College English: Viewing, Liestening and Speaking (Band I) Unit 3 Give and Sacrifice Teaching objectives: l Vocabulary: sacrifice handsome faith Your Majesty Your Grace abide sanctity conscience realm l Function: Practice expressions of gratitude and apologies Promote the Ss to think about the kind act of commitment or responsibility Have a good understanding of the significance of give & sacrifice Conduct a series of listening and speaking activities related to the theme of this unit Key and difficult points: 1. Identify the significance of give and sacrifice 2. Pay attention to the following responses: I'm glad you like it. Think nothing of it. You bet. Glad to have been of some help. Sure thing. That's no big deal. Never mind. It's nothing. You"re forgiven. I accept your apologies. 3. Manage the ways of showing gratitude and making apologies to each other in a conversation 4. 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') Ss will be asked to listen to a speaker introduce the subject of give and sacrifice. And then answer the following questions with the information they hear. 1. Lead-in activities: Teacher will tell a short touching story about a kind act of caring Ask Ss to work in pairs talking about their own experience of a kind act Share their answers with the whole class 2. Listen and finish the exercise on page 34 Step 2 Listening Task (75') 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. 35--pp.37) 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 For task 4: Ø Pay attention to the differences in pronunciation between the British English and the American English 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 showing gratitude and making apologies 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 Conversation Activity--Don't Hesitate to Say Sorry and Thanks v Select two or three groups to present their own conversation in front of class Step 4 Listening and Speaking (25') v Ss are supposed to read the five questions in 2 minutes at first v Listen to the passage once and encourage the Ss to discuss each questions with their partners v Walk around the class and give help as needed Step 5 Summary (2') Summarize the main idea of this unit: Expressions of showing gratitude and making apologies Step 6 Assignments (1') l Finish the exercises on Page 42 and Page 44--46 l Prepare a three-minute oral report on the third topic (pp. 47)
Teaching objectives:
l Vocabulary: sacrifice handsome faith Your Majesty Your Grace abide sanctity
conscience realm
l Function:
Practice expressions of gratitude and apologies
Promote the Ss to think about the kind act of commitment or responsibility
Have a good understanding of the significance of give & sacrifice
Conduct a series of listening and speaking activities related to the theme of this unit
Key and difficult points:
1. Identify the significance of give and sacrifice
2. Pay attention to the following responses:
I'm glad you like it. Think nothing of it. You bet.
Glad to have been of some help. Sure thing.
That's no big deal. Never mind. It's nothing.
You"re forgiven. I accept your apologies.
3. Manage the ways of showing gratitude and making apologies to each other in a
conversation
4. 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')
Ss will be asked to listen to a speaker introduce the subject of give and
sacrifice. And then answer the following questions with the information they hear.
1. Lead-in activities:
Teacher will tell a short touching story about a kind act of caring
Ask Ss to work in pairs talking about their own experience of a kind act
Share their answers with the whole class
2. Listen and finish the exercise on page 34
Step 2 Listening Task (75')
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. 35--pp.37)
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
For task 4:
Ø Pay attention to the differences in pronunciation between the British English and
the American English
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 showing gratitude and making apologies
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 Conversation
Activity--Don't Hesitate to Say Sorry and Thanks
v Select two or three groups to present their own conversation in front of class
Step 4 Listening and Speaking (25')
v Ss are supposed to read the five questions in 2 minutes at first
v Listen to the passage once and encourage the Ss to discuss each questions with their
partners
v Walk around the class and give help as needed
Step 5 Summary (2')
Summarize the main idea of this unit: Expressions of showing gratitude and making apologies
Step 6 Assignments (1')
l Finish the exercises on Page 42 and Page 44--46
l Prepare a three-minute oral report on the third topic (pp. 47)