Student’s level: Senior 1, SEFC
Teaching material: Unit 1 Cultural Relics (listening and speaking part)
Teaching aims:
1、To improve students’ listening ability, such as global and detail listening; and the ability to get useful information from the listening material.
2、To improve students’ organization, creation and speaking ability; and urge them to use what they have learnt in daily life.
Teaching methods:
1、Review before listening to stimulate students’ memory and interests ;
2、To do the global, detail and global listening in turns with practices;
3、To stimulate students to discuss which person gave the best evidence, using the information in the formal section;
4、To let the students to judge the truth or lie in their daily life.
Teaching focus: to improve students’ listening and speaking ability;
Teaching aids:
1、video
2、diagram
3、pictures
Teaching Procedure
Ⅰ. Listening
1. Presentation
1.1 Lead in
T: Good morning boys and girls. How are you today?
S: Fine, thanks.
T: Look! What’s this?
S: The amber room.
T: Right! It’s the amber room. Last class, we have learnt an article named “in research of the amber room” do you still remember it?
S: Yes.
T: Good! Today we are going to listen to another story about the amber room. Do you want to know?
S: Yes.
1.2 Guessing
T: Ok! Please look at the blackboard, there are three WH-words: who, when and what. When we say the three WH-words what can you think about?
S: Some people’s names
T: Yes. What else?
S: Time words and something will happen.
T: Good! Let’s check your guessing. Before listening, you should keep the three WH-words in your mind and write it down when you hear the answer. Ok?
S: Ok.
2. Listening
2.1 Global Listening
T: but, before listening, I will give you some new words to help you. The first one is Czech Republic, it is a country like the People’s Republic of China, means捷克共和國(guó). The second one is explode. Look at the picture and try to guess the meaning of it. What’s it.
S: Boom.
T: Yes. It’s boom, but when we fire it, it will bang, explode. Now do you know the meaning of it?
S: 爆炸。
T: Yes. Now let’s do our global listening. (Do the global listening)
T: Ok! I think you have got your answer. Who would like to share your answer with us? You please. Who?
S: Jan Hasek
T: Good! Who can tell me when? You please.
S: In April 1945.
T: Excellent. How about the what? You please.
S: He heard something and saw some soldiers.
T: Good. Good!
2.2 Detailed Listening
T: Next, I’d like you to fill in the tables. Let’s look at it. What he heard? Just as what you answer me just now, he must hear something. Right?
S: Right.
T: But what’s it? The second one is what his reflection when he heard something? How about you? Try to guess what you will do when you hear something? Lily?
S: Maybe I’d like to see what it is.
T: Good guessing. Let’s check it latter. The last one is what he saw? Just now you answer me he saw some soldiers. Guess, what the soldiers did? Who would like to share your opinion? You please.
S: Maybe they were doing their commissions.
T: Good guessing. Please keep the three questions in your mind and write down the answers when you hear it. Am I clear?
S: Yes.
(The teacher leads the students do the detail listening and stop in one segment.)
T: Who would like to share your opinion with us? You please the first question.
S: He heard something explode at midnight.
T: Well done! Did you guess correctly? Who’d like to answer the next question? You please.
S: He got up and ran outside.
T: Good job! Who would like to try the last question? You please.
S: They saw some German soldiers were taking wooden boxes from trucks and putting them in the mine.
T: Excellent! Please give her a big hand. You all have really done a very good job.
2.3 Global Listening
T: Now please keep all the questions and answers in your mind. And we will listen to the whole story again that you can have a general review on it.
Ⅱ. Speaking
2.1 Showing directions for discussion
T: Good morning, class!
S: Good morning, teacher!
T: And next, we will do a speaking exercise. What I need you to do first is to use the information in the formal section and to discuss in pairs which person gave the best evidence. Are you clear?
S: Yes!
2.2 Showing the useful expressions
T: Before your discussion, I will give you some useful expressions. The first one is “Do/Don’t you think that…?” The second one is “Are you sure that he/she was telling the truth?” The third one is “What are your reasons for saying that?” And now who can give me more expressions about this discussion? Yes, you please!
S: I think someone is telling the truth because…
T: Very good, thank you very much! Now, I need one more useful expression, who would like to try? You please!
S: Sorry, I don’t agree with you.
2.3 Group discussion
T: Excellent, thank you very much! Next, two students a group, you can begin your discussion. Don’t forget to use the useful expressions here. Five minutes later, I need one of your groups to present your discussion to the class! Clear?
S; yes!
T: Now, ready, go!
(Five minutes later)
2.4 Demonstrating the students’ dialogues
T: OK, the time is up! Who want to show your discussion? Yes, you two please!
S: …
T: Very good! Big hands for them! Next, we have a competition. At the very beginning, I need one of you to tell a short story about yourself. You can tell a lie or tell the truth. And after your story, I need one student to analyze what you have said is a lie or the truth, then to give the reasons. And at the same time I will record everyone’s right judgments, which will determine who is the winner of this competition. Are you clear?
S: Yes!
T: Now, who want to tell a short story? Very good, you please!
S: I was washing my clothes at five o’clock yesterday.
T: Now who can judge what she said is the truth or a lie! Ok, you please!
S: She has told a lie, because I saw her in the library at five o’clock yesterday!
T: Is her judgment right?
S: Yes!
T: OK, very good! Now, who want to tell another short story? Very good, you please!
S: I was playing computer games at eleven o’clock last night.
T: Now who can judge what she said is the truth or a lie! Ok, you please!
S: She has told a lie, because I saw her doing her homework in her dormitory at eleven o’clock last night!
T: Is her judgment right?
S: Yes!
2.5 Summary
T: OK, very good! Now, the competition is over. We can see that the Lisa’s flowers rank the number one. Certainly, she is the winner of this competition. Now, Lisa, congratulations to you! Let’s give big hands for her. After exercise, who can make a conclusion about what we have learnt today? OK, you please!
S: We have learnt how to discuss and judge who is telling the truth or telling a lie.
T: Very good! You really did a very good job today. I think we must stop here. No homework today. Good-bye!
S: Bye!