College English: Viewing, Liestening and Speaking (Band I)
Unit 9 School Days
Teaching objectives:
l Vocabulary: calendar throne abdicate lame
l Function:
Manage expressions of making decisions and responses
Have a good understanding of the significance of making right decisions and choices
Practice the expressions of talking about duties and responsibilities
Conduct a series of listening and speaking activities related to the theme of this unit
Key and difficult points:
1. Pay attention to the following expressions:
Well, that's settled. Okay! Good! Are you sure?
We are dead set on improving our study habits.
They've settled on having a party/ how to spend this weekend.
I've made up my mind to give up the project.
Time was short. We had to make a snap decision.
Do I really need/ have to finish it tonight?
You ought to... You should... I think you must...
We're required to... I think you're expected to...
You're supposed to...
I'm afraid you have to. I don't think...
Sure. I understand. I'll tale care of it.
2. Manage the ways of expressing one's decisions, duties and responsibilities
3. Follow and imitate the pronunciation of the native speakers during listening
Teaching method: task-based language teaching method, communicative approach,
audiolingual method, physical response method
Teaching aids: computer, PPT software, discs, audio tapes, video clips, U disk
Teaching procedures: (3 periods)
1st period: Warming up; Listening (Listening practice)
2nd period: Speaking (Oral English practice)
3rd period: Listening and Speaking
Step 1 Warming up (27')
1. Lead-in activities:
Ss will be asked to discuss the following questions with their partners:
A. What's your major in the university? Why did you choose it?
B. What do you think is the most difficult part when studying in the university?
Select two or three Ss to share their answers with the whole class
2. Listen and finish the exercise on Page 130
Step 2 Listening Task
1) Listening skills:
v Ask Ss to read through the four options listed on their books
v Ask Ss try to find out the differences and similarities among those four options
v Ask Ss try to guess the question according the the four choices
v Ask Ss to listen to the dialogs carefully and complete the tasks after each section
2) Listening (pp. 131--pp. 134)
Task 1 Understanding ten short conversations
Task 2 Understanding a long conversation
Task 3 Understanding a passage
Task 4 Understanding a movie speech
Ø Ask Ss to listen to the conversations and then choose the best answer to
complete each of the questions
Ø Check up the answers
Ø Explain the words, expressions and the culture related to the theme
Ø Listen again and get the Ss to pay attention to the key words
Ø Listen for the third time after checking up
Ø Try to improve Ss' pronunciation, stress and intonation by imitating the
speech they heard before
Ø Role play and get familiar with the speech
Step 3 Speaking (20')
v Explain the useful expressions of making decisions and talking about duties
v Get the Ss to listen to the model dialogs without looking at the textbook
v Listen to the model dialogs once more and ask the Ss to imitate the dialog by looking at
the textbook
v Ask Ss to practice the expressions they have just learned before with their partners
v Encourage Ss to try to create their own dialogs by practicing the Situational
Conversations--What to Do?
v Group discussion: divide the Ss into pairs to finish the task on Page 138
v Select two or three groups to present their views in front of the class
Step 4 Listening and Speaking (25')
v Ask Ss to go through the five items and try to underline the key words which are easy
for them to get the point as soon as they hear the relevant sentences
v Listen to the story once and encourage the Ss to finish each statements
v Explain the instruction of this part and then divide the class into pairs to do task 2
v Walk around the class and give help as needed
Step 5 Summary (2')
Summarize the main idea of this unit:
Expressions of making decisions and responses
Expression of talking about duties and responsibilities
Step 6 Assignments (1')
l Finish the exercises on Page 140--142
l Prepare a three-minute oral report on the topic of
Ways to make my university life more rewarding