະຈາວ ັນ
dinner ເຂ້າແລງ
directions ການບອກເສັ ້ນທາງ
director ຜອ
ໍ່ ານວຍການ
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disadvantage ຜນເສຍ
discuss ປຶ ກສາຫາລ
disease ພະຍາດ
district ເມອງ
document ເອກະສານ
dolphin ປາໂລມາ
dolphin, fresh water ປາຂາໍ່
donate (verb) ບລິຈາກ
donor ຜບ
ໍ່ ລິຈາກ, ຜໃໍ່ ຫທ
້ ນຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອລາ້
double room ຫອ
້ ງຕຽງຄ ໍ່
down stairs ລງລຸມ
ໍ່
draw ແຕມ
້
dry ແຫງ້
duty ພາລະ, ໜາ້ ທີໍ່
early ແຕເໍ່ ຊ້າ
earthquake ແຜນ
ໍ່ ດີນໄຫວ
east ພາກຕາເວັນອອກ
eastern ທິດຕາເວັນອອກ
economy ປະຢັດ
effective ຢາ
ໍ່ ງມີປະສິດທິຜນ
efficient ຢາ
ໍ່ ງມີປະສິດທິ ພາບ
either ເໝອນກ ັນ, ໜຶໍ່ ງໃນສອງ
electricity ໄຟຟາ້
e- mail ຈດໝາຍທາງອິນເຕີເນັດ
embassy ສະຖາທດ
emergency ສຸກເສີນ
employment ການວາໍ່ ຈາ້ ງ
encourage ຊຸກຍ,້ ສໍ່ ງເສີມ
engineer ວິສະວະກອນ
enough ພຽງພ
enterprise ວິສະຫະກິດ
environment ສິໍ່ ງແວດລອ

້ ມ, ສະພາບແວດລອ
້ ມ
equal ເທໍ່ າກ ັນ, ເທໍ່ າທຽມກ ັນ
equality ຄວາມສະເໝີ ພາບ
equip ຈ ັດຫາໃຫ້
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equipment ວ ັດຖຸອບ
ຸ ປະກອນ
establish ັ ້ ັກຖານ, ສາ້ ງຕງັ ້

ຕງຫຼ
establishment ັ ້ ັກຖານ, ການສາ້ ງຕງັ ້

ການຕງຫຼ
estimate ຄິດໄລ,ໍ່ ຄາດຄະເນ
ethnic groups ຊນເຜໍ່ າ
evening ຕອນແລງ
event ເຫດການ, ສະພາບການ
ever ເຄີຍ
every day ທຸກໆມ ້
excuse ຂໂທດ
expand ຂະຫຍາຍ
expensive ລາຄາແພງ
expire ໝດອາຍຸໃຊ ້
expiry date ໝດອາຍຸການນາໃຊ ້
export ສໍ່ ງອອກ (ສິນຄາ້ )
extend ຂະຫຍາຍອອກ, ຢຼື ດອອກ
extension ການຂະຫຍາຍອອກ, ການຢຼື ດອອກ
fall ຕກ, ຫຼຸດລງ
family ຄອບຄວ
family planning ການວາງແຜນຄອບຄວ
far ໄກ
father ພໍ່
fax ແຟັກ/ໂທລະສານ
February ເດອນກຸມພາ
fee ຄາໍ່ ທານຽມ
feed (verb) ໃຫອ

້ າຫານ, ເກອສ ັດ
festival ບຸນ, ເທດສະການ
field trip ການທດສະນະສຶກສາ
filing cabinet ຕມ
້ ຽນເອກະສານ
້
finally ສຸດທາ້ ຍ, ຕອນສຸດທາ້ ຍ
financial ດາ້ ນການເງິນ
fine (verb) ປັບໄໝ
first ລາດ ັບທີ 1
firstly ັ້
ຂນຕອນທາອິດ
fishing ຫາປາ
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flight ຖຽ້ ວບິນ
fluctuate ້ ໆລງໆ
ຂຶນ
fly ບິນ, ເດີນທາງດວ

້ ຍຍນ
focus on ້ ໜັກ, ສຸມໃສ ໍ່
ເລັໍ່ ງໃສ,ໍ່ ເນັນ
foot ຕີນ
football ກິລາບານເຕະ
for sale ຕອ
້ ງການຂາຍອອກ
fourth ລາດ ັບທີ 4
free ຫວາໍ່ ງ
fresh ສດ
Friday ວ ັນສຸກ
friend ໝເໍ່ ພໍ່ ອນ
fund (noun) ທຶນຊວ

ໍ່ ຍເຫຼຶອ, ກອງທຶນ
fund (verb) ໃຫທ
້ ຶນການຊວ
garden ສວນ
gate (airport) ທາງອອກໄປຫາຍນ/ທຳງອອກໄປຫຳຍ ົນ
gender ເພດ
get up ຕໍ່ ນນອນ
gift ຂອງຂວ ັນ
give ເອາໃຫ້
global ທໍ່ ວໂລກ
go past ໄປຜາໍ່ ນ, ກາຍ
go straight ahead ໄປທາງໜາ້ ຊໍ່ ໆ
god ພະເຈາ້
good ດີ
goodbye ລາກອ
ໍ່ ນ
governance ການປກຄອງ
government ລ ັດຖະບານ
gradual ຕາມລາດ ັບ
grant ທຶນຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອລາ້ , ເງິນຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອລາ້
grilled ປີຼິ້ ງ
grocery shop ຮາ້ ນຂາຍເຄໍ່ ອງແຫງ້
grow ປກ
growth ການເຕີບໃຫຍ
ໍ່
guessing from context ການກະຕວງຈາກສະພາບຕວຈິງ
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guest ແຂກ, ຜມ
ໍ່ າຢຽ້ ມຢາມ
guesthouse ບາ້ ນພັກ
guitar ກີໍ່ ຕາ້
half past ເຄິໍ່ ງ (ໂມງເວລາ)
handicrafts ເຄໍ່ ອງຫັດຖະກາ
happen ້
ເກີດຂຶນ
health ສຸກຂະພາບ
hello ສະບາຍດີ
her ຂອງລາວ (ຜຍ

ໍ່ ງ
ິ )
his ຂອງລາວ (ຜຊ

ໍ່ າຍ)
history ປະຫວ ັດສາດ
holiday ວ ັນພັກ
home ບາ້ ນ
hospital ໂຮງໝ
host (noun) ເຈາ້ ພາບ
host (verb) ເປັນເຈາ້ ພາບ
hot ຮອ
້ ນ
hotel ໂຮງແຮມ
house ເຮອນ
housework ວຽກບາ້ ນ
however ແຕວ
ໍ່ າໍ່
human ມະນຸດ
human resources ຊ ັບພະຍາກອນມະນຸດ
husband ຜວ
hydro power ພະລ ັງງານນາ້
illiterate ກຶກໜັງສ
immigration ດາ້ ນກວດຄນເຂ້າເມອງ
immunisation ການພ ້ນຈາກເຂດອ ັນຕະລາຍ, ການສ ັກຢາກ ັນພະຍາດ
implement ັ້
ການຈ ັດຕງປະຕິ ບ ັດ
implement (verb) ັ້
ຈ ັດຕງປະຕິ ບ ັດ
implementation ການລງມປະຕິບ ັດ
improve ປັບປຸງໃຫດ
້ ຂ ຶ້
ີ ນ
in ໃນ
in addition ັ ້ ຍິໍ່ ງໄປກວາໍ່ ນນັ ້

ນອກຈາກນນ,
in conclusion ້ , ເວ້າລວມແລວ
ສຸດທາ້ ຍ, ໃນທີໍ່ ສຸດ, ໂດຍສ ັງລວມ, ສະຫຼ ບແລວ ້
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in front of ທາງໜາ້
in the corner ຢທ
ໍ່ າງແຈ
in the middle ຢໍ່ເຄິໍ່ ງກາງ
income ລາຍໄດ,້ ລາຍຮ ັບ
income generation ການແຈກຍາຍລາຍໄດ,້ ການສາ້ ງແຫຼງໍ່ ລາຍຮ ັບ, ລາຍໄດ ້
increase ້
ເພີັ່ ມຂຶນ
independent ເອກະລາດ
inequality ບໍ່ ສະເໝີ ພາບ
infant mortality ອ ັດຕາການຕາຍຂອງເດັກນອ

້ ຍ
inflation ໄພເງິນເຟີຼິ້
inflation rate ອ ັດຕາໄພເງິນເຟີຼິ້
influence ອິດທິ ພນຄອບງາ
inform ແຈງ້ ໃຫຊ

້ າບ
information ້ ນ, ຂາໍ່ ວສານ
ຂມ
infrastructure ້ ຖານໂຄງລາໍ່ ງ
ພນ
inspect ສາຫຼວດ, ກວດກາ
instructions ້ ນະນາ
ຂແ
integrate ປະສມປະສານ
interesting ໜາ້ ສນໃຈ
international standard ມາດຕະຖານສາກນ
interview ສາພາດ
introduce ແນະນາຕວ
invest ລງທຶນ
investment ການລງທຶນ
invitation ຼິ້ ເຊີນ

ການເຊຼືອ
irrigation system ລະບບຊນລະປະທານ
island ເກາະ, ດອນ
issue ເຊັ ນອອກ, ອະນຸມດໃຫ

ັ ນ້ າໃຊ,້ ປະເດັນ, ບ ັນຫາ
itinerary ການດການເດີນທາງ
January ເດອນມງກອນ
ັ
Japanese ຄນຍີໍ່ ປຸໍ່ນ
jewellery ອ ັນຍະມະນີ
job ອາຊີບ
July ເດອນກລະກດ
jump ້
ກະໂດດ, ເຕັນ
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ຸ າ
key aspect ຈຸດສາຄ ັນ
know ຮຈ
້ ັກ
labour ກາມະກອນ, ແຮງງານ
lack ຂາດເຂີນ, ບໍ່ ພຽງພ
lastly ັ້
ຂນຕອນສຸ
ດທາ້ ຍ
late ຊ ັກຊາ້ , ຊາ້
laws ກດໝາຍ
lawyer ນ ັກກດໝາຍ
least developed country ປະເທດທີໍ່ ມີການພັດທະນາໜອ

້ ຍ, ປະເທດດອ
້ ຍພັດທະນາ
left ຼິ້ ງຊາ້ ຍ
ເບຼືອ
letter ຈດໝາຍ
library ຫອ
້ ງສະໝຸດ, ຫອ
້ ງໜັງສ
lid ຝາປິ ດ
life expectancy ການກນດສະເລຍ

ໍ່ ອາຍຸ
lift ້
ຍກຂຶນ
lift (noun) ັ້
ຂນໄດໄຟຟຳຼິ້
like ມກັ
listener ຜຟ
ໍ່ ງັ
literacy ການອາໍ່ ນອອກຂຽນເປັນ
literacy rate ອ ັດຕາການຮໜ

້ ງັ ສ
literate ລບລາ້ ງການກຶກໜັງສ, ອາໍ່ ນອອກຂຽນເປັນ
live ອາໃສຢໍ່
loan ເງິນກຢ
້ ມ
lovely ໜາ້ ຮ ັກ
lower secondary school ໂຮງຮຽນມດທະຍ

ັ ມຕອນຕ ້ນ
luggage ກະເປາເດີນທາງ
lunch ອາຫານທຽໍ່ ງ, ເຂ້າທຽໍ່ ງ
macro ສວ
ໍ່ ນໃຫຍ
ໍ່ , ມະຫາພາກ
major ສາຄ ັນ, ຕ ້ນຕ
make plans ສາ້ ງແຜນການ
malnourished ຂາດເຂີນທາດອາຫານບາລຸງ, ບໍ່ ມີທາດອາຫານພຽງພ
malnutrition ການຂາດທາດອາຫານບາລຸງ, ການບໍ່ ມີທາດອາຫານພຽງພ
management ການຄຸມ
້ ຄອງ, ການຈ ັດການບລິຫານຄຸມ
້ ຄອງ
manager ຜຈ
ໍ່ ັດການ
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March ເດອນມີນາ
market ຕະຫຼາດ
market economy ເສດຖະກິດການຕະຫຼາດ
maternal mortality ອ ັດຕາການຕາຍຂອງແມຍິ

ໍ່ ງຖພາ
May ເດອນພຶດສະພາ
meet ພບ, ພບປະ
meeting ກອງປະຊຸມ, ການປະຊຸມ, ປະຊຸມ
member ສະມາຊິກ
micro ສວ
ໍ່ ນທີໍ່ ນອ
້ ຍ, ຈຸລະພາກ
midday 12 ໂມງທໍ່ຽງ
midnight 12 ໂມງກາງຄນ, ທຽໍ່ ງຄນ
million ລາ້ ນ
ministry ກະຊວງ
moderate ພດີ, ປານກາງ
modern ທັນສະໄໝ
Monday ວ ັນຈ ັນ
money exchange ການແລກປໍ່ຽນເງິນຕາ
monitoring each other’s language ສ ັງເກດການໃຊພ

້ າສາເຊິໍ່ ງກ ັນ ແລະກ ັນ
monk ຄບາ, ພະ
month ເດອນ
moreover ັ ້ ນອກຈາກນນັ ້
ຍິໍ່ ງກວາໍ່ ນນ,
morning ຕອນເຊ້າ
mother ແມ ໍ່
motorbike ລດຈ ັກ
mountains ພເຂາ
multilateral organisation ັ້
ອງການຈ ັດຕງລະຫວາໍ່ ງລ ັດຖະບານ
municipality ກາແພງນະຄອນ
my ຂອງຂອ
້ ຍ
name ຊໍ່
name card ນາມບ ັດ
national holiday ວ ັນພັກທາງລ ັດຖະການ
nationality ສ ັນຊາດ
natural resources ແຫຼງໍ່ ຊ ັບພະຍາກອນທາມະຊາດ
near ໃກ ້
neither ບໍ່ ເໝອນກ ັນ, ບໍ່ ແມນທ

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never ບໍ່ ເຄີຍ
new ໃໝໍ່
news ຂາໍ່ ວສານ
newspaper ໜັງສພິມ
next ຕໍ່ ໄປ
next to ທັດຈາກ, ຕໍ່ ຈາກ
nice ດີ, ງາມ
night ກາງຄນ
no one ບໍ່ ມີໃຜ
nominate ຄ ັດເລອກ, ບໍ່ງຕວ
non- formal education ການສຶກສານອກລະບບ
north ພາກເໜອ
northern ທາງພາກເໜອ
not often ບໍ່ ເລ້ອຍ
November ເດອນພະຈິກ
o’clock ໂມງ
obey ເຊໍ່ ອຟັງ, ປະຕິບ ັດຕາມ
objective ຈຸດປະສງ
observe ສ ັງເກດການ
October ເດອນຕຸລາ
office ຫອ
້ ງການ
Official Development Assistance ການຊວ
ໍ່ ຍເຫຼອດາ້ ນການພັດທະນາ
often ເລ້ອຍ
old ເກໍ່ າ, ເຖາ້

on ທາງເທິງ
on average ໂດຍສະເລຍ
ໍ່
on the left ້ ງຊາ້ ຍ
ຢເໍ່ ບອ
on the other hand ອີກດາ້ ນໜຶໍ່ ງ, ໃນດາ້ ນທີໍ່ ກງກ ັນຂາ້ ມ
on the right ້ ງຂວາ

ຢເໍ່ ບອ
once ັ ້ ງ, ໜຶໍ່ ງເທໍ່ ອ

ຄງໜຶໍ່
once a week ັ ້ ງຕໍ່ ໜຶໍ່ ງອາທິດ

ຄງໜຶໍ່
open ເປີ ດ
opportunity ໂອກາດ
opposite ກງກ ັນຂາ້ ມ
organisation ອງການຈ ັດຕງັ ້
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organisation chart ັ້
ແຜນວາດການຈ ັດຕງ,
organise ຈ ັດຕງັ ້
overall ລວມທັງໝດ, ໂດຍລວມ
overstay ຄາ້ ງຄນ
pack ຕຽມເຄໍ່ ອງໃສກ

ໍ່ ະເປາ
palace ພະລາດຊະວ ັງ
parade ຂະບວນງານແຫຕ
ໍ່ າໍ່ ງໆ
parking ສະຖານທີໍ່ ຈອດລດ
passenger ຜໂ
ໍ່ ດຍສານ
passport ໜັງສຜາໍ່ ນແດນ
passport control ບອ
ໍ່ ນກວດກາໜັງສຜາໍ່ ນແດນ
peace ສ ັນຕິພາບ
per cent (%) ເສດສວ

ໍ່ ນຮອ
້ ຍ
perform ສະແດງ
performance ການສະແດງ
photocopier ເຄໍ່ ອງຈ ັກອ ັດເອກະສານ
photocopy ອ ັດເອກະສານ, ສາເນາເອກະສານ
pick you up ໄປຮ ັບເອາເຈາ້
picnic ການອອກໄປກິນເຂ້າປາ
ໍ່ , ກິນເຂ້າປາ
ໍ່
plan ວາງແຜນການ
plan (noun) ແຜນການ, ການວາງແຜນ
plane ຍນ
plateau ພພຽງ
pleased to ສະແດງຄວາມຍິນດີ
plug ປັກສຽບ, ສຽບປັກໄຟ
point (verb) ຊີໃ້ ສ ໍ່
policy ນະໂຍບາຍ
politics ການເມອງ
polluted ເປັນ ພິດ/ເປນມນລະພ

ົ ດ
poor ທຸກຈນ
popular ມີຊໍ່ ສຽງໂດງໍ່ ດ ັງ
population ພນລະເມອງ
porter ຄນຂນເຄໍ່ ອງຢໍ່ໂຮງແຮມ
position ຕາແໜງ
ໍ່
post office ຫອ
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practise ເຝກຫັດ
prepare ກະກຽມ
president ປະທານ, ປະທານປະເທດ
press ້
ກດ, ເນັນ
prevent ້
ປ້ອງກ ັນ, ຫຼີກເວັນ
price ລາຄາ
primary school ໂຮງຮຽນປະຖມ
prioritise ຈ ັດວາງຕາມລາດ ັບຂອງຄວາມສາຄ ັນ
priority ສາຄ ັນ, ບລິມະສິດ
problem ບ ັນຫາ
profit ຜນປະໂຫຍດ, ຜນກາໄລ
project ໂຄງການ
promote ສໍ່ ງເສີມ, ສະໜັບສະໜນ
promotion ການເລໍ່ ອນຊນຕ

ັ ້ າແໜງ
ໍ່
provide ຈ ັດຫາໃຫ້
province ແຂວງ
publicity ການຈ ັດພິມ
publish ຈ ັດພິມ
push ຍ,້ ຊຸກ
put ເອາໃສ ໍ່
quarter past ປາຍ 15 ນາທີ
quarter to ຍ ັງ 15 ນາທີ
radio ວິທະຍຸ
rapid ໄວວາ
reason ເຫດຜນ
reception ບອ
ໍ່ ນຕອ
້ ນຮ ັບ
receptionist ພະນ ັກງານຕອ
້ ນຮ ັບ
reduce ຫຼຸດຜອ
ໍ່ ນລງ
refrigerator ຕເ້ ຢັນ
refugee ຊາວອບພະຍບ
region ຂງເຂດ
regulation ້ ານດ
ຂກ
relax ພັກຜອ
ໍ່ ນ
reliable ໜາ້ ເຊໍ່ ອຖ, ໄວໃ້ ຈໄດ ້
religious ceremony ງານສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງທາງສາດສະໜາ/ບຸນປະເພນີທຳງສຳດສະໜຳ
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rely on ໄວໃ້ ຈ
remain constant ຍ ັງຄງທີໍ່
remain the same ຍ ັງຄເກໍ່ າ, ຍ ັງບໍ່ ປໍ່ຽນແປງ
repatriation ການສໍ່ ງຄນຖິໍ່ ນຖານເດີມ, ການກ ັບຄນບາ້ ນເກີດເມອງນອນ
report on ລາຍງານກຽໍ່ ວກ ັບເລໍ່ ອງໃດໜຶໍ່ ງ
report to ລາຍງານເຖິງຜໃໍ່ ດໜຶໍ່ ງ
reservation ການຈອງ, ການສະຫງວນຮ ັກສາ
reserve (verb) ສະຫງວນໄວ,້ ຮ ັກສາໄວ ້
resettlement ັ ້ ນຖານຄນ
ການກ ັບມາຕງຖິໍ່
resources ຊ ັບພະຍາກອນ
responsibility ວຽກງານທີໍ່ ຮ ັບຜິດຊອບ/ໜຳຼິ້ ທີັ່ ຮບຜດຊອບ
responsible for ຮ ັບຜິດຊອບຕໍ່ ວຽກໃດໜຶໍ່ ງ
restaurant ຮາ້ ນອາຫານ
restoration ການຊອ
້ ມແຊມ, ການປະຕິສ ັງຂອນ, ການບລະນະຄນ
restore ຊອ
້ ມແຊມ, ປະຕິສ ັງຂອນ, ບລະນະຄນ
return ticket ປີ້ ເດີນທາງໄປ-ກ ັບ
rice field ທໍ່ ງນາ
rich ໍ່ ັ ມີ
ຮງ
right ້ ງຂວາ, ຄວາມຖກຕອ

ເບອ ້ ງ
rise ້
ເພີັ່ ມຂຶນ
river ໍ່ າ້
ແມນ
rocket festival ັ້
ບຸນບງໄຟ
room service ການບລິການຫອ

້ ງພັກ
rules ກດລະບຽບ
rural ຊນນະບດ
safe (noun) ຄວາມປອດໄພ
sanitation ການສຸຂະພິບານ
Saturday ວ ັນເສາ
scan ້ ນສະເພາະ
ຊອກຫາຂມ
school ໂຮງຮຽນ
sculpture ້
ຮບແກະສະລັກ, ຮບປັນ
seafood ອາຫານທະເລ
season ລະດການ
second ລາດ ັບທີໍ່ 2
secondary school ັ ້ ດທະຍ

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secretary ເລຂາ
security ຄວາມປອດໄພ
seldom ດນໆເທໍ່ ອໜຶໍ່ ງ
self- employed ເຮັດວຽກຂອງຕນເອງ, ປະກອບອາຊີບຂອງຕນເອງ
senior ຜອ
ໍ່ າວຸໂສ
September ເດອນກ ັນຍາ
sharp ແນນ
ໍ່ ອນ, ທຽໍ່ ງຕງ, ແຫຼມຄມ
shelves ໍ່ ້ ມ
ຖາ້ ນໃສປ
shifting cultivation ໍ່ ບບເລໍ່ ອນລອຍ

ການເຮັດໄຮແ
shopping ຊເ້ ຄໍ່ ອງ
should ຄວນຈະ, ສມຄວນ
show ສະແດງ
show respect ສະແດງຄວາມນ ັບຖ
shower (verb) ອາບນາ້
sick ເປັນໄຂ ້
sign ລຳຍເຊນ
sign (noun) ປາ
້ ຍ
sign (verb) ລງລາຍເຊັ ນ/ເຊັ ນຊໍ່
signature ລາຍເຊັ ນ
significant ສາຄ ັນ, ເດັໍ່ ນ
since ັ້
ຕງແຕ,ໍ່ ເພາະວາໍ່
sing ຮອ
້ ງເພັງ
single ອ ັນດຽວ, ເປັນໂສດ
single room ຫອ
້ ງຕຽງດຽໍ່ ວ
sister ເອ້ອຍ, ນອ
້ ງສາວ
sit down ໍ່ ັ ລງ
ນງ
situation ສະຖານນະການ
skills ທັກສະ, ຄວາມສາມາດ
skim ຊອກເບິໍ່ ງແບບສ ັງລວມ
slide ເລໍ່ ອນ
slight ເບາໆ, ໜອ
້ ຍໜຶໍ່ ງ
small ນອ
້ ຍ
small business ທຸລະກິດຂະໜາດນອ
້ ຍ
smuggling ການຄາ້ ຂອງເຖໍ່ ອນ, ການລ ັກລອບໜີ ພາສີ
so far ມາຮອດດຽວນີ້
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social services ການບລິການສ ັງຄມ
socio- economic development ການພັດທະນາເສດຖະກິດສ ັງຄມ
solve ແກໄ້ ຂ
sometimes ັ້
ບາງຄງຄາວ, ບາງເວລາ
son ລກຊາຍ
south ພາກໃຕ ້
southern ທາງພາກໃຕ ້
souvenir ຂອງທີໍ່ ລະນຶກ
spicy ເຜັດ
sport ກິລາ
square ຮບຈ ັດຕຸລ ັດ
square kilometre (km2) ກິໂລຕາແມັດ
stability ຄວາມສະໝາໍ່ ສະເໝີ, ຄວາມໝັນຄ

້ ງ, ຄວາມມີສະຖຽນລະພາບ
stable ້ ງ, ບໍ່ ປໍ່ຽນແປງ

ໝັນຄ
staff ພະນ ັກງານ
stand up ້
ຢນຂຶນ
standard ມາດຕະຖານ
statistics ສະຖິຕິ
status ສະຖານະ
steady ້ ງ
ໝັນຄ
steamed ໜຶ້ງ
sticky ໜຽວ
strategy ຫຼ ັກການ, ວິທີການ, ຍຸດທະສາດ
strengthen ້ ແຂງ, ເຮັດໃຫແ

ປັບປຸງໃຫເ້ ຂັມ ້
້ ຂງແຮງຂຶນ
study ຮຽນ
stupa ທາດເຈດີ
subsistence farmer ຊຳວນາພລຽ້ ງອາຊີບໄປວ ັນໆ, ຊຳວນານອ

້ ຍ
sudden ທັນທີທນ
ັ ໃດ
suggest ແນະນາ
suggestion ຄາແນະນາ, ການແນະນາ
suitcase ກະເປາເດີນທາງ
summarise ສະຫຸ ບ
Sunday ວ ັນອາທິດ
supervise ໃຫຄ
້ າແນະນາ, ດແລ
survey ສາຫຼວດ
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sustainable ຢນຍງ
swimming pool ສະລອຍນາ້
swing ແກວ
ໍ່ ງໄກວ
syllable ພະຍາງ
take ຖ, ເອາ
telephone ໂທລະສ ັບ
television ໂທລະພາບ
temple ວ ັດ
then ຕໍ່ ມາ, ຈາກນນັ ້
therefore ັ ້ ດງ
ເພາະສະນນ, ໍ່ ັ ນນັ ້
third ລາດ ັບທີໍ່ 3
this ນີ,້ ອ ັນນີ້
thousand ພັນ
three times ສາມເທໍ່ ອ, ສາມຄງັ ້
three times a week ສາມເທໍ່ ອຕໍ່ ໜຶໍ່ ງອາທິດ, ສາມຄງຕ

ັ ້ ໍ່ ໜຶໍ່ ງອາທິດ
Thursday ວ ັນພະຫັດ
time ເວລາ
timetable ຕາຕະລາງ
tired ເມໍ່ ອຍ
title ຫວເລໍ່ ອງ, ຫວຂ ້
to be in touch with someone ຕິດຕໍ່ ພວພັນ
to focus on ້ ໃສ,ໍ່ ແນໃໍ່ ສ,ໍ່ ເນັນ

ເນັນ ້ ໜັກ
to sum up ສະຫຸ ບແລວ

້ , ສ ັງລວມແລວ
້
today ້ ີ້
ມນ
toilet ້ ງນາ້
ຫອ
tomorrow ້ ໍ່ ນ
ມອ
top ເທິງສຸດ, ຈອມ
tourism ການທອ
tourist attraction ການດຶງດດນ ັກທອ
trade fair ງານວາງສະແດງສິນຄາ້
tradition ຮີດຄອງປະເພນີ
traditionally ແບບປະເພນີ
traffic ການຈະລາຈອນ
traffic lights ໄຟອານາດ
training ການຝຶກອບຮມ, ການບາລຸງ
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transit ເດີນທາງຜາໍ່ ນ
transport ຄມມະນາຄມ, ພາຫະນະ
travel overseas ເດີນທາງໄປຕາໍ່ ງປະເທດ
trek ການເດີນທາງທອ
ໍ່ ງທຽໍ່ ວຍາໍ່ ງໄປຕາມສະຖານທີໍ່ ຕາໍ່ ງໆ
trip ການເດີນທາງ
Tuesday ວ ັນອ ັງຄານ
tuktuk ລດຕຸກໆ
turn ລຽ້ ວ
twice ັ ້ ສອງເທໍ່ ອ
ສອງຄງ,
twice a week ັ ້ ໍ່ ອາທິດ, ສອງເທໍ່ ອຕໍ່ ອາທິດ

ສອງຄງຕ
type ຕີພມ
ິ
type (noun) ປະເພດ, ຊະນິດ
typewriter ຈ ັກພິມດີດ
under ທາງກອ
້ ງ
upgrade ຍກລະດ ັບ, ປັບປຸງ
upper secondary school ັ ້ ດທະຍ

ໂຮງຮຽນຊນມ ັ ມຕອນປາຍ
upstairs ັ້
ຊນເທິ ງ
usually ປກກະຕິ
valid ອອກອະນຸຍາດ/ໃຊໄຼິ້ ດ ຼິ້
value ລາຄາ, ມນຄາໍ່ , ຄຸນຄາໍ່
variety ຫຼາກຫຼາຍ
vet ສ ັດຕະວະແພດ
vice director ຮອງຜອ

ໍ່ ານວຍການ
village ໝບ
ໍ່ າ້ ນ/ບຳຼິ້ ນ
visa ໜັງສອະນຸຍາດເຂ້າອອກປະເທດ
vocational training ການບາລຸງວິຊາຊີບ, ການຝຶກອບຮມວິຊາຊີບ
wake- up call ້ ໍ່ ນ
ສ ັນຍານປຸກໃຫຕ
waterfall ້ ກ
ນາຕ
wealth ໍ່ ັ ມີ, ອຸດມສມບນ

ຮງ
weather ອາກາດ
Wednesday ວ ັນພຸດ
week ອາທິດ
weekend ວ ັນເສາ-ວ ັນອາທິດ, ທາ້ ຍອາທິດ
welcome ຍິນດີຕອ
້ ນຮ ັບ
west ທິດຕາເວັນຕກ
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western ທາງພາກຕາເວັນຕກ
wet ປຽກ
what ແມນຫຍ
ໍ່ ັງ
when ເມໍ່ ອໃດ
why ເປັນຫຍ ັງ/ຍອ

ຼິ້ ນຫຍງ
wife ເມຍ
work ວຽກ/ເຮດວຽກ
workforce ກາລ ັງແຮງງານ
workshop ກອງປະຊຸມ
world ໂລກ
worried ກ ັງວນ
worst ້ າ້ ຍທີໍ່ ສຸດ, ບໍ່ ດີທໍ່ ີສຸດ, ຮາ້ ຍແຮງທີໍ່ ສຸດ

ຂີຮ
worth ມີຄາໍ່ , ມີຄນ

ຸ ຄາໍ່ , ມີປະໂຫຍດ, ມີລາຄາ
year ປີ
years old ປີ (ອາຍຸ)
yesterday ້ ານ
ມວ
your ຂອງເຈາ້
English 1
Irregular verbs
Infinitive Past tense Past participle Infinitive Past tense Past participle
be was/were been leave left left
become became become lend lent lent
begin began begun let let let
bend bent bent lose lost lost
bite bit bitten make made made
blow blew blown mean meant meant
break broke broken meet met met
bring brought brought pay paid paid
build built built put put put
burn burnt burnt read read read
buy bought bought ride rode ridden
catch caught caught ring rang rung
choose chose chosen rise rose risen
come came come run ran run
cost cost cost say said said
cut cut cut see saw seen
dig dug dug sell sold sold
do did done send sent sent
draw drew drawn shine shone shone
drink drank drunk shoot shot shot
drive drove driven show showed shown
eat ate eaten shut shut shut
fall fell fallen sing sang sung
feed fed fed sink sank sunk
feel felt felt sit sat sat
fight fought fought sleep slept slept
find found found speak spoke spoken
fly flew flown spend spent spent
forget forgot forgotten stand stood stood
get got got (or gotten) steal stole stolen
give gave given sweep swept swept
go went gone (or been) swim swam swum
grow grew grown take took taken
hang hung hung teach taught taught
have had had tell told told
hear heard heard think thought thought
hide hid hidden throw threw thrown
hit hit hit understand understood understood
hold held held wake woke woken
hurt hurt hurt wear wore worn
keep kept kept weave wove woven
know knew known win won won
learn learnt learnt write wrote written
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In this unit you will:

name ຊໍ່ aunt ປາ້ Monday ວ ັນຈ ັນ

A: Hello. My name’s Linda.

You can say:

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Teacher: Goodbye. See you on Monday.

You can say:

c) Listen and repeat

d) Take turn to point and say at the letters.

b) Listen and write the letters in their correct sound groups.

c) Practise the pronunciation of the letters in each sound group.

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e) Listen and write the letters you hear.

My name’s Noly. His name’s Phouvong. Her name’s Khonevilay.

Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives

7. son g. ອາ້ ຍ/ນອ

11. grandson k. ພໍ່ ເຖາ້ /ພໍ່ ຕ/້ ປໍ່

12. granddaughter l. ພີໍ່ ນອ

13. uncle ໍ່ າ້ /ແມຕ

14. aunt n. ຫຼານຊາຍ

15. cousin o. ຫຼານສາວ

b) Listen and repeat

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c) Match the words with the pictures

1….................... 2.......................... 3............................ 4................ 5....................

Hello. My name is John Smith. I’m married.

This is my father. His name is Tim. 7.

Questions Name: .................... Name: ....................

Cultural note: I am married / I am single (ການຖາມເຖິງການແຕງໍ່ ງານ)

ໍ່ ງານຖວາໍ່ ເປັ ນ ເລໍ່ ອງບໍ່ ສຸພ າບ ແລະ ຄນ

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b) Correct these sentences.

 the Present Simple Tense of ”be”  capital letters

Unit 2 Personal information

In this unit you will:

spell ສະກດຄາ student ນ ັກສຶກສາ

Unit 2 Personal information

Speaking: Can you spell it, please?

b) Listen and repeat.

You can also say:

Family name/Surname/Last name ນາມສະກຸນ

Full name ຊໍ່ ເຕັ ມ (ຊໍ່ +ນາມສະກຸນ)

c) Practise the dialogue in pairs. Use your own names.

b) Complete the table and report back to your group.

No. Given name Family name

Listening: Numbers 1-10

Name Phone number

Note: apostrophe –’s

c) Write sentences like the one above about your classmates.

teacher doctor student farmer

shopkeeper policeman business woman business man

factory worker government official policewoman soldier

computer programmer office administrator

Listen to the cassette and repeat “teacher”

Listen and repeat- “shop keeper”, “official”, “occupation”

b) Match the English and Lao words.

Full forms Contractions Short answers

1. He is a teacher 2. ___________________ 3.__________________

4. ________________ 5 _______________ 6 ________________

b) Pair work: Ask and answer:

Singular and plural

d) Write the following sentences in plural form

1. He is a teacher 2. _ 3.

4. ________ 5 _ 6 __________

1. bag 2. ___ 3. _ 4. _____

5. _____ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _____

9. ___ 10. _ 11. _ 12. ______

13. 14. 15. __

b ____ f j n

c ________ g k _ o ______

d ____ h l p

b ________ f _ j _______

c ________ g _ k ______

d ________ h _ l ______

5. sharpener? 6. __ ruler?