College English: Viewing, Listening and Speaking
(Band IV)
Unit 7
Teaching objectives
l Vocabulary:
genetics
sample
similarity
l Sentence structure:
Be superior to
Some groups of people are thought superior to others.
Be related to
People thought that native Australians were closely related to Africans.
l Function:
generalization and conclusion
l Listening skills and strategies
Micro listening: Note-taking; Fact-finding
Macro listening: Make inferences according to facts, numbers and tones of the speakers; grasp the main idea by the guidance of signal words
l Speaking skills and strategies:
Use the expressions and structures to voice opinions and express thoughts
Key points
How to talk about the differences and similarities among people;
How to express generalization and conclusion
Teaching methods
Task-based approach, Communicative language teaching
Teaching aids
video clip, audio discs
Teaching procedures
1. Warming up
Listen to a recording and then make judgments according to what is heard.
2. Listening
Short conversations
A long conversation
A passage
3. Speaking
Role play : use the expressions given to practice conversational skills
Situational conversation: construct a question that may cause various answers, then ask the students to voice their opinions and reasons.
4. Summary
By means of listening to conversations and passages and having discussions and role-plays we learned in this class or unit the differences and similarities among people; besides, by learning by heart the useful expressions for generalization and conclusion , we acquired some conversational skills.
5. Assignments
Prepare a three-minute oral report on the topic Traits Iˇve inherited from my family.