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Vietnamese Future Tense

Tenth graders learn the Vietnamese future tense (thì tương lai) — as easy as the past: just add sẽ before the verb, which never changes. sẽ đi (will go), sẽ viết (will write), sẽ làm (will do). With the future, they can talk about plans and predictions.

Grade 10Future Tense50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Mark the future with sẽ.
  • ✓Talk about plans.
  • ✓Make predictions.
  • ✓Say what will happen.
Essential Question

What will you do next year? How do you talk about the future in Vietnamese?

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Interactive Task
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Vietnamese Future Tense Check

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Next Year

6 min

What will you do next year, and how do you say it in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “bạn sẽ làm gì?”
  • Point to the future.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Future Tense

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Future Tense Check.
  • Note sẽ + verb (no change).
  • Show sẽ đi & sẽ viết.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make 3 verbs future with sẽ.
  • Say “sẽ đi.”
  • Say a future plan.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change.
  • Say it.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “ngày mai tôi sẽ đi học”.
  • Make 2 predictions.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Predict.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Mark a verb future.
  • Say a future plan.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: state future plans.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand future markers.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare tense systems.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about plans.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Verb + sẽ cards.
  • Highlight sẽ.
  • Frame: “ngày mai tôi sẽ ___.”

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with sẽ đi.
  • One verb at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Contrast đã/đang/sẽ.
  • Write 3 future sentences.
  • Predict the weekend.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔮Verb (future) cards
  • 💻Vietnamese Future Tense Check
  • 🗓️“Next year” prompts
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

thì tương laifuture tensengày maitomorrowsẽ (seh)future markersẽ điwill gosẽ viếtwill writesẽ đếnwill arrivesớm (suhm)soonsau đólater
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “I will go” in Vietnamese?
tôi sẽ đi.
QUESTION 2
What builds the Vietnamese future?
sẽ before the verb (the verb doesn’t change).
QUESTION 3
What does “sẽ viết” mean?
Will write.

Reflect: future tense.

Have students write one plan for next year in Vietnamese (“tôi sẽ ___”). A printable Vietnamese future-tense sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: ngày mai, sau đó, sẽ (seh), sẽ viết, sẽ đi, sẽ đến, sớm (suhm), thì tương lai
  1. future marker
  2. will write
  3. soon
  4. tomorrow
  5. later
  6. will arrive
  7. will go
  8. future tense

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I will go” in Vietnamese?
  2. What builds the Vietnamese future?
  3. What does “sẽ viết” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) sẽ (seh) · 2) sẽ viết · 3) sớm (suhm) · 4) ngày mai · 5) sau đó · 6) sẽ đến · 7) sẽ đi · 8) thì tương lai
Part B: 1) tôi sẽ đi. 2) sẽ before the verb (the verb doesn’t change). 3) Will write.