Lesson Plan Unit 7
Lesson Plan Designer: Jiang Ling Type of the lesson: Listening and Speaking Class: Biology 2004, Environmental Science 2004
Student entry level: Students at the level of Senior Middle School Time available of the whole unit: 2 periods (100min) in total
Instructional goals: Help students reach the level of CE1 described in the Teaching Syllabus of the Course for Listening and Speaking of College English, Anshan University of Science and Technology, which is displayed at the beginning of the Lesson Planning Notes. (达到鞍山科技大学大学英语听说课程教学大纲规定的—级别的课程教学内容的基本要求，参见教案首页：听力：能大概听懂英语国家人士讲话和讲座，能基本听懂题材熟悉、篇幅较长的国内广播或电视节目，语速为每分钟130词左右，能掌握中心大意抓住要点。口语：能和英语国家人士进行一定程度的交流，能够掌握一定的会话策略，能基本表达个人意见、情感、观点等，能基本陈述事实、事件、理由等，语音和语速基本正确。)
Objectives: After learning this unit, students are expected to make progress in the following two aspects.
1. 1. Listening: Students should master some skills in listening, for example, how to find out the exact word from a series of words, how to grasp the main idea of the sentences, and how to understand the main idea of passages.
2. 2. Speaking: Students learn to describe the various festivals and special occasions in China and western countries. They should grasp all the essential vocabulary concerning this subject. They are also supposed to know some knowledge about background information. Teaching Content:
1. 1. Listening: Unit 7, Listening Text Book 1
1) 1) Understanding Words 2) 2) Understanding Sentences 3) 3) Understanding Passages
2. 2. Speaking: Unit 7, Step towards Proficiency in Spoken English for College Students
1) 1) Essential Vocabulary 2) 2) Useful Sentences
3) 3) Possible Questions and Answers 4) 4) Example Paragraphs 5) 5) Partnership Activity 6) 6) Debate Activity Teaching Methods:
Under the guidance of student-centered principle, apply communicative and heuristic teaching methods, stimulate students’ interest in learning English and get students involved in class participation. Facilities or Resources: Sound lab
Instructional procedures and time allocation:
The Lesson will be divided into two parts. Part one is Listening and part two is Speaking. Each part will take 50 minutes.
I. Part One: Listening Comprehension (50 minutes)
1. 1. Choose the right meaning of each word from each sentence 2. 2. Fill in the missing word in each sentence.
3. 3. Decide the correct answer after listening to 10 sentences. 4. 4. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 5. 5. 3 passages and followed by 15 questions
II. Part Two: Speaking Practice (50 minutes) 1. 1. Essential vocabulary 2. 2. Useful sentences:
1). Spring festival is a time when people give out red packets of money to people. 2). During our National Day, many people buy flags to show their love to the motherland.
3). May Day is the time of year when people have a week off and go traveling. 4). On April Fool’s Day people play tricks on each other.
5). Valentine’s Day is a time for p0eople send cards, flowers, and chocolate to their sweethearts.
3. 3. Possible questions and answers 1). What do you do during the Spring Festi8val?
I usually go back to my hometown and spend a week in my parents’ home. We eat delicious food, visit family and friends, and watch TV. I also like to try to contact my high school friends and see how they’re doing and what they’re up to. We give
each other presents and we buy ourselves new clothes to wear for the new year. 2). Can you describe one of the main festivals celebrated in your country?
National Day, which is on October the First, is a big holiday. We get three days off and there are a lot of fireworks displays. There are large flower pictures and other types of flowers decorating the city, and some of the larger cities hold parades. 4. 4. Example Paragraphs
1). My favorite holiday is the Spring Festival. When the Spring Festival comes, I can go home to be reunited with my family and friends. I love to travel on the trains with all the other happy people and I love to arrive back in my hometown. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the whole family gathers together to have dinner and to talk. After dinner, I receive money from the elders in my family that I can use to buy all kinds of nice things. The elder members of the family usually watch TV and the young set off firecrackers. This year there were many families who bought fireworks. We enjoyed the beautiful colors and all the noise. During the Spring Festival, everybody seems much friendlier to each other than usual. Everybody says “Happy New Year”. I think the Spring Festival is an important traditional holiday when people feel close to their family and are kind to their friends and neighbors.
2). The Spring Festival is always a big distraction, and for days before and after nobody can get any work done. I find myself enjoying it less and less. First, firecrackers are dangerous. Every year many children have their eyes hurt or even blinded. Even worse sometimes fires are started and whole buildings get burned down. Second, the rich food is unbearable. When I eat them, I feel they are tasteless. Lastly, we are too busy every day to have friends and relatives to call on. And there ate lots of useless conversations and greetings. 5. 5. Partnership Activity
1). Why do Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival? 2). Which festival in the West is equivalent to Spring Festival? 6. 6. Debate Activity
Divide the class into two groups and argue the following matter pro and con: Chinese people will celebrate Christmas in the future. Assessment:
Ask the students to do some exercises after class. Assignment Projects:
Ask the students to attend the English corner of the campus.
Reflection/Teaching Diary: (Omit) (After class)
Lesson Plan Unit 8
Lesson Plan Designer: Zhao Jie Type of the lesson: Listening and Speaking
Student entry level: Students at the level of Senior Middle School Time available of the whole unit : 2 periods(100 min) in total
Instructional goals: Help students reach the level of CE1 described in the
Teaching Syllabus of the Course for Listening and Speaking of College English, Anshan University of Science and Technology, which is displayed at the beginning of the Lesson Planning Notes. (达到鞍山科技大学大学英语听说课程教学大纲规定的CE1级别的课程教学内容的基本要求, 参见教案首页: 听力：听力：能大概听懂英语国家人士讲话和讲座，能基本听懂题材熟悉、篇幅较长的国内广播或电视节目，语速为每分钟130词左右，能掌握中心大意抓住要点。口语：能和英语国家人士进行一定程度的交流，能够掌握一定的会话策略，能基本表达个人意见、情感、观点等，能基本陈述事实、事件、理由等，语音、语调基本正确。).
Objectives: After learning this unit, students are expected to make progress in the
following three aspects.
13. 13. Listening: Students should master the new words and expressions in the unit and some skills in listening, for example, how to grasp the key words in listening to the conversation between two or more people. Usually the key words are the subject nouns and the predicate verbs. In the part of understanding passages, students can have general ideas about the passages.
14. 14. Speaking: Students learn to describe Chinese food and eating habits from hometown and give their impression. They can also describe some Chinese cultures in English.
Teaching content
14. 14. Listening: Unit 8, NEW HORIZON COLLEGE ENGLISH BOOK 1
1) 1) Learning New Words 2) 2) Listening practices