Period 1 Listening and speaking

一．Teaching aims

1.  Key vocabulary 重点词汇

translate, translation, correct, match, number, repeat, grammar, pronunciation, spelling, term, advice, mistake, notebook, else, radio, newspaper, message, each, excellent, orchestra

2. Key structures 重点句式

How about …?

Why don’t you …?

You should …

But try (not) to …

二．Teaching methods

Listening and speaking.

三．Teaching aids

Tape recorder, handout.

四Teaching important/difficult points

How about …?

Why don’t you …?

You should …

But try (not) to …

五．Teaching procedures

(一)Before-class

 Step I Warming-up (1: P2)

Talk about English learning.

T: English is a widely-used language. People in more than one hundred countries speak English. And many more countries take English as second language. Learning English is fun, and of course not an easy job. But what is in English? What are we going to learn (about English)? Do you know?

Encourage students to speak out what they have in mind.

S: We’ll learn English letters and words.

S: We’ll learn to speak English.

S: We’ll learn how to talk to foreigners.

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T: You are right. We are going to learn a lot about English, such as grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and how to listen, speak, write and read English. Now please look at activity 1 on page 2.

Ask students to read the words aloud and try to match them with the headings. It’s best if you can

tell them something about each of the item. Make sure students understand each of the items (And try to include the words in activity 2 as well!). Take “Grammar” for example:

T: Grammar is part of English. It helps us form words and sentences. It helps us check our speaking and writing. For example, you can say “I am Daming.”, but you cannot say “I is Daming.” That’s grammar.

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Check the answers by asking some students to read the words.

(二)While-class

Step II Listening  (2: P2)

First encourage students to tell the meaning of words in activity 2 and try to give some examples for each item, and then ask them to listen to the conversations and match them.

T: Next we are going to listen to some short conversations. In the conversations, Daming, Lingling and Miss Li are talking about English learning. Listen carefully and try to match these conversations with the words in the box in activity 2. But before this, can you first tell me the meaning of these words?

Ask students to tell the meaning of these words either in Chinese or English and then listen to the conversations.

Check the answers. Ask students to try to give the reasons why they choose the words.

 

Step III Listening and reading (3—5: P2—3)

Listening

Ask students to listen to the conversation between Ms James and her students carefully with books closed. Then ask students to listen again and finish activity 4.

Check the answers with the class. Then ask student to listen to the conversation again and finish the following exercises.

Show the following.

Put the following into English.

1.       你何不把正确的拼写和语法写在出错的地方？

2.       课堂上你应该讲英语。

3.       还有别的吗？

4.       每天核查一下生词本是个好主意。

5.       可是千万别逐词翻译每个单词。

6.       我认为大家都应该找个笔友，而且彼此应经常写电子邮件交流信息。

Sample answers:

1.       Why don’t you write down the correct spelling and grammar next to the mistakes?

2.       You should always speak English in class.

3.       What else?

4.       It’s a good idea to check your vocabulary notebook every day.

5.       But try not to translate every word.

6.       I think everyone should have a pen friend and write email messages to each other.

Reading

Ask students to work in pairs and read the conversation repeatedly and then ask some pairs to act out the conversation. Then ask and answer the questions in pairs.

 

Step IV Speaking (6, 7: P3)

Ask students to listen to and repeat the sentences in activity 6.

T: When we speak English, we often read some syllables (one ending with consonant and the other beginning with a vowel) together. Now listen to the recording and repeat these sentences.

After a few minutes, ask students to work in pairs and ask and answer the questions in activity 7.

Sample conversation:

S1: What should I do to improve your grammar?

S2: You should do more exercises.

S1: What else?

S2: Try to read more English books and newspapers.

S1: I’ll try to.

S2: And don’t forget to read some grammar books.

S1: Thanks very much.

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达标检测

 

 (三1. ___ difficult to hear what she said, because the room is too noisy.

A. That               B. This                C. Its           D. It’s

2. —It is fine today. What about doing fishing?

—_____________!

A. Good                                                 B. That’s a good idea  

C. I agree                                               D. That’s right

3. It’s dangerous. You’d better ____ in the street.

A. not play                 B. not to play             C. not playing      D. don’t play

4. —It’s too late. ____ go to bed earlier?

—All right.

A. Why don’t      B. Why not you                 C. Why don’t you D. Why not to

5. She has many ways ______ her class interesting.

    A. to make          B. making                  C. made             D. makes

)After-class

  Homework

Ask students to

1.       read the conversation in activity 3 repeatedly.

2.       finish activities 1-4 on page 112 in Workbook.